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Is This A Painting?
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Bernhard Hartter's works at Patricia Sweetow brings that question to mind, but it shows, a little dishearteningly, how much less the answer seems to matter today.

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Hung Liu
Through June 7, Rena Bransten, SF
Bay Area painter Hung Liu, who was born and raised in China, has long borrowed images from old photographs to fold ambiguous historical references into (more...)


Hate Mail: Comic Strip Controversies
Through June 8, Cartoon Art Museum, SF
When Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau drew two unmarried characters lying in bed together in the mid-1970s, many readers were outraged. One who took exception, (more...)

Treasures of Art: The Legacy of Phyllis Wattis at SFMOMA
Through June 24, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF
Probably no patron has done more for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art than Phyllis Wattis (1904-2002). Her unstinting financial support and gifts (more...)

The Black Panthers 1968: Photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones
Through June 29, UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
Don't call it a comeback, but radical chic has had a bit of a revival in recent few years. Rappers have been calling for Black Panther-style activism, (more...)

Time After Time: Asia and Our Moment
Through July 13, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF
The recent reopening of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has reawakened interest in all cultural things Asian. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents (more...)

Everything Matters: Paul Kos, a Retrospective
Through July 20, UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
Conceptual art plays a larger part in Bay Area culture than many people realize, and Paul Kos has been a major contributor to it for more than 30 years. (more...)

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News & Feature
Strip Club
The top cartoon artists turn out for the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards.

Artistic Expression
N.Y.'s Met exhibit draws a unique protest -- an "Erase In."

Gearing Up
Gearheads with a creative edge gather for the Power Tool Drag Races.

The Next Generation
Combing the MFA shows for up and coming tech artists. Glen Helfand.

Barney's 'Cycle'
Visual artist appalls and impresses the world with his 7 1/2-hour art film.

Kennerly's Formula
Photographer David Hume Kennerly gets special access.

Symbolic Stroll
South Korean president Roh Moo Hyun walks through the Asian Art Museum.

Writing On The Wall
Asian Art Museum adds 135 works of Chinese caligraphy.

Art Reviews
Lobdell At Legion
J. John Priola's "Dwell" series gives an unsettling sense of a watcher in the dark.

Think Big
Critics cannot resist bearing down on Andreas Gursky's subject matter.

Cheesy Concept
Paul Kos' "Tunnel" is one of his most memorable works.

Stitch In Time
Yerba Buena "Time After Time" exhibit never comes into focus.

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