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Stephen West

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Stephen West writes about arts and culture in California. Previously he was media business editor at the Los Angeles Times, executive editor of Daily Variety and, until he retired in 2017, an editor and arts writer for Bloomberg News in San Francisco.

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Rediscovering David Park, Bay Area Realist

By Stephen West on November 18, 2020

One of the best things museums do is to introduce you to an interesting or important artist you've never heard of, or just barely, through a... Read more →
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Frida Kahlo: Portrait of the Artist as a Fashionista

By Stephen West on October 28, 2020

San Francisco museums are starting to reopen after the virus pandemic shut down everything for seven months, and one of the first new exhibitions is... Read more →
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Angst Among the Worker Bees in Gloria

By Stephen West on March 4, 2020

Meet Ani, Dean, and Kendra, editorial assistants at a weekly magazine in New York. They're ambitious yet frustrated, smart yet not very hard-working,... Read more →
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Seeking Nirvana in Tibetan Buddhist Art

By Stephen West on February 12, 2020

Visiting an art exhibition can be an uplifting experience, but the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco takes the idea to a new level with its latest... Read more →
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Mix Photos and Words, Add a Dash of Wit

By Stephen West on January 15, 2020

Three Bay Area artists who banded together in the 1970s to explore conceptual photography are the subjects of a fascinating exhibition that just... Read more →
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Grand Tour of ’60s Black Art

By Stephen West on November 13, 2019

An ambitious exhibition of African-American art from the 1960s and 1970s, now on view in San Francisco, shines a fresh light on the powerful work... Read more →
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Rediscovering Tissot, the Pre-Impressionist

By Stephen West on October 16, 2019

James Tissot was one of the most successful French painters of the late 19th century, a contemporary of Manet and Degas, yet most people now have... Read more →
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Figaro Delivers Sweet Singing, Drawing-Room Comedy

By Stephen West on October 16, 2019

San Francisco Opera just opened a handsome new production of The Marriage of Figaro, and it's an energetic take on Mozart's classic 1786... Read more →
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Casteel Makes a Splash With Powerful Portraits

By Stephen West on October 2, 2019

Jordan Casteel has been called a rising star in American art, and it's clear why from a visit to her first solo museum show, which just opened at... Read more →
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Elegant Images of Ancient Egypt

By Stephen West on September 11, 2019

Ever since its invention in the early 19th century, photography has been a way to describe the world, a form of scientific pursuit as much as... Read more →
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