Contemporary Art Reviews and Interviews

Hugh Leeman 8/27/25 Hugh Leeman 8/27/25

Rigoberto Gonzalez

In this exclusive long-form interview, artist Rigoberto González discusses the White House’s targeting of his painting Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas, exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. González reflects on art, censorship, and immigration.

Hugh Leeman 8/25/25 Hugh Leeman 8/25/25

Abi Joy Samuel & Zachary Oldenkamp, Dialogues, Ryan Graff Contemporary

By Hugh Leeman

Hugh Leeman 8/22/25 Hugh Leeman 8/22/25

Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Hana Lily Haber

Hugh Leeman 8/21/25 Hugh Leeman 8/21/25

Steve Lomprey

…what really shaped me was the environment: going into other apartments, seeing friends' parents painting, composing, sculpting—it felt like the whole building was alive with creativity.

Hugh Leeman 8/20/25 Hugh Leeman 8/20/25

Ruth Asawa, Retrospective, SFMOMA

By Guy Diehl

Hugh Leeman 8/18/25 Hugh Leeman 8/18/25

Daniel Cabrillos Jacobsen, Yesterday as in Tomorrow, Municipal Bonds

By Hugh Leeman

Hugh Leeman 8/15/25 Hugh Leeman 8/15/25

Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art, Legion of Honor

By Cedric Wentworth

Hugh Leeman 8/14/25 Hugh Leeman 8/14/25

Harry Bowden, Works from the Estate, Incline Gallery

By Kelly Jean Egan

Hugh Leeman 8/13/25 Hugh Leeman 8/13/25

William Rhodes

The people I work with often help make the art. They're also the critics. Instead of major publications weighing in, though, I appreciate that it's Miss Mary saying, "My grandkids need to see that portrait," or asking, "Where are you going with that piece?"