An Attic For Art |
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Home to works by Diego Rivera and sculptor Robert Howard, City College of San Francisco has become a repository for art from the Golden Gate International Expo. Photos |
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Connect The Dots Make the right connections among artworks is necessary to understand contemporary art. |
A Glance Back
Kenneth Baker takes a look at his top five art moments for 2008.
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Surfs Up "Crystal, Clouds, Castles" at Mama Buzz pairs Obi Kaufmann with Jonathan Wakuda Fischer. |
The Fabled Fillmore
The Jazz Heritage Center's "Harlem of the West ... Revisited" offers a rich portrait of the Fillmore District.
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Her Many Faces Manhattan exhibit celebrates the role of women in ancient Greece. |
Morbid Art For The Season
Amid the holiday hoopla, the Double Punch gallery offers an alternative vision.
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Reflections On New York Wayne Thiebaud talks about his N.Y. trip in the 1950s, which offered perspective on his own work. |
A Rare Opportunity
The touring exhibition "America I AM: The African American Imprint" focuses on black history.
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Keeping It Real First Amendment gallery's "6th Street Beautification" shows work by artists from the youth-oriented ministry City Crossroads. |
Local Arts Benefit
National Endowment for the Arts gives $1.8 million to Bay Area arts groups.
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When She Was Norma More than 100 Monroe images are being offered for sale at Christie's auction house. |
Heavy Metal
Mark di Suvero's 15,000-pound steel sculpture "Olompali," now in Florida, is being moved to Beijing.
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Feeling Uncertain "Paper Beings" looks at people as narrative devices in an unpredictable world. |
Art For A Steal
Tight money puts a pinch on an Impressionist art auction.
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Galleries Kenneth Baker reviews "Synchronies: Undercurrents in European and American Postware Abstraction." |
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Slapstick Critique Artist Kate Gilmore puts herself at risk of serious physical injury in her videos. |
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Trend Spotting If "L.A. Paint" at the Oakland Museum has a thesis, it eludes Chronicle Art Critic Kenneth Baker. |
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Curiously Asymmetric Gallery Paule Anglim presents a "tribute" to Bruce Conner and Terry Fox, both of whom died this year. |
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Worth Pondering Despite its overt propaganda purpose, "Divert Water From the Milky Way Down" is stirring. |
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Daring And Fulfillment Sherié Franssen's paintings are proof of her fearlessness as an artist. |