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The mythology of the American West is among the most pervasive and enduring narratives in the cultural imagination of the United States. Yet the iconography through which this mythology is communicated — the cowboy, the open range, the tools and dress of the frontier — has been systematically detached from the diverse communities whose [...]

Featured image: Mumbai in 1,995 CE & Indus Valley Elder from 2,000 BCE About the Exhibition Rumbling Cities Shrey Purohit's practice began as daily urban sketching kept only in sketchbooks. That habit turned outward in 2020, when an emptied city pushed him to paint outdoors at dusk, in the hours [...]

Now in its 27th year, SOMArts’ annual Día de Los Muertos exhibition is one of the most internationally diverse Day of the Dead celebrations in the United States. Founded by beloved San Francisco artist and curator René Yañez, Día de Los Muertos at SOMArts continues to be an inclusive multigenerational gathering of remembrance while affirming the importance of arts [...]