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Drag queens art show adorns Scott Wiener’s office
By on July 5, 2017
Sen. Scott Wiener’s office is hosting a show of artist Joseph Abbati’s large tapestry portraits of San Francisco drag queens, each with their own story of giving back to the »

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‘New Urban Legend’ exhibit tackles social issues
By on June 8, 2017
Artists and curators from the Bay Area and China address power, displacement, economic divides and other issues affecting neighborhoods and residents in “New Urban Legend: Resistance of Space,” an exhibition »

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Colombia defies stereotypes in Matt O’Brien’s photographs
By on April 27, 2017
Long portrayed in the media and popular entertainment as a land of drug trafficking, violence and other woes, Colombia is a rich, human and gorgeous subject in Matthew O’Brien’s photographs. »

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Jim Marshall photos document SF’s Summer of Love
By on March 9, 2017
Jim Marshall, widely regarded as rock and roll’s premier photographer in the 1960s and 1970s, documents the Summer of Love in an exhibition in The City showcasing Marshall’s work and »

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‘Latino Life’ photo show ‘gives strength in current climate’
By on January 18, 2017
The “4th Annual Latino Life,” a photography show in San Francisco’s Mission, captures experiences of a group that is becoming the majority in California, yet remains marginalized in mainstream society. »

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Famed ‘Cakeland’ display comes back to the Bay
By on January 11, 2017
Eclectic Bay Area artist Scott Hove is bringing his “Cake Chamber” back home. The piece is part of “The Cakeland Fête Noir,” an impressive installation of large-scale, faux-cake sculptures and »

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Arc Gallery exhibit raises a feminist middle finger in uncertain times
By on December 22, 2016
There’s an irony surrounding a new, national feminist art exhibit at Arc Gallery in San Francisco, which was scheduled to usher in the first female U.S. president. “This show has »

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Painter Stanley Goldstein imbues everyday scenes with mystery
By on October 12, 2016
Though some describe his work as photorealism, San Francisco artist Stanley Goldstein likes to call it “perceptual.” “It’s about walking around the world and seeing something that intrigues me, something »

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