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Hey dudes-

I'm about to go on vacation to Mazatlan, so I won't be posting again until next week. Here's some stuff going on. An important event is the fundraiser for the Verge. Here are the copious deets:

Verge Gallery presents!
An opening night screening of The Art of the Steal Hosted by Sacramento's glorious Crest Theatre! Friday April 16, 7:30pm Following the film Verge will host a panel discussion featuring: Robin Bernhard Collections Manager Richard L. Nelson Gallery UC Davis Dr. James Housefield Assistant Professor History, Theory & Criticism of Design UC Davis All seats $15*, click here to purchase now! The Crest Theatre 1013 K Street 916.44C.REST Dr. Elaine O'Brien Professor Contemporary Art& Art History CSU Sacramento Dr. William Otton Retired Director South Texas Museum of Art, Corpus Christi *A portion of every opening night ticket sold will benefit the development of our new location at 625 S Street. So tell a colleague, tell a friend, tell everybody and we'll see you there!!!!
For more on the film..... Born into a working class family in Philadelphia, Albert C. Barnes was a man who through hard work and determination became a doctor and medical researcher, founding a successful pharmaceutical firm that made him a multi-millionaire. As his fortune grew, Barnes developed a taste for art and in time assembled one of the world's most remarkable private collections, featuring original paintings by Van Gogh, Renoir, Picasso, Cezanne and many other important artists. Barnes relied on his own instincts rather than the advice of experts when he bought paintings, and he had little use for the pretentious attitudes of Philadelphia's art collectors and high society; the animosity between Barnes and the city's art establishment grew to the point that in 1922 he opened the Barnes Foundation, a private gallery where he kept his collection rather than share it with institutions such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Barnes Foundation was open by invitation only, and the doctor preferred to have his collection seen by students and serious art lovers than those he felt didn't appreciate the work. Barnes died in 1951, and made strict provisions in his will that his collection was not to be sold, lent to other museums, or removed from the grounds of the Barnes Foundation. Lincoln University, a traditionally African-American college, was appointed to oversee the Foundation's collection. But after the death of Barnes' protégé Violette de Mazia in 1988, Lincoln University's trustees took full control of the collection, now estimated to be worth $25 billion, and a number of individuals and organizations took advantage of their relative inexperience in the world of art to take control of the Barnes archive. The Art Of The Steal is a documentary by Don Argott that explores how greed, political power and good intentions colluded to violate Albert C. Barnes' wishes and scatter his collection across the globe.

At the Hub, two shows in a row, on Thursday and Friday:

Thursday 4/15: Stress Ape, Sister Fucker, Warm Streams, MOM + Buk Buk Bigups

Friday 4/16: KDVS Presents... Psychedelic Horseshit, Ganglians, G. Green