Letha Ch’ien

Letha Ch’ien

KQED Contributor

Letha Ch'ien is the Deputy Director at Smarthistory: The Center for Public Art History. Before joining Smarthistory, Letha was an associate professor of art history at Sonoma State University. She writes art criticism for a variety of publications.

By Letha Ch’ien

At the Asian Art Museum, Paintings You’ll Want to Lick

Dewey Crumpler Paints ‘Portals to Absolute Autonomy’

In Historic Objects, a Painter Sees the Origins of the World She Hopes to Create

An Exhibition in San José Asks Visitors to Become Water

At SF State, Slow Gestures Accumulate Into Acts of Resistance

At SFMOMA, a Small Show of Big Sculpture Has Even Bigger Implications

The After-Turkey: Your Guide to Family-Friendly Art Viewing All Over the Bay

What the World Needs Now Is Love — and Suzanne Jackson at SFMOMA

Reinstalled Indigenous Art Galleries Offer a Welcome Shift in Perspective

Pao Houa Her’s Images Capture the Impossibly Complex Idea of Home

Pacita Abad’s Archive Arrives at the Place Where Her Career Started

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