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artist sonia romero, the swimmer, catalina island

On Catalina, a New Exhibition Draws Locals

lawrence ferlinghetti, boat drawing

A Tribute Through a Friend’s Eyes

noah davis, artist

Painting Premonition

the cy twombly room at the san francisco museum of modern art showcases four paintings and one sculpture by the american artist

Scribbles Are Having a Moment

bob mizer, richard dubois, midcentury physique photography

One Man, Two Million Photos

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alta journal issue 31, photographic portrait of howard smith, artist

The CIA and the Collagist

alta journal issue 31, don bachardy

A Lifetime of Portraits

year in review, 2024, illustrations

Alta Journal’s Top Illustrations of 2024

a man waves a gay pride flag celebrating biden elect in san francisco

The Pride Flag: A Universal Sign of Inclusivity

the first ever digital image of mars was rendered by a jpl scientist who handcolored strips of ticker tape with pastels, the five foot wide print was displayed

And Getty Created PST

emily beeny, san francisco, legion of honor

Woman’s Work

getty pst, doug aitken, konkrete, amazon warehouse

Konkrete’s Moment in an Amazon Warehouse

views of planet city, sci arc, liam young

Artists Imagine a Utopia for Earth’s Population

center for land use interpretation, clui, remote sensing explorations into the art of detection, exhibition

This PST Art Show Surveils Surveillance

noeacute olivas, crenshaw dairy mart, inglewood, abolition

Art As Abolition in Inglewood

mariano sardon, wall of gazes, computer art

Latin American Artists Reboot Computer Art

ron finley, grounded, gangsta gardener

Take a Breath

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george washington carver with painting, 1892, prussian blue letter made by george washington carver, ca 1903

George Washington Carver’s Art Practice

io caldera, 1983, michael carroll, iaaa, depicts the depression from a collapsed volcano on jupiters moon, ubehebe crater in death valley, reckoning with the west, culture, space, illustration

The Frontier Proxy

stanton macdonald wright, mural, history of santa monica and the bay district, reckoning with the west, culture

Reframing Civic Murals

arid region of the united states showing drainage districts, 1890, by john wesley powell

Mapping the West

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pst sketchbook

Introducing Alta Sketchbook

palm trees line canon drive in beverly hills

Seeing the Trees for the Forest

artist richard streitmatter tran, quynh pham, director of galerie quynh, ho chi minh city

The Diaspora Returns

lita albuuerque

Out of the Fire, into the Universe

ed ruscha, painting, standard station

Ed Ruscha’s Plays on Words Are As Relevant As Ever

artist lee mingwei photographed at the de young museum, the mending project, san francisco

The Art of Participation

artforum, john coplans, portrait

John Coplans’s Artforum

indigienous artists, mckees indian store, anadarko, oklahoma

Portraits of the Artists

muzae sesay, colorful, geometric, art, oakland, murals

Muzae Sesay’s Playful Murals Enliven the Bay

alta journal, best illustration, 2023

Alta Journal’s Top Illustrations of 2023

alta journal, year in review 2023, photography

Alta Journal’s Top Photography of 2023

gun next door, judy dater, photography, people with guns

Judy Dater’s ‘The Gun Next Door’

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hammer museum, michael alvarez, artist, 2 foos and a double rainbow

Five Artists to Know from the Hammer’s ‘Made in L.A.’ Exhibit

glass outhouse art gallery, laurel siedl

Homespun Art for the High Desert

monica corcoran harel, veronica corcoran

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Tidying Up

the offices of studio one eleven in long beach were previously home to a nordstrom rack store that was part of a dying outdoor mall

Mall Living

stahl house, los angeles

Why This Art: Beneath the Glitz and Glamour

missile silos, site 4, site 10, roswell, new mexico, airbnb

Sleepover in a Missile Silo

esperanza pratt’s geodesic dome house was originally constructed in 1970 from a whole earth catalog kit

Canyon’s Can-Do Spirit

gimme shelter hero image

Special Section: Gimme Shelter

perri lynch howard

Talking with Perri Lynch Howard

hunter saxony iii

‘The Last Black Calligrapher in San Francisco’

gloria tamerre petyarre’s leaves, a 13 foot long aboriginal australian masterpiece, compels perri lynch howard to consider the spiritual and environmental realities of a place when painting landscapes

Why This Art: ‘Leaves’

alta journal, illustration, illustrators

Top Illustrations of 2022

claude monet’s "the portal of rouen cathedral in morning light," 1894

Why This Art: Monet's 'Rouen Cathedral Series’

mike henderson at his studio in san leandro, california, as an artist, hes reinvented himself several times during his nearly six decade career

Mike Henderson’s Personal Renaissance

tony soares, mojave desert, pottery, idyllwild arts academy, lost art, cahuilla style pottery, alta journal

Reviving Indigenous Pottery

popular culture, photo shoot, angelina jolie, annie leibovitz, marilyn monroe, eve arnold

Pop Moments: Photo Shoots

desert handbook

A Handbook for the High Desert

michael helzer, city, land art, megasculpture, garden valley, nevada

The Problem with Land Art

alta jounal, photography, photographers, magazine photography

Top Photography of 2022

rosebud awards, 2022, art

Rosebud Awards: Best Art

rosebud awards, 2022, design

Rosebud Awards: Best Design

rosebud awards, the believer

Rosebud Awards: Best Magazine

rosebud awards, 2022, experience

Rosebud Awards: Best Experience

alexis smith’s wall painting "men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses," 1985

The Real Worlds of Alexis Smith

ray howlett with a work in progress light sculpture in his studio north of los angeles

Seeing the Light

vaer d5 arctic watcj

A Time to Buy

george powell holds a powell peralta dragon formula wheel and a bones brigade skateboard deck at the company’s factory in ventura, california

George Powell’s Wheels of Fortune

gladys tamez in her showroom and atelier in la’s arts district, she launched her line, gladys tamez millinery, in 2014

Lady Gaga’s Favorite Hatmaker

tung chiang, the director of heath ceramics’ clay studio in san francisco, in front of the company’s signature bud vases

Heath’s Heavenly Ceramics

julie mehretu’s howl, eon i, ii is a diptych created in 2016 through 17 that was commissioned by the san francisco museum of modern art as a gift from helen and charles schwab

Why This Art: ‘HOWL, eon (I, II)’

curatorial fellow naz cuguoglu, left, and contemporary art curator abby chen, at the asian art museum in san francisco

Bernice Bing Steps into View

lava thomas, detail of thomas’s resistance reverb movements 1 and 2

Lava Thomas Uncovers Untold Stories of Black Women

mildred howard's frame

Public Purpose, Public Art

chesley bonestell

Painting the Heavens