Works by a pioneering conceptualist who died Dec 2 at age 79.
Reviews
Meghann Riepenhoff @ Haines
Antiquarian processes offer a unique window into nature. Renny Pritikin reports.
Mary Ijichi @ Brian Gross
Familiar structures dissolve and mutate under pressure of extended scrutiny. Mark Van Proyen reviews.
Julia Goodman @ Euqinom
Arte Povera informs an artist’s response to the pandemic. Jaimie Baron reports.
Elaine O’Brien on Judy Chicago
A retrospective examines the 60-year outputs of a feminist icon.
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.