Art
Holly Lane’s Elegiac Shrines to the Natural World
The artist evokes a keen awareness of the threats facing the environment by honoring it through opulent, reliquary-style frames and delicate paintings.
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Inside the Bay Area’s Church of Magic Mushrooms
At Oakland’s controversial Church of Ambrosia, a mural that documents the religion’s doctrine is meant to “recreate a psychedelic trip.”
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Re-Discovering Native America: Stories in Motion with The Red Road Project
Bedford Gallery’s exhibition presents a photo-docuseries with nearly 100 photographs documenting Indigenous stories alongside sculptural works. On view in California’s Bay Area.
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Jewish Anti-Zionist Artists Withdraw From Contemporary Jewish Museum Show
The group asked for the ability to modify or remove their works and for the SF institution to divest from “Israeli governmental and pro-Zionist foundation funding.”
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Mitchell Johnson Exhibits New Paintings From the Amalfi Coast
Inspired by an artist residency at the LeWitt Collection in Praiano, Johnson’s recent works are on view at Flea Street in Menlo Park, California.
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Cityscapes, Landscapes, and Figure Paintings by Mitchell Johnson on View in Menlo Park
Selected Work, 1988–2023 at Flea Street features early landscapes of France, Italy, New Mexico, and more recent cityscapes of Paris, San Francisco, and New York.
Books
Renny Pritikin’s Adventures in Bay Area Art
The curator, writer, and teacher’s memoir winds its way through his four-decade career, arriving, geographically and conceptually, back where he started.
Art
The Goddess Element in Eco-Feminist Art
Painter Kei Imazu approaches the contemporary realities of colonialism and climate destruction through ancient Indonesian myth.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Summer
Insightful, generous, radical, and very “Bay way” shows, including Bernice Bing, Estefania Puerta, Remedios Varo, Frank Bowling, and more.
Art
Photography’s Power to Dismantle Orthodoxies
Dismantling Monoliths at SF Camerawork pits artists against the Western canon of photography.
Art
Mildred Howard's Art of Giving
She has raised generations of Bay Area artists and changed the local landscape with her public artworks, colleagues tell Hyperallergic.
Art
What to See in San Francisco's Art Week
Shows not to be missed during the Bay Area’s mid-January flurry of art activity.