BOOKS Philip Leider on Francis Bacon, The Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture, 100 European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Soutine
Diebenkorn Retrospective in Washington A fifteen year retrospective is organized by the Washington Gallery of Modern Art
Man: Glory, Jest & Riddle, Parts I & II As part of a three museum survey of the use of the human figure in art, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor present works from prehistoric times to the end of the nineteenth century.
Man: Glory, Jest & Riddle, Part III The 20th Century presentation raises a serious question: Does the Bay Area need the San Francisco Museum of Art?
Thing, Act, Place “Vibe Abstractions” by three San Francisco artists show continuing preoccupations within new forms.
Los Angeles Nancy Marmer on Lucas Samaras Fidel A. Danieli on Roy Lichtenstein Nancy Marmer on “A View of the Century” John Coplans on “Some Paintings to Consider” Nancy Marmer on Manuel Neri and Joan Brown Fidel A. Danieli on Karel Appel David Gebhard on “George Washington Smith and The Spanish Colonial Revival” H. J. Weeks on Charles Hinman Fidel A. Danieli on Peter Krasnow William Wilson on Jack Zajac Curt Opliger on Peter Saul Curt Opliger on Karl Benjamin William Wilson on Morris Broderson William Wilson on Don Weygandt Nancy Marmer on Jose Luis Cuevas H. J. Weeks on Allan Blizzard William Wilson on Les Biller Fidel A. Danieli on Henri Toulouse-Lautrec William Wilson on Salvador Dalí Curt Opliger on Robert Hansen Betje Howell on “New Dimensions in Lithography” William Wilson on Leonel Gongora Curt Opliger on Arthur Okamura Harriette von Breton on Jack Baker Harriette von Breton on Donald Borthwick Harriette von Breton on Krishna Reddy Curt Opliger on Franz Rederer Betje Howell on California Watercolor Society 44th Annual Exhibition Betje Howell on Hilda Levy William Wilson on James Hueter H. J. Weeks on Leon Saulter
San Francisco Knute Stiles on Society of Women Artists Anaïs Nin on Beatrice Wood Elizabeth M. Polley on Tio Giambruni and Harry Lum Palmer D. French on Fletcher Benton and John Ihle Palmer D. French on Charles Safford Knute Stiles on John Baxter Palmer D. French on Sam Francis Elizabeth M. Polley on Warren Brandon, Richard Heidsiek, Six Spanish Printmakers, and Helen Breger Elizabeth M. Polley on Milton Komisar Knute Stiles on “Hiroshige Prints” Palmer D. French on Sonya Rapoport