BERKELEY'S NEWS • DECEMBER 12, 2023

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 06, 2023

Mercury 20 Gallery artists show strong technical skills, struggle to convey cogent artistic messages

Visitors may be surprised that the gallery staffers themselves are the artists whose work is exhibited; depending on the date of one’s visit, they may benefit from access to the artists who offer unparalleled insight into the works shown.

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Diehl’s paintings remind us that life is too messy, too complex for every detail to be afforded attention. The power of these paintings pierce like their creator’s pencil, through the (he)art.

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Diehl’s paintings remind us that life is too messy, too complex for every detail to be afforded attention. The power of these paintings pierce like their creator’s pencil, through the (he)art.

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Goldin’s work is profound, thought-provoking and emotionally complex, as she highlights the long-lasting pain, loss and sacrifices people endured and continue to endure as a result of greed in the pharmaceutical industry.

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

“The Haight-Ashbury Experience and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Photography of Herb Greene” is a perfect time capsule, stills from '60s San Francisco preserved in time.

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

“The Haight-Ashbury Experience and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Photography of Herb Greene” is a perfect time capsule, stills from '60s San Francisco preserved in time.

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Visual Art

NOVEMBER 06, 2023

Mercury 20 Gallery artists show strong technical skills, struggle to convey cogent artistic messages

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 06, 2023

Mercury 20 Gallery artists show strong technical skills, struggle to convey cogent artistic messages

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Diehl’s paintings remind us that life is too messy, too complex for every detail to be afforded attention. The power of these paintings pierce like their creator’s pencil, through the (he)art.

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Diehl’s paintings remind us that life is too messy, too complex for every detail to be afforded attention. The power of these paintings pierce like their creator’s pencil, through the (he)art.

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

“The Haight-Ashbury Experience and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Photography of Herb Greene” is a perfect time capsule, stills from '60s San Francisco preserved in time.

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

“The Haight-Ashbury Experience and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Photography of Herb Greene” is a perfect time capsule, stills from '60s San Francisco preserved in time.

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Gee’s Bend quilter, Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center board members discuss cultural participation, preservation

Born out of Indigenous American and African textiles, the Gee’s Bend quilts have come to represent the fortitude of African American culture.

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Gee’s Bend quilter, Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center board members discuss cultural participation, preservation

Born out of Indigenous American and African textiles, the Gee’s Bend quilts have come to represent the fortitude of African American culture.

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

‘Art of the African Diaspora’ reveres Black history, present, future

Gracing the center’s main gallery in every medium imaginable, the exhibition in its entirety unveils how Black identity shifts, evolves and culminates uniquely through the lens of each artist.

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

‘Art of the African Diaspora’ reveres Black history, present, future

Gracing the center’s main gallery in every medium imaginable, the exhibition in its entirety unveils how Black identity shifts, evolves and culminates uniquely through the lens of each artist.

Visual Art

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

BAMPFA exhibits breathtaking retrospective of Amalia Mesa-Bains’ work

Mesa-Bains’ self-proclaimed feminist art is a rich archive of heritage, memory, family, ancestry and the self.

Visual Art

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

BAMPFA exhibits breathtaking retrospective of Amalia Mesa-Bains’ work

Mesa-Bains’ self-proclaimed feminist art is a rich archive of heritage, memory, family, ancestry and the self.

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Animation artist Kongkee merges past, future in ‘Warring States Cyberpunk’

Though some viewers may be overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the artist’s fantastical story, it’s only a glimpse into the frightening possibilities of the future, and Kongkee knows perhaps better than anyone the existential anxiety that plagues both past and present.

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Animation artist Kongkee merges past, future in ‘Warring States Cyberpunk’

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 08, 2022

‘Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest’ paints evocative protest scene at SF’s Letterform Archive

What do buttons, jumpsuits and flyers have in common? At San Francisco’s Letterform Archive, the answer is plain and simple: protest.

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 08, 2022

‘Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest’ paints evocative protest scene at SF’s Letterform Archive

What do buttons, jumpsuits and flyers have in common? At San Francisco’s Letterform Archive, the answer is plain and simple: protest.

Visual Art

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Whitney Bradshaw talks Outcry Project, reproductive justice

“I have had some experiences where I’ve actually used my voice and screamed, and it has actually saved me,” Whitney Bradshaw said in an interview with The Daily Californian.

Visual Art

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Whitney Bradshaw talks Outcry Project, reproductive justice

“I have had some experiences where I’ve actually used my voice and screamed, and it has actually saved me,” Whitney Bradshaw said in an interview with The Daily Californian.

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NOVEMBER 06, 2023

Mercury 20 Gallery artists show strong technical skills, struggle to convey cogent artistic messages

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

Recent Content

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 06, 2023

Mercury 20 Gallery artists show strong technical skills, struggle to convey cogent artistic messages

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 06, 2023

Mercury 20 Gallery artists show strong technical skills, struggle to convey cogent artistic messages

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Visual Art

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Guy Diehl's sweeping ‘About Time’ exhibition creates moment in time

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Visual Art

APRIL 12, 2023

Nan Goldin’s ‘Memory Lost’ centers empathy in fight against addiction

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

Visual Art

MARCH 02, 2023

Herbe Greene’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ shines brighter than its Haight-Ashbury stars

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Gee’s Bend quilter, Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center board members discuss cultural participation, preservation

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Gee’s Bend quilter, Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center board members discuss cultural participation, preservation

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

‘Art of the African Diaspora’ reveres Black history, present, future

Black History Month 2023

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

‘Art of the African Diaspora’ reveres Black history, present, future

Visual Art

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

BAMPFA exhibits breathtaking retrospective of Amalia Mesa-Bains’ work

Visual Art

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

BAMPFA exhibits breathtaking retrospective of Amalia Mesa-Bains’ work

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Animation artist Kongkee merges past, future in ‘Warring States Cyberpunk’

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Animation artist Kongkee merges past, future in ‘Warring States Cyberpunk’

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 08, 2022

‘Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest’ paints evocative protest scene at SF’s Letterform Archive

Visual Art

NOVEMBER 08, 2022

‘Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest’ paints evocative protest scene at SF’s Letterform Archive

Visual Art

OCTOBER 27, 2022