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Art World

SFMOMA presents ‘Snap & Share: Transmitting photographs from mail art to social networks’

By Sharon Anderson

The year was 1997. a French software engineer, Philippe Kahn, had become a father. Using a cobbled-together device consisting of his mobile phone, a digital camera, and a linked o... Read More
Art World

‘Monet: The Late Years’ opens at the de Young

By Sharon Anderson

During the years 1913 until his death in 1926, Claude Monet explored an increasingly vibrant abstract painting style originating from the gardens he cultivated around his home in G... Read More
Films

The inevitability of the Oscars

By Michael Snyder

If it’s midwinter, we should gear up for our annual visit from Oscar, 91 years old this year. In other words, the 91st annual presentation of the Academy Awards is scheduled to m... Read More
Art World

Presidio exhibitions reflect Japanese American incarceration during World War II

By Sharon Anderson

‘THEN THEY CAME FOR ME’ First They Came is a poem written by the German Lutheran pastor and theologian Martin Niemöller about cowardice in the face of the rise of the Nazi ... Read More
Films

Playing favorites with 2018’s best movies

By Michael Snyder

The start of a new year is an ideal time to reflect on the previous 12 months. For someone who reviews movies, that means assembling a best-of-the-previous-year list. So without fu... Read More
A & E

Sheba Piano Lounge: The past is present

By Anthony Torres

Sheba Piano Lounge is one of the best little-known musical venues in San Francisco. With history and tradition, it provides a public forum for working musicians, every night, witho... Read More
Television

Binge-worthy television for wintertime

By Michael Snyder

Even sunny California suffers inclement winter weather, inspiring us to spend more evenings in cozy surroundings — like in front of our video screens, rather than venturing out t... Read More
Art World

‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly,’ by Joshua Rivkin

By Sharon Anderson

At the beginning of his painting career, Cy Twombly deviated from the brand of abstraction dominating painting in the 1950s to form his remarkably distinctive calligraphic markings... Read More
The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Brian Pettus

1. Becoming, by Michelle Obama (hardcover) 2. The Proposal, by Jasmine Guillory (paperback) 3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13-The Meltdown (hardcover) 4. The Sense of an Ending, by J... Read More
A & E

Holiday events to bedazzle you

By L. Majer

The Smuin contemporary Ballet’s signature The Christmas Ballet, now in its 24th year and originally created by founder Michael Smuin, is a Bay Area tradition, with new works adde... Read More
Art World

The must-have art books for Christmas 2018

By Sharon Anderson

Art publishing in 2018 produced a variety of interesting possibilities for the art lover on your Christmas list. Any fan of the British royal family will love Buckingham Palace: Th... Read More
A & E

Second Look, Twice at the Museum of African Diaspora

By Anthony Torres

Now on view at the Museum of the African Diaspora is Second Look, Twice: Selections from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The exhibition features t... Read More
Films

More foodie films on the menu

Films to whet your appetite
By Michael Snyder

The cinema subgenre of foodie movies may be an acquired taste (sorry), but it’s sizeable and engaging enough that I actually wrote an entire column about it in November 2014. Now... Read More
Art World

Paul Gauguin: A Spiritual Journey

By Sharon Anderson

In the de Young’s first exhibition dedicated to the work of Paul Gauguin, Gauguin: A Spiritual Journey explores the work of the artist as it relates to his personal relationships... Read More
Films

Scaring up fear on film

By Michael Snyder

As we sink deeper into autumn and the end of October looms, the thoughts of many Americans — young and old — turn to Halloween, the spookiest holiday of the year (unless you’... Read More


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