Vincent Fecteau makes old new again at SFMOMA Sep 3, 2009
Some of the erotic content comes veiled, as in a Wayne Thiebaud watercolor of two globes of ice cream melting together on a plate. Some of it comes blatant, as in the barely abstracted pudenda of Judy Chicago's glazed ceramic "Georgia O'Keeffe Plate #1" (1979), from Chicago's notorious installation "The Dinner Party.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Giving to UC Davis tops $100M Aug 13, 2009
1 million total for the year ending June 30, 2009 consisted of a $16 million grant from the to fight childhood malnutrition, a collection of valuable prints from renowned painter Wayne Thiebaud and his wife, Betty Jean, and nearly $1. 3 million from the Autism Speaks advocacy group to investigate autism. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Cool meets quirky in stylist's home Jul 27, 2009
"They remind me of Wayne Thiebaud.". In the dining room, a $10 flea-market painting was restored, re-stretched and framed. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Freeman makes artistic desserts at SFMOMA Jun 26, 2009
But Freeman's background as an art student does made her an obvious fit for the cafe at SFMOMA. While enrolled at UC Santa Cruz in 2000, Freeman visited a Wayne Thiebaud retrospective at San Francisco's Legion of Honor and was especially drawn to an image of three pastel frosted layer cakes on cake stands. "I want to do a photo project with cakes like this," she recalled thinking at the time. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Recommended summer reads Jun 16, 2009
Recommended summer reads. Article:Recommended summer reads:/c/a/2009/06/12/RVBJ181D0E.DTL Article:Recommended summer reads:/c/a/2009/06/12/RVBJ181D0E.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Wayne Thiebaud's Sweet Tooth May 16, 2009
At the age of 88, Wayne Thiebaud obviously still has a passion for sweets ... Inaugurating the relocation of the in San Francisco, Wayne Thiebaud's Confection Memories is representative of the artist's past work with sweet subjects, and yet reflect the evolution of Thiebaud's painting technique ... About Wayne Thiebaud. (Suite101.com)
Top Bay artists often underappreciated in life May 5, 2009
Nearly 50 years after his death, Park's art has only begun to win him the international recognition that began for Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920) in the 1960s. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* [ART JOURNAL] Private sales are up as art auctions fall from favor Apr 29, 2009
This season it has decided to sell two early classic 1960s paintings by Wayne Thiebaud through Haunch of Venison, a gallery owned by Christies. In 2005, when the market was nearing its peak, it sold a variety of works at auction at Christies for strong prices. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Wayne Thiebaud and the nature of illusion Apr 5, 2009
In a show titled "Confection Memories" at the newly reopened Paul Thiebaud Gallery in North Beach, Wayne Thiebaud may appear, to a hasty eye, merely to revisit some of the imagery and the style that first made him famous in the 1960s ... Wayne Thiebaud: Confection Memories: Paintings and works on paper. (San Francisco Chronicle)
