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Look! Up in the sky! It’s public art—with Premiere Jr.

Marke B. - February 6, 2020

I finally made it to Salesforce Park, a perfectly pleasant, perfectly sterile civic project atop the new Transbay Terminal. The downtown public space is...

Cartooning the Japanese Internment, through George Takei’s eyes

Emily Wilson - January 13, 2020

Harmony Becker, the creator of the comics Himawari Share, Love Potion, and Anemone and Catharus, was at her booth at an indie comic arts show in Brooklyn...

A 24/7 switchboard connecting participants to ‘The Dead Woman’

Emily Wilson - January 8, 2020

For her first solo show in California, Brazilian artist Cinthia Marcelle has converted the galleries at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts into...

The unflagging, cinematic visions of James Tissot

Emily Wilson - January 7, 2020

A sharpshooter in the Franco-Prussian War, a society painter, and a watercolorist who did hundreds of religious scenes that inspired filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg...

‘Bureau of Aesthetics’ prioritizes Native arts

Emily Wilson - December 15, 2019

With Native Art Department International (NADI), Jason Lujan says he and Maria Hupfield try to collapse distinctions and treat other artists in a way...

‘A Gothic Tale’ plumbs Legion of Honor’s haunting depths

Emily Wilson - October 28, 2019

Does Halloween have you in the mood for some film noir? Maybe some mirrored walls and alternate selves? Something SPOOKternatural? Then head to the Legion...

Can a museum exhibit capture Burning Man?

Steven T. Jones - October 22, 2019

It has blinky lights, art cars, the gifting of trinkets, and the Temple of Reunion by legendary temple-builder David Best. There’s cool video from...

The joy of big bamboo—and lots of it

Emily Wilson - August 5, 2019

ART LOOKS Tanabe Chikuunsai IV has been surrounded by bamboo since he was born. A fourth generation Japanese bamboo artist, he studied at sculpture at...

‘Art of Peace’ transforms guns into beauty

Emily Wilson - July 23, 2019

ART LOOKS Pati Navalta Poblete grew up in Vallejo. But after her 23-year-old son Robby Poblete was shot there in 2014, she had such...

At Creativity Explored, Isaac Haney-Owens curates a vibrant ‘Cityscape’

Emily Wilson - July 22, 2019

ART LOOKS Artist Isaac Haney-Owens lives in San Francisco, in the Rincon Hill neighborhood. He likes walking around. He likes the skyline. He likes the...

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