Masami Teraoka 'Marilyn Monroe/Bad Year, 1973 (ink and watercolor on paper) (Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery) The Art Market 2014 San Francisco art fair is arriving this Thursday at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason and the prospects for this years showing are very good. As part of the buildup for the fair, I have been publishing a small series of slideshows comprise of what is in store for fair goers. Here is the latest of them: I hope to see you at the fair! Art Marke

Al Farrow 'Skull of Santo Guerro III', 2011 (guns, gun parts, bullets, cartridge shells, steel, brass, lead shot, glass, bone, antique textile (mid 16th century Italian silk with gold and silver embroidery)) (Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery) Art Fair season has arrived in San Francisco and this year there is one main event -- Art Market San Francisco. Ensconced in the Festival Pavilion at the Fort Mason Center, this year's fair is set to show some of the latest and greate

This years ArtPadSF fair is as fashionable and hip as always. I arrived late for the press briefing, and so ended up touring the exhibition spaces as the benefit party for the SFMoMA SECA Award began. It was not an auspicious start for the fair, since I stayed through the duration of the benefit, because there was not much of a crowd. I learned later in the evening, when visiting the artMRKT San Francisco fair that their VIP party did not happen either. It is not an good way