William Georgenes
William Georgenes assemblages of mainly toys alter what is naturally nostalgic into objects of pure, formal aesthetic. More...
Mickalene Thomas
What has set Mickalene Thomas' art apart has been her ability to expand common definitions of beauty. Recognized as a painter, "Muse" distinguishes her photography for its success in connecting people in her personal life to invented personas. More...
Humaira Abid
The detritus of the personal disaster of displacement is reproduced with detailed, loving craftsmanship by Humaira Abid. Humble materials and a straightforward process produce subjects and meaning of the highes order. More...
Senga Nengudi
The political and gender-oriented aesthetics of Segunda Nengudi during the 1970s has aged well--if her pantyhose not so much. More...
Eddie Owens Martin
The land of Pasaquan was created by Eddie Owens Martin over a 30-year period at his compound in Buena Vista, Georgia. His vivid kaleidoscope of folk art is reflected in an exhibition that takes us to his unique realm. More...
Christopher Knowles
Christopher Knowles did not speak until age 12. Now 58, the former protege of Robert Wilson is one of the unique creative voices of his generation. More...
Art and Archetype at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Jean Nouvel's design of the newly opened Louvre Abu Dhabi is simultaneously ancient in inspiration and space-age, low-slung and soaring, an inviting oasis of flowing water and rectilinear planes. More...
Patti Oleon
Patti Oleon paints architecture with care, and with the maximum degree of disorientation in which ceiling can double as floors. More...
Lezley Saar
Three series completed over the last five years put Lezley Saar's ability to convey human dignity and build visionary narratives on full display. More...
“There is No Alas Where I Live”
The title of this show of nine contemporary Bay Area photographers, “There is No Alas Where I Live,” is taken from Theodore Roethke’s 1951 poem, “I Need, I Need”: “Whisper me over, / Why don’t you, begonia, / There’s no alas / Where I live.” More...
Gennaro Garcia
Phoenix artist Gennaro Garcia's vibrant mixed media paintings are a celebration of Mexico through a street art sensibility. More...
“Art of Devotion”
A selection of historical devotional objects are explicitly religious, historical and political themes permeate throughout. More...
Wu Bin
Among the most prestigious of a Chinese scholar’s personal assets, Lingbi stones are naturally formed rocks prized by scholars and collectors alike. Wu Bin’s famous 178th century handscroll, titled "Ten Views of a Lingbi Stone" is the centerpiece of a visual dialogue between the ephemeral and the eternal. More...
“The Wyeths: Three Generations”
Andrew Wyeth is the central figure of a family survey in which his father N.C. and son Jamie are effectively the bookends. More...
Richard Morhous
Early modernist models infuse Richard Morhous' 21st century approach to brilliantly colored and fragmented landscape painting. Morhouse make individual brush marks count, and his hovering abstractions of light and color are a revelation. More...
“UnDocumenta"
“UnDocumenta" includes the work of six Mexican, Latino and American artists who wrestle with issues of immigration and the border, biculturalism, migration, labor issues and human rights More...
“Myth & Mirage”
Spanish Colonial Revival (SCR) architecture in its early 20th century heyday aspired to endow the future Golden State with a ready-made fabricated history that would hide from view the grubby details of Spanish and American frontier conquest. More...
Ichiro Irie
One large scale black marker drawing of an auto junkyard makes Ichiro Irie's exhibition a must see. And knowing that the marker will gradually fade over time only adds deftness to the stunt that this will become his own erased drawing. More...
Sarah Williams
Night and isolated dwellings are the subject of Sarah Williams' paintings, which are both comfortably familiar and eerie. More...
“Visual Voyages”
"Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin" lends insight into how Europeans viewed the New World. More...
