Oakland illustrator helps locals remember homes lost in wildfires By Andrew Esensten Sep 15, 2021 Last year, Oakland illustrator Meg Adler drew 73 black and white ink drawings of homes as they stood before being destroyed in California’s devastating wildfires. She did the drawings free of charge as a way to help the owners memorialize their homes and process their grief. This year, as more fires rage across Northern California,… Read More
Philanthropy Goldmans fund gleaming new arts center for East Palo Alto youth What if we started with a blank sheet of paper and asked East Palo Alto youth, what do you want? That’s the question John and Marcia Goldman posed to the… By Liz Harris Sep 2, 2021
Art Court blocks removal of WPA-era murals at UCSF — for now A judge has issued a restraining order to block, for now, the removal of historic murals at UCSF painted in the 1930s by renowned Jewish artist Bernard… By J. Staff Aug 26, 2021
Art Riffing on Leonard Cohen at CJM Tracking Leonard Cohen’s peripatetic trail around the world while researching her magisterial Cohen biography “I’m Your Man” inevitably led Sylvie Simmons… By Andrew Gilbert Jul 23, 2021
Culture CJM taps longtime SFMOMA staffer to be new executive director At the conclusion of its monthslong, nationwide search for a new executive director, the Contemporary Jewish Museum has selected a local museum leader —… By Andrew Esensten Jul 21, 2021
Art S.F. artist goes underground with ‘ecstatic’ BART art installation When Amy Trachtenberg was a student at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris 40 years ago, she fell in love … with the city’s grand 19th- and 20th-century… By Laura Paull Jul 1, 2021
Art Palo Alto JCC unveils ‘mind-blowing’ musical sculpture As visitors return to the reopened Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, they will be greeted by a new four-story art installation by renowned local sculptor… By Andrew Esensten Jun 16, 2021
Art Statue by Nazi artist no longer on display at St. Mary’s College UPDATED: May 19, 8:45 a.m. A statue at St. Mary’s College in Moraga that was temporarily removed in February after student concerns surrounding the… By Gabriel Greschler May 18, 2021
Art Germany sets precedent in return of painting sold as owner fled Nazis The German city of Dusseldorf has agreed to return an Expressionist painting estimated to be worth $18 million to the heirs of its original Jewish owner,… By Toby Axelrod, JTA May 4, 2021