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Art World

Asian Art Museum | Lost at Sea: Art Recovered from Shipwrecks

Fri.–Mon. 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thursday 1–8 p.m. 200 Larkin St. This exhibition traces the pathways of 12th-century stone reliefs and 15th-century ceramics, from Vietnam to the oc... Read More
Left to right: David Park Figure in Chair, ca. 1958. © Estate of David Park; courtesy Natalie Park Schutz, Helen Park Bigelow, and Hackett Mill, San Francisco; photo: Don Ross; David Park, Rehearsal, ca. 1949–50. © Estate of David Park; courtesy Natalie Park Schutz, Helen Park Bigelow, and Hackett Mill, San Francisco
Art World

David Park retrospective at the newly reopened SFMOMA

Dump of Abstract Expressionist work leads to Bay Area Figurative Art Movement
By Sharon Anderson

In the 1940s, Abstract Expressionism was an American painting movement that grew to have a global influence on the visual arts. During that same period, David Park filled his Ford... Read More
Keeley Hawes, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone, Josh O’Connor, and Callum Woodhouse play Louisa, Gerald, Daisy, Larry, and Leslie in The Durrells, currently streaming on Amazon Prime. PHOTO: Courtesy of Sid Gentle Films and Masterpiece/PBS
Television

A good time for television tranquilizers

By Michael Snyder

Now more than ever, a little escapism goes a long way to ease the stress that’s become a default setting for many of us. And if you can find a TV series or movie that generates ... Read More
The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Kevin McCarthy

Hard Cover Fiction 1. Time For Mercy, by John Grisham 2. Lying Life of Adults, by Elena Ferrante 3. Vanishing Half: A Novel, by Brit Bennett Hardcover Nonfiction 1.... Read More
A scene from Rigoletto (2012). Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
A & E

The Opera is on: San Francisco Opera launches fall livestreaming program

By Lynette Majer

Fall gives us many things to look forward to — shorter days, long shadows, falling (brown) leaves, and Thanksgiving, to name a few. Fall is also opera season and opera fans are ... Read More
Art World

Return of the arts

Museums reopen their doors to the public
By Sharon Anderson

Bay Area museums and galleries closed their doors to the public in March and have instead offered virtual tours and online education experiences. Starting in late September, sever... Read More
The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Earle Peterson

Hard Cover Fiction 1. Lying Life of Adults, by Elena Ferrante 2. Vanishing Half: A Novel, by Brit Bennett 3. Transcendent Kingdom: A Novel, by Yaa Gyasi Hard Cover... Read More
Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Sam Claflin as Mycroft Holmes, and Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes in the Netflix film Enola Holmes. Photo: Alex Bailey/Legendary
Films

Holmes is where her heart is

Sherlock’s sister follows in his footsteps
By Michael Snyder

In addition to revisiting the hidden perils of small-town America in the 1980s, and introducing viewers to the deadly Demogorgon and the Upside Down dimension, the breakout Ne... Read More
Madame Gandhi’s performance and lecture airs in October. PHOTO: Asianart.org
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Musician and activist Madame Gandhi on the Asian Art Museum calendar

By Lynette Majer

It’s a livestreaming life we’re all living these days as we adapt to what we must, just as museums, theater and dance companies, and other groups have done. While museums have... Read More
The Lemon Twigs’s new album, Songs for the General Public, was released Aug. 21 on the 4AD label. Photo: Michael Hili / COURTESY OF 4AD
A & E

In search of new sounds

Finding quality in a landscape altered by tech and cultural change
By Michael Snyder

Where can I find out about good new music?” A friend recently asked me that question in conjunction with a complaint about having lost his favorite rock radio station when it ch... Read More
Held together by hand and rope, participants drift on the surface of Lake Michigan in Float, which memorializes the killing of Eugene Williams, who was stoned to death for floating over to the “white” side of the beach. Photo: Courtesy of SFAI
Art World

Jefferson Pinder debuts video works created for the 100th anniversary of Red Summer race riots

By Sharon Anderson

Originally presented in the San Francisco Art Institute’s Walter and McBean Galleries earlier this year, SFAI and Oakland’s Aggregate Space Gallery have created an immersive v... Read More
Irène Curie (Indica Watson ) with her mother, Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike), at a Parisian sidewalk cafe in Radioactive. Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Films

Sisters in rock and research

Pioneers get their moment in the spotlight
By Michael Snyder

Regardless of gender, it isn’t easy being a pioneer, and historically, it’s been even tougher for women to blaze new paths in fields long dominated by men. Now, decades after ... Read More
From left: Skippy Warren, bass; Henry “Cowboy” Noyd, drums; Jerome Richardson, and Pony Poindexter on stage at Bop City, 1950s. Photo: Steve jackson Jr.
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San Francisco’s Fillmore jazz scene revisited

By Sharon Anderson

Just west of San Francisco’s City Hall is a neighborhood that has had many names over the years. First, the Western Addition, and then after large Victorian mansions were constr... Read More
Nickolas Muray's Frida with Olmeca Figurine, Coyoacán, 1939. Image courtesy the de Young Museum; © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives; COURTESY the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Art World

Online education and BLM community support at the de Young Museum

By Sharon Anderson

Although the de Young museum remains closed, they continue to offer online art and articles to the general public through the Covid-19 shutdown. Recently, the museum has taken a p... Read More
Elle Fanning plays Empress Catherine and Nicholas Hoult plays Emperor Peter III in The Great, now available for streaming on Hulu. Photos: Ollie Upton/Hulu
Television

The empress and the stranger

By Michael Snyder

Despite current production suspensions and slowdowns that have caused some of our go-to network and cable TV programs to shorten their seasons or postpone their upcoming returns, ... Read More


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