De Young Stages “In Pursuit of Venus [Infected]
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) has announced the acquisition and exhibition of the powerful video work in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (2015), by New Zealand … Read more
Visual Arts
Fraenkel Gallery to Stage “Unconventional” Photo Exhibit This Fall
A much-anticipated photo exhibition takes place October 24, 2019 through January 18, 2020, when the Fraenkel Gallery stages “Long Story Short,” celebrating its 40th anniversary. … Read more
SFMOMA Screens Scary Movies: Haunted! Gothic Tales By Women
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces the ninth season of Modern Cinema featuring Haunted! Gothic Tales by Women, a film series exploring … Read more
Japan’s 19th-Century Tattoo Culture Featured at Asian Art Museum
A cursory look around at fellow ferry passengers on any given day will reveal that scores of them are rather elaborately “inked” in some fashion … Read more
New Exhibition Catalogue Shows Monet in Full Bloom
While one could hardly describe Claude Monet as a late bloomer (he was one of those rare painters who had won widespread recognition in youth), … Read more
Lindsay McCrum at Modernism: Chicks with Guns
Now running through February 23, 2019, is “Chicks with Guns,” a compelling cultural portrait of women firearm owners in America. In the era of both … Read more
FOG Design+Art Announces Programming Highlights for Sixth Edition of Fair
Ferry riders know a little something about the fog. So it’s no surprise that many us will be flocking to the sixth edition of FOG Design+Art. We … Read more
California International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns to Oakland
One of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, returns to Northern California, Friday, February 8 through Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Oakland Marriott … Read more
Muslim Fashion Showcased at DeYoung: Modest and Moving
When Max Hollein became the new director of the Fine Arts Museums in 2016, he pledged to foster the De Young’s mission “by offering multiple … Read more
COAL + ICE Addresses Impact of Climate Change
Those of us who rely on the ferry on a regular basis are all too familiar with how nature has been altered over the years. … Read more