Temporary Art Review is a platform for contemporary art criticism that focuses on alternative spaces and critical exchange among disparate art communities. Temporary is a national network, highlighting both practical and theoretical discourse through exhibition reviews, interviews, essays and profiles on artist-run spaces and projects.
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Michelle Blade and Hillary Wiedemann: A Willing Transfer of Belief at Johansson Projects

Michelle Blade and Hillary Wiedemann: A Willing Transfer of Belief at Johansson Projects

In “A Willing Transfer of Belief” at Johansson Projects, Michelle Blade and Hillary Wiedemann present works that investigate the intangibility of being and light.
Without Reality There is No Utopia at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Without Reality There is No Utopia at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Genevieve Quick reviews the complex yet didactic exhibition, "Without Reality There is No Utopia" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
S.H.E.D. Projects

S.H.E.D. Projects

Located in industrial West Oakland, S.H.E.D. Projects provides exhibition and temporary workspace for emerging artists. S.H.E.D. Projects is currently accepting event / exhibition proposals for April through November 2013. Submissions are due by February 15th, 2013.
Michael Arcega: Baby and the Nacirema at The Luggage Store

Michael Arcega: Baby and the Nacirema at The Luggage Store

In "Baby and the Nacirema" at The Luggage Store, Michael Arcega ambitiously examines cross-cultural exchange through American icons, anthropology, and Manifest Destiny.
Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Royal NoneSuch Gallery is an artist-run alternative art and event space located in the Temescal district of Oakland, California dedicated to creating community around art-based experiences that are thought provoking and conceptually rigorous, while also being accessible and fun.
Curiously Direct Facebook Reviews

Curiously Direct Facebook Reviews

Over the course of our week long mini-feature on the San Francisco Bay Area (July 22-28, 2012) Curiously Direct (aka Aaron Harbour) posted exhibition reviews directly to Temporary Art Review's Facebook page.
Southern Exposure

Southern Exposure

Southern Exposure (SoEx) is an artist-centered non-profit organization that is committed to supporting visual artists. An active presence in the Bay Area for 38 years, SoEx is continually evolving in response to the needs of artists and the community while engaging the public in artists' work.
Real Time and Space

Real Time and Space

Located in a 4000sf former print shop in Oakland’s Chinatown, Real Time and Space (RTS) is comprised of 15 work-only artist studios, one of which is dedicated to the RTS Residency, accompanied by communal wood shop and printmaking facilities.
Will Brown

Will Brown

Will Brown is an ongoing collaborative project that currently takes form as an experimental exhibition space in San Francisco's Mission District. Will Brown is Lindsey White, Jordan Stein, and David Kazprzak.