Mural series by international graffiti artist BiP comes to San Francisco

When an artist begins a painting, we imagine tubes of paint lined up next to brushes. These tools are set next to an easel in proximity of comfortable access, and then the proper l... Read More

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J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free at the de Young through Sept. 20

By Sharon Anderson

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Tate Britain and the J. Paul Getty Museum present J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free, the first major survey of the a... Read More

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Ki Longfellow on writing ‘The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall’

By Sharon Anderson

Musician, singer, writer, and artist Vivian Stanshall is perhaps best known as the charismatic front man of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, whose albums and stage antics brought them... Read More

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‘Rendezvous with Art’ by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford

By Sharon Anderson

I’ll never forget my visit to the Huntington Museum and Library to view their collection of William Blake watercolors. Rarely displayed, the exhibition was packed with museum... Read More

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Marin MOCA presents Legends of the Bay Area – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

By Sharon Anderson

“The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem.” — Lawrence Ferlinghett... Read More

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David Mitchell: Boundaries

By Sharon Anderson

Through March 12, 2015, The Dryansky Gallery is featuring the work of David Mitchell in the exhibition Boundaries. The gallery opened last fall and is offering San Francisco a fres... Read More

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A portrait of Neal Cassady rediscovered

By Sharon Anderson

In December 1950, Neal Cassady wrote a letter to his friend Jack Kerouac. Like a message in a bottle, these pieces of paper traveled, lost in time, only to resurface years later in... Read More

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Keith Haring: The Political Line

By Sharon Anderson

"Art is for everybody." — Keith Haring... Read More

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Lutz Bacher: ‘Snow’

By Sharon Anderson

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." — Oscar Wilde... Read More

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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

By Sharon Anderson

“If my art had nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is “art” for? “ — Ai Weiwei With Ai Weiwei’s arrest in a Beijing airport in 2... Read More

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Modernism from the National Gallery of Art on display at the de Young

By Sharon Anderson

“I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.” — Barnet... Read More

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Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records

By Sharon Anderson

What’s that?” The question came from my nephew as he stood gazing at my turntable, the centerpiece of my life while I was growing up. “It’s a record player,... Read More

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Sigmar Polke, founder of Capital Realism art movement

By Sharon Anderson

"You can't exist in a vacuum, you are rooted in time."... Read More

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Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition at de Young extended until May 11

By Sharon Anderson

The de Young museum has extended its exhibition of Georgia O’Keeffe’s landscapes and botanical studies, created at Lake George in upstate New York between 1918 and the ear... Read More

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Looking inside: Artist Mike Kelley at L.A.’s MOCA

By Sharon Anderson

The largest exhibition of Mike Kelley’s work will take up the entire space that is the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, from March 31 to July... Read More

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