Familiar structures dissolve and mutate under pressure of extended scrutiny. Mark Van Proyen reviews.
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Woody De Othello @ Jessica Silverman
Reimagining public and private spaces and the everyday objects within. Shaelyn Haines reports.
Mark Van Proyen on Oliver Lee Jackson
Musical references, long a touchstone, have given way to something more closely resembling ecstatic dance.
Renny Pritikin on Jim Melchert
Survey of a ceramic sculptor who broke the mold — literally.
Beth Moon @ Dolby Chadwick
New series extends and expands the legacy of Karl Blossfeldt. Renny Pritikin reviews.
In Memoriam: Kenneth Baker, 75
John McMurtrie, a colleague at the SF Chronicle, remembers their friendship.
Maria Porges on 21st Century Feminist Art @ BAMPFA
Exhibition forecasts the future with a spotlight on key works from the past 20 years.
Gabrielle Selz on Joan Mitchell @ SFMOMA
Retrospective confirms her as one of the most important painters of her time.
Water & Sky @ Crown Point and Haines
Elemental concerns animate two outstanding group shows. David M. Roth reviews.
Peter Alexander @ Brian Gross
Water is the subject of the artist’s first posthumous painting show. David Roth reviews.
Tabitha Soren @ Mills College Art Museum
Artist examines how screen culture affected us during the pandemic. Renny Pritikin reviews.
Mark Van Proyen on William T. Wiley
His visual/verbal puns mapped the gulf between “consensus” reality and what we actually experience.
“Mode Brut” @ Museum of Craft and Design
Creativity Explored artists, with help from designers, stage a fashion show. Kristen Wawruck reports.
Hito Steyerl’s Zero-Sum Universe
A post-human fantasy powered by technology and disinformation. Anna Mirzayan reports.
Beyond Funk
Reappraising the Candy Store, the gallery that put Sacramento on the artworld map. Julia Couzens reports.
Remembering Hung Liu (1948-2021)
A life defined by momentous historical events.