Around town and beyond city limits this month is an assortment of shows that will be closing by the end of the year or sometime in January. So if you hurry, you can take advantage of the last chance to catch them before they’re gone.
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is now a well-established mainstream city institution with an international reputation, but 35 years ago it was quite another story.
When he died in 1920 at the age of 60, Swedish painter Anders Zorn was one of the wealthiest men in Sweden. In 1901, he reportedly raked in $15,000 per week.
A series of weathered photos, from a black and white snapshot of a young boy to that of a woman wrapped in a feather boa, are part of the personal trove on view in the new exhibit "Vicki Marlane: I’m Your Lady."
"Matisse from SFMOMA," a petite jewel-box of a show at the Legion of Honor, may occupy only a single gallery, but it brings the space alive with warmth, audacious color and adventurous forms.
This may be the year Korean art steps out of the shadows of its aesthetically formidable cousins, Japan and China - at least as far as museum exhibitions are concerned.
Bigger isn’t necessarily better, size matters, and more can indeed be less; these are conclusions one can draw from "David Hockney; A Bigger Exhibition."
Strength without bitterness; compassion with a cool, sober eye cast on painful, emotional realities; that’s the quotient that animates the work and tenor of "Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video."
Absent habitation, care and tending, even the greatest architectural achievements can degenerate into deserted shrines to human aspiration and crumbling grandeur.
Thirty-five and looking a good 10 years younger, photographer Ryan McGinley epitomizes downtown cool while being about as hot as a young New York City artist can be.
An impressive array of eclectic exhibitions is on offer at local galleries this fall. Here’s a tantalizing hint of what awaits you between now and the end of the year.
Fall trumpets the arrival of a busy arts season, when museums vaunt some of their most prestigious shows of the year. Herewith, a preview of what’s coming.
When it comes to communing with photography, Pier 24 is a singular venue. San Francisco investment advisor Andy Pilara renovated this vast, elegantly designed historic building on the city’s waterfront to house his growing collection of 3
