‘Ruth Asawa: Retrospective’ at the SFMOMA

“An artist is not special,” Ruth Asawa once said. “An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special.” The San Francisco Museum of Modern ... Read More

Wayne Thiebaud “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” (after Georges Seurat), 2000. Oil on board, 6 11/16 x 11 3/8 in. (16.986 x 28.893 cm) © WAYNE THIEBAUD FOUNDATION / LICENSED BY VAGA AT ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NY

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Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

“You can do art history backwards or forwards; you can take your choice. Progress is not part of it. Variation, yes, and extension and all that, but progress? Phew. I don’t kn... Read More

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Kota Ezawa brings ‘Here and There, Now and Then’ to the Fort Mason Center

By Sharon Anderson

Kota Ezawa’s art, which repurposes source imagery from news footage and film, will be on display at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. Charged depictions of events li... Read More

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RugLife opens at the Museum of Craft and Design

By Sharon Anderson

The Museum of Craft and Design presents RugLife, an original exhibition by 14 contemporary artists around the world who explore the medium of this functional-object-turned-artpiec... Read More

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The legendary Battle of Pavia Tapestries come to San Francisco

By Sharon Anderson

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will be the sole West Coast venue for Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries. Tapestries and monumental examples of ... Read More

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‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ brings a pop culture phenomenon to The Asian Art Museum

By Sharon Anderson

The unprecedented global pop culture phenomenon known as K-pop has influenced cinema, drama, fashion, and beauty. Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the Asian Art Museum is an immersive e... Read More

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Mary Cassatt’s first North American retrospective in 25 years at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

As one of the leaders of the French Impressionist movement and the most celebrated woman artist of her era, Mary Cassatt was an artist who used women, their activities, and the sp... Read More

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Two new exhibits, ‘Firmament’ and ‘Looted’ at the CJM this fall

By Sharon Anderson

On Sept. 5, The Contemporary Jewish Museum will open two new exhibitions: Firmament, the first solo museum exhibition by local artist Nicki Green, and Looted, a multi-media instal... Read More

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Fort Mason Center and FOR-SITE present ‘Lexa Walsh at the Guardhouse’

By Sharon Anderson

Lexa Walsh at the Guardhouse will be the second installment of this year’s The Guardhouse Program. Three artists are selected annually to transform the former military guard sta... Read More

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Installation of Major Commission by Kara Walker opens at SFMOMA

By Sharon Anderson

SFMOMA’s Roberts Family Gallery is unveiling an installation by celebrated artist Kara Walker. The museum’s admission-free, street-level gallery is the location for the site-s... Read More

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Portrait by Lavinia Fontana acquired by the FAMSF

By Sharon Anderson

Lavinia Fontana was one of the most compelling portraitists of her time. As a painter, she was known for her exquisite descriptions of costumes and jewelry and her expressive port... Read More

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Art of Noise exhibit at SFMOMA celebrates groundbreaking music design

By Sharon Anderson

SFMOMA’s Art of Noise pays homage to the images that accompany our musical experiences. The exhibit features over 800 artworks and four audio installations, record albums and co... Read More

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The Asian Art Museum looks back 3,000 years in Phoenix Kingdoms: the Last Splendor of China’s Bronze Age

By Sharon Anderson

Exotic instruments, vessels, flamboyant ephemera in jade and silk, bronze bells and lacquered open-mouthed tigers transport the museumgoer to China’s Bronze Age in The Asian Art... Read More

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Major Irving Penn retrospective features Summer of Love photographs

By Sharon Anderson

Irving Penn’s direct, expressive portraits are celebrated among the most recognizable photographs of the 20th century. In a career that spanned 70 years, Penn was a regular cont... Read More

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‘Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style’

Haute couture meets history in the de Young’s latest exhibition

By Sharon Anderson

From bohemian styles to high-end evening wear, San Francisco’s location on the Pacific Rim combined with its creative, inclusive mindset helped to develop the unique fashion of ... Read More

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