	Museums John Porcellino at the Cartoon Art Museum Relating To Your Life By Aimee Le Duc (Dec 16, 2005) The Cartoon Art Museum is a rare gem in San Francisco's cultural necklace. It is a traditional looking gallery space set behind a wonderful bookstore, Photo Graphix (formally the Friend's of Photography bookstore.) The museum formally showcases comics and cartoons ranging from familiar animation cells and historical baseball cartoons to underground horror and sex comix throughout the 20th century. Ultimately though it is a quiet space of two long hallways flanked on all sides with a cornucopia of illustrations and words to read. More
	Museums Beyond Real at SF MOMA Surrealist Photography and Sculpture By Aimee Le Duc (Apr 7, 2006) Andre Breton defined surrealism as, "psychic automatism in its pure state, by which on purposes to express, verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner -- the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern." It's important to carry a working definition of surrealism around with you while navigating through the seemingly never-ending SFMOMA exhibition, Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections. More
	Museums Tania Candiani at MACLA By Amber Whiteside (Nov 16, 2004) A comprehensive body of Tania Candiani's work fills MACLA's recently renovated and expanded gallery, transforming it into a funhouse of the female form, a futile cycle of binge and purge. Pepto Bismal pink exercise machines, a punching bag swinging like a pendulum in a boxing ring, a looped video of a fitness instructor demonstrating his routine, and so many distorted lines and protuberances of women's bodies come at the viewer with a relentlessness that rivals the commercial world outside. More
	Museums de Young Museum Grand Opening By amy gelbach (Oct 14, 2005) When it started taking shape in Golden Gate Park much debate surrounded the appearance of the new De Young museum's exterior. Some loved it and some loathed it. Whatever your opinion of its giant copper façade, the building is one that does not take full shape until it is entered and explored. More
	Museums Laughing Sal Laughs Last At the Musée Mécanique By amy gelbach (Mar 2, 2003) Musée Mécanique reopened December 20, just in time for tourists lugging soggy presents to duck in out of the downpours and have a little fun. Having relocated from its previous home at the Cliff House, overlooking Ocean Beach, the Musée Mécanique is now a part of Fisherman's Wharf, one component of what is referred to as the 'Pier 45 Walk', which also includes World World II vessels the USS Pampanito, and the Jeremiah O’Brian. More
	Museums Yves Saint Laurent Splendor and Spectacle By Ann Taylor (Jan 9, 2009) Yves Saint Laurent is perhaps one of the most famous names in fashion, and this exhibition shows us exactly why. From clean, elegant lines to outrageous color combinations and materials, Yves Saint Laurent’s designs present a fantastic palette of fashion, its evolution as well as aberrations. The exhibition is a retrospective of Laurent’s work since the 1960s, covering not only a broad time period, but also a huge number of styles, materials, themes, influences, and interests. More
	Museums Warhol Live The True King of Pop By Ann Taylor (May 1, 2009) Campbell’s soup cans and Brillo boxes are perhaps the most common images associated with Andy Warhol, along with his four-panel, boldly colored portraits of the stars. However, his fascination with (and substantial creation of) popular culture led his artistic experimentation into numerous other realms, including music, film, TV, and the printed word. Warhol Live, at the De Young until May 17th, is a sprawling exhibition of Warhol’s forays into these pockets of pop culture, exposing the true extent of his fascination and involvement with all manner of media. More
	Museums Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Outstanding Art of the Afterlife By Ann Taylor (Jun 26, 2009) The treasures of ancient Egypt have fascinated the modern imagination ever since the rash of excavations in the 19th century. A rich culture that lasted for thousands of years, the kingdom of ancient Egypt pre-dated the Greeks and lasted about three times as long as the Roman Empire. However, over the course of the past five thousand years, many of the treasures of Egypt have been looted and stolen, scattered all over the world in private collections and public museums. More
	Museums Lords of the Samurai A Refreshing Perspective By Ann Taylor (Jul 24, 2009) At the mention of the word “samurai", the mind immediately fills with romantic images of a warrior willing to die rather than betray his honor, of men bravely riding into battle on horseback, swiftly cutting down all before them, and perhaps even of secret trysts with exotic princesses under softly falling cherry blossoms. Most of us have likely gleaned what little knowledge we have of the samurai from popular culture -- The Last Samurai, The Seven Samurai, "Heroes", and various other portrayals of this mysterious brotherhood of warriors. More
	Museums There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak Wildly Wonderful By Ann Taylor (Sep 18, 2009) Many of us grew up with Max and his wolf suit, wishing that we, too, could go and rule where the wild things are, far away from the everyday problems of family and school and being a kid. The Contemporary Jewish Museum’s There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak presents this familiar childhood favorite, and many others written and/or illustrated by Maurice Sendak, in a way that not only reminds audiences of why they loved Where The Wild Things Are as a child, but also why that book, and Sendak’s work in general, still has relevance -- for adults as well as for children. More

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