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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....

Touching down on ‘Planet Celadon’

Emily Wilson - September 1, 2018

ART LOOKS The video and dance performance coming to the Asian Art Museum, Planet Celadon: Our Receiver Is Operating, features scuba gestures, air traffic signals,...

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...

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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...

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Pulsing onward

Maro Guevara - April 14, 2016

A renaissance at 25? For almost a quarter century, CounterPulse had been producing "risk-taking art that shatters assumptions and builds community," providing San Francisco...

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“Like watching your parents have sex”

Caitlin Donohue - February 10, 2016

ART LOOKS I harbor a sick love for art fairs and have been known to travel across the country on my own dime to...

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BIG WEEK: The top 10 things to do Wed/6-Sun/10

Marke B. - January 6, 2016

Sketchfest, Tape Music Festival, Bowie Birthday Bash, Movement Arts Festival, Project Nunway, Mochi Pounding, Star Trek Live... By Marke B. BIG WEEK Sketchfest! Sketchfest! Sketchfest! Is...

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