Heather Gabel (formerly Hannoura) was born in Windsor, Ontario in 1977, and she began painting and drawing as a tiny child. As a grown-up, Heather continues to create visually fantastic situations through her art, motivated by her own imaginations rather than reality. Her work is at once nostalgic and timeless, giving glimpses of [...]

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) presents “The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?” in the MCCLA gallery, 2868 Mission St, San Francisco, April 18-May 24, 2008. Opening reception Friday, April 18, 7-10pm ($5). “The Question is Known” includes works by 30 Latino/Latin American artists as well as non-Latinos. Curator Anthony Torres [...]

San Francisco SPCA President Jan McHugh-Smith today condemned the content of a current exhibition at the San Francisco Art Institute, describing it as barbaric and depraved. The exhibit, “Don’t Trust Me,” is the work of Paris-based Adel Abdessemed, and includes videos of six animals - a pig, goat, doe, ox, horse and sheep - being [...]