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–Edith Wharton, The Reef In “Notes on Photography & Accident” Moyra Davey expresses a disdain for grandiose presentations, especially large-scale

Does a map tell you where it wants you to go? To what extent do you control the paths you take, the window through which you enter the flattened schema of a

Creativity Explored Wonderful Blackiful People Creativity Explored, which supports artists with developmental disabilities, has a new book, Wonderful Blackiful

“What Are Words Worth?” at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts is very good. The show is also, unfortunately, the last one the San Francisco arts organization will

A New York Times article published in August 2022 decried the twilight of the Bay Area art scene, citing the departure of two blue-chip galleries. But the

Ed Ruscha, Idea, 1976. Pastel on paper. McEvoy Family Collection. © Ed Ruscha. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-McEvoy Foundation for the Arts announces What are words worth?

With surprising range, “Rituals of Devotion” explores the many languages of love. When Amanda Nudelman started working on the show that became

Portia Munson, ‘Bound Angel,’ 2021; Found figurines, lamps, candles, string and rope, wedding gowns, tablecloth, extension cords, oval

Easter Morning is the title of Bruce Conner’s final film, made in 2008.  It’s featured in Rituals of Devotion, an exhibition containing works

Well, the rain is back. Looking for an indoor activity to while away the weeks ahead? Good thing there’s plenty of art to see in San Francisco this month. From

Colour is fundamental to art practices. Even monochromatic images derive meaning and create an impact from the way tones are selected, applied and combined. But

The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts has extended its fifth anniversary exhibition, titled “Color Code,” through Feb. 11. The group show explores how artists have

Every December, we look back at all the exciting projects that went through our presses and highlight a handful that stood out. This year we printed over 2.6

Autumn is a nice time to look at art. It’s quiet and contemplative, and we could all use a little time to ourselves between holidays — or maybe you’re

Color Code is an exceedingly complex and well-curated exhibition featuring works by 35 artists, almost all of whom bring a 21st-century perspective to the

The Asian Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have announced the creation of the San Francisco Free Museum

This summer has been defined by record heat around the world due to climate change, with global communities facing floods, fires, famine and pestilence. In the

Aspirational cephalopods, verdant curtains, a custom-made love virus—all poking holes in the paradigm of human exceptionalism For thousands of years, humans have

On Aug. 6, the electronic synthesizer duo Red Culebra will be at the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, which currently has the exhibition MYR asking

Asimulation of Mars millennia from now, verdant but utterly devoid of human inhabitants. A set of ten glass vials, each filled with a custom retrovirus that spurs

When gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone Park at the turn of the century, rapid changes ensued.  Elk herds had to move more quickly to evade the

Internationally acclaimed media artist Lynn Hershman Leeson has a knack for divining the cultural bent of the future through her art.  On Saturday,

At the close of 2021, we lost three legendary female writers in a single month. These writers were, of course, bell hooks, Eve Babitz and Joan Didion. The losses

Photography has often functioned as a kind of theft: taking possession of someone’s likeness for purposes beyond their desire or control. Women, historically,

Visitors to Fort Mason and the Embarcadero will be greeted by something out of the ordinary – if they stop to look down.   In late September and

Music and mental health connect at The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts current exhibit, ‘Next To You’ which focuses on the healing power of the arts in a

McEvoy Foundation for the Arts in Dogpatch celebrates the City’s masked reopening with Next to You, an ode to in-person gatherings. The exhibition features

 McEvoy Foundation for the Arts’ current exhibition, Next to You, is a fitting farewell to a year of isolation. The thematic group exhibition celebrates

Fun photographs from the collection, juxtaposed with colorful abstract works that play like musical phrases.

Time is growing short for Lessons of the Hour. On view through April 24 at McEvoy Arts, a gallery with an increasingly high profile role in the

If you’ve taken a stroll down Fulton St. anytime since this past June, odds are you’ve seen the bold yellow letters reading “BLACK LIVES MATTER.” A

Isaac Julien, writing for the Royal Academy of Arts, London, discusses the present-day urgency of his work Lessons of the Hour, opening at McEvoy Arts in 2020.

I first read Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando when I was in my twenties. Sinking into text for hours at a time was a normal way for a bookish sociophobe to pass the

At last week’s invitation-only opening of the “Orlando” art exhibit in San Francisco, people were murmuring about Tilda Swinton, wondering if the star actress

“Orlando: A Biography,” Virginia Woolf’s slender, remarkably enduring 1928 novel inspired by the writer’s love affair with the glamorous

Orlando at The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts presents recent and newly commissioned photographs inspired by the themes of Virginia Woolf’s

Not all celebrities should dabble in curation, but if anyone can helm an exhibition inspired by Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando, it would be Tilda

Sep 27, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020 Curated by Sandra S. Phillips Discovering the work of Michael Jang at the MFA was this year’s most unexpected gift, four

In 2001, an unknown commercial photographer named Michael Jang submitted a 40–year-old portfolio of prints that nobody except friends and family had ever seen to

Once upon a time, on fog-swept evenings on a sleepy industrial block of King Street, the hand-built no nothing cinema showed experimental films by the likes of Dean

It took 40 years for Michael Jang’s photography career to take off, and to tell you the truth, he’s thrilled. “This delayed gratification thing? It

Fall always brings a flood of options in the arts, but this year, it’s particularly difficult to create a condensed list of visual art events worthy of your time.

(Atelier Éditions, 2019) The hefty Who Is Michael Jang?, the artist’s first monograph, makes a case for Jang’s place in twentieth-century photography

Ciarán Finlayson, writing for Artforum, reviews Isaac Julien's Lessons of the Hour for its world premiere in 2019.

The year is off to a thought-provoking start at local galleries and nonprofit spaces, with artists zeroing in on topical issues from the environment to immigration.

I have a confession to make. I have read Roadside Picnic (the 1972 sci-fi novel by Andrei and Boris Strugatsky about a future in which alien spaceships

For some of the world’s greatest cinematic works, the cinema isn’t the place to go. Nor Netflix. Nor anyplace on the internet, really. Rather, it’s art

Fans of classic science fiction or the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl will be excited to learn that the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts will be

Since November 1997, Paris has lived to the rhythm of photography, with the opening of Paris Photo, the world’s leading photography fair that attracts more

“We are calling on the cultural establishment…at this decisive moment…let us all dare,” declared Agnes Saal of France’s Ministry of Culture on the first

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music celebrated groundbreaking for its new Bowes Center, at 200 Van Ness Ave., Thursday, with a rite that included speeches by

Ever had the strange experience of discovering a single common denominator behind a bunch of your favorite things? That common denominator just might be Nion

The San Francisco publisher and art connoisseur reflects on his new gallerist role, his literary legacy and the enduring power of books.

By his own admission, there’s nothing special about Nion McEvoy’s shingled two-story home in Jordan Park, a neighborhood so understated it’s not sure if

In San Francisco this holiday season? LSS Art Advisory recommends these must-see gallery and museum exhibitions: Galleries Fraenkel GallerySpanning three decades of

Seeing the works in 'la mère la mer,' the opening exhibition at the new McEvoy Foundation for the Arts at Minnesota and 24th Streets, was like “seeing old