alta journal, illustration, illustrators
Top Illustrations of 2022
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claude monet’s "the portal of rouen cathedral in morning light," 1894
‘The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light’
mike henderson at his studio in san leandro, california, as an artist, he’s 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
vaer d5 arctic watcj
A Time to Buy
ray howlett with a work in progress light sculpture in his studio north of los angeles
Seeing the Light
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
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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: Julie Mehretu’s ‘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
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mildred howard's frame
Public Purpose, Public Art
chesley bonestell
Painting the Heavens
elon musk, jeff bezo, richard branson, spacesuits
Design That Is Out of This World
willem de kooning’s montauk highway, 1958, contains fractures between space and scale, control and freedom, making the painting feel fresh and urgent
Why This Art: ‘Montauk Highway’
frida kahlo’s frieda and diego rivera,1931, painted during the couple’s first trip to san francisco
Kahlo and Rivera’s San Francisco Legacy
adornamented hot sauce bottles, teresa flores
How Poems Inform Teresa Flores’s Work
justin richel interprets philip guston’s flatlands as a metaphor for the painter’s career, which was marked by a search for new modes of expression
The Gift of Freedom in Guston’s Flatlands
bears deluxe by pixelmage
The Madness for NFT Art
pierre auguste renoir’s landscape at beaulieu
Renoir Sparks in Me an All-Consuming Urge to Paint
hector arias’s doordash sponsored mural in boyle heights depicts papel picado, perforated paper banners, to celebrate latinx culture
Street Fight
peter galindo
Talking with Pete Galindo
art section logo
Special Section: Art
the annex gallery at the weisman foundation’s home
Alta Picks: Mansion Tour
teresa flores sees a strong connection between body and place in mujer con una mesa, woman with a table, c 1926 and 28, by rufino tamayo
Finding Energy in Rufino Tamayo’s Simple Moment
getting into nature, 2017, digital
Alta Picks: Sculpture Hikes
noah purifoy outdoor desert
Alta Picks: Towering Assemblages
the ansel adams gallery iphone app
Alta Picks: Back to Nature
matt black
Matt Black Photographs the Ubiquity of Poverty
hale woodruffs 1949 mural portrays black people in ways that segregated media ignore
Personal Favorite
felipe baeza’s mural finding home in my own flesh adorns a palm springs wall as part of the desert x biennial
Alta Picks: Activist Installations
michael govan, the ceo and director of lacma, and stephanie barron
LACMA reimagines itself for the 21st century
installation by andy goldsworthy
Alta Picks: Elevated Views
erica deeman finds infinite worlds within ultra violet 2, 2015, by lorna simpson
Looking at Simpson’s Collage Makes Time Collapse
lemon grove historical society
Alta Picks: Public Works
hiejin yoo discovered tea, 1919, by henri matisse
Taking Tea with Henri Matisse
william t wiley at his studio in woodacre, california, in 2010
Funk Art and the Pursuit of Authenticity
anselm kiefer, sulamith, 1983
‘Sulamith’ Changed My Approach to Found Objects
ruth bader ginsberg
Alta Picks: Street-Level Art
anna halprin
How Anna Halprin Changed Postmodern Dance
maría magdalena campos pons, finding balance, 2015
Seeing My Story Articulated in ‘Finding Balance’
earth birth, from the series birth project, 1983, by judy chicago
Judy Chicago in Her Own Words
judy chicago
San Francisco Embraces Judy Chicago Again
dave hickey illustration
Q&A: Dave Hickey on the Problem with Art Critics
phil ross
The Mushroom Man’s Magic
diego rivera mural
Welcome Back Diego Rivera
michael schwab
Illustrating an Icon
mulholland, a blvd called sunset, coastal pine
A Quest to Bottle the West
kati von lehman
Trailblazer: Kati von Lehman
wood type from the 1800s to the present in wilkson’s studio
Nothing Impresses Like Letterpress
ken fulk
Trailblazer: Ken Fulk
threat model 2018, martine syms
Art of the Possible
stoney michelli
Trailblazer: Stoney Michelli
salt track looking northwest, pleistocene lake bonneville, wendover, utah 2017, by michael light
Aerial Surveys of Arid Landscapes
planar pavilions, andrea zittel
This Must Be the Place
gustavo arellano, original volkwagen van
The Endless Summer of the VW Bus
looking up the yosemite valley circa 1873, albert bierstadt
The Collector Had a Good Eye