Andy Warhol: Beyond the Soup Can If you ask anybody to name the most famous contemporary (OK, almost contemporary) artist, nine times out of ten, they’ll say, ‚ÄúAndy Warhol.‚Äù They’ll be right. Between the Campbell‚Äôs soup cans, the Marilyn Monroe portraits, the Brillo Pad boxes, and Warhol‚Äôs saucy blonde wig, he was the most outrageous,… Continue reading Andy Warhol at SFMOMA
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MoAD: Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold
The most exciting exhibit I’ve seen this year is at¬†MoAD, Museum of the African Diaspora.¬†Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold¬†will run through August 11.¬† ¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Though I approach anything subtitled ‚ÄúA Post-Colonial Paradox‚Äù gingerly, in this case I should have let my guard down. It‚Äôs not doctrinaire, not a visual polemic ‚Äî the show is filled… Continue reading MoAD: Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold
Magritte at SFMOMA
Best. Exhibit. Ever. If you’re not lucky enough to live in San Francisco, this exhibit is worth a trip to the City by the Bay. Well worth it. The show, which runs till October 28, is Rene Magritte: The Fifth Season. It is exclusive to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and will not tour.… Continue reading Magritte at SFMOMA
IF YOU GO-OH TO SAN FRANCISCO …
The B-Side Two sister museums, the de Young and the Legion of Honor, are hosting western-themed exhibits. The star attraction, Ed Ruscha and the Great American West, is at the de Young in Golden Gate Park. The B-side, Wild West: Plains to the Pacific, is at the more remote Legion. But like ‚ÄúI Will Survive‚Äù… Continue reading IF YOU GO-OH TO SAN FRANCISCO …
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
For years,¬†MoAD,¬†San Francisco‚Äôs Museum of the African Diaspora, languished. Opened with much fanfare in 2005, it was pretty much static until late 2013. In 2013, Linda Harris, a human dynamo from Chicago, took over the reins. Since then, the museum, which sits between SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) and CMJ (Contemporary Jewish Museum),… Continue reading Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)