Exhibits Archives : The Shared Universe

Cartoon Art Museum moving to Fisherman’s Wharf

Jesse Russell — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 05:12:36 +0000

After a lengthy search, the Cartoon Art Museum finally has a new home. The museum will move into an 8000-square-foot space at 781 Beach Street in San Francisco. The new venue will provide space for a gallery, classroom, bookstore, and library. The new museum location won’t open until 2017, so in the meantime, the Cartoon Art […]

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Tonight! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History Reception and Book Launch

Jesse Russell — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:04:56 +0000

The Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission Street in San Francisco, will be celebrating 30 years of mutated turtles tonight with a reception for the venue’s current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles exhibition. This evening’s event will also act as a launch party for Cartoon Art Museum Curator Andrew Farago’s new book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The […]

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Time lapse of David Choe’s mural for OMCA’s Giant Robot exhibit

Jesse Russell — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:07:05 +0000

The end of this week will see the kick-off for the Oakland Museum of California’s SuperAwesome: Giant Robot and Art exhibit (read more here). To coincide with the show David Choe has painted a mural. Below is a time lapse captured by Giant Robot.

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Exhibit: Celebrate Giant Robot with little robots at OMCA

Jesse Russell — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:41:47 +0000

The 20th anniversary of the Asian-American pop arts and culture magazine Giant Robot is coming to the Oakland Museum of California in the form of a three month long exhibit. To kick off the exhibit the museum and magazine will be hosting a “preview” party on April 18 which will feature music, food, art and […]

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Exhibit: Spoke Art Gallery pays tribute to David Lynch

Jesse Russell — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:43:29 +0000

Never in my life have I wanted to attend Paris Fashion Week, but reading The 405’s description of Kenzo’s fashion show is making me reconsider my lack of interest in high fashion. Kenzo designers, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, literally turned heads on Sunday by tapping David Lynch’s Twin Peaks as inspiration for their Autumn/Winter 2014 […]

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TR!CKSTER plans month long one-year anniversary celebration

Jesse Russell — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 22:31:26 +0000

TR!CKSTER, 2631 Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, is planning a month of events to celebrate their one-year anniversary. The comic boutique, which specializes in creator-owned publications, let loose a torrent of events on their twitter account last week. Here’s the breakdown: October 11: Halloween show! October 18: The Gallery Girls return to TR!CKSTER for a “Witch […]

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The Cartoon Art Museum teases Sandman 25th Anniversary exhibition

Jesse Russell — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:12:38 +0000

The Cartoon Art Museum will be saying “farewell” to Metropolis on September 29 and “hello” to The Dreaming on October 5. In conjunction with the 25th Anniversary of Sandman the museum will be featuring a Sandman exhibition running from October 5 until March 16. There’s currently very little information available regarding the exhibition beyond a […]

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Public hearing scheduled on museum proposals for Crissy Field

Jesse Russell — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:02:55 +0000

On September 23, the public is invited to hear presentations from the three finalists being considered for the mid-Crissy Field site in The Presidio. Final presentations will be made regarding the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, The Presidio Exchange, and the Bridge/Sustainability Institute. This meeting will allow the three groups to present their final proposals to […]

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Sarah Clark brings baseball to the Cartoon Art Museum

Jesse Russell — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:00:54 +0000

At the start of this year’s baseball season Oakland-based illustrator Sarah Clark found herself with season tickets to the A’s. Seeing so many games in her future she decided to document her summer of baseball through short comic strips called “Season Ticket Diaries.” She’s currently up to her 18th game of the season which documents […]

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Cartoon Art Museum Curator Andrew Farago profiled in Washington City Paper

Jesse Russell — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:44:22 +0000

Want to know more about what goes into curating San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum? Curator Andrew Farago was recently profiled by DC’s alt-weekly Washington City Paper. Farago gives insight into what it means to be the curator at one of the few museums in the country dedicated specifically to the medium of comics. Next weekend […]

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