Antique Collecting San Francisco

Monet and Venice Exhibit at The DeYoung Museum

Diane Arbus - Critique Workshop / B&W Photo Walk, Beauty Pageant

May Podcast Club Discussion: Art Crimes

In May, we're talking about Art Crimes: From graffiti and forged paintings to looted antiquities, stolen comics, and NFT scams, this playlist looks at the many ways visual art can become entangled with money, status, and crime. Looking forward to discussing this topic with you all! **How It Works:** * We often follow the Podcast Brunch Club listening lists covering a different topic each month. Members can also make suggestions for future topics. **Be sure to check the monthly Meetup event to see what we're listening to!** * Listening lists are composed of episode selections related to the month's theme and are pulled from a variety of shows. And we love to include some recommendations too! * Finishing the recommended listening list is not a requirement to attend. Listen to as many or few of the suggested episodes as you would like. * We will have an unstructured, informal discussion of the selections and the month's theme. **This Month's Topic:** These episodes travel through street art, galleries, museums, private collections, and digital marketplaces, revealing how value gets assigned, who gets protected, and who gets exploited when images and objects become powerful commodities. **Here's a link to the Spotify playlist:** [https://bit.ly/spotify-artcrimes](https://bit.ly/spotify-artcrimes) **The Playlist - Suggested Episodes:** * ***The Economics of Everyday Things*: [“26. Grafitti”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OgjDpW6swSKIDujcu9ZEp?si=6a3ac8f6a45c4e98%E2%80%9D)** *(November 2023, 14 min)* A brisk look at graffiti’s origins, evolution, and economics, asking how one person’s vandalism becomes another’s public art. * ***Reveal*: [“Fancy Galleries, Fake Art”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7t9DNln3Dq4BZDpbfK5u5l?si=5a7f69c7575348de%E2%80%9D)** *(December 2025, 58 min)* This episode investigates a massive art forgery scandal involving fake paintings sold through high-end New York galleries as works by major artists. It also follows the trail of a Nazi-looted painting, showing how questions of provenance, ownership, and accountability continue to haunt the art world. * ***Dynamite Doug*: [“Episode 1: Greatest Art Heist”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cFs8DSkUA7LXm1cdD4obu?si=6609bb86f25c44d1%E2%80%9D)** *(February 2023, 27 min)* This episode traces Douglas Latchford’s rise in the world of Cambodian antiquities as stolen cultural heritage made its way into elite Western collections. It shows how looting can be recast as prestige collecting when museums, dealers, and wealthy buyers help legitimize the trade. * ***Stealing Superman*: [“Episode 01 – Beads of Sweat”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ZXV61aoywyZPreZ33Ivyi?si=70954f069f8e4ca2%E2%80%9D)** *(November 2022, 48 min)* When a rare and enormously valuable comic disappears from Nicolas Cage’s collection, the theft kicks off a strange and compelling mystery. The episode expands the idea of art crime beyond galleries and museums, into the world of collectibles, fandom, and celebrity. * ***The Art of Crime*: [“The Adventure of the Libelous Painter (Crimes of New York)”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fAsQiBA6sWe9fjHYuEEOc?si=42d29e12f4ee40e1%E2%80%9D)** *(November 2024, 44 min)* This historical episode follows a feud between a painter and his patron that escalates when the artist creates and auctions off an insulting portrait. What follows is a fascinating case in which visual art becomes the basis for criminal libel. **Bonus Episodes:** * *[WSJ Tech News Briefing](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4oyHqrhx3mOn9s3ze9jJ1l?si=88694fb761f44815)*[: “NFT Art Presents New Frontier for Fraudsters”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4oyHqrhx3mOn9s3ze9jJ1l?si=88694fb761f44815) *(August 2021, 14 min)* A short look at how NFT art opened up new opportunities for scams and fraud, proving that even in digital spaces, the old art-world problems still apply. * *[Freakonomics Radio](https://open.spotify.com/episode/45BUuAcKaWnmLCzsmtGmM7?si=f081814a92be40a3)*[: “The Case of the $4 Million Dollar Gold Coffin”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/45BUuAcKaWnmLCzsmtGmM7?si=f081814a92be40a3) *(May 2023, 53 min)* A sharp, investigative look at how a looted Egyptian antiquity ended up at the Met, using repatriation, celebrity, and museum power to expose how stolen cultural heritage gets legitimized. * *[Empty Frames](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0VQVDhahMH32A9boAbShYV?si=e1e1153a06764eae)*[: “New // Louvre Heist”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0VQVDhahMH32A9boAbShYV?si=e1e1153a06764eae) *(November 2025, 32 min)* This episode breaks down a recent Louvre jewel heist with enough detail to feel grounded, while the hosts’ conversational style keeps the story moving. * *[Hashtag History](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Gr8c0HsHrLiASn53CcXEv?si=5723445bff904d8b)*[: “EP44: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Gr8c0HsHrLiASn53CcXEv?si=5723445bff904d8b) *(September 2020, 43 min)* Despite its tangents, this episode gives the most detailed and accessible overview on the list of the infamous Gardner Museum theft, still the largest unsolved art heist in history. * *[Art Crime Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lRKkjvHXH3KPQN07V0MYW?si=116ae82b98c24bc4)*[: “The Georgia O’Keeffe 10th Episode Spectacular!”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lRKkjvHXH3KPQN07V0MYW?si=116ae82b98c24bc4) *(March 2021, 47 min)* Less focused on the theft itself than the others, this episode is most interesting for the way it connects Georgia O’Keeffe’s stolen work to larger questions about gender, visibility, and which art crimes get remembered. * *[Wine & Crime Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6245eSfBZHkUWzai78Cgwr?si=84a8aeb17682493a)*[: “Ep80 Art Theft”](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6245eSfBZHkUWzai78Cgwr?si=84a8aeb17682493a) *(August 2018, 1 hr 39 min)* This loose, funny, and very long episode closes out the bonus list with a broader, boozier tour through cultural property theft and the strange stories that surround it.

Sunday Yoga in the Park: Willard Park Yoga Collective

Join the Willard Park Yoga Collective every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday at Willard Park in Berkeley! Friday online! Integrated Hatha Flow classes are based on classical Hatha, mixed with the specializations of each teacher. We flow thoughtfully through poses taking time to notice the nuances, and match movement with breath. Chrissy, Carmen, and Jess integrate somatic modalities and the eight limbs into the yoga practice to increase body and breath awareness, and regulate the nervous system. Finding all of this in the present moment, we aim to foster agency, gratitude, peace, and joy. Teaching outside further deepens the practice by connecting to Nature and the elements. All levels are welcome and will be accommodated, judgement free. *"We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness"* **Thich Nhat Hanh** \*We work on a donation-basis, making yoga more accessible to all. Come as you are, pay what you can. Your teachers: Mondays 12:30pm Jess Tuesdays 12:30pm Carmen Wednesdays 12:30pm Chrissy Thursdays 12:30pm Carmen Fridays 5:30pm Chrissy (Online in the late fall-winter. Got to event for link) Sundays 10:00am Chrissy **Meet Chrissy:** Chrissy is a 500HR-RYT, Yoga Therapist, and Thai Yoga Massage Therapist. She came to teaching yoga with a 25+ year personal practice in vinyasa and kundalini, and training in modern dance, music, and theater. She also holds certification in ECE(12unit) and Social/Emotional Learning Facilitation. Her classes are integrated Hatha flow, influenced deeply by yoga philosophy and functional strength. With an emphasis on breath and accessing the present moment, she delights in walking the line between play and prayer. Chrissy strives to honor the origins of yoga while making it accessible to every body. She acknowledges her position as white, able-bodied, and cisgendered, aiming to be inclusive and trauma informed. Her classes are donation based with no one turned away for lack of funds. Private clients are sliding scale. In lieu of a studio, Chrissy teaches on line and outside in parks on the sovereign land of the Lisjan Ohlone. *Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu* May all beings be happy, healthy, and free. May we contribute to that. [https://chrissyyoga.com/](https://chrissyyoga.com/#home) **Meet Jess:** Jess is an artist and an athlete. At the beginning of her ceramics trajectory, working as a studio tech at a college clay studio, she realized she needed to be strong to load kilns and make large batches of clay. The physicality of her art became a driving reason to care for her body and its functional strength and mobility. Strength, agility, balance, flexibility and injury prevention (and recovery) were all things she found her personal yoga practice improved. In 2015 she became a certified 200 HR-RYT through Core Power and in 2021 she received a second 200 HR-RYT from Purusha Yoga. Jess guides a vinyasa flow based practice, with an emphasis on linking breath to movement and being in the present during practice. Jess teaches yoga in Willard Park and on the SF Bay on stand up paddle boards. She owns her own stand up paddleboard company, 510-Waterline, in Richmond, CA. [https://www.510waterline.com/](https://www.510waterline.com/). And she currently makes pots at her home studio in Berkeley, CA. teaches adult ceramic classes, workshops and has exhibited her work internationally. What she says in her artist statement about her pots also applies to her yoga practice “Strength lies in the fluidity of opposites – of line and mass, contraction and relaxation, tension and softness, push and pull. Ultimately, I want my pots to be graceful, elegant, and straightforward. It’s all about strength and beauty.”[ https://www.jesspots.com/](https://www.jesspots.com/) **Meet Carmen:** Carmen has long believed in the body's innate wisdom and capacity for resilience. In her work as a Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner she helps this wisdom to emerge and transform. She completed her 500 hour (RYT) Yoga Therapy training at Purusha Yoga in San Francisco, a three-year professional Somatic Experiencing® training at Somatic Experiencing International®, is a certified Veterans Yoga Project teacher, as well as a trained wellness coach with the Kresser Institute. Carmen is currently teaching group yoga classes and offering private integrative somatic therapy and somatic wellness coaching sessions. Her mission as a yoga teacher is to create a safe and supportive environment for her students to explore the eight limbs of Raja Yoga, while cultivating resiliency and a deeper connection to self. Carmen also co-facilitates wellness retreats, and works individually with clients offering integrated somatic therapy sessions. [https://carmencasado.com/](https://carmencasado.com/)

Trinket Making Decompression

**Trinket Making Decompression in Oakland ✨ Saturday May 23, 3:30–5:30 pm at Temescal Library.** We’ll have materials for making items into trinkets: key chains, beads, charms, ribbons, glue and other bits to play with. Bring your own scrap treasures or pile of recycled items: broken jewelry, single earrings, weird tiny objects, all the little monsters hiding in your drawers. These little trinkets are a way to share joy with others and serve as reminders for our own inner child. Make gifts to share with the community, add to your bag and share at trinket libraries. There’ll be a sharing table if you want to swap materials, and you’re welcome to bring any art or craft project you’ve been wanting to make!

Lunchtime Yoga in the Park: Willard Park Yoga Collective

Join the Willard Park Yoga Collective every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday at Willard Park in Berkeley! Friday online! Integrated Hatha Flow classes are based on classical Hatha, mixed with the specializations of each teacher. We flow thoughtfully through poses taking time to notice the nuances, and match movement with breath. Chrissy, Carmen, and Jess integrate somatic modalities and the eight limbs into the yoga practice to increase body and breath awareness, and regulate the nervous system. Finding all of this in the present moment, we aim to foster agency, gratitude, peace, and joy. Teaching outside further deepens the practice by connecting to Nature and the elements. All levels are welcome and will be accommodated, judgement free. *"We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness"* **Thich Nhat Hanh** \*We work on a donation-basis, making yoga more accessible to all. Come as you are, pay what you can. Your teachers: Mondays 12:30pm Jess Tuesdays 12:30pm Carmen Wednesdays 12:30pm Chrissy Thursdays 12:30pm Carmen Fridays 5:30pm Chrissy (Online in the late fall-winter. Got to event for link) Sundays 10:00am Chrissy **Meet Chrissy:** Chrissy is a 500HR-RYT, Yoga Therapist, and Thai Yoga Massage Therapist. She came to teaching yoga with a 25+ year personal practice in vinyasa and kundalini, and training in modern dance, music, and theater. She also holds certification in ECE(12unit) and Social/Emotional Learning Facilitation. Her classes are integrated Hatha flow, influenced deeply by yoga philosophy and functional strength. With an emphasis on breath and accessing the present moment, she delights in walking the line between play and prayer. Chrissy strives to honor the origins of yoga while making it accessible to every body. She acknowledges her position as white, able-bodied, and cisgendered, aiming to be inclusive and trauma informed. Her classes are donation based with no one turned away for lack of funds. Private clients are sliding scale. In lieu of a studio, Chrissy teaches on line and outside in parks on the sovereign land of the Lisjan Ohlone. *Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu* May all beings be happy, healthy, and free. May we contribute to that. [https://chrissyyoga.com/](https://chrissyyoga.com/#home) **Meet Jess:** Jess is an artist and an athlete. At the beginning of her ceramics trajectory, working as a studio tech at a college clay studio, she realized she needed to be strong to load kilns and make large batches of clay. The physicality of her art became a driving reason to care for her body and its functional strength and mobility. Strength, agility, balance, flexibility and injury prevention (and recovery) were all things she found her personal yoga practice improved. In 2015 she became a certified 200 HR-RYT through Core Power and in 2021 she received a second 200 HR-RYT from Purusha Yoga. Jess guides a vinyasa flow based practice, with an emphasis on linking breath to movement and being in the present during practice. Jess teaches yoga in Willard Park and on the SF Bay on stand up paddle boards. She owns her own stand up paddleboard company, 510-Waterline, in Richmond, CA. [https://www.510waterline.com/](https://www.510waterline.com/). And she currently makes pots at her home studio in Berkeley, CA. teaches adult ceramic classes, workshops and has exhibited her work internationally. What she says in her artist statement about her pots also applies to her yoga practice “Strength lies in the fluidity of opposites – of line and mass, contraction and relaxation, tension and softness, push and pull. Ultimately, I want my pots to be graceful, elegant, and straightforward. It’s all about strength and beauty.”[ https://www.jesspots.com/](https://www.jesspots.com/) **Meet Carmen:** Carmen has long believed in the body's innate wisdom and capacity for resilience. In her work as a Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner she helps this wisdom to emerge and transform. She completed her 500 hour (RYT) Yoga Therapy training at Purusha Yoga in San Francisco, a three-year professional Somatic Experiencing® training at Somatic Experiencing International®, is a certified Veterans Yoga Project teacher, as well as a trained wellness coach with the Kresser Institute. Carmen is currently teaching group yoga classes and offering private integrative somatic therapy and somatic wellness coaching sessions. Her mission as a yoga teacher is to create a safe and supportive environment for her students to explore the eight limbs of Raja Yoga, while cultivating resiliency and a deeper connection to self. Carmen also co-facilitates wellness retreats, and works individually with clients offering integrated somatic therapy sessions. [https://carmencasado.com/](https://carmencasado.com/)

Ingelside Sundial off Ocean . Check the map below.

This historic sundial was built on an old race track and now is a park with benches and urns on columns. No restrooms unless you walk over to Ocean Ave. check the map and see where I pinned it.

Diane Arbus - Critique Workshop / B&W Photo Walk, Beauty Pageant

Join us as we visit the Diane Arbus photo exhibit and then take a B&W Photowalk. We will walk to this event at Civic Center. [https://bamboovoice.org/songkran-2026/](https://bamboovoice.org/songkran-2026/) CCC-BAFPM EVENT TIMELINE (Subject to Change) 11:30am All attendees meet at the meeting location. Wait for late comers. 11:45am Meetup event officially begins. Take attendance. Introductions / Group Discussion: Your name? What kind of photography do you like? What level photographer are you: beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert, master? Why did you choose to attend this event? What do you hope to get out of this event? Gear show and tell. [Workshop assignment (optional): upload/submit 1-5 photos to the event page within 2 weeks, comment on each others' photos. Share photos on SOCIAL MEDIA TAGS @thebambooorg @sfphotocollective Take a group photo with the CCC banner.] 12:00pm-12:30pm Distribution of Critique Manual Workbook (limited copies, $5). View and critique photos in the gallery. 12:30pm Briefly visit CameraWest. 12:45pm B&W Photo walk to civic center. 1:30pm-3:30pm Photograph Beauty Pageant at Civic Center. End of meetup event. (Nate Love will be available for photography questions and seminar workshop mentoring.) Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum, an exhibition of forty-five photographs made in private places across New York, New Jersey, California, and London between 1961 and 1971, will be on view at Fraenkel Gallery from March 12 to May 22, 2026, following an exhibition at David Zwirner, London. The exhibition will be accompanied by a comprehensive monograph reproducing works in the exhibition, jointly published by both galleries. [https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/diane-arbus-sanctum-sanctorum](https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/diane-arbus-sanctum-sanctorum) About the Artist Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most original and influential photographers of the twentieth century. In 1963 and 1966 she was awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships and was one of three photographers whose work was the focus of New Documents, John Szarkowski’s landmark exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1967. A year after her death, her work was selected for inclusion in the Venice Biennale, and from 1972 to 1975, the Museum of Modern Art hosted a major traveling retrospective. Her photographs are in the collections of numerous institutions around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Tate Gallery, London, among many others. Fraenkel Gallery 49 Geary Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 (map) I will have few copies of the California Camera Club book "Photo Critique Manual" ($5 Venmo/Cash) for those who don't have one yet. -Nate Love Please join our group chat... [https://chat.whatsapp.com/J3Q5ik3nlOqIaGImlfd8SI](https://chat.whatsapp.com/J3Q5ik3nlOqIaGImlfd8SI) This event is hosted in conjunction with The California Camera Club. [https://www.meetup.com/sf-photo-collective](https://www.meetup.com/sf-photo-collective) Checkout this Meetup with The California Camera Club - SF Photo Collective: [https://meetu.ps/e/PXGVg/byrPR/i](https://meetu.ps/e/PXGVg/byrPR/i) The California Camera Club The San Francisco Photo Collective Photo Academy Workshop Subgroups- Contemporary Photographic Artist Association Fine Art Institute of Aesthetic Philosophy Society of Film Photographers Analogue Emulsion Imagemakers Bay Area Photo Alliance Camera Culture Guild A DEDICATED CAMERA IS REQUIRED FOR PHOTOWALKS: Thanks. COURTESY & RESPECT POLICIES RSVP POLICY: If you RSVP to attend this event, and then find that you are no longer able to attend the event, please edit your RSVP status accordingly. Change your RSVP status to "Not Going" if you are not going (it takes about 5 seconds to do this). Thanks. LATE POLICY: As a courtesy, we generally wait 15 minutes for latecomers. If you arrive later than 15 minutes, please have no expectation of finding the group. During the event, the hosts are busy hosting the event, not constantly checking for phone messages from latecomers. Please note: traffic and parking often causes delays in San Francisco; please plan accordingly so as to arrive on time. Thank you. LEGAL LIABILITY WAIVER/DISCLAIMER: The California Camera Club is run by volunteer organizers and hosts who generously donate their time and energy to organize and host these free events for your pleasure and enjoyment. But your safety and security is ultimately your responsibility. By joining us for any event you hereby release and discharge its organizers and hosts from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future.

The Swapping of the Books📚

Let’s swap some books and hang out with fellow book lovers! Maybe have a beer or two. Bring at least one book to swap, and make sure to take any books back with you that don’t get taken. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Murder Mystery: Clues, Collages, & Junk Journaling

East Bay Women's Book Club May Meetup: Best Offer Wins

Hello, fellow female readers -- The book for the May Meetup is 'Best Offer Wins,' by Marisa Kashino, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick and An ELLE Best Mystery/Thriller. For those of you who are new, I will send out the address to my house by Monday, May 18. Looking forward to gathering together and discussing the book. Bonnie

Nature Journaling Sea Lions @Pier 39, San Francisco

Event Page : \[https://luma\.com/na70tzoi\]\(https://luma\.com/na70tzoi\) ​Did you know the sea lions only started hauling out near pier 41 after the 1989 earthquake? Now hundreds call these docks home, barking, napping, and soaking up the sun. ​It’s one of the liveliest (yes, very crowded) spots in San Francisco — which makes it a perfect place to share the joy of nature journaling with curious passers by so come prepared to share what this group is all about! ​ALSO - This is a special collaboration with Sunset Sketchers! ​Sunset Sketcher's brains are trained for "How to draw", and Nature Journalist are in tune with "How to observe" skillset. Let's collaborate and see what we can learn from each other :) ​Event Details ​🕐 Time: 1pm to 4pm ​📍 Location: Sea Lions at Pier 39 ​🗺️ ​Meeting Point: Ben and Jerry’s on Pier 41 (we will walk to pier 39 Sea Lion Center after first 15 mins intro) ​🖊️ What to Bring: A journal or sketchbook, writing and drawing/coloring supplies. Optional: binoculars, a lightweight stool, and your curiosity! ​⚠️ You definitely want to take public transport or ride share for this one because it is the most crowded and touristy part of San Francisco! Also, if you want to cut-off from the noise - get ear buds / plugs ! Get warm layers and a sun protection. ​🧻 Nearest restrooms are at pier 39 (we will be very close to one) ​💰Cost: It's a free event\, but we encourage 20$ donations to Wild Wonder Foundation \[https://www\.wildwonder\.org/donate\]\(https://www\.wildwonder\.org/donate\) ​🐥Bonus add-ons ( if you want to explore beyond this meet-up ) \- ​Lot's of Gulls and pelicans in flight in the area to journal ​📚References: \- ​KtfNj email list: \[tinyurl\.com/ktfnj\]\(https://tinyurl\.com/ktfnj\) \- ​wildwonder\.org \- ​https://johnmuirlaws\.com ​Come as you are — no experience needed, just a sense of wonder. We can’t wait to explore with you!