Sunday, June 29, 2008

The Closing of ARTWorkSF in San Francisco

The Shadow has received several inquiries -- some from as far away as the East Coast -- inquiring why ARTWorkSF shows were missing from this blog in the past month.

There are two reasons for this. The first is that The Shadow had to take some time off to deal with personal matters and did not attend any art openings during the month of May.

The second is a bit more tragic. The ARTWorkSF Gallery at 49 Geary Street closed it doors on June 1, 2008. Johnny Davis, founder and president of ARTWorkSF, has decided to retire to concentrate on personal matters.

The Shadow with ARTWorkSF Founder and Director Johnny Davis
in December 2007

The Shadow was indeed sorry to hear this.  ARTWorkSF has been a friend of this blog since its inception in July 2005 and The Shadow has covered many events for ARTWorkSF during that period.  The Shadow has not spoken personally with Johnny Davis, but we wish him well in his retirement.

In the meantime, Matt MaKinley, former Chief Curator at ARTWorkSF will continue to work at many of the ARTWorkSF venues through his venture McKinley Art Solutions.  Matt is a good guy and knows the San Francisco Bay Area art scene well.  He is also a fantastic curator.  We have no doubt that we will continue to see the high quality of artwork that ARTWorkSF was proud to show in their gallery.

In the meantime, The Shadow will continue its gallery collaboration with Varnish Fine Art Gallery in the SOMA district of San Francisco and its organizational collaboration with ArtSpan in San Francisco.

It is our pledge to bring you the best in artwork in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond and the collaborations with McKinley Art Solutions, Varnish Fine Art Gallery and ArtSpan will allow us to do that.

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