Kenyan sculptor Wangechi Mutu &
Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
The dramatic account of Pompeii’s last days before the deadly AD 79 eruption is explored in this dramatic yet ultimately melancholy exhibit that focuses on the Pompeiians’ normal daily activities of eating and drinking. San ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
San Francisco’s newly re-opened de Young Museum is hosting the first American showing of a major exhibition, “Calder-Picasso.” It’s an exciting view of more than 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs investigating the surprising affinities between Alexander Calder (American, ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
After six endlessly long months of closure, four San Francisco Museums, the de Young Museum (opening September 25, 2020), the Asian Art Museum (October 3, 2020), SFMOMA (October 4, 2020), and The Contemporary Jewish Museum (October 17, 2020) are ...
Emily S. MendelOakland,
"The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the object. So that no one would say, how did you do it, where did you find it, but they would say that such things could ...
Renata PoltSan Francisco,
Aw shoot! I forgot to wear my new tight-fitting black Levi’s to the Levi’s show! But then, I was so surrounded by Levi’s history, paraphernalia, photographs, pants, and all things Levi’s that it didn’t really matter. ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
Since 1967, the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has honored more than 90 Bay Area emerging or under-recognized artists with its SECA Art Award. The 2019 SECA ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
“Art in the Age of Black Power 1963 –1983” celebrates and dignifies the significant body of artwork by African American artists that was crucial to the black experience and American history. This remarkable and vital exhibition captures a volatile ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
In a departure from its typical retrospective or mid-career show of a sole contemporary or renowned artist, (typically in the past, a white male), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is presenting new and recent works by ...
Toba Singer
The Tijuana [Mexico] Cultural Center merits a far more titillating acronym than CECUT! It stands out as one of my two favorite Tijuana institutions (the other being the Dance Conservatory of Mexico/Conservatorio de Danza de Mexico-CDM). Built in 1982, ...
Emily S. MendelBerkeley,
On display in one large gallery at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is “No Horizon,” comprising the recent works of two contemporary Bay Area artists, Helen Mirra, and Sean Thackrey. Their ethos has been influenced ...
