Sharon Hayes is the winner of the 2013 Alpert Award in the Arts for visual arts category. 

SFMOMA announced that filmmaker George Lucas will receive its annual lifetime achievement Bay Area Treasure Award.

Patricia Maloney

Bio

Patricia Maloney is a curator and writer living and working in Berkeley, CA. In addition to her role as Director for Art Practical, she works with the alternative exhibition space Ampersand International Arts, is a contributing writer to Artforum.com and a frequent commentator on the weekly contemporary art podcast Bad at Sports. She holds her MA in Theory and History of Contemporary Art from the San Francisco Art Institute.