Champion of Northern California conceptual art.
Reviews
Mark Van Proyen on Alice Neel
A spellbinding retrospective of one of America’s greatest portrait artists.
Jaimie Baron on Kara Maria
Pop-inflected visions of environmental apocalypse.
Maria Porges on Rebekah Goldstein
Artist revisits the ’60s notion of the shaped canvas, blurring the line between sculpture and painting.
Meridel Rubenstein @ Brian Gross
Photographer shows a world unmoored. David M. Roth reviews.
Christine Elfman @ Euqinom
Antiquarian photos place ephemerality front and center. Renny Pritikin reports.
Judith Belzer @ Hosfelt
Primordial intimations of impending doom. David M. Roth reviews.
Book Review: Michael Brennan’s Pandemonium
An alternately funny and elegiac love letter to the SF art community. Mark Van Proyen reviews.
Jonathan Calm @ Rena Bransten
Photos that point to pivotal moments in American history. Renny Pritikin reports.
‘Writing’ with Light @ SF State
Divergent trends in photography point to a common denominator. Jaimie Baron reports.
David M. Roth on the Candy Store Gallery
Two exhibitions shed light on a small-town gallery with an outsize impact.
Wanxin Zhang @ Catharine Clark
Chinese traditions meet Bay Area Funk. Renny Pritikin reports.
Jaimie Baron on the ‘Orchestration’ of Scent
MCD show examines our most neglected sensory apparatus
The Art of Resistance @ Manetti Shrem
Acts of artistic protest. Jaimie Baron reports.
Alec Soth @ Fraenkel
Humanism suffused with the oddness of life’s random moments. Renny Pritikin reports.
Mark Van Proyen on Dilexi Gallery
New book documents “the richest decade” in Northern California art.