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2025
Chelsea Ryoko Wong,
San Francisco Art Fair
From the River to the Bay
at SOMArts,
Hyperallergic
10 Exhibitions to See in San Francisco This Spring,
Hyperallergic
Around Group f.64
at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
Spring Art Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
The Future of California College of the Arts,
San Francisco Examiner
Infinite Hope
at Jenkins Johnson Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Dan Levenson at Municipal Bonds,
KQED
Karl Art Exhibition,
San Francisco Examiner
Why Museums Must Be Free,
San Francisco Examiner
2024
Winter Art Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
The Museum of Craft and Design Turns Twenty,
Nob Hill Gazette
Amy Sherald at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
2024 SECA Award Show
at SFMOMA,
SF/Arts
All This Soft Wild Buzzing
at the Wattis Institute,
KQED
The State of California College of the Arts,
San Francisco Examiner
Opening the Mountain
at Marin MOCA,
KQED
Arts Advocates Oppose Prop. D,
San Francisco Examiner
Trevor Paglen at Altman Siegel,
Variable West
Mildred Howard at Anglim/Trimble, 500 Capp Street & Pt.2,
KQED
The Relationship Between Art and Tech,
San Francisco Examiner
Pieter Hugo at Jonathan Carver Moore,
KQED
Fall Art Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
About Place
at the de Young Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Interview with William Scott,
BOMB
FORECAST 2024
at SF Camerawork,
Variable West
San Francisco Open Studios Turns Fifty,
Nob Hill Gazette
San Francisco Stays True to Its Roots,
San Francisco Examiner
Dionne Lee at Cushion Works,
KQED
Arleene Correa Valencia at Bolinas Museum,
KQED
Adaline Kent at Altman Siegel,
Alta Journal
The Contradictions of San Francisco’s Art Scene,
San Francisco Examiner
Lindsey White at Casemore Gallery,
KQED
Summer Art Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
Mayoral Candidates Weigh in on the Arts,
SF/Arts
Museums Stonewall Divestment Demands,
San Francisco Examiner
Turning the Page
at Pier 24,
San Francisco Examiner
Dorothea Tanning at Gallery Wendi Norris,
KQED
Wardell Milan at Fraenkel Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Spring Art Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
Reflecting on Ruth Asawa
at San Francisco State University,
San Francisco Examiner
John Chiara at Haines Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Lee Mingwei at the de Young Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Manifest Differently
at Minnesota Street Project,
San Francisco Examiner
Sandy Williams IV at Telematic,
San Francisco Examiner
Andrew Wilson at Jonathan Carver Moore,
San Francisco Examiner
Rodrigo Hernández at the Wattis Institute,
San Francisco Examiner
Zanele Muholi at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
Cross Currents
at Micki Meng,
San Francisco Examiner
Interview with Michael Zheng,
Art Frontier
Perilous Playground
at Chinese Culture Center,
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco’s Art Scene is Thriving,
Artsy
San Francisco Art Week,
San Francisco Examiner
2023
Botticelli Drawings at the Legion of Honor,
San Francisco Examiner
Wolfgang Tillmans at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
Cheryl Derricotte at re.riddle,
San Francisco Examiner
The Heart of Zen
at the Asian Art Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Trevor Paglen at Altman Siegel,
San Francisco Examiner
Ryan Robichaux at Schlomer Haus Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Adrian L. Burrell at 1201 Minnesota Street,
San Francisco Examiner
Justin Yoon at Jonathan Carver Moore,
Elephant
Pacita Abad at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
Yayoi Kusama at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
JoeSam. at the Museum of the African Diaspora,
San Francisco Examiner
Tom Birkner at Paul Thiebaud Gallery, catalog essay
The de Young Open
and
Bay Area Now 9
,
San Francisco Examiner
George Adams Gallery at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco Examiner
Takashi Murakami at the Asian Art Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Jesse Murry at Cooley Gallery,
Variable West
Yolanda López at Thacher Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Adana Tillman at Jonathan Carver Moore,
San Francisco Examiner
Trina Michelle Robinson at Catharine Clark Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Crafting Radicality
at the de Young Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
There’s No Art in Artificial Intelligence,
San Francisco Examiner
Art Dealers Association of America Bay Area Gallery Walk,
San Francisco Examiner
The Tudors at the Legion of Honor,
San Francisco Examiner
Hiroshi Sugimoto at Yerba Buena Island,
Nob Hill Gazette
McEvoy Foundation Closure,
San Francisco Examiner
Sanibonani at Jonathan Carver Moore,
San Francisco Examiner
Fight and Flight
at the Museum of Craft and Design,
San Francisco Examiner
Invincible Black Soul
at San Francisco Arts Commission,
San Francisco Examiner
June Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
Subscription to Mischief
at Letterform Archive,
San Francisco Examiner
Frank Bowling at SFMOMA and Hauser & Wirth,
Cultured Magazine
Richard Mosse at 1201 Minnesota Street and Altman Siegel,
San Francisco Examiner
Lee Friedlander Framed by Joel Coen
at Fraenkel Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Art Institute Legacy Foundation,
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Airport Museum,
Nob Hill Gazette
Interview with Christopher Bedford,
Nob Hill Gazette
May Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
Ansel Adams in Our Time at the de Young Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Francesco and Chiara Clemente,
Cultured Magazine
Kal Spelletich at Telematic, catalog essay
Nan Goldin at Fraenkel Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Muni Raised Me
at SOMArts,
San Francisco Examiner
Michael Zheng at 500 Capp Street, catalog essay
March Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
Frieze Los Angeles,
Cultured Magazine
John Singer Sargent at the Legion of Honor,
San Francisco Examiner
California Labor School
at the Tenderloin Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
February Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
Bernd and Hilla Becher at SFMOMA and Fraenkel Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Paperworks and Bookworks
at the Achenbach Foundation,
San Francisco Examiner
FOG Design+Art,
Cultured Magazine
2022 SECA Award Show
at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
Keeping Company: On Loneliness and Love,
Woven Tale Press
January Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
2022
Transit Art Arrives in San Francisco,
Nob Hill Gazette
Lhola Amira at the de Young Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Making a Case for the Modern Art Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
December Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
400 Polaroids: Araki/Daido
at Ratio 3,
San Francisco Examiner
Kongkee at the Asian Art Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Joan Brown at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Examiner
November Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Examiner
Central Subway Opens with Art,
San Francisco Examiner
Gillian Laub at the Contemporary Jewish Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Bernice Bing at the Asian Art Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Hunter’s Point Shipyard Open Studios,
San Francisco Examiner
October Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Standard
Jeffrey Gibson at the ICA SF,
San Francisco Examiner
Kija Lucas at SF Camerawork,
San Francisco Examiner
Peter Hujar Curated by Elton John
at Fraenkel Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
September Gallery Guide,
San Francisco Standard
Drum Listens to Heart
at the Wattis Institute,
San Francisco Examiner
Looking Forward
at Pier 24,
San Francisco Examiner
MYR
at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts,
San Francisco Examiner
Strikethrough!
at Letterform Archive,
San Francisco Examiner
The Art of Solitude,
San Francisco Examiner
Diego Rivera’s America
at SFMOMA,
San Francisco Standard
An Obituary for the San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco Examiner
David Johnson at San Francisco City Hall,
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Art Book Fair,
San Francisco Examiner
Jean Conner at SJMA and Marin MOCA,
San Francisco Examiner
Carlos Villa at the Asian Art Museum and San Francisco Arts Commission,
San Francisco Standard
Ai Weiwei at Haines Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Lynn Hershman Leeson at Altman Siegel,
Variable West
Jim Campbell at Hosfelt Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
All Art is Immersive,
San Francisco Examiner
Considered Interactions
at Casemore Gallery,
Hyperallergic
If Walls Could Talk: A History of San Francisco Murals,
Nob Hill Gazette
What Is the Purpose of Art During Wartime?,
San Francisco Examiner
The Healing Project
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
San Francisco Examiner
Robert Adams at Fraenkel Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Black Magic
at San Francisco Arts Commission,
The Potrero View
Andy Goldsworthy at Haines Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Soft Times Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Why NFTs Are Kitsch, Not Art,
San Francisco Examiner
Bill Fontana at Bitforms Gallery SF,
San Francisco Examiner
Wayne Thiebaud at Berggruen Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Sonya Rapoport at Casemore Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Gideon Rubin at Hosfelt Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
The Development of the Dogpatch Arts District,
The Potrero View
Mission Creek Park Public Art Project,
The Potrero View
Janet Delaney at Euqinom Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Ice
at Haines Gallery and
Elemental Exposures
at Thacher Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
FOG Design+Art,
San Francisco Examiner
Sydney Cain at Rena Bransten Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
2021
Dust Specks on the Sea
at Walter and McBean Galleries,
San Francisco Examiner
Julio César Morales at Gallery Wendi Norris,
San Francisco Standard
FORECAST 2021
at SF Camerawork,
San Francisco Examiner
Ryan Mrozowski at Ratio 3,
San Francisco Standard
Bauhaus Typography at 100
at Letterform Archive,
San Francisco Examiner
Brigitte Carnochan at Themes + Projects,
The Potrero View
Experience Leonard Cohen
at the Contemporary Jewish Museum,
San Francisco Examiner
Zakkubalan at 500 Capp Street,
San Francisco Examiner
Mimi Plumb at Robert Koch Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Land’s End
at FOR-SITE Foundation,
7x7
Maia Cruz Palileo at the Wattis Institute,
The Potrero View
Leila Weefur at Telematic and Minnesota Street Project,
San Francisco Examiner
Museum of the African Diaspora Reopens,
San Francisco Examiner
Lindsey White at Casemore Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
Litquake Masked Ball,
7x7
Fall Gallery Guide,
7x7
Looking Back
at Pier 24,
The Potrero View
Carrie Mae Weems at Fraenkel Gallery,
San Francisco Examiner
TeamLab: Continuity
at the Asian Art Museum,
7x7
San Francisco Art Scene Reopens Together,
The San Franciscan
Tom Colcord Profile,
SF Weekly
Diana Markosian at SFMOMA,
SF Weekly
Next to You
at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts,
The Potrero View
Fair Use
at Altman Siegel,
SF Weekly
Open Field
at Catharine Clark Gallery,
The Potrero View
Artists Protest Program Cuts at SFMOMA,
SF Weekly
Fraenkel Pop-Up,
SF Weekly
Seeing Sound
at Kadist SF,
The Potrero View
Raymond Saunders at Casemore Gallery,
The Potrero View
Encoded Holidays
and
Design by Time
at the Museum of Craft and Design,
The Potrero View
Creativity in Crisis
and
Bay Area Walls
at SFMOMA,
The Potrero View
The de Young Museum Revisited,
The Potrero View
2020
San Francisco Art Institute Threatens Closure,
The San Franciscan
Slumber with A Key
at Jack Fischer Gallery, catalog essay
Invincible Summer
at Minnesota Street Project,
The Potrero View
Ansley West Rivers at Euqinom Gallery,
The Potrero View
The Armchair Art Show,
The Potrero View
Koak at Altman Siegel,
The Potrero View
Sophie Calle at Fraenkel Gallery,
Square Cylinder
Orlando
at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts,
The Potrero View
Serge Attukwei Clottey at Ever Gold [Projects],
Square Cylinder
2019
György Kepes at Robert Koch Gallery,
Square Cylinder
Mona Kuhn at Euqinom Gallery,
Square Cylinder
Patricia Lagarde at Jack Fischer Gallery,
Square Cylinder
2018
10,000 Fahrenheit
at San Francisco Arts Commission,
Square Cylinder
Gregory Euclide at Hashimoto Contemporary,
Art Practical
Avoiska van der Molen at Casemore Gallery,
Square Cylinder
Hiroshi Sugimoto at Fraenkel Gallery,
Square Cylinder
Canan Tolon at Anglim Gilbert,
Art Practical
Linda Connor and Zhan Wang at Haines Gallery,
Square Cylinder
Vanessa Woods at Jack Fischer Gallery,
Square Cylinder
2017
The Selfie Stage: On Lacan, Debord, and the Future,
Digital America
Walker Evans at SFMOMA,
Daily Serving
Diane Arbus at SFMOMA,
Daily Serving
Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now
at SFMOMA,
Daily Serving