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Work Outstanding in Its Field
Wall Street Journal | By David Littlejohn June 11, 2013 When, in 1967, he hit on the idea in of making his supersize sculptures out of steel I-beams instead of... Read more -
Mark di Suvero takes root at Crissy Field
San Francisco Chronicle | By Sam Whiting May 11, 2013 Two years ago, sculptor Mark di Suvero gave a public talk at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art describing... Read more -
Regular appetites mix it up with Thiebaud's mechanics
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker June 2, 2012 Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings and Pastels at the John Berggruen Gallery might suggest that the gallery now represents the dean of... Read more
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Wiley, Westermann's visions converge at Berggruen
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker December 11, 2010 Why has it never occurred to me to connect the work of William T. Wiley and that of H.C. Westermann?... Read more -
Review: William T. Wiley and H.C. Westermann at John Berggruen Gallery
Art Bay Area Blog | By Cherie Louise Turner November 17, 2010 This funky, fun show (on view through December 18, 2010) highlights work by two highly accomplished and similarly offbeat artists,... Read more -
Robert Bechtle at John Bergguren Gallery
Daily Serving | By Seth Curcio July 12, 2010 This year, there has been a laundry list of artist curated group shows, from David Salle’s exhibition, Your History is... Read more
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Four shows: How can we know 'What They Wanted'?
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker July 10, 2010 More than a year ago, Jeffrey Fraenkel had an idea for refreshing the conventional gallery summer group show: Ask one... Read more -
Choosy artists choose this: They Knew What They Wanted at four SF galleries
Bay Area Reporter | By Sura Wood July 2, 2010 One has to marvel at the impressive marketing savvy of the four galleries who pooled their resources and p.r., invited... Read more -
Review of They Knew What They Wanted
Art Practical | By Christine Wong Yap July 1, 2010 NOTE: “They Knew What They Wanted” is a group exhibition across four galleries, with four different curators. This review covers... Read more
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They Knew What They Wanted From What Was Available
Art Slant | By Chris Fitzpatrick July 1, 2010 “They Knew What They Wanted” invokes something in-between a hit-man’s overture and a ‘50s girlgroup’s jukebox breakup. But instead the... Read more -
Stylemaker Spotlight: Suzanne Tucker
San Francisco Chronicle | By Anh-Minh Le May 16, 2010 Elegant meets approachable There’s no slowing down Suzanne Tucker. The interior designer published her first book in September, recently launched... Read more -
Berggruen’s gallery goes back into color fields
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker April 24, 2010 Anyone who wants a taste of how it felt to walk into a blue-chip gallery in midtown Manhattan circa 1968... Read more
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What set Bay Area painters apart in ’60s
SF Datebook | By Kenneth Baker January 24, 2009 The visceral character of Bay Area painting, circa 1960, gets strong and proper emphasis in Abstract and Figurative: Highlights of... Read more -
Small Judd show provides just a taste of his ambition
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker May 13, 2006 For several weeks, until its contemporary art auction Tuesday evening, Christie's had on view one of the great spring exhibitions... Read more -
Review of Sky of Blue, Sea of Green
ARTnews | By Deborah Phillips December 5, 2005 This series of ten large-scale 'beach Detail Paintings' (2005) by New York artist Isca Greenfield-Sanders offered a breath of fresh... Read more
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Behind the porn door
SFGate | Jennie Yabroff January 16, 2005 The photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is sitting at the breakfast table in his East Village townhouse, drinking a cup of tea... Read more -
Photos, paintings, odd objects find home with Rauschenberg
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker July 17, 2004 Berggruen's small show of paintings and prints by Robert Rauschenberg holds few surprises – beyond the astonishment of the artist's... Read more -
Juan Carlos Quintana: Blinded By Omnipotence
Stretcher Magazine | by Emily Kuenstler June 2, 2004 If I were to speak to Juan Carlos Quintana about these paintings, I’d ask him “Why is cartoon imagery profound?”... Read more
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Christopher Brown Reroutes His Work
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It took years for dealer John Berggruen to lay his hands on some Picasso sketches. His efforts have paid off in a new show.
SF Gate | By Jesse Hamlin March 17, 2004 In 1970, at the age of 89, Pablo Picasso made an exquisite series of 26 erotic drawings over an eight-day... Read more -
Review: Diebenkorn Figurative Works on Paper
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker April 4, 2003 Read more
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