Art

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

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

Art Mary Corbin - June 1, 2025

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

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

Art Review Genevieve Quick - May 29, 2025

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

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

What To Do Caitlin Donohue - May 28, 2025

Dance on the edge of familiarity with Yameng Lee Thorp

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

Art Mary Corbin - May 15, 2025

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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A mysterious smile: The unexpected curves of Lin Fischer’s figurative art

Mary Corbin - April 11, 2025

East Bay painter makes it her practice to step into the light, wherever it may lead, over decades of her career.

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Andrea Bergen collages a post-apocalyptic world whose creatures feast on scraps

Mary Corbin - April 3, 2025

Will these electric raccoons and possums inherit our beleaguered Earth?

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$100,000 ice cream sundae? What MrBeast’s flamboyant sums say about our internet

Leah Isobel - April 1, 2025

A talk with video artist Morry Kolman, who forces viewers to gaze beyond the YouTuber's vapid philanthropism.

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Queer American Songbook to Ukrainian trans theater, SF International Arts Festival won’t play it straight

Caitlin Donohue - March 30, 2025

Venerable fest doubles down at unlikely, if urgent moment for convening global LGBTQ+ creatives.

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A Bay Area Figurative Movement resurrection paints the Bay in hopeful hues

Tom Molanphy - March 20, 2025

Might we find connection via David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, and Elmer Bischoff's ethereal intimacy?

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‘Emotions expand and figures distort’ in Robert Hightower’s unapologetic works

Mary Corbin - March 14, 2025

Richmond father and artist articulates police brutality and his own bipolar disorder through graphic motif.

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Marc D’Estout’s absurdist ‘domestic objects’ are haikus to the uncanny

DeWitt Cheng - March 12, 2025

Welded and hammered steel forms at Triton Museum dare to avoid anthromorphic—and pandemic—interpretation.

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Art

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

A mysterious smile: The unexpected curves of Lin Fischer’s figurative art

Andrea Bergen collages a post-apocalyptic world whose creatures feast on scraps

$100,000 ice cream sundae? What MrBeast’s flamboyant sums say about our internet

Queer American Songbook to Ukrainian trans theater, SF International Arts Festival won’t play it straight

A Bay Area Figurative Movement resurrection paints the Bay in hopeful hues

‘Emotions expand and figures distort’ in Robert Hightower’s unapologetic works

Marc D’Estout’s absurdist ‘domestic objects’ are haikus to the uncanny

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