alexis smith’s wall painting "men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses," 1985
The Real Worlds of Alexis Smith
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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: 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
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
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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
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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