Altman Siegel Gallery to Close Next Month 

Oct 17, 2025

After nearly 17 years in business, San Francisco gallery Altman Siegel will wind down operations next month. Founder Claudia Altman-Siegel specifically cited the current art market as the reason for the gallery’s closure in an announcement released yesterday,...

10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Fall

Sep 18, 2025

After a long, rainy summer, the Bay Area art scene is beginning to thaw out, with galleries returning from summer vacation and museums kicking off the fall. The country seems to be spiraling ever further towards authoritarian chaos, but a small flame of resistance...

10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Fall

Sep 18, 2025

After a long, rainy summer, the Bay Area art scene is beginning to thaw out, with galleries returning from summer vacation and museums kicking off the fall. The country seems to be spiraling ever further towards authoritarian chaos, but a small flame of resistance...

Painting Was His First Love, But Poetry Got in the Way

Sep 15, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO — Few figures are more beloved in San Francisco than Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The late poet, publisher, editor, essayist, critic, and bookseller might be best known to most people for his 1958 poetry collection Coney Island of the Mind, which has sold over...

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Lays Off 12 Workers

Jul 26, 2025

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), the umbrella institution overseeing the de Young and Legion of Honor museums in the city, laid off 12 workers, citing a 20% drop in museum visitors since the pandemic and “increased operational costs.” The...

10 Bay Area Art Shows for the Dog Days of Summer

Jul 25, 2025

I spent a few weeks abroad this summer, and it was a relief to be away from the United States and its deluge of bad news — but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss San Francisco and its thriving art scene. If you’re similarly playing catch-up, look no further than...

Ruth Asawa Showed Us the Way to an Artistic Life

Jul 18, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO — Ruth Asawa’s infant son, Paul, lies on a blanket in a tender ink drawing entitled “Untitled (FF.1234, Paul Lanier on a Blanket)” (c. 1962–63). Paul takes up just a small portion of the overall composition, his clothing rendered through hatch marks that...