Non-Fiction

San Francisco artist Ranu Mukherjee’s multimedia paintings meditate on change

The following article was originally published by Bay City News in June 2026. Instead of evoking the illusionistic depths of representational painting, San Francisco artist Ranu Mukherjee’s latest show “The Long Middle” at Gallery Wendi Norris in San Francisco exposes the painted surface as a complex and multi-layered series of screens. The scrims… +

Rose B. Simpson’s ‘Lexicon’ lowriders at the de Young question American car culture

The following article was originally published by Bay City News in June, 2026. Rose B. Simpson’s new show, “Lexicon”—the first solo exhibition of a contemporary Native American artist at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, on view through February 2027—includes a massive Southwestern sun mural in terracotta, teal, black and white… +