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Glen Helfand

Glen Helfand is a writer, curator, and educator based in Oakland, CA.

May 2019

  • JR, The Chronicles of San Francisco, 2018.

    Tech bros, socialites and Metallica: the mural capturing San Francisco in 2019

    French artist JR’s massive digital artwork showcases every stratum of society in the city

May 2017

  • Death from above: David Maisel’s images of Dugway

    Death from above: how David Maisel turned 'the new Area 51' into land art

    Dugway Proving Ground has been a testing ground for US military since the second world war, and now the mysterious site has been turned into visual art

January 2016

  • Entertainment Pictures Of The Year - 2015 Zoolander 2 At The Paris Fashion Week<br>Entertainment Pictures Of The Year - 2015 PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 10: Derek Zoolander and Hansel walk the runway at the Valentino Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week at Espace Ephemere Tuileries on March 10, 2015 in Paris, France. ZOOLANDER 2 will open in theaters in the U.S. on February 12, 2016. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images For Paramount Pictures)

    Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl, Zoolander 2 and Drake – our critics' tips for 2016

    2016 brings a show by Citizenfour director Laura Poitras, a film by sketch show master Jordan Peele, two new museums in San Francisco and much more

November 2015

  • Miranda July photographed at the Mayfair Hotel in Central London . Miranda July is an American performing artist , writer , actress and film director .

    Miranda July: 'I'm always disappointing my dad politically'

    Artist discusses whether her immersive stage show New Society worked, how it reflected US politics and why she had to be ‘hard-assed’

September 2015

  • A person crosses the street by The Broad Museum prior to a dinner gala in Los Angeles, California September 17, 2015. The new museum built by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, featuring their collection of modern art, will open to the public on September 20. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

    The Broad review – first exhibitions have plenty of big hitters but miss the mark

    LA’s new museum offers visitors a free glimpse at art heavyweights such as Jeff Koons and Yayoi Kusama, but its fuzzy concepts fail to connect

May 2015

  • Cibo Matto

    San Francisco film festival: lo-fi superheroes and lesbian road movies

    The festival saw genres mashed up by film-makers who had a deep knowledge and appreciation of world cinema, from France to Australia

April 2015

  • Miranda July

    Miranda July's quietly amazing show breaks the fourth wall of the web

    Building on her app, which allows messages sent on the web to be delivered by real people, this show had a democratic spirit while recognising the artist as leader

March 2015

  • Circles by Trevor Paglen

    Trevor Paglen review: turning the NSA's data combing into high-concept art

    The artist, who contributed to Citizenfour, makes the unseen surveillance systems overlooking our lives visible – and sometimes beautiful

November 2014

  • Keith Haring

    Keith Haring review: the political side of a pop-art legend

    Famous for his ebullient street art, Haring’s art had a much tougher, activist element, which this show brings to the fore, writes Glen Helfand
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