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Flipping the Narrative of the Undocumented from Pain to Joy
In the year since Donald Trump took over the White House, administrative arrests by ICE rose by 30 percent. The fear and uncertainty felt by the undocumented community are palpable across the United...
View ArticleYoung Oakland Superheroes Fight for Their Mural
When the third and fourth graders of Oakland’s Hoover Elementary School started creating superheroes to creatively address the problems in their community, they had no idea they would have to become...
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‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer Draws on ‘the Sacred Geometry of Africa’
Black Panther is the latest offering from Marvel and Disney — if you don’t already know the story, here’s quick synopsis: It’s about T’Challa, the superhero Black Panther and the king of Wakanda, an...
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Why Are You Hearing Foghorns on a Sunny Day?
It’s not every day you get to travel through time — but a carefully arranged group of audio speakers along the San Francisco waterfront allows visitors to do just that. The centerpiece of Bill...
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Video Installation of Medical Training Breaks Down Art and Science Divide
Among its many characters, Los Angeles-based artist Kerry Tribe’s sharp and riveting video at SFMOMA, Standardized Patient, features a woman in a doctor’s office who isn’t quite sure why she’s there....
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SF Arts Commission Registering Artists for Bayview Projects
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) has put out a call for artists for a series of public art projects planned in the Bayview neighborhood. The 2018 Bayview Artist Registry will be used to...
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SF Street With Racist Connotations Could Be Renamed Frida Kahlo Way
A street in San Francisco named after a controversial figure could become Frida Kahlo Way by next year. Phelan Avenue, which shares its namesake with former San Francisco Mayor James D. Phelan, will be...
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Surprises Even at the Bathroom Sink in ‘Spirited Probabilities’
At Spirited Probabilities, currently at Southern Exposure, curator Mik Gaspay has summoned a baker’s dozen of Bay Area artists for a group show in which careful consideration and “playful...
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At Santa Clara’s tmoro projects, Still Lifes Enter Other Dimensions
In the garage and side yard of his small Santa Clara home, artist Takeshi Moro runs tmoro projects, a nonprofit gallery space boasting two to four shows a year. Because of its location, far from the...
View ArticleSan Francisco Will Remove Pioneer Statue That Some Call Racist
A 19th century statue that some say is degrading to Native Americans will be removed from its touristy public spot near San Francisco’s City Hall, joining a growing list of historic markers being...
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‘Architecture is a Backdrop for Life,’ Says 2018 Pritzker Winner Balkrishna...
Bal Krishna is the name sometimes given to the young Hindu god Krishna. Balkrishna Doshi was named for him, when he was born in 1927. “They wanted me to remain young,” the 90-year-old architect...
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Directory of Female Illustrators Puts Thousands of Options Before Editors’ Eyes
There is no shortage of women who draw and paint, but as in so many other industries, female artists struggle to get anything close to a proportional share of the paid work. It’s a similar story for...
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The Hustle: An Artist With Four Jobs and a 380-Mile Commute
Note: ‘The Hustle’ is a KQED Arts series exploring how artists make ends meet in the Bay Area. After an exodus of artists priced out of the region, every Thursday in March we talk with a different...
View ArticleSettlement Resolves Lawsuit Over Pepe the Frog Paintings
The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has resolved a copyright infringement lawsuit that accused a Missouri woman of misusing the character to sell hate-promoting oil paintings. The settlement is...
View ArticleGeorge Lucas Breaks Ground on LA’s Museum of Narrative Art
Wielding a silver shovel instead of a lightsaber, Star Wars creator George Lucas joined a handful of elected officials Wednesday in breaking ground on a billion-dollar museum dedicated to the art of...
View ArticleGLAS Fest: We’ve Come a Long Way Since ‘Steamboat Willie’
There’s no doubt that animation is big business. But a festival in Berkeley wants to showcase, and nurture, the artistry of indie animation. That’s the GLAS Fest — the Global Animation Syndicate...
View ArticleHip-Hop History at the Oakland Museum
There’s a phrase, coined by Eric B. & Rakim, that’s embedded in rap music’s lexicon: “It ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at.” Now, a new exhibit in Oakland flips that idea of the...
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Transgression is Survival for Michelle Handelman’s ‘Hustlers’ at SFMOMA
The real trick with any durational art — video or performance — is holding the audience’s attention. Sure, anyone will watch a 30-second Instagram video, a 2-minute-30-second movie trailer, and maybe,...
View ArticleOn the Air: Suzie & Gabe’s Picks for March 16, 2018
Like Rex Tillerson, Cy Musiker is out of the office — and thus, Suzie Racho and Gabe Meline are your Do List secretaries of state this week. Listen above for our picks which, as usual, were culled from...
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Urban Sketcher Captures the Colorful Commercial Signs of a San Jose Long Gone
You know the old story about urban redevelopment: “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” as the singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell put it. A new exhibition, Sign of the Times, going up at History...
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