In the middle of what an old Nat “King” Cole tune referred to as “those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer,” certain folks choose to take a break from the heat in a nice, air... Read More
The de Young Museum is presenting a large-scale, traveling survey of Precisionism, the first modern art movement to come out of the United States. During the early 20th century, Pr... Read More
Fort Mason Center has long been a site for art and culture in San Francisco. Over the years, with the presence of San Francisco City College art classes, culturally specific art in... Read More
The San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program celebrated its 30th anniversary April 24. Joining the celebration were San Francisco Symphony President Sakurako Fisher; ... Read More
Saoirse Ronan’s Academy Award-nominated supporting performance as a precocious but troubled 13-year-old in Atonement — a 2007 British period drama — provided clear evidence t... Read More
The legendary surrealist painter René Magritte will be the subject of a retrospective of his late work at SFMOMA. More than 20 artworks will be shown for the first time in a U.S. ... Read More
I took my first ocean cruise: down the coast of California, to Ensenada, Mexico. And the upshot? As pleasurable as parts of it were, I don’t need to take another cruise anytime s... Read More
The Legion of Honor brings a rare exhibition to San Francisco by one of the most significant painters of our time. Julian Schnabel’s first West Coast exhibition in 30 years featu... Read More
As mass media became increasingly massive during the past five decades, some pundit or scholar developed the concept of “information overload.” One might imagine a poor unfortu... Read More
Get your art on this month with a variety of art fairs across the city. Start with the Spring Open Studios (April 21–22) at Hunter’s Point Shipyard and Islais Creek Studios, wh... Read More
I’ll never forget that particular St. Patrick’s Day afternoon in New York years ago when I saw inebriated teenage boys pissing on the north wall of the Metropolitan Museum of A... Read More
It’s been a few weeks since the release of the incredibly enjoyable, wildly kinetic, and unquestionably groundbreaking superhero movie Black Panther, the latest addition to what�... Read More
The Asian Art Museum’s exhibition Divine Bodies (March 9–July 29) will feature Buddhist and Hindu figurative sculpture from 1,500 years ago. Seventy large-scale historical scu... Read More
I was simply minding my own business at a high-tech shopping mall when singer-songwriter-actor Justin Timberlake’s summer hit “Can’t Stop the Feeling” — a highpoint of th... Read More
Beginning this month, the Legion of Honor will have on view more than 80 works of art —paintings, sculptures, works on paper, period furnishings, delicate porcelains, and lavish ... Read More