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Trustees of Renowned West Coast Artist Residency Visited Epstein’s Island
Djerassi board members Michael Molesky and Alexander Maxwell Djerassi, nephew of Ghislaine Maxwell, visited the notorious private island in 2011.
Max Blue
Max Blue is a journalist and cultural critic whose work engages visual art through the lens of politics, social justice and community preservation. In addition to writing for Hyperallergic, he is the art critic for the San Francisco Examiner.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Spring
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s vital scrolls, muralist Cece Carpio’s first solo show, the Matisse painting that launched Fauvism, the future of Japanese ceramic art, and more.
Art Review
KAWS Makes Art for the Tech Bro Era
His exhibition at SFMOMA could have examined the collapse of culture at the hands of commodity, but instead it nudges us toward the gift shop.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Fall
Artists on Black Oakland history, Suzanne Jackson’s diaphanous suspended paintings, Julio César Morales’s poignant watercolors, and much more.
Guide
10 Bay Area Art Shows for the Dog Days of Summer
New takes on bird-watching, erotic energy, “no places,” student strikes, California’s Black history, and more.
Art
From the River to the Bay Calls for Art as Resistance
While other Bay Area spaces have silenced Palestinian artists or remained silent themselves, a show at SOMArts Cultural Center asks visitors to take a stand.
Guide
10 Exhibitions to See in San Francisco This Spring
An overdue retrospective of Ruth Asawa, Wayne Thiebaud’s art historical influences, Susan Weil’s otherworldly experiments, and more.
Art
Photography’s Impossible Attempt at Freezing Time
A photo’s presence suggests the fear of its absence, the artist’s fear of time slipping away.