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A colorful portrait of art legend Yayoi Kusama
By on September 13, 2018
Yayoi Kusama, the painter, sculptor, installation maker, performer, provocateur and 89-year-old art-world it-girl, has inspired a new documentary. “Kusama: Infinity” focuses on the decades-long battle Kusama has waged against sexism, »

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Artists of color reclaim heritage in ‘Black Woman is God’
By on September 12, 2018
Having established firm roots, defying gravity, resisting withering and growing in leaps and bounds, “The Black Woman is God: Assembly of Gods” is a movement whose time has come. Positioning »

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Expanded gallery, dining, cocktail options in The City
By on August 22, 2018
Ever Gold [Projects], a gallery at 1275 Minnesota St., is on summer break now, but has great plans for expansion as it anticipates its 10th anniversary in January. Owner-director Andrew »

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Truly awesome art at new downtown transit center
By on August 4, 2018
Artist Julie Chang had some inspirational words about “The Secret Garden,” her design on the 20,000-square-foot terrazzo floor in the new downtown Salesforce Transit Center. “It’s my metaphor for a »

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SF woodworker to expand art business after ‘Making It’ on TV
By on July 29, 2018
Three years ago, San Francisco woodworker Nicole Sweeney quit her day job to focus on art full time. This week, she’ll appear on NBC in “Making It,” a new reality »

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Making mischief with art and beverages
By on July 22, 2018
San Francisco artist Ian Ross has been busy making mischief at the corner of Potrero Avenue and 18th Street. On Friday, Ross finished up mural on the side of 595 »

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‘Sunday in the Park’ colorfully explores meaning of art
By on July 12, 2018
Being an artist has never been easy. Consider Georges Seurat, the 19th-century Frenchman who painted the masterpiece “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” Scorned during his »

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Mid-century masters Park, Avery paint humanity
By on April 29, 2018
David Park and Milton Avery — who bucked the trend and painted the human figure in abstract-expressionist times — receive deserved attention in a gallery show highlighting their substantial influence »

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