The group asked for the ability to modify or remove their works and for the SF institution to divest from “Israeli governmental and pro-Zionist foundation funding.”
San Francisco
A San Francisco Art Pioneer’s Collaged Dream Worlds
With the layers of his collaged “paste-ups,” Jess pulls us into an oneiric world, at once delightful and perplexing, magical and sublime.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to Reopen After Pro-Palestine Intervention
Following weeks of closure, the center says it will open March 15 and show the work of artists who altered their pieces with “Free Palestine” and “Ceasefire Now” messages.
Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest
Unpretentious work by 17 Pacific Northwest artists blurs the line between functionality and aesthetics in this exhibition at San Francisco’s Museum of Craft and Design.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts CEO Resigns Over Pro-Palestine Action
Sara Fenske Bahat cited the “Love Letter for Gaza” intervention on February 15 “and its unending repercussions.”
Artists Alter Their Work, Protesting San Francisco Institution’s “Silence” on Gaza
Two of the artists in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’s triennial allege that they were asked not to advocate for Palestine in their artwork and supporting text.
Tracing the Hand of Botticelli
Botticelli’s drawings bring us tantalizingly close to the artist, a man as clouded by intimations of darkness, and seeking some salve of beauty, as we are today.
The Dazzling Magic of Filipino Lanterns
Parols, traditionally symbolizing the star of Bethlehem, illuminate homes in the Philippines and the diaspora during the Christmas season.
The Politics of the Lowrider
Sitting on Chrome at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reminds us that to be unhurried and unbothered can be an act of resistance.
The Creative Power of Mischief
“As a collection that’s interested in accessibility and letters, we look at one of the most democratic versions of letters that exists,” said Letterform’s Kate Long Stellar.
Beauty and Danger in the Art of Ambreen Butt
The Pakistan-born, Texas-based artist creates energetic works underpinned by a pervasive sense of threat.
Rupy C. Tut’s Landscapes of Belonging
Her paintings, springing from traditional Indian miniature painting made large, radiate both rootedness and displacement.