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In ‘Rituals of Devotion,’ the Mundane Becomes Sacred Through Collective Attention

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Photograph of reclining Black woman looking to right adorned with silver spoons and gold and silver shoes

In MoAD’s ‘Black Venus,’ Artists Reclaim Their Beauty and Autonomy

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a record cover cycles in and out of the background where its original cover photo was shot, showing a pagoda and victorian houses

Looking Back on My Album ‘No Need for Alarm,’ 30 Years Later

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A white woman with a bob works on a clay sculpture of a figure in her book-filled studio

‘Showing Up’ Depicts a Refreshingly Realistic Artistic Life, Without Skepticism or Gloss

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How Bay Area Hip-Hop Found Its Sound in the 1980s

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a visitor stands under a massive art installation of tiny lights in a dark room

Reclaiming the Technology of Surveillance and Deportation

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A smiling Asian woman stands next to a mannequin in a netting dress

San José’s Chopsticks Alley Centers the Work of Southeast Asian Artists

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‘Tax Dollars Kill’: Spie One’s Decades of Bay Area Graffiti Activism

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Dark red walls hung with three oil paintings of dancers

‘Sargent and Spain’ Is Full of Hits, But Still Holds Surprises

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A Black man stands with one foot up on base of a giant brass sculpture of a horse with a man draped over saddle

At the de Young, Kehinde Wiley’s Epic Elegy for Black Lives Also Creates Space for Grief

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Two oil paintings of a man's mugshots with a large mustache and a face marked with cuts and bruises

Two SFPL Shows Look for Humanity in City Mugshots and Official IDs

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A colorful cartoon drawing of people rendered as dogs, congregating around cars, beneath the Tribune Tower in Oakland

Meet the Artist Behind ‘Short Dog’s In The House’

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