Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas,” August 4, 2010 through January 2, 2011. This exhibition explores 500 years of visual cultures and histories of the water... Read more »http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/nancy-ewart Tags: Africa Related posts Looking for Art in One of the Wrong Places (0)

New piece up at: http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner Tags: Anselm Kiefer, SFMOMA Related posts Upcoming: Klee, Keefer, Hauntings in Berkeley and water Goddesses at Stanford (0)

I first heard of illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman when a friend forwarded her New York Times blog, about a trip to City Hall and a sewage treatment plant. Her funny, interesting and educational story was intermingled (intertwingled?) with paintings and photographs of what she saw along the way and at the plant. The [...]

Art viewing, research and writing in progress: A new show at the Cantor Art Center in Stanford, featuring Africa art that honors the Goddess of Water. A reprise of an  early Klee show at SFMOMA (opens August 8th) Part three of my long essay on Anselm Kiefer at SFMOMA (part of the Fisher Collection) French [...]