Joan Brown’s pithy, self-assured paintings are kaleidoscopic narratives that are simultaneously autobiographical and mythic. She was an original and uncompromising artist. “The more I am able to ...

The exhibitions highlight the work of Diego Rivera and Joan Brown. SFMOMA apparently didn’t intend to offer the two artists as a study in comparison and contrast, but they certainly lend themselves to ...

This Retrospective Spans the Highly Original Artistic Career of San Francisco-Born Painter. Born in San Francisco in 1938, artist Joan Brown created colorful, expansive paintings and lively sculptures ...

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s online promotion for its Joan Brown retrospective suggests we need an introduction to the Bay Area painter who flourished in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. So she’s ...

Brown likely could have gone on painting commercially successful works in the same vein (one graced the cover of the influential Artforum magazine in 1963). Despite the monthly stipend at stake she ...

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for ...

In the House of the Trembling Eye is an expansive group exhibition staged by the London-based artist Allison Katz across the entirety of the Aspen Art Museum, organized in collaboration with the ...

One of the smartest moves the San Francisco Museum of Art has made in recent years coincides with its 2022 SECA Art Award Exhibition, on view through May 29. Big things are afoot at the Pennsylvania ...