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Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
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Tie the devil to a pillow
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Hitler's jam
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Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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Planting seeds
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Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
A star is born
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Great not just because it was produced by a woman
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Vacation home art
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Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
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Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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Possible peace portrait
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Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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