Works from historic Gutai artists make a rare appearance in San Francisco. John Held, Jr. reports.
Reviews
Deborah Oropallo @ Catharine Clark
The artist recalibrates her visual provocations and aims them at the current political morass.
William Allan @ Anglim Gilbert
A keen observer of nature, Allan extracts the extraordinary from the quotidian. Maria Porges reports.
Ruth Pastine @ Brian Gross
Painting that takes us back to the liminal state into which we were born, engulfing us sensations of pure color.
Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory @ SJICA
Art meets science in a stunning collaborative exhibit. David M. Roth reports.
Bovey Lee @ Rena Bransten
Does a wall keep immigrants out or keep citizens fenced in? A Chinese-American artist wonders. Maria Porges reports.
Black Panthers @ Oakland Museum
A breakthrough exhibition explores still-contested ideological turf. Robert Atkins reports.
Best of 2016
From a tumultuous year…the best exhibitions.
Indestructible Wonders @ San Jose Museum of Art
As we approach widespread species extinction, an exhibition asks what role might art play? Lawrence Gipe reports.
Cynthia Ona Innis @ Traywick
In Cynthia Ona Innis’ paintings, natural forces evoke geologic time.
Frank Stella Retrospective @ de Young
Counter-reformist of Modernism, Stella created something resembling a global brand. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Dannielle Tegeder @ Gregory Lind
Constructivism and Suprematism recast for the Internet Age. David M. Roth reports.
Rebekah Goldstein @ Cult
Collapsing space and bending forms, Goldstein’s works mix Constructivism and painterly abstraction. Elwyn Palmerton reports.
Home Land Security @ Presidio
At the site of former military fortifications, 18 artists contemplate the meaning of security. Maria Porges reports.
Mind Over Matter @ BAMPFA
A rich and revelatory sampling of first-generation conceptual art. Marcia Tanner reports.
Jun Kaneko @ Rena Bransten
The ceramicist/painter/designer continues to combine and carry forward ancient and modern traditions.