How do we depict “the self” if it is unknowable, inherently constructed, and ever-changing? How does the concept of portraiture…
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Glittering in gold and platinum, the work of Sadie Barnette illuminates relics of a past deeply rooted in West Coast…
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How do we depict “the self” if it is unknowable, inherently constructed, and ever-changing? How does the concept of portraiture…
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Don Ed Hardy is one of San Francisco’s treasures—an artist, a legendary retired tattoo designer, an expert on the history…
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Based on the Talmudic study principle of havruta—the study of religious texts by people in pairs—In That Case at The…
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Distinctive architecture, uninhibited ocean views, bold supergraphics, shared open space, and meditative tranquility—these were the beginnings of the Sea Ranch,…
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Louise Bourgeois created the first of her darkly compelling spider sculptures in the mid-1990s, when she was in her eighties….
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For more than five decades, Vija Celmins has been creating subtle, exquisitely detailed renderings of the physical world — including…
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In two side-by-side exhibitions, Northern California–based artist Wayne Thiebaud’s own work is featured alongside paintings by others that he personally…
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The only survey exhibition of its kind in Northern California, YBCA’s signature triennial BAY AREA NOW returns in its eighth…