James Tissot: ‘Fashion and Faith’

Through Feb. 9, the Legion of Honor will present the first reassessment of the paintings of James Tissot in over 20 years. The French painter and illustrator became known for genre... Read More

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Bay Bridge scrap and parking lot roller rink: Site-specific interactive installations this fall in San Francisco

By Sharon Anderson

Site-specific installations are a merging of art and environment. Finding art in unexpected places outside of the traditional gallery and museum spaces invites the viewer to see th... Read More

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Richard Prince: ‘High Times’ at the Gagosian Gallery

By Sharon Anderson

Richard Prince’s “High Times” paintings will be on exhibit at the Gagosian through Aug. 23. These whimsical, color-saturated character studies are the end result of years of ... Read More

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Artist redefines contemporary ceramics

By Sharon Anderson

The Contemporary Jewish Museum will present the first major museum survey of the work of Northern California sculptor Annabeth Rosen. A pioneer in the field of contemporary ceramic... Read More

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‘Tattoos in Japanese Prints’ at the Asian Art Museum

By Sharon Anderson

More than 60 works on loan from the museum of Fine Arts in Boston comprise the exhibition “Tattoos in Japanese Prints” at the Asian Art Museum, on display through Aug. 18. The ... Read More

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San Francisco International Arts Festival comes to Fort Mason

By Lynette Majer

Fort Mason Center will host the San Francisco International Arts Festival for 11 days of performances from May 23 to June 2. The festival will feature 50 U.S. and 13 international ... Read More

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‘Andy Warhol From A to B and Back Again’

By Sharon Anderson

From May 19 through Sept. 2, 2019, the SFMOMA will present the first retrospective of the work of Andy Warhol in 25 years. The critically acclaimed exhibition is an exclusive West ... Read More

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‘Early Rubens’ at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

The Flemish baroque master painter Peter Paul Rubens spent pivotal years, between 1609 and 1621, in Antwerp, during which time, he refined what would become his trademark style. Th... Read More

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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

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‘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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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Spotlight on India’s everyday Mithila art

By Sharon Anderson

The Asian Art Museum presents a vibrant, traditional arts movement in Painting is My Everything founded by women of the Mithila region in India. These paintings were originally cre... Read More

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