Andy Warhol at SFMOMA

Andy Warhol: Beyond the Soup Can If you ask anybody to name the most famous contemporary (OK, almost contemporary) artist, nine times out of ten, they’ll say, ‚ÄúAndy Warhol.‚Äù They’ll be right. Between the Campbell‚Äôs soup cans, the Marilyn Monroe portraits, the Brillo Pad boxes, and Warhol‚Äôs saucy blonde wig, he was the most outrageous,… Continue reading Andy Warhol at SFMOMA

Paul Fusco: “The Train” at SFMOMA

They came to the tracks … June 5, 1968. Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated. June 8, 1968. The funeral train carrying RFK‚Äôs body begins its journey from New York City to Washington, D.C. On board the train is photojournalist Paul Fusco. But Fusco doesn‚Äôt take pictures on the train. He photographs the thousands of people… Continue reading Paul Fusco: “The Train” at SFMOMA

Rauschenberg

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA, is presenting Robert Rauschenberg, Erasing the Rules. Not only was Rauschenberg one of the leading lights of 20th century American art, he was ‚Äî at least to me ‚Äî the artist who changed art from A to B. A is what you see on the canvas, the… Continue reading Rauschenberg

SFMOMA: Walker Evans

DOUBLE HEADER (First Game) On their next trip to San Francisco, your readers can take in a big double-header. Here‚Äôs the first game: Through February 4, 2018, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA, is hosting ‚ÄúWalker Evans,‚Äù a humungous retrospective of the seminal 20th century photographer‚Äôs work. His most famous photo is here,… Continue reading SFMOMA: Walker Evans