CURRENT EXHIBITS [144]

“I use the art of painting to represent color as the transparent appearance of light.”1When Swiss-born artist Rudolf de Crignis (1948–2006) first visited Manhattan in the late 1970s, he was deeply affected by Minimalism, particularly the powerfully spare abstract paintings of Agnes Martin, Robert Ryman, Brice Marden, and Ad Reinhardt. He soon made New York his home and shifted from performance, v...   [more]

Opening: January 30th   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

A magnificent pair of screens painted in ink on an unusual background of silver and gold by Sakaki Hyakusen (1697–1752), the founding father of Nanga (Southern School) painting in Japan, present a shimmering vision of a watery landscape. The screens display elements that are unusual at this early point in Nanga painting—precise brushwork, detailed treatment of foreground elements, and the incorporatio...   [more]

Opening: January 30th   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

“There was no chance in Parades and Changes,” recalls composer Morton Subotnick. “Everything was done by choice, but there was a freedom in choice.”First performed in 1965, Anna Halprin'sParades and Changes pioneered the use of everyday movements and domestic rituals in dance, marking the onset of postmodern choreography. The dance revolves around a set of mundane tasks—unrolling giant shee...   [more]

Opening: February 15th   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

As three ghostly voices share their stories, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s 2007 video installation Morakot (Emerald) lingers on dust, light, and memory in the empty rooms and hallways of a defunct Bangkok hotel. The Morakot Hotel was a haven for Cambodian refugees fleeing the Vietnamese invasion in the 1980s. By the late 1990s, however, the Thai economy had collapsed and the Morakot was forced to...   [more]

Opening: February 15th   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Kala Art Institute and Berkeley Central Arts Passage present Supra Natural. Please join us for the Opening Reception on Wednesday, February 20, 6-8pm. Supra Natural presents the work of five visual artists and one writer as it relates to the immeasurable character of nature: big, beyond, fast, mystical, and utterly overwhelming. Supra Natural is the second exhibition in this new exhibition se...   [more]

Opening: February 20th   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  From India to the Planet Mars, a solo exhibition by San Francisco artist, Amy Trachtenberg, opens on Friday, January 4, 2013, with a reception for the artist on Saturday, January 5, from 3-5 pm. From India to the Planet Mars is a multi-media exhibition that includes paintings, wall mounted sculptures, and collages. In her paintings, Trachtenberg stains and pours pigmented mixtures on canvas....   [more]

Opening: January 5th   3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Trained as a figurative painter, San Francisco artist Cynthia Schuman found a natural transition to Color-field painting. She discovered that the expressiveness of abstract painting granted her a newfound freedom in her creative process. Working horizontally and manipulating the canvas, she adds metallic powders and crushed crystal that become encased in jewel-like paintings in a spectrum of co...   [more]

Stanford, Calif. — Beginning Feb. 29, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents a new installation of contemporary art, “Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection,” in the Oshman Family Rotunda. The works will remain on view until fall 2013. Over the last decade the Fisher Family has been exceedingly generous in lending works of art from their unrivalled collect...   [more]

Opening: February 29th, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

In 1937, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime viewed modernist artists as insane and threatening to their ideals. They presented the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition in Munich, hoping to turn public opinion against all modern art. Explore works by several of these "degenerate" artists as we mark the 75th anniversary of the exhibition's opening. Nine works on display. Marie Stauffer Sigall Gallery...   [more]

Opening: October 3rd, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Stanford, Calif. — On view for the first time in the United States, “The Jameel Prize: Art Inspired by Islamic Tradition” opens December 12 at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center. This special exhibition presents the work of 10 artists selected as finalists for the prestigious Jameel Prize, an international award bestowed by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and sponsored by Abdul Latif J...   [more]

Opening: December 12th, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

During the 19th century, photographs served as mementos of journeys or surrogate experiences for Americans and Europeans unable or too daunted to travel. Scholars also used them as official records of archaeological expeditions and by the devout to explore the places mentioned in the Bible. This installation presents 16 vintage photographs presenting a range of subjects including city views, picturesqu...   [more]

Opening: January 23rd   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

European artists of the 17th- and 18th-centuries took great interest in depicting modern life, which included commercial exchange and a rapidly expanding market of material goods. The 17 prints and drawings in this exhibition offer views of different types of workplaces and showcase a range of workers at their tasks, from the skilled goldsmith to the lowly butcher and rat catcher. Early Europe...   [more]

Opening: January 23rd   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Dotty Attie is known for her reproductions of European Old Master paintings paired with text—pieces that poetically reveal the voyeuristic narratives in Western visual and literary arts. Her portfolio Sometimes a Traveler/There Lived in Egypt calls particular attention to the exploitation of the North African female body and its place in European Orientalists' imaginations. Sixteen works on displ...   [more]

How are the boundaries between social classes and identities challenged and transcended? This exhibition explores that question. Eighteenth-century Chinese paintings demonstrate how artists outside palace walls reproduced the subject and styles of imperial court paintings in order to fulfill commissions by patrons of a rising social class. Japanese woodblock prints examine how cross-dressing actors in...   [more]

Opening: January 30th   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

San Francisco, CA: Catharine Clark Gallery announces Punch Card, a group exhibition featuring Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth, Nina Katchadourian, Ligorano/Reese, Devorah Sperber, and Stephanie Syjuco. The exhibition dates are January 19 through February 23, 2013. The reception will be held on Saturday, January 19, from 3 to 5 pm. There will be a casual walkthrough of the exhibition at 3pm. Punch C...   [more]

Opening: January 19th   3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Presented in our viewing room is A selection of works by Masami Teraoka 1979-2013, an intimate exhibition that spans Masami  Teraoka's career, from early works on paper and woodblock prints to a recent jacquard tapestry based on an original watercolor.  Teraoka has explored the impact of globalization initially through the lens of a Japanese point of view, and in later years from the  vantage point of a h...   [more]

Opening: January 19th   3:00 PM - 5:00 PM