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Art

‘What might the world look like?’: Displaying the breadth of Faith Ringgold’s art and life

Emily Wilson - October 3, 2022

Curator Janna Keegan speaks about the 91-year-old artist-activist's breathtaking retrospective at the de Young.

Art

A weaving of worlds: Miguel Arzabe explores ch’ixi

Mary Corbin - September 22, 2022

Everyday Bolivian textiles and harvest moon ritual inspire the Oakland artist.

Art

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

Art

Review: In ‘Uncanny Valley,’ disturbing ripples from artificial intelligence

Genevieve Quick - April 29, 2021

Excellent De Young show reveals technology's ties to oppressive tactics—and art's to the arms trade

Art

Michelle E. Fillmore paints to connect—and manage pandemic emotions

Mary Corbin - September 20, 2020

The Oakland photorealist's work depicts mystery, transformation, and the identity crisis imposed by our moment.

Culture

How do you represent Black and Latino communities at major museum shows?

Emily Wilson - March 8, 2020

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco started its Community Representatives program back in 1992 when it hosted an exhibit of the work of...

Art

Electrifying art of Black Power in ‘Soul of a Nation’

Emily Wilson - February 18, 2020

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963–1983 was organized by London’s Tate Museum and traveled to Arkansas, New York,...

Arts + Culture

At 85, a revered glassblower inspired by SF’s ‘Radiance’

Emily Wilson - September 27, 2019

Lino Tagliapietra became an apprentice glassblower in his hometown of Murano, Italy, at 11 years old and was given the title of Maestro when...

Monet’s late bloomers hold surprises at de Young

Emily Wilson - March 27, 2019

ART LOOKS Melissa Buron, director of the art division at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco says it’s fitting that the show Monet: The...

Arts + Culture

Black Panthers, today: A 1968 photo series exploring the activists’ humanity finds significance in 2019

Caitlin Donohue - January 18, 2019

How is the humanity of activists obscured to discredit their movement? San Francisco Art Institute explores the question in “Vanguard Revisited: Poetic Politics &...

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