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Merging real and absurd, Tamera Avery’s paintings grapple with the world’s decay

Large canvases, bold colors, and youth culture's hopeful influence reflect 'the right and wrongness of today.'

Art Mary Corbin - July 7, 2025

Kayhan’s revolt against FOMO photography

Iranian scholar's exquisitely rendered tones recalls work of Dutch masters.

Art Review DeWitt Cheng - June 17, 2025

Inspired by Sister Corita Kent, Terri Friedman’s meticulous weaves erupt into protest

Abstraction and the use of words illuminate the products of CCA teacher's looms.

Art Mary Corbin - June 16, 2025

Black quilters of ‘Routed West’ stitched proof of what lasts

Created for warmth during the Second Great Migration or art for art's sake, BAMPFA exhibition's pieces stun.

Art Review Charles Lewis III - June 9, 2025

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African American Californian history awaits under the Golden Gate Bridge

Tom Molanphy - June 7, 2025

'Black Gold: Stories Untold' tells of those who built our communities, via contemporary tintype and custom table settings.

Arts + Culture

Local arts groups face funding cuts at all levels of government

Caitlin Donohue - June 2, 2025

City appears to have no additional plans to fund SF organizations, as support dwindles in US, state, and city budgets.

Art Review

Mysterious O.G. McRibb maps our technological death wish

DeWitt Cheng - June 2, 2025

Aggressive trickster—shh, it's Scott Hove of Cakeland—exhibits paintings of unstoppable juggernaut.

Art

Pleasure in the accident: Stephen Namara’s new graphic language

Mary Corbin - June 1, 2025

In an intimate interview, longtime creative speaks of delving into the unknown.

Art Review

Scenes from Naomi Rincón-Gallardo’s radical cuir world-building

Genevieve Quick - May 29, 2025

Mesoamerican mythologies, ecological processes, and fungi children cavort in Kadist video exhibition.

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BIG WEEK: Pride Month rages in with Diego Gomez, emo afternoon, Harvey Milk opera

Caitlin Donohue - May 28, 2025

Plus: Bay Area Book Festival, Cumbia y Cerveza, Crucial Reggae Sundays, 'Parade,' 'To Sleep With Anger,' more.

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Dance on the edge of familiarity with Yameng Lee Thorp

Mary Corbin - May 15, 2025

Finally, an artist who is not afraid to declare their love for Monet.

Art

On feeding the soul: Cynthia Tom’s San Franciscan canvas

Mary Corbin - May 14, 2025

From working with the Asian American Women Artists Association to helping create Mission Open Studios, here stands an instigator.

Arts + Culture

BIG WEEK: Bay to Breakers hideouts, from Salsa Daddy dinner to Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Caitlin Donohue - May 13, 2025

Plus: World Goth Day, 'Imprint' Mission zine release, Éamon McGivern, Grateful Dead Night, Mamahuhu's Mongolian Beef, Kruk & Kuip, more.

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Painter Hayal Pozanti puts hands on the canvas

Emily Wilson - May 12, 2025

Expressive finger-painted undulations capture nature's blues and greens at Jessica Silverman.

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Isaac Julien’s gorgeous shots reclaim authorship of history

Genevieve Quick - May 8, 2025

Filmmaker's first major Bay Area exhibition beholds Harlem Renaissance queer culture, James Baldwin, blaxploitation.

Arts + Culture

Bay Area arts organizations reel, vow to survive NEA grant cancellations

Caitlin Donohue - May 7, 2025

Agency's new 'priorities' include supporting communities of color, despite defunding BIPOC-led organizations.

Art

CCA’s ‘Reunited’ celebrates materiality of supporting women artists

Emily Wilson - May 6, 2025

Don't miss this multimedia show incisively written catalogue on its creatives' dimensionality and depth.

Art Review

Sandra Yagi’s bewitching ‘The Faerie Realm’ light-heartedly skewers human nature

DeWitt Cheng - April 17, 2025

At Modern Eden, leafy scenes locate the mystery of life via cavorting, skeletal avatars of Death.

Art

A staring contest with Will Rogan’s slippery corner entities

Bec Imrich - April 14, 2025

Uncanny yet tender sculptures that speak to their creator's own mortality pop up at Altman Siegel Pacific Heights.

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Art

Merging real and absurd, Tamera Avery’s paintings grapple with the world’s decay

Kayhan’s revolt against FOMO photography

Inspired by Sister Corita Kent, Terri Friedman’s meticulous weaves erupt into protest

Black quilters of ‘Routed West’ stitched proof of what lasts

African American Californian history awaits under the Golden Gate Bridge

Local arts groups face funding cuts at all levels of government

Mysterious O.G. McRibb maps our technological death wish

Pleasure in the accident: Stephen Namara’s new graphic language

Scenes from Naomi Rincón-Gallardo’s radical cuir world-building

BIG WEEK: Pride Month rages in with Diego Gomez, emo afternoon, Harvey Milk opera

Dance on the edge of familiarity with Yameng Lee Thorp

On feeding the soul: Cynthia Tom’s San Franciscan canvas

BIG WEEK: Bay to Breakers hideouts, from Salsa Daddy dinner to Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Painter Hayal Pozanti puts hands on the canvas

Isaac Julien’s gorgeous shots reclaim authorship of history

Bay Area arts organizations reel, vow to survive NEA grant cancellations

CCA’s ‘Reunited’ celebrates materiality of supporting women artists

Sandra Yagi’s bewitching ‘The Faerie Realm’ light-heartedly skewers human nature

A staring contest with Will Rogan’s slippery corner entities

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