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‘Recycle’ artist Romanowski looks back ‘Every Now & Then’

Marke B. - March 22, 2019

ART LOOKS "My house is a museum," Romanowski tells me over the phone. "My whole life is art." I haven't been to his house, but anyone...

Peter Hujar’s brilliant, too brilliant icons

Marke B. - October 22, 2018

ART LOOKS If you were a hip gay American man at a certain point in history, say about 1988-1993, you were expected to be in...

Unraveling Rene Magritte’s late riddles

Emily Wilson - September 25, 2018

ART LOOKS The work of 20th century surrealist Belgian painter Rene Magritte’s,with its iconic green apples and men in bowler hats, invites the viewers question reality....

Blackface betrayal and ‘Black Lies’ in Edgar Arceneaux’s new YBCA installation

Emily Wilson - March 15, 2018

ART LOOKS In 1981, Ben Vereen, known for his role as Chicken George in the miniseries Roots, and for winning a Tony in Bob...

SFMOMA’s immersive ‘Sublime Seas’ mixes ‘Blue Planet’ beauty with unfathomable brutality

Emily Wilson - March 7, 2018

ART LOOKS Artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah grew up in London, near the Tate Gallery. He would go there as a 12-year-old, fascinated by, among...

Architecturally sound neon Pomeranians: Our top 5 from Mexico City Art Week

Caitlin Donohue - February 13, 2018

ART LOOKS I didn’t expect to be here, writing to you, about this. After many years of penning flippant retorts and scene reports from...

200 years of poetic art vibes in BAMPFA’s ‘Way Bay’

Marke B. - January 29, 2018

ART LOOKS One thing out of the way first: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's sprawling new show Way Bay: 200 Years of Art...

Arts + Culture

‘The Third Muslim’ highlights queer faith, art, resilience

Marke B. - January 23, 2018

"The diversity of queer and trans* Muslim experiences cannot be limited," says Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, co-curator, with Yas Ahmed, of provocative and necessary new SomARTS show "The...

Art

SOMArts show kicks off Dia de los Muertos season

Marke B. - October 5, 2017

ART LOOKS San Francisco takes its Day of the Dead seriously -- it's a sacred moment -- but, in the spirit of the magical holiday that pierces...

Art

Wall prevail

Caitlin Donohue - September 28, 2017

With her organization's 40th anniversary gala a few days away, Precita Eyes Muralists founder Susan Cervantes has little time to talk. Still, caught at...

Art

‘Recycle’ artist Romanowski looks back ‘Every Now & Then’

Peter Hujar’s brilliant, too brilliant icons

Unraveling Rene Magritte’s late riddles

Blackface betrayal and ‘Black Lies’ in Edgar Arceneaux’s new YBCA installation

SFMOMA’s immersive ‘Sublime Seas’ mixes ‘Blue Planet’ beauty with unfathomable brutality

Architecturally sound neon Pomeranians: Our top 5 from Mexico City Art Week

200 years of poetic art vibes in BAMPFA’s ‘Way Bay’

‘The Third Muslim’ highlights queer faith, art, resilience

SOMArts show kicks off Dia de los Muertos season

Wall prevail

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