Rediscovering Tissot, the Pre-Impressionist
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
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
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
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 →
Exploring Photography’s Bag of Tricks
Photographers created a visual revolution in the 19th century by describing the world accurately, almost scientifically. They forced other artists... Read more →
Tattoos Get Respect in San Francisco Shows
It's summer in San Francisco, time to head to the park, demonstrate your hipness, and show off your tattoos. The de Young Museum's big new exhibition... Read more →
Every Warhol You’d Ever Want to See
What is there left to say about Andy Warhol? He was one of a handful of 20th-century artists who truly became household names, like Picasso. He was a... Read more →
The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp
Becky Sharp, the anti-heroine of William Makepeace Thackeray's sprawling 19th-century novel Vanity Fair, is a handful. Ambitious but poor, charming... Read more →
How Rubens Added Italian Passion to Flemish Restraint
In Peter Paul Rubens's spectacular Daniel in the Lions' Den, a buff Daniel, with long brown hair flowing over the shoulders and dressed only in a... Read more →
Tracing Monet’s Garden as It Evolves Into Pure Color
In 1914, Claude Monet could have put away his paint brushes for good. He was financially secure, and his reputation as a star of French Impressionism... Read more →
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