Here are The Examiner’s picks for the best art in The City this summer, including one of the West Coast’s biggest book fairs
Summer in the art world is synonymous with trips to Europe, blockbuster museum exhibitions and group shows. Luckily, San Franciscans don’t have to go very far to catch some of the best of the latter. While galleries often lump together a handful of artists around a lackluster theme, The City’s art spaces seem to have taken the task of assembling their summer group shows more seriously.
Here are The Examiner’s picks for the best art in The City this summer, including one of the West Coast’s biggest book fairs. ‘About Place’Want to know what contemporary Bay Area art is all about? Look no further than “About Place,” the second of a three-part exhibition at the de Young Museum showcasing the major 2022 acquisition of 42 artworks by 30 local artists, courtesy of arts philanthropist and Zendesk co-founder Mikkel Svane. While the first show last year focused on craft, the nine artists here are linked by their shared interest in “place,” from the physical landscape to social communities to their sense of belonging. The exhibition touches on themes of migration, the effects of the climate crisis on Northern California, and San Francisco’s storied history of LGBTQ+ activism.‘Fraenkenstein’Fraenkel Gallery is turning 45. In celebration, the gallery presents “Fraenkenstein,” an examination of Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein” through visual art, co-curated by Jeffrey Fraenkel and Jordan Stein. The spooky extravaganza cleverly mashes up their names and includes more than 20 artists working across a range of media including photography and sculpture, touching on themes of fright and existentialism from the literal to the metaphorical. In conjunction with the exhibition, the gallery will present the Fraenkel Film Festival July 9-20 at the Roxie Theater, featuring films selected by the gallery’s artists, including throwbacks such as “Casablanca” and modern classics such as “Moonlight.”Ex // Top Stories How Mayor Breed wants to close $800 million deficit The proposal is the reflection of a city at a crossroads. Revenues have slagged in its post-COVID economic malaise and failed to keep up with its spending Establishing a base in the SF mayoral race with office space Candidates are setting down roots with headquarters across The City, and most campaigns shrug off any major symbolism or strategy in their chosen locations. UCSF study finds surprising driver of cancer care’s carbon footprint Radiotherapy facilities’ general energy use, rather than its specialized equipment, makes up the bulk of greenhouse-gas emissions ‘Praxis of Local Knowledge’How do the places we come from define who we are and where we’re going? “Praxis of Local Knowledge,” the latest exhibition at the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Main Gallery, features four artists examining ancestral memory and themes of personal history to touch on broader social issues. A concrete block protruding from the wall plays audio recordings of migrant sorties. Short films use archival footage and home video to tell intimate family histories, while found documents trace family roots through the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and trick photography shows us what it feels like to feel invisible. These artists give new meaning to manifesting their destiny.‘Unruly Navigations’Who says what art is — or how to make it? The Museum of the African Diaspora’s summer group show isn’t interested in limiting those definitions, but expanding them. “Unruly Navigations” features 10 artists from around the world who are creating art in unusual ways that underscore the urgency of their work. Whether it’s licorice and Jamaican coconut candy, or sculptures made of cowrie shells and the pulp of textbooks, encyclopedias and flags, the artists in this show are determined to resist the limitations of traditional artmaking. The exhibition elicits a panorama of senses for viewers and ignites new ways to think about how art is made across the globe and what it means to create new pathways.San Francisco Art Book FairNow this is one for the books — the San Francisco Art Book Fair returns to Minnesota Street Project for its seventh edition. After growing rapidly over the last six years, this year’s fair promises to be the biggest yet, with 145 exhibitors from around the world tabling in multiple buildings across the project’s Dogpatch campus. Exhibitors will offer art and book enthusiasts a broad range of print materials, including one-of-a-kind artists’ books, rare and vintage art catalogs and monographs, zines and printed ephemera. The fair will also feature a robust lineup of talks, events and food trucks.
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