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David Johnson’s exhilarating photographs capture transformative decades in SF

Emily Wilson - June 22, 2022

'That was my goal to do that, and it happened. God was reading my mind,' says the 95-year-old, with a 1945-1965 show at City Hall

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Painter Brett Amory’s shadowy subjects are engulfed in the flow of life

Mary Corbin - June 22, 2022

Epic 20-year series 'Waiting' has captured the intangible in the banal; now the Oakland artist is looking toward what's next

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The revolutionary realism of Alice Neel

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - June 17, 2022

The painter's extraordinary work, now at the DeYoung, proves that socially engaged art is anything but boring and irrelevant.

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This community-minded Bay platform is giving Black creatives tools to thrive

Emily Wilson - June 15, 2022

Artist as First Responder links food justice emcees and performance artists to much-needed community—plus health benefits, hello.

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Oakland’s Heidi Brueckner turns COVID detritus into quirky, assertive art

Mary Corbin - June 8, 2022

Oil paints were joined by banned paper bags and bubble-wrap-filled mailers in the creative's pandemic dark days

Onstage

85-minute lipsync becomes theater star’s joy in ‘Dana H.’

Lou Fancher - June 1, 2022

Jordan Baker speaks to the rigor involved in portraying the true-life tale of a chaplain counselor's five-month abduction.

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Neon pop, watercolor superstars: Kelly Inouye’s ‘MTV Generation’ paints a cultural moment

Emily Wilson - May 27, 2022

Gender fluidity, sexual politics, racial struggle, media power are encapsulated in the artist's gorgeous works. Plus, Boy George!

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SF’s Lisa Esherick paints ‘how light comes crashing down into darkness’

Mary Corbin - May 20, 2022

A natural voyeur with no interest in the posed model, the artist makes paintings of ordinary life that pique imagination

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‘Gone, Gone Beyond’ manifests formlessness through 360° cinematic collage

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - May 12, 2022

At Gray Area, People Like Us and the CineChamber offer an immersive spatial experience that aims to transcend time and fixed meaning.

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Time slips to dizzying photographic effect in ‘Considered Interactions’

Ava Morton - May 12, 2022

A Casemore Kirkeby, dark humor points to the frustrating and curious challenge of seeking to capture something already changing.

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