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Swing through this glowing Lincoln Center installation for free this month

An interactive swing installation called 'Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0' is now open at Lincoln Center, encouraging playful engagement for all ages.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
23 hours ago

Steve DiBenedetto's Cosmic Sense of the Absurd

Steve DiBenedetto's paintings serve as a functional structure to help viewers navigate collective trauma.
fromThe Oaklandside
33 minutes ago

Remembering Carl Anthony, architect who brought racial equity analysis to environmental movement

Carl Cokine Anthony redefined the relationship between racial equity, regionalism, and the environment, establishing a foundation for future environmental justice initiatives.
East Bay (California)
Social justice
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 hours ago

Remembering Carl Anthony, architect who brought racial equity analysis to environmental movement

Carl Cokine Anthony, an influential architect and environmental justice leader, passed away at 87, leaving a legacy of racial equity and regionalism.
fromSFGATE
17 hours ago

Alysa Liu featured in pop star Laufey's star-studded new music video

Alysa Liu was able to win gold in figure skating at the 2026 Olympics thanks in part to skating to a song by Laufey. Now, she's joined a star-studded cast to act in the musician's latest video.
Skiing
SF music
from48 hills
1 day ago

One decade in, the Back Room still holds space for intimate musical encounters - 48 hills

The Back Room in Berkeley celebrates its 10th anniversary, maintaining its intimate atmosphere for live music.
#art
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago
Arts

A View From the Easel

Art is perceived as visual music, blending painting and movement in a spacious, well-lit studio.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
5 days ago
Arts

In Monmouth, 'Reflections' of art and life * Oregon ArtsWatch

Art serves multiple purposes, including self-expression, investment, and therapy, particularly for processing trauma and mental health struggles.
Mission District
fromFuncheap
2 days ago

Art Explosion Spring Open Studios 2026 (April 10-12)

Art Explosion Spring Open Studios features over 100 local artists showcasing their work in the Mission District with free admission.
Mission District
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2 days ago

Art Explosion Spring Open Studios 2026 (April 10-12)

Art Explosion Spring Open Studios features over 100 local artists showcasing their work in the Mission District with free admission.
fromAnOther
5 days ago

Young-jun Tak's Eyes Are Always on the Audience

"It's bizarre to watch people in this way - even in gay cruising areas you wouldn't stare at other bodies this intensely. Now, whenever I go to a concert, especially at the Berliner Philharmonie with its encircling seating, my gaze hovers over the audience as well as the stage."
Berlin
Film
fromSFGATE
5 days ago

Movie legend tells all about his SF apartment, taking LSD and people-watching

John Waters' unique filmmaking style has gained recognition and influence, contrasting with mainstream culture since the late 1960s.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 month ago

Dance and God Are Inseparable in Ann Lee' and Beyond

For the Shakers, Dancing is both a means of revelation and a way to do the work of God in the world, Kimerer LaMothe, a dancer and philosopher of religion, said in an interview. To dance is to build heaven on earth.
Philosophy
Portland food
fromFuncheap
6 days ago

"Four Artists Talk" Documenting Hunters Point Shipyard (SF)

The exhibit 'Echoes of Parcel G' responds to the demolition of historic buildings at Hunters Point Shipyard, highlighting artists' fight for preservation.
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Ai Weiwei and the Art of Keeping Your Mouth Shut

Censorship strips innocence from the young and kindness from the elderly. It discourages people from valuing justice, fostering selfishness instead.
Arts
Graphic design
from48 hills
1 week ago

Brian McDonald's waggish works key into an overstimulated world - 48 hills

Brian McDonald is a San Francisco collage artist known for his layered typography and themes of consumerism and absurdity.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
6 days ago

Remembering Steven Oshatz: "Marking the contours" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Oshatz worked on a monumental scale to represent underwater scenes, creating a full stage silk backdrop. He also designed hand painted silk waves that dancers moved across the stage.
Portland
Arts
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Painting With Blood: Who Does It and Who Collects It

Blood is used as a medium in contemporary art, challenging traditional boundaries of artistic practice.
Graphic design
fromDesign Milk
1 week ago

F5: Alex Lerian on Live Music, a Favorite Burrito Spot, Materials + More

Alex Lerian emphasizes the importance of observation and creativity in design, advocating for intentional resets and embracing the creative void.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 weeks ago

Matisse's explosive finale and a new chapter for Hong Kong? Plus, Schiaparelli and Dali-podcast

The Grand Palais in Paris unveiled an enormous exhibition focusing on the final 13 years of Henri Matisse's life and work, featuring abundant examples of his celebrated gouache cut-outs.
Paris food
#art-exhibition
fromForbes
1 month ago
Berlin

The Peninsula New York's Spring Art Exhibition Celebrates The City's Evolution

Arts
frommissionlocal.org
3 days ago

Photos: It's Open Studios weekend at 1890 Bryant Street

Artists showcased diverse artworks at 1890 Bryant St. Studios, featuring various materials and styles during a weekend preview.
Berlin
fromForbes
1 month ago

The Peninsula New York's Spring Art Exhibition Celebrates The City's Evolution

The Peninsula New York showcases a spring art exhibit featuring 11 works by local artists celebrating the city's artistic evolution from 1980 to 2025.
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3 weeks ago
San Francisco

"Crazy Funny Asians" Free Comedy Showcase (SF)

Crazy Funny Asians comedy showcase features top Bay Area comedians celebrating Asian-American culture with free tickets available through RSVP.
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Scott Nichols on His Lasting Love for Iconic California Photographers

Scott Nichols Gallery specializes in fine art photography, focusing on Group f.64 and notable photographers, now located in Sonoma, California.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 week ago

Liang-Hsin Huang's comics sketch soft paths through nature

Liang's comics are inspired by everyday experiences and imaginative scenarios drawn from nature and community interactions.
London food
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

Richmond Buzz: Art, art, and (supposedly) more art

Richmond neighborhood experiences significant cultural activity with new coffee shop openings, art exhibitions, and local artist events drawing crowds and community engagement.
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

In Kyoung Chun: Make Room

Kyoung Chun's creative practice moves between painting and site-specific installation. Interactive works extend the language of painting beyond the canvas, inviting viewers into environments that challenge perception and encourage connection.
Arts
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Abstract Lounge: DJ set at the Library

Abstract Lounge brings a calm musical atmosphere into the Golden Gate Valley Branch Library's main reading area. Patrons are encouraged to read, work, browse the collection or become absorbed in contemplation while enjoying a mind-expanding flow of sound.
SF music
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

The Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair Has Taken Off Its Training Wheels

The Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair showcases the evolution and diversity of printmaking through a global community of artists and exhibitors.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - An Interview with Surreal Salon 18 Winner, River Reishi

River Reishi's winning piece, Surface Tension, explores the threshold between two realms through a figure emerging from dark water.
Photography
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1 month ago

Writing, watching, photographing: the heart of the matter according to Larry Sultan

Larry Sultan's writings reveal that writing was integral to his artistic practice, documenting his reflections on seeing, family memory, and photography's limits through correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and essays.
Arts
fromFuncheap
4 days ago

Youth Art Exchange (415) Day Public Gallery (April 15-May 1)

Public Gallery invites everyone to participate in an open-call exhibition, celebrating community and creativity without restrictions.
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

David Novros's Portable Murals

Seeing the Alhambra in Granada was an extraordinary experience for me. It was the first time that I understood painting as something other than an object hanging on a wall. I thought that paintings could be in a fixed place, made for that place, made for the light of the place, experienced kinesthetically.
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Arts
fromWallpaper*
4 days ago

One of our favourite London design galleries just opened a New York pop-up

Gallery Fumi has launched its longest US exhibition in New York, focusing on handcrafted pieces and deepening its presence in the American market.
#figure-drawing
SF music
fromFuncheap
4 weeks ago

"Sketchboard": Figure Drawing Art Class & Live Music | SF

A figure drawing event at the Monument welcomes all skill levels with live musical accompaniment, varying pose durations, provided easels, and materials for drop-in participants.
SF music
fromFuncheap
4 weeks ago

"Sketchboard": Figure Drawing Art Class & Live Music | SF

A figure drawing event at the Monument welcomes all skill levels with live musical accompaniment, varying pose durations, provided easels, and materials for drop-in participants.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

Josh Kline Misses the Mark

Artists face an affordability crisis in New York City, and solutions require action rather than relocation.
NYC music
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago

A sweeping, 140-foot multimedia installation is turning Lincoln Center into a portrait of NYC

Josh S. Rose's Lincoln Center Arrival Tableau is a 140-foot multimedia installation capturing performers, students, and audiences across Lincoln Center's westside campus, celebrating New York's performing arts community.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Rare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York

Wifredo Lam's 1927 painting 'Portrait of a Boy' is the first work by a Cuban artist to enter the Hispanic Society Museum and Library's collection.
Mission District
fromsf.funcheap.com
1 month ago

Art Matters: Free Spring Open Studios 2026 at 1890 Bryant (April 10-12)

A free community art event at 1890 Bryant Street Studios in San Francisco runs from noon to 6 pm on April 12, 2026, featuring art, shopping, and family-friendly activities with no RSVP required.
Arts
from48 hills
5 days ago

Drama Masks: Keeping the monsters of the world at bay - 48 hills

The Bay Area performing arts scene offers bright spots amidst current challenges, highlighting productions that promote inclusivity and cultural awareness.
Arts
fromArtnet News
5 days ago

Artist Charles Ross Spent 50 Years Trying to Bring the Stars Down to Earth. At 88, Has He Done It? | Artnet News

A chance encounter with a cowboy in 1975 led Charles Ross to pursue his vision of creating Star Axis, a large naked-eye observatory.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Saad Khan Archives the Detritus of Censored Culture

Khajistan is an archive preserving censored media from South Asia to the Maghreb, founded by Saad Khan in 2019.
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

Unlike Josh Kline, I Choose New York

"The first step towards a cure is admitting you have a problem," artist Josh Kline writes, highlighting the inequities in New York City's real estate market and its impact on art.
Arts
fromVulture
1 month ago

When Identity Doesn't Conform: Chinese Republicans

Both plays set out to examine the ugly ways that American capitalism has twisted itself up with the striving of characters of color - characters whose immediate roots stretch beyond the U.S. and whose ambitions within its borders have resulted in a malignant combination of rugged self-reliance and internalized self-hatred.
Miscellaneous
SF music
from48 hills
1 month ago

Can you keep up with The Living Earth Show? - 48 hills

Andy Meyerson and Travis Andrews of The Living Earth Show create innovative musical experiences blending avant-garde, contemporary, and experimental genres across diverse venues and collaborations.
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

Kamrooz Aram Is Everywhere

The Duchamp exhibition at MoMA is encyclopedic, thought-provoking, and sometimes surprising. It spans the entire sixth floor and invites viewers to engage deeply with his work.
Arts
Arts
fromMission Local
1 week ago

Blood, mud and a cobweb create ache of heartbreak at Asian Art Museum

Chiharu Shiota's exhibition explores themes of personal loss and connection through intricate art pieces made from blood, mud, and yarn.
Design
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

There is no right way, just the creative way: Alex Tan on Mouthwash Studio's multi-media projects

Creative strategy requires flexible, multidisciplinary approaches that combine visual identity, editorial products, and physical spaces to enable imaginative teams and impactful work.
#alexander-wang
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Bay Area arts: 10 cool shows and events to catch this weekend

The Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2026. The legendary basketball squad, which was founded in 1926, has been delighting sports fans and families now for a full century. So, you're invited to help the Globetrotters celebrate the occasion when they bring their 100 Years Tour to Northern California. It's your chance to witness one of the most famous sports/entertainment franchises of all time while being amazed by plenty of crazy trick shots, incredible no-look passes and humorous hi-jinks.
National Basketball Association
Film
fromKqed
4 months ago

The Best Art I Saw and Didn't Write About in 2025 | KQED

Dynasty Handbag delivered shapeshifting, subversive comedy that juxtaposed absurd humor with climate anxieties, offering sanctuary and communal catharsis.
#contemporary-art
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Celebrate the Unconventional: Discover Fernando Carpaneda's Solo Exhibition at the Arkell Museum - KALTBLUT Magazine

Fernando Carpaneda's solo exhibition at the Arkell Museum showcases expressive portraiture celebrating LGBTQIA+ narratives and everyday urban life through vibrant acrylic paintings.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Celebrate the Unconventional: Discover Fernando Carpaneda's Solo Exhibition at the Arkell Museum - KALTBLUT Magazine

Fernando Carpaneda's solo exhibition at the Arkell Museum showcases expressive portraiture celebrating LGBTQIA+ narratives and everyday urban life through vibrant acrylic paintings.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
4 weeks ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Timothy Lai "No Swans" @ Josh Lilley, London

Timothy Lai creates paintings inspired by Salter Grove Memorial Park in Providence, using daily walks to develop landscapes that transition from memory into imagination through layered, meditative brushwork.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 weeks ago

Next edition of Getty's PST Art initiative will focus on Los Angeles's connections around the Pacific Rim

The next PST Art will highlight exchange around the Pacific across several centuries, from the arrival of Chinese porcelain in the Spanish missions to the influence of Japanese visual culture on the city's architecture and design, to the ongoing impact of contemporary Korean pop culture.
Arts
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

'horizons' at perrotin LA to show JR's california works from prison yards to border wall

JR's 'Horizons' exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles showcases large-scale photographic artworks created across California, transforming public spaces by placing enlarged portraits of individuals and communities onto architectural and landscape surfaces.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Anthony McCall's 'First Light' at SF's Fort Mason (Special Musical Performance)

Anthony McCall's 'solid light' installations invite viewers to step away from the screen and into the sculptural beams of projected light themselves. As theatrical haze catches the projector's light, evolving geometric forms materialize in three-dimensional space, creating elegant structures that viewers can walk through, touch, and interact with.
Arts
#asian-american-art
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fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - "Always Never": a Solo Exhibition by Linda Geary @ pt.2 Gallery, Oakland

Linda Geary's paintings layer acrylic and oil through wiping, washing, and translucent applications to create ghosting effects where shapes hover between emergence and disappearance while maintaining structural tension.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Perfectly unusual settings for art in Los Angeles

Alternative art galleries are increasingly operating from unconventional domestic and commercial spaces like apartments, garages, and restaurants, rejecting traditional white cube aesthetics to embrace informality and rapid artistic experimentation.
#theresa-hak-kyung-cha
Arts
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Vivian Chiu on Joyce Lin, Sylvie Rosenthal, Meg Callahan + More

Vivian Chiu combines precise woodworking and sculptural techniques to create optical forms through iterative deconstruction, reconstruction, and research-informed marquetry.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path

Squeak Carnwath rejects the idea that painting is exhausted and continues to produce expansive, vital work within the oil painting tradition.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Artist Ayelet Gal-On does not just paint; she builds, layering oil, acrylic and plaster on canvas. Gal-On's signature subjects for "Taken by the Wind, Swept by the Light," her upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 9 in Los Altos, are white dresses that appear to hang on a line, defying the stillness of the canvas. "I love the process of playing with color," says the artist.
Arts
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Alexander Wang Debuts New Cultural Space Centering Asian Creativity

Alexander Wang and Ying Wang converted 58 Bowery into the Wang Contemporary, a restored Beaux-Arts venue showcasing Asian and Asian American creative expression.
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Israel Campos "Echoes" @ Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

These paintings reveal the layers of history that undergird modern Los Angeles. Yaanga Lies Under the 101 imagines the city's earliest Tongva inhabitants as they made their home on the land that, in the modern day, runs beneath the Hollywood Freeway. Campos's process mimics this archaeological layering: each canvas begins with a screenprinted underlayer that is then painted over in acrylic, and then once again layered with screenprinted details.
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Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

San Francisco museum rejects permanent space in favour of site-specific exhibitions

Two site-responsive installations—Lily Kwong's seed-embedded EARTHSEED DOME and Tara Donovan's recycled-CD columns—activate Redwood Park and the Transamerica Pyramid Center through public fabrication and seasonal change.
Arts
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Ayelet Gal-On presents layered white-dress paintings conveying wind and light; San Mateo County Libraries seeks a Maker in Residence for a six-month STEAM residency.
Arts
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months ago

Artist Spotlight: Su A Chae

Su A Chae's paintings examine identity and belonging through paradoxical spatial propositions, cultural memory, information asymmetry, and balance framed as active resistance.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

What to See During San Francisco Art Week

San Francisco's art scene shrinks institutionally but shows resilience through alternative spaces, home galleries, nonprofits, and adaptive artists and curators.
Arts
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Ayelet Gal-On's layered textured paintings of white dresses capture wind and light; her solo exhibition runs March 3–29 at Gallery 9 in Los Altos.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago

Alexander Wang opened a new Asian arts hub with his mother in Chinatown today

A century-old landmark bank at 58 Bowery reopens as The Wang Contemporary, a cultural hub championing Asian and Asian American art, fashion, music, and design.
Arts
from48 hills
2 months ago

With SF Art Week, a great Bay Area painter comes home - 48 hills

Elmer Bischoff's major exhibition of over 30 paintings and works from the 1940s–1980s opens at Nelson Duni gallery in San Francisco during Art Week.
Arts
fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Lunar 2026 Art Exhibition Brings Year of the Fire Horse Celebration to Downtown San Jose

Art Builds Community gallery in Downtown San Jose opens February 22, 2026 for a Lunar New Year exhibition celebrating the rare Year of the Fire Horse, running through April 19.
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