This article originally appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on June 24, 2021. Why do we even bother to look at art in this day and age? Is it for the hope of a deeper exchange or some promising sign, if not of a better life, of a finer, more dear appreciation of this one. In The […]Read Post ›
Tamsin Spencer Smith’s third collection of poems is now available through FMSBW Press. A love letter to the natural world and the wild human heart, the cover of this book is based on a painting by Kevin Earl Taylor.
LewAllen Galleries // August 30th, 2019 through October 12, 2019. This article originally appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine, September 5th, 2019. David Ligare: Elements of Radical Renewal By Tamsin Smith David Ligare had his first solo exhibition in New York in 1969. Elements at Santa Fe’s LewAllen Galleries marks his forty-eighth. In the way that Homer, Virgil, […]Read Post ›
Announcing the release of my verse collection Word Cave; now available on Amazon.com. Published by Risk Press, this beautiful book features a cover portrait by Emilio Villalba (see featured photo) back cover collage detail by Matt Gonzalez, and photographs by Josh Smith, All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit SITES UNSEEN a non-profit, which activates alleys around Yerba Buena in […]Read Post ›
Gina M. Contreras, Sola Chola @ Park Life Gallery, 220 Clement Street, San Francisco, July 12-August 18, 2019 A review by Tamsin Smith, first published by Juxtapoz Magazine on August 12, 2019. What would a film reel of your inner thoughts look like? Close your eyes and imagine all those looping voices, memories, desires, and […]Read Post ›
Emilio Villalba: Modernist Recoding by Tamsin Smith. This article originally appeared on November 27, 2918, in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Known for his arresting portraiture, Emilio Villalba has blazed a quick and dynamic path in art communities from California to New York and across the globe with multiple exhibitions and an active and impressive social media following. […]Read Post ›
Originally posted on Art & Politics: The Matt Gonzalez Reader:
first published in Juxtapoz, October 25, 2018 Hilary Pecis, “Favorite Vase”, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 in., 2018. Hilary Pecis’ Familiar Views in San Francisco Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco September 29 – October 26, 2018 Paint what you know seems an anachronistic chestnut in an age…
first published in Juxtapoz, August 17, 2018 Cycle, oil and acrylic on canvas, 80 x 170 cm, 2018. Kevin Earl Taylor’s New Exhibition Apex Opens in Berlin Tamsin Smith & Matt Gonzalez Circle Culture in Berlin, Germany, recently opened Apex, a solo exhibition by San Francisco-based painter Kevin Earl Taylor, which runs until September 15, […] […]Read Post ›
first published in SquareCylinder, April 24, 2017 ADAM FEIBELMAN: Layering of Self & Other Review: Adam Feibelman “Personal Provenance” @ Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco By Tamsin Smith and Matt Gonzalez Adam Feibelman returns to Guerrero Gallery after having last exhibited there in 2013, when it was at 19th and York Streets. At that time, […]Read Post ›
Tamsin Smith : everything indicates 