Mix Photos and Words, Add a Dash of Wit
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
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 →
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 →
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 →
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