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The Rainin Foundation Announces Its 2024 Fellows, Receiving $100,000 Each
Three artists and one trio will receive the unrestricted grants, which one calls 'a milestone blessing.'
Dorothea Tanning’s Surrealism Invites Us to Sit With Uncertainty
‘Musical Chairs’ pairs evocative work by the late painter with whimsical, high-design chairs.
Prepare to Get Hot and Bothered With Stylish, Synthy Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’
Zendaya stars in this funny and self-aware drama about fractured relationships, egos, infidelity and ambition.
MoAD Hosts ‘High on the Hog’ Author for a Blowout Dinner
Food historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris is one of America’s foremost experts on diasporic African cuisine.
‘Day Jobs’ Wants to Dispel Romantic Notions of Art Making
A group show at the Cantor Arts Center examines the overlooked influence of artists’ day jobs on their art.
Lumumba Lives! Alongside Max, Abbey, Dizzy and Duke in ‘Soundtrack for a Coup d’Etat’
SFFILM’s Persistence of Vision Award-winner Johan Grimonprez revisits African independence in the late 1950s.
A Jolt of Reality: The Energy Queen at Kinfolx in Oakland
Nia Jones wants to demystify your high PG&E bill — and build a more sustainable energy future.
Funding for KQED Arts & Culture is provided by:
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Akonadi Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Yogen and Peggy Dalal, Diane B. Wilsey, the William and Gretchen Kimball Fund, Campaign 21 and the members of KQED.