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Advertising: Show us your Pride

Advertising: Show us your Pride

  • by Advertising Department
  • Jun 11, 2018

Show us your pride and advertise in our annual San Francisco Pride edition. Space reservations will be due at 12noon on Friday, June 15 with ad materials due June 18, Monday, at 5pm.

June art gallery walk

June art gallery walk

  • by Sura Wood
  • Jun 6, 2018

June is the official start of the summer gallery season. Here are a few outstanding choices to check out this month.

International performance art arrives

International performance art arrives

  • by Sari Staver
  • May 23, 2018

The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) will present more than 40 different dance, cirque, musical, comedy, theatre, and performance art pieces in its upcoming festival at Fort Mason Center, May 24-June 3.

Rene Magritte, to infinity & beyond

Rene Magritte, to infinity & beyond

  • by Sura Wood
  • May 23, 2018

Wonderful and amazing is the way to describe "Rene Magritte: The Fifth Season," a fab new show at SFMOMA that kicks off the summer art season with panache.

We're just a column who can't say no

We're just a column who can't say no

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • May 23, 2018

Ask anyone who has ever tried improvisational theatre: a cardinal rule is always to say "yes" to whatever your improv partner has come up with during a scene.

Propaganda ministries in the museum

Propaganda ministries in the museum

  • by Sura Wood
  • May 16, 2018

"Weapons of Mass Seduction: The Art of Propaganda" is a new show at the de Young Museum.

Inside Pride, the official magazine of San Francisco Pride 2018

Inside Pride, the official magazine of San Francisco Pride 2018

  • by Advertising Department
  • May 14, 2018

Since 2016, the Bay Area Reporter has worked with VIA Media and SF Pride to produce the official magazine of San Francisco Pride, INSIDE PRIDE.

Buddhist visits the Underworld

Buddhist visits the Underworld

  • by Sura Wood
  • May 9, 2018

Packing a helluva title, the Asian Art Museum's "A Guided Tour of Hell" proves that good and sometimes wicked cosmic things come in small packages.

Julian Schnabel mingles with Rodin

Julian Schnabel mingles with Rodin

  • by Sura Wood
  • May 8, 2018

Julian Schnabel brought his celebrity, a sextet of specially created, jumbo-sized artworks, and a titanic ego to the Legion of Honor's courtyard last week.

Spring has sprung at SFMOMA

Spring has sprung at SFMOMA

  • by Sura Wood
  • Apr 25, 2018

SFMOMA's "The Train: RFK's Last Journey," a slim but thought-provoking exhibition, assembles the work of three artists from different eras and parts of the world.

Judy Dater: Human nature

Judy Dater: Human nature

  • by Sura Wood
  • Apr 18, 2018

Since first seeing "Maggie Smoking," a frank, implicitly carnal picture shot in 1970 by Berkeley-based photographer Judy Dater, it has been impossible to get it out of mind.

10 years of contemporary Chinese art

10 years of contemporary Chinese art

  • by Sura Wood
  • Apr 11, 2018

Launched in 2008, the Chinese Culture Center's "XianRui" ("Fresh and Sharp") initiative is led by CCC's dynamic artistic director Abby Chen.

Machine dreams in the art museum

Machine dreams in the art museum

  • by Sura Wood
  • Apr 4, 2018

"Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art," a wearing, overly large show at the de Young Museum, surveys a breadth of responses by American artists to the Industrial Revolution.

He loves the nightlife! Gooch's photo exhibit

He loves the nightlife! Gooch's photo exhibit

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Mar 28, 2018

Renowned local photographer Gooch, who prefers to be called by a single name, unveiled his latest photos in a new show at Ravot Gallery in the Richmond District.