A tribute to one of the Bay Area’s most iconic artists. Barbara Morris reports.
Reviews
Chris Doyle @ Catharine Clark
The Information Age seen from the vantage of ancient Rome.
Rachel Davis & Nancy Mintz @ Traywick
Politics, abstract painting and scientific inquiry animate two solo shows. Barbara Morris reports.
Vik Muniz @ Rena Bransten
By combining dissimilar modes of representation, Muniz gets viewers to question their senses.
Jim Campbell @ Hosfelt
Campbell probes the ways perception affect political awareness. Marcia Tanner reports.
Julia Couzens @ Sac State & JayJay
Two exhibitions offer a quasi-retrospective look at the artist’s innovations over the past 15 years.
Gay Outlaw @ Anglim Gilbert
Outlaw’s art stands at the outer edge of uncanny. Maria Porges reports.
Soundings @ Montalvo Art Center
Montalvo’s grounds become an outdoor stage for sound installations by leading avant-garde composers.
SFAI Opens New Fort Mason Campus
A newly renovated waterfront structure is SFAI’s second “home.”
Raimonds Staprans @ Crocker Art Museum
An overlooked master gets star treatment at the Crocker.
Archie Rand @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
An epic, tragicomic reimagining of Jewish law.
Detritus @ San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Curators apply the model of forensic science to the creative process. Barbara Morris reports.
Charles Howard @ BAMPFA
A little-known master of Surrealism brought to light. Tirza True Latimer reports.
Victor Cartagena @ San Jose Museum of Art
An exhibition focused on the contributions (and memories) of immigrants. Emily Wilson reports.
Michael Light @ Palo Alto Art Center
Light’s photos document the impact of human activity on the Earth. Maria Porges reports.
Sophie Calle @ Fort Mason Center
France’s best-known conceptual artist is the subject of an expansive SF exhibition. David M. Roth reports.