Fall is nearly here, a time when local galleries roll out a fleet of eclectic exhibitions.

The exhibition assembles an informal trilogy, three bodies of work made over the course of 13 years that observe American society, its class and racial divides, and the rhythms of existence in a variety of regions.

Amy Winehouse, the soulful British singer/songwriter whom Tony Bennett once called the best jazz vocalist of her generation, had it all: A big, heart-rending voice, fame and success, none of which saved her from the inner demons that overtook her.

"Night Begins the Day: Rethinking Space, Time, and Beauty" is distinguished not only by the strength of the artworks, which stand on their own, but by its aspiration to encompass time and the incomprehensible vastness of space.

With the Supreme Court's recent marriage equality ruling, 2015 may well be remembered as San Francisco's second - and most inclusive - summer of love.

The de Young Museum's "J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free" is an exciting, exceedingly pleasurable summer exhibition that focuses on the artist's final artistic chapter.

The Asian Art Museum's latest embrace of contemporary art can be counted as a surefooted success.

A spinner of tales, a visual novelist, a dream weaver, John Bankston is a San Francisco-based, gay African-American artist who, like the characters in his adventures, prefers not to be pigeonholed by race or sexual orientation.

A master storyteller with a fine-tuned social conscience, Jacob Lawrence was a superb draftsman and visual thinker in an impressive range of mediums.

The greatest and most vulnerable. The mightiest and brightest. The furthest from and closest to us. Singer of songs, prey to homo sapiens, eater of Giant Squid, lighter of lamps, stiffener of ladies' corsets -- and now, exhibit at Cal Academy of Sciences.

Some of the exuberant new paintings by Tomokazu Matsuyama, whose latest solo exhibition, "Come with Me," is now at Gallery Wendi Norris, recall the charged paradisiacal color and lands of enchantment dreamt up by master Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

The arrival at the Legion of Honor of the latest extravaganza, tastefully titled "High Style: The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection," is a much-anticipated event.

Scotland, the country that gave us tartans, bagpipes, and James McAvoy, has another side: A high-culture heritage that's on bonny display in "Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland."

The Asian Art Museum is offering up an enticement with "Seduction: Japan's Floating World," an enthralling new show that casts a spell and captures the aura of a place and time.