Contemporary Art Reviews and Interviews

Hugh Leeman 5/7/26 Hugh Leeman 5/7/26

Ara Hao, Close Desire, SWIM Gallery

By S Anne Steinberg

Hugh Leeman 5/6/26 Hugh Leeman 5/6/26

Adam Leao

“I had this itch — I went to film school, I grew up loving film and storytelling — to make something of my own just for the purpose of making it.”

Hugh Leeman 5/5/26 Hugh Leeman 5/5/26

Rebels with La Causa, Royal Chicano Air Force Art and Activism 1970 – 1990, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

By Matt Gonzalez

Hugh Leeman 5/4/26 Hugh Leeman 5/4/26

Olivia Reich, What is Grief if Not Love, Woods Lowside

By Doug Welch

Hugh Leeman 5/3/26 Hugh Leeman 5/3/26

What’s on at: The Crocker Art Museum, The Sense of Beauty, Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce

Roborant Editorial

Hugh Leeman 5/1/26 Hugh Leeman 5/1/26

Closures and the Concept of Grief: Rethinking Cultural Loss in the Bay Area Arts Ecosystem

By Tsitsi Michelle

Hugh Leeman 4/30/26 Hugh Leeman 4/30/26

Emmett Moskowitz, Welcome Back, Pt.2 Gallery

By Rod Roland

Hugh Leeman 4/29/26 Hugh Leeman 4/29/26

Miguel Novelo

“Not knowing is one of the best spaces to create, because there are no preconditions for what you might be able to do.”

Hugh Leeman 4/28/26 Hugh Leeman 4/28/26

Welcome to the Newly Opened David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

By Liz Goldner

Hugh Leeman 4/27/26 Hugh Leeman 4/27/26

Run Fast, Bite Hard, Catharine Clark Gallery

By Hantian Zhang

Hugh Leeman 4/26/26 Hugh Leeman 4/26/26

What’s On At: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, Gwen Hardie

Roborant Editorial

Hugh Leeman 4/24/26 Hugh Leeman 4/24/26

Wardell McNeal - strange / familiar, Cañada College, Redwood City, CA

By Kelly Jean Egan

Hugh Leeman 4/23/26 Hugh Leeman 4/23/26

Entropic Landscapes, TINT Gallery

By Shrey Purohit

Hugh Leeman 4/22/26 Hugh Leeman 4/22/26

Ruth Pastine, Colorscape, Scott Richards Contemporary Art

By Hugh Leeman

Hugh Leeman 4/21/26 Hugh Leeman 4/21/26

Maria Jenson

“It is a time of tremendous change…But the arts aren't going to recover the city without artists.”

Hugh Leeman 4/20/26 Hugh Leeman 4/20/26

Walks: Sydney G Walton Square

By Patrick James Dunagan

Hugh Leeman 4/17/26 Hugh Leeman 4/17/26

Maija Peeples-Bright: Life is Just a Bowl of Terriers, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, California

By Kelly Jean Egan

Hugh Leeman 4/16/26 Hugh Leeman 4/16/26

Gwen Hardie: Alchemy of Light at Dolby Chadwick Gallery and Emil Lukas: Detectable with Distance at Hosfelt Gallery

By John Zarobell