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Connecting the Dots Between Calder and Picasso

Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso are both titans of modern art, one known almost exclusively for his light, airy, constantly shifting mobiles and the other for his dizzying succession of styles. Calder (1898-1976) spent his career refining a few simple ideas, creating form and volume from thin lines and planes, working mainly with twisted wire …

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Frida Kahlo: Portrait of the Artist as a Fashionista

San Francisco museums are starting to reopen after the virus pandemic shut down everything for seven months, and one of the first new exhibitions is Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving at the de Young Museum. Originally scheduled for a March debut, the show is as much a portrait of the artist as a conventional …

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Tattoos Get Respect in San Francisco Shows

It’s summer in San Francisco, time to head to the park, demonstrate your hipness, and show off your tattoos. The de Young Museum’s big new exhibition for the season, “Ed Hardy: Deeper Than Skin,” does just that. The sprawling show features more than 300 works, including early drawings from Hardy’s student days, cartoonish designs for …

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