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Wolfgang Tillmans' 'To look without fear' retrospective at SFMOMA

November 21, 2023 | by Robert Brokl

Photographer Wolfgang Tillmans likes to shake up cavernous white cube museum spaces. With his retrospective exhibition, "To look without fear," he does so at the SFMOMA, personally revising an exhibition that debuted in 2022 in New York City.

The Pope of Trash enshrined — John Waters exhibit at LA's Academy of Motion Picture Arts Museum

by Jim Gladstone
Nov 14, 2023

Renzo Piano's elegantly flowing Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a new Los Angeles must-see, now features a fourth-floor gallery that hosts a sprawling multimedia tribute to the movie-making career of "John Waters: The Pope of Trash."

Going Out, Nov. 9-17, 2023

by Jim Provenzano
Nov 9, 2023

We've got plays, musical, art exhibits and nightlife fun that are outta this world, well, actually possibly in your neighborhood, in this week's Going Out.

Museums, music & more: Besties arts: a winning year in local culture for 2023

by Jim Gladstone
Oct 24, 2023

From music to dance and theater, our readers have shared their favorites in the Besties once again. Here's what they have to say this go-round in the performing arts.

Roz Chast: Graphic novelist's dream come true

by Gregg Shapiro
Oct 24, 2023

Roz Chast's new book, the wonderful "I Must Be Dreaming," is as dreamy as the title suggests. Dedicated "to the Dream District of our brains," Chast shares her own dreams — recurring, lucid, cartoon-idea, and body horror, among others.

Ryan Pfluger's 'Holding Space: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens'

by Mark William Norby
Oct 24, 2023

In Ryan Pfluger's "Holding Space: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens," his series of portraits show how intersectional queer relationships really are and how effective in them we can actually be.

Going Out, Oct. 19-27, 2023

by Jim Provenzano
Oct 19, 2023

From artists showcasing their works at the Shipyard Open Studios, to pre-Halloween weekend revelry, we're sharing a feast of arts and nightclub events in Going Out, this week and every week.

'Make Me Famous' — Painter Edward Brezinski and the'80s East Village art scene in a new documentary

by Jim Provenzano
Oct 13, 2023

Gay painter Edward Brezinski's brief career and disappearance is the subject of the documentary "Make Me Famous," which visually takes a dizzying journey back in time to the 1980s East Village art scene.

Going Out, Oct. 12-20, 2023

by Jim Provenzano
Oct 12, 2023

Along with the currently running "Rocky Horror Show" and the upcoming Anthony Rapp musical, "Without You" (see our features in this week's issue), we've also got art exhibits, music concerts, plus bar and nightclub listings in Going Out, each week.

Gay photographer and San Francisco LGBTQ historical society butt heads

by John Ferrannini
Oct 4, 2023

A longtime gay photographer said the GLBT Historical Society is not forthcoming with him about why it no longer wants to be his fiscal sponsor.

Going Out, Sept. 28-Oct. 6, 2023

by Jim Provenzano
Sep 28, 2023

You can find plenty of arts and nightlife entertainment options whether you're in San Francisco, Oakland or anywhere in the Bay Area, this week and every week.

B.A.R.'s Bestie balloting begins

by Cynthia Laird
Sep 25, 2023

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.

Shabbat at the Jewseum

by David-Elijah Nahmod
Sep 18, 2023

On September 23 the Contemporary Jewish Museum will launch "Shabbat at the Jewseum," a new quarterly program that lets attendees immerse themselves in Jewish ideas of rest and rejuvenation while engaging in the ritual of Shabbat.

Picture this: museum and gallery highlights for fall

by Robert Brokl
Aug 29, 2023

Art exhibits to look forward to this fall run the gamut from spectacles to the more scholarly.

Five Memorable Gay Characters In Classic Literature

by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
Aug 28, 2023

Despite its taboo and marginalized side for many years, homosexuality has always had a place in the masterpieces of classic literature. Ah yes ! This is in no way an evolution of sexual mores.

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