Sophie Calle's bravado, voyeurism, and penchant for violating boundaries and standards of appropriateness have brought celebrity and notoriety to a 40-year career.
There's a lot to love in the Legion of Honor's "Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade," a light-hearted new summer show that connects stylish hats with hat-wearing subjects in paintings of the same era.
"The camera cannot compete with painting as long as it cannot be used in heaven or hell," opined Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, who invites us into his tormented psyche.
"Celebrate Community!," an amorphous though undeniably well-intentioned LGBTQ Pride show that opened last weekend at the Harvey Milk Photo Center, aims to embrace humanity in its many permutations.
Hallelujah, and better late than never, are among the responses one may have to "Revelations: Art from the African American South," a truly outstanding, long overdue exhibition at the de Young Museum.
"Tiny Bubbles," a phrase that prompts associations with old Lawrence Welk reruns or memories of wobbly champagne toasts, is actually the title of a new group show at the San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries (SFAC).
The veteran New Yorker magazine cartoonist Roz Chast is now the subject of "Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs," a large, thoroughly entertaining exhibition that opened last week at the Contemporary Jewish Museum.
"The Grain of the Present" at Pier 24 includes works surveying everyday existence by 10 distinctive photographers who form the backbone of the collection.
Visual acuity and verbal eloquence are abilities that rarely inhabit the same person in equal measure; photographer Larry Sultan is one of the exceptions to the rule.
The 400-plus-object show, mostly drawn from the museum's permanent collection, is unapologetically superficial, and that's cool. I mean, when is the last time you've been to a museum that quoted Jerry Garcia?
