Visual Art Archives

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Lou Fancher - September 25, 2024

This world-class treasure trove of film and other creative forms is the true work of art.

Art

A mysterious illness led Mona Chiang to the easel. Now, she paints her own way

Mary Corbin - September 24, 2024

Berkeley artist urges healing through creativity and freedom from restrictions : 'Just make art and laugh.'

Art

Fueled by anger at injustice, an artist forged a new path through ‘Beauty and Terror’

Mary Corbin - August 9, 2024

Using colored string and wax, Robin L. Bernstein connects generations of Jewish heritage—and antisemitism.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Taking Venice’ questions 1960s US avant-gardists’ possible Cold Warfare

Dennis Harvey - July 3, 2024

Plus: 'MaXXXine' just may over-rely on Mia Goth and 'Last Summer' spins Ms. Robinson tale into trainwreck.

News + Politics

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48 Hills - June 8, 2024

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Art

Mark Perlman’s encaustic microcosms diagram otherworldly elements

DeWitt Chen - June 4, 2024

At Nancy Toomey, the artist maps infinitely meditative mental landscapes that transcend time and space.

Dance

Desperate times call for ‘Anna Karenina’

Lou Fancher - February 26, 2024

Joffrey Ballet's triumphant return to Cal Performances revives a literary tale that centers love after loss.

Lit

With dazzling breadth, ‘Art is Art’ highlights 40 years of creation by artists with disabilities

Lou Fancher - January 4, 2024

Milestone book beautifully situates local nonprofit Creativity Explored's artists in the canon.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Stalin’s funeral, New Deal art, and a harrowing Mexican fable of unrest

Dennis Harvey - May 27, 2021

Three new movies seem like history repeating. Plus, an invigorating Legacy Film Festival On Aging

Music

Now Watch This: Madison McFerrin, OSEES, Automatic, more video delights

John-Paul Shiver - March 8, 2021

A clutch of new audio-visual offerings to turn you on to up-and-comers and familiar faves.

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