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Brian Footen waded out from the soupy red water of the Great Salt Lake’s north arm, his boat and bibs crusted in brine, his cockpit filled with foam, a wide toothy grin on his face.

Three new digital exhibitions use art and archival objects to reveal new insights into our region’s cultural, environmental, and political history.

<p>Memorials – from Peter Eisenmans Holocaust Memorial in Berlin to David Adjaye and Ron Arads in London – are less about quiet contemplation of the past than direct confrontation with the present</p>

Though Neel passed away in 1984, her work continues to captivate given its authentic balance between the internal and external characteristics of human beings. On display through July 10 at San Francisco’s de Young Museum, the exhibition features Neel’s comprehensive works, ranging from oil paintings on stretched canvases to illustrations appearing in leftist periodicals.

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KENSINGTON — Kensington Public Library is hosting three virtual events in April.

I DIDN'T KNOW Dan Graham well. I met him a handful of times in the mid-2000s when I was a graduate student at Princeton University. I wanted to write my dissertation on Dan, but I was too young and too terrified to do it. Once, when I met him in his loft on New York’s Spring Street, he threw a fit because I didn’t know the work of the Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa. I was wet behind the ears and couldn’t find my angle—I was too sympathetic to his position, which was at once arde...

KENSINGTON — Kensington Public Library is hosting three virtual events in April.

For the New York–based artist—whose practice incorporates photography, video, sound, installation, and performance—the research becomes the work itself.

The Modern begins its twentieth year in its Tadao Ando-designed galleries with a permanent collection installation focused on works acquired since the building’s opening. Both floors showcase paintings, photographs, sculptures, and videos by artists from a wide range of cultures and geographies.