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An Oakland Potluck and Group Show for Humanitarian Efforts in Gaza
Artists and food industry figures, including chef Reem Assil, artist Jeffrey Cheung and local eatery Tacos Oscar, will come together this Saturday at Clay Clubhouse in Oakland’s Dimond District to...
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Library Exhibit Honors the Prolific Output of an SF Artist and Puppeteer
Ralph Chessé with his Brother Buzz puppet, year unknown. (Courtesy of the Chessé family) As a library evangelist, it’s rather embarrassing for me to discover an area of San Francisco’s main branch that...
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‘Who is Michael Jang?’ Is a View of the Artist as Performer in SF DocFest Debut
Michael Jang is an authentic San Francisco character. He is also a gifted photographer. You didn’t know? Michael Jacobs is here to help. Jacobs’ fascinating portrait, Who is Michael Jang?, has its...
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Oakland Artist Joshua Mays Welcomes You to the Wondrous City of ‘Olgaruth’
Walking into the Oakland studio of Joshua Mays feels like entering another world. Colorful, fantastical portraits of characters cover almost every inch of the space, hanging from clothes lines or...
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Lindsey White’s ‘Fantastico!’ Is an Elegy for SFAI — and an Indictment of...
The opening of Lindsey White’s latest solo exhibition, Fantastico!, at San Francisco’s Casemore Gallery, was a pancake breakfast. The format was fitting: It wasn’t just a celebration for White’s latest...
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At CJM, Jewish Artists Explore ‘Connection’ During a Time of Division
Prior to Oct. 7, 2023, the planned theme of California Jewish Open, a juried group show that opens June 6 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, was “Jewish joy.” By the time the open call went out in...
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A New Film Tells the Story of La Peña Cultural Center Through Murals
The first time photographer and filmmaker Clara Pérez visited Berkeley’s La Peña Cultural Center for an open mic, they were amazed by the sense of community at the venue. “I was new to the Bay, trying...
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Xicanx Identities on Full Display in OMCA’s Ambitious Latinx Exhibit
“Being a Mexican American is tough … we gotta prove to the Mexicans how Mexican we are, and we gotta prove to the Americans how American we are. We gotta be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more...
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A New Art Installation Blooms on the Presidio Tunnel Tops
It wasn’t exactly a park day. Wind whipped across the Presidio Tunnel Tops. The Golden Gate Bridge was completely hidden by a bank of thick fog. But just east of the Presidio Visitor Center, where...
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Everyday Objects Become ‘Extra’ in New Exploratorium Exhibit
The Exploratorium, the 55-year-old San Francisco institution full of frenetic energy, hands-on science and roving gangs of ecstatic children, might not seem like a place for visual art. And it’s true...
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In Small-Town Sebastopol, a Big Exhibition of ‘Reverberations’
Wayne Thiebaud, ‘Untitled (Paint Can),’ 1983. (Sebastopol Center for the Arts / Collection of Heather Stone) Sebastopol is a small town of big dualities. Situated in West Sonoma County, the town of...
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Delicate Sculptures Are Quietly Assertive in This Et al. Show
It takes a moment to orient yourself upon walking into J Rivera Pansa’s exhibition Imagers at San Francisco’s Et al. gallery. The brightness of the space’s tall white walls almost eclipses the delicate...
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Fraenkel Gallery Celebrates 45 Years with a Film Festival
To Jeffrey Fraenkel, founder of San Francisco’s Fraenkel Gallery, celebrating their 45th anniversary with a film festival is equal parts no-brainer and “why not?” “I asked the entire staff to think...
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An Artist Stitches Stories of Family Separation at the Bolinas Museum
Family separation comes in many forms. Some, more obvious than others. Separation caused by immigration policies is currently top of mind for many North and South Americans, but that’s only one element...
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These Amazing Drone’s-Eye Views of Our World Are Up for Best Drone Photo
On a hot and humid Tuesday morning in April 2023, at the ringside of a wrestling match in Chittagong, Bangladesh, software engineer Sanchayan Chowdhury was looking for a good vantage point to launch...
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Airy Paintings Made Chunky, By Way of Ceramics, at House of Seiko
Shows at the Mission District gallery House of Seiko are usually spare by necessity: the storefront space is a mere 350 square feet. This is absolutely a good thing. A spare show gives art room to...
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Dionne Lee’s ‘Currents’ Offers a Taste of Searching Without a Destination
Dionne Lee’s art casts a spell. My first encounter with her work, a few years ago, remains unforgettable. In addition to samplings of Lee’s signature brand of raw, no-frills darkroom photography, the...
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SF Launches Chinatown Artist Registry With $2.26 Million for Public Art
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) and the Chinese Culture Center (CCC) announced today the creation of the Chinatown Artist Registry, launching a call for artists with meaningful connections to...
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How Alma Landeta Holds a Mirror Up to Queer Experiences
Before applying to Palo Alto’s King Artist Residency, Alma Landeta researched the state of mental health in the city, specifically among queer people. The findings alarmed them. “The statistics from a...
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Rightnowish’s Grand Finale: Words of Wisdom from Timothy B.
View the full episode transcript. On this final episode of the Rightnowish podcast, we end back where we started — but with some pretty significant updates. In the fall of 2019, renowned visual artist...
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