Drawings offer a portal into a complex practice. David M. Roth reviews.
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“Signs of a Series” @ Crown Point Press
Ten artists probe the richness of the printmaking process.
Renny Pritikin on SFAI’s 150th Anniversary Exhibition
Sweeping survey shows an institution focused on diversity, equity and innovation.
Glen Helfand on Arlene Shechet
An exhibition that exudes “chromatic hope.”
David M. Roth on Stephanie Syjuco
Talk back to an archive? An artist counts the ways.
Sid Garrison (1954-2021)
A virtuoso of colored pencil-on-paper drawing.
Irving Marcus (1929-2021)
Painter of fantastical, ripped-from-the-headlines narratives.
Bill Armstrong @ Dolby Chadwick
Camera-less photographs summon spirits of the dead. David M. Roth reviews.
Issac Julien @ McEvoy
A lavishly produced tribute to the abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Renny Pritikin reviews.
Lorene Anderson @ K. Imperial
A fresh spin on Op Art. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Bruce and Jean Conner @ Hosfelt
A Beat-era legendary legacy is enlarged. David M. Roth reports.
Renny Pritikin on Nina Katchadourian
Shipwreck as a metaphor for artistic response to disaster.
Ed Moses @ Brian Gross
Late paintings from a revered abstractionist. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Best of 2020
Some bright moments worth remembering.
Wayne Thiebaud at 100
Survey celebrates an American master. David M. Roth reports.
Mark Van Proyen on David Park @ SFMOMA
A long-awaited retrospective for the master of Bay Area Figurative painting.