GWAR have been destroying various galaxies for 40 years, and their long history is currently on display as the "LET THERE BE GWAR" exhibit at Los Angeles' Beyond the Streets gallery. "For 40 years, GWAR have mounted a misanthropic critique of American culture dressed up as shock rock," stated the band. "This collection of artifacts offers a sense of the unique punk-inspired anti-art aesthetics of underground comics, science fiction fandom, role-playing games, and satirical splatter flick nerdishness at the heart of the band."
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita and special guests present her latest collection of paired poems and artworks about twelve species from the Pacific Coast of the United States and United States territories. Shuck's art will be on display, and she will participate in a short Q & A about her work. was San Francisco's seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San Francisco.
For over 40 years, Edward Burtynsky's photographs have used the privileges granted by perspective and access to chronicle the relentless effects human industry has on global society and the environment. Burtynsky's visual syntax provides more clarity than ever, transcending the limits of a screen to deliver scenes and immersive murals that provoke urgency and inspire a meticulous gauge of reality.
For well over a century it was a family secret: Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law, Jo Bonger, had a short relationship with the Dutch Impressionist painter Isaac Israëls. Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum has just published the surviving sent by Israëls to Bonger, and is presenting a about their "intimate friendship'. Captivated by Vincent: The Intimate Friendship of Jo van Gogh-Bonger and Isaac Israëls (until 25 January 2026) is not just about the relationship, but equally importantly it covers its impact of Van Gogh's art on Israëls.
Carter's elegant, off-kilter forms articulate the alienating experience of life in the thick of political turmoil, drawing on references as disparate as jazz and Russian Constructivism.
"We reduced the exhibition footprint given over to British colonial imagery related to coastal and topographical surveys, which was part of the first iteration of the permanent gallery."
"Stairs, flower boxes, and mailboxes swell or shrink disproportionately, revealing the distortions of the artist's memory (that murky area where structural logic intermingles with emotional noise)."
Rauschenberg's radial use of media imagery and commercial printing techniques led critics to associate him with Pop artists such as Andy Warhol. Like Warhol, Rauschenberg was also enamored with contemporary culture.
Pete Escovedo, a musician and artist, celebrated his 90th birthday while touring with his daughter Sheila E. He has transitioned to showcasing his artwork, exhibiting at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.
Nima Nabavi’s exhibition, Roswell2223, showcases an 18-foot-long hand-drawn canvas that embodies spiritual intensity and meditative clarity through intricate geometrical forms.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's exhibition, To Improvise A Mountain, invites audiences on a personal journey through art, merging her work with various historical and contemporary artists.