Arts & Culture :: Art

In Garry Winogrand’s Viewfinder

In Garry Winogrand’s Viewfinder

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Mar 19, 2013

A portion of his prodigious output, 300 black & white photographs, is included in the show, which assembles iconic images of New York City, Texas and Southern California, and at least 100 images that haven’t been published or exhibited before.

China’s Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor’s Legacy

China’s Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor’s Legacy

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Mar 5, 2013

Although the warriors are certainly the headliner, the bulk of the exhibition is comprised of 110 objects taken from the burial chambers of the First Emperor’s ancestors and areas surrounding his eminence’s tomb.

Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel

Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Feb 26, 2013

This particular body of work is based on traditional 18th- and 19th-century European portraiture of the landed gentry, but the artist gave the enterprise a significant twist and shout by adding the seasoning of contemporary youth and hip hop.

Migrating Archives: LGBT Delegates from Other Collections

Migrating Archives: LGBT Delegates from Other Collections

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Feb 18, 2013

A new and unusual exhibition has landed at the GLBT History Museum.

’Pearl Earring’ Shimmers, Rembrandt Reigns

’Pearl Earring’ Shimmers, Rembrandt Reigns

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Feb 13, 2013

The 35 paintings from the 17th century, an era rightly dubbed the Golden Age, are part of a collection belonging to a gem-like museum in The Hague housed inside a palace, which, you guessed it, is currently undergoing renovations.

Wendy Norris Presents "Unknown but Knowable States"

Wendy Norris Presents "Unknown but Knowable States"

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Feb 5, 2013

Dorothea Tanning moved through many art styles and interests. Over 30 of her paintings, sculptures and drawings are now on view.

This Month at the Galleries

This Month at the Galleries

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Dec 8, 2012

Whether you’d like to take a break from the madness of holiday shopping or simply escape the onslaught of relatives who have descended on your house this month, here are a few places to take a breather and imbibe some culture.

Ostentatious Objects: ’Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette’

Ostentatious Objects: ’Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette’

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Dec 3, 2012

It’s difficult to imagine a holiday season without one of the Legion’s ritual presentations of beautiful objets d’art, produced with no expense spared, by the world’s finest craftsmen for the delectation of the super rich.

Ezra Jack Keats: Empathy for the Outsider

Ezra Jack Keats: Empathy for the Outsider

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Nov 27, 2012

The richly poetic imagery and gorgeous, deeply vibrant hues that leap off the pages created by this award-winning, trailblazing children’s book author and illustrator conjure visions of Chagall and that artist’s transcendent, whimsical fantasy.

’Jasper Johns: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye’ at SFMOMA

’Jasper Johns: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye’ at SFMOMA

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Nov 21, 2012

A new overview at SFMOMA that includes 90 artworks produced from 1956 to the present. The show also highlights the artist’s special relationship with the Bay Area.

Jay DeFeo’s Sensual Repertoire

Jay DeFeo’s Sensual Repertoire

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Nov 14, 2012

Her art is a perfect balance of the heart and the mind, a sublime integration that gives her work its power and that’s on voluptuous display in the first major career retrospective of this beloved Bay Area artist.

Shooting for Social Justice: "The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-51"

Shooting for Social Justice: "The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-51"

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Nov 6, 2012

The latest exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and one of its most enjoyably edifying to date.

Nayland Blake’s Participatory Art

Nayland Blake’s Participatory Art

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Oct 30, 2012

Wikipedia describes the unusual mixed-media oeuvre of gay artist Nayland Blake thusly: "Disturbing, provocative, elusive, tormented, sinister, hysterical, brutal, and tender."

’Rudolf Nureyev: A Life in Dance’ at the de Young Museum

’Rudolf Nureyev: A Life in Dance’ at the de Young Museum

  • by Chris Sosa
  • Oct 25, 2012

A curiously unsatisfying hybrid exhibition of costume and dance that falls frustratingly short in both areas.