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Review of Matt Kleberg: Bless Babel
ARTFORUM | By Richard Speer December 1, 2025 The voids at the center of Matt Kleberg’s paintings and drawings call to mind Luigi Pirandello’s absurdist play Six Characters... Read more -
Lucy Williams in Conversation with Joseph Becker
Berggruen Gallery November 23, 2025 On the occasion of Radiant City , Lucy Williams's third solo presentation at Berggruen Gallery, the gallery hosted an artist... Watch Video -
Jane Hammond Artist Talk
Berggruen Gallery November 3, 2025 Watch Video
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Lucy Williams: Radiant City
Interview & Studio Visit October 21, 2025 Berggruen Gallery is proud to announce Radiant City , an exhibition of new work by London-based artist Lucy Williams. This... Watch Video -
What Sold at The Armory Show 2025
Artsy | By Maxwell Rabb and Arun Kakar September 8, 2025 The Armory Show 2025 concluded on September 7th after a steady weekend of sales. The fair, which opened with its... Read more -
Matt Kleberg: the Making of Bless Babel at Berggruen Gallery
Interview & Studio Visit August 10, 2025 In anticipation of his upcoming exhibition, Bless Babel , at Berggruen Gallery, Matt Kleberg offers a personal look into his... Watch Video
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The Quotidian World of Helen Berggruen, Berggruen Gallery
Roborant Review | By Matt Gonzalez August 6, 2025 Helen Berggruen's exhibition at Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco presents twenty-four memorable paintings featuring an array of subject matter: interior... Read more -
9 Great Bay Area art shows to see right now
San Francisco Standard | Sam Mondros July 11, 2025 Berggruen is celebrating its 55th anniversary with a landmark exhibition tracing its legacy as a powerhouse of modern and contemporary... Read more -
Val Britton, Vanessa Marsh & Joni Sternbach in Conversation
Moderated by Melanie Ross, Director May 1, 2025 On the occasion of Val Britton: Ghost Coast and Western Wave: Vanessa Marsh & Joni Sternbach , the three artists... Watch Video
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A Bay Area Figurative Movement resurrection paints the Bay in hopeful hues
48 Hills | By Tom Molanphy March 20, 2025 Might we find connection via David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, and Elmer Bischoff's ethereal intimacy? Sitting for an interview in his... Read more -
Barry McGee Curates Some "Chitty Figures" From the Bay Area Art Scene
Juxtapoz | By Evan Pricco March 12, 2025 Even when seeing Barry McGee's works and curated installations in other cities around the world (recently the backroom at The... Read more -
Five must-see San Francisco art shows this spring
SF Examiner | By Max Blue March 6, 2025 San Francisco’s museums and galleries are springing into action this season with a slate of exhibitions you won’t want to... Read more
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Bay Area Gallery Highlights
SF/Arts | Curator Insight March 1, 2025 During the height of the mid-20th-century's Abstract Expressionist movement, which exercised outsized influence on U.S. painters, a handful of (soon... Read more -
Here Are 11 Exhibitions You Can't Miss While in San Francisco For FOG
Cultured Magazine January 20, 2025 When you have a moment to step outside the fair, make sure to put one (or all) of these shows... Read more -
9 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows This Season
Magnifissance Magazine January 13, 2025 9 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows This Season Magnifissance Magazine Bruce Cohen Berggruen Gallery Read more
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Peter Halley In Conversation with Emma Acker
Berggruen Gallery January 13, 2025 On the occasion of Peter Halley , the artist's first solo exhibition with Berggruen Gallery, Halley sat down for a... Watch Video -
Interview with Peter Halley
Berggruen Gallery January 10, 2025 On the occasion of Peter Halley’s first solo exhibition at Berggruen Gallery, the artist sat down with Berggruen Gallery’s Editorial... Read more -
Interview with Callum Innes
Berggruen Gallery December 18, 2024 On the occasion of Where to Start, Callum Innes’ first solo exhibition at Berggruen Gallery, the artist sat down with... Read more
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A Studio Visit and Interview with Barry McGee
Berggruen Gallery October 21, 2024 On the occasion of Old Mystified , Barry McGee’s first solo exhibition with Berggruen Gallery in 27 years, the artist... Read more -
Barry McGee Enters a New Era: ‘It’s a Rebirth, of Some Sort’
KQED | By Gabe Meline October 11, 2024 Inside Berggruen Gallery, at the opening of his first solo show in San Francisco since 2015, Barry McGee stood against... Read more -
8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in September
Galerie Magazine | by Paul Laster September 3, 2024 From a French artist’s take on American politics to lively experiments in color and composition. Rounding up the best gallery... Read more
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10 Contemporary Women Artists Channeling Helen Frankenthaler’s Abstract Expressionism
Artsy | by Salomé Gómez-Upegui August 22, 2024 Widely celebrated as one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century, Helen Frankenthaler left an indelible mark... Read more -
Cut, Split, Horizon: Heather Day's Natural Abstraction
Juxtapoz | By Evan Pricco July 30, 2024 Heather Day moved to the desert and found a new inspiration to create landscape paintings. At first, these works look... Read more -
In Colorful Desert Paintings, Heather Day Creates (and Breaks) Her Own Rules
W Magazine | by Jacoba Urist August 1, 2024 Inside the painter’s Joshua Tree studio ahead of her debut solo show at San Francisco’s Berggruen Gallery. Miles down a... Read more
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Interview with Tom McKinley
Berggruen Gallery August 1, 2024 To mark Tom McKinley's ninth solo exhibition at Berggruen Gallery, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the artist... Read more -
Review of Darren Waterston: A Life in Fields
Visual Art Source | By DeWitt Cheng May 18, 2024 “I love the interchange between the beautiful and the monstrous.” – Darren Waterston I recently happened on a couple of... Read more -
An Interview with Darren Waterston
Berggruen Gallery April 25, 2024 On the occasion of A Life in Fields , Darren Waterston's first exhibition at Berggruen Gallery, the artist sat down... Read more
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A Studio Visit and Interview with Paul Kremer
Berggruen Gallery February 21, 2024 On the occasion of Straight Loops , Paul Kremer’s third solo exhibition at Berggruen Gallery, the artist sat down with... Read more -
In San Francisco for FOG? Don't Miss These 7 Exhibitions Around the City
Cultured Magazine | Sophie Lee January 17, 2024 Anyone who has weaved through endless rows of booths at an art fair knows there is limited exhibition space in... Read more -
8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows Around the U.S. in November
Galerie Magazine | By Paul Laster November 2, 2023 Rounding up the best gallery exhibitions across the United States each month, Galerie journeyed from New York and Philadelphia to... Read more
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The Holiday Season Is Heating Up in November
Nob Hill Gazette | By Anh-MINH LE October 30, 2023 Don’t miss Jane Hammond‘s exhibition of new botanical collages at Berggruen Gallery. The works in Endless Forms Most Beautiful showcase... Read more -
Matt Kleberg at Berggruen Gallery
Square Cylinder | By Mark Van Proyen September 25, 2023 Usually, when we think of comedy in contemporary painting, the examples that come to mind are forthrightly satirical and figurative.... Read more -
8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in September
Galerie Magazine | By Paul Laster August 31, 2023 Rounding up the best gallery exhibitions across the United States each month, Galerie kicks off the fall art season with... Read more
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Elsa Hansen Oldham's Whimsical Hand-Embroidered Textiles Take Over Berggruen Gallery
Widewalls | Kame Hame July 29, 2023 The American artist Elsa Hansen Oldham has successfully combined the long tradition of American needlework with the digitized aesthetic resembling... Read more -
Arts Forecast: Fine shows in full bloom, from corpse flower to Cure songs
48 Hills | Marke Bieschke July 6, 2023 Thu 7/6 is First Thursdays at SFMOMA, when us residents can traipse about the galleries, open late, for free—including, I... Read more -
The Reflective, Playful Art Of Stephanie H. Shih
Service 95 | By Marianna Cerini April 17, 2023 Stephanie H. Shih credits the blossoming of her artistic career to a handful of dumplings and a bottle of Chinkiang... Read more
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The Many Colors of Anna Kunz
Chicago Gallery News | By Alison Reilly March 29, 2023 In 2022, Anna Kunz stepped down as Associate Professor in the Art and Art History department at Columbia College. Throughout... Read more -
Stephanie H. Shih’s ceramics imbue simple objects with meaning, beauty
SF Chronicle Datebook | By Letha Ch'ien March 9, 2023 Artist Stephanie H. Shih’s work is seemingly everywhere these days, but her latest show, “Greetings From Gold Mountain” at the... Read more -
San Francisco’s ‘unofficial art week’ returns. Here are 12 highlights not to miss
SF Chronicle Datebook | By Tony Bravo January 22, 2023 Over the past decade, the third week of January has become an unofficial art week in San Francisco. Anchored by... Read more
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Ceramic Artist Stephanie H. Shih Recreates Food Products in Clay to Explore Cultural Identity
Creative Boom | By Olivia Atkins January 11, 2023 'Clay is the most direct route from what's in your head to what's in your hands,' said a friend of... Read more -
The Pioneering Legacy of Henri Matisse's Jazz
Artsper Magazine | By Balasz Takac April 6, 2022 By the 1940s, jazz music gained a broader appreciation and became adorned despite being demonized by the Nazis. It influenced... Read more -
Wayne Thiebaud exhibition is a memorial that will leave you smiling
San Francisco Examiner | By Max Blue February 18, 2022 Thirty works by the late, great Bay Area painter are at the Berggruen Gallery The late Wayne Thiebaud, who passed... Read more
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7 Bay Area Arts and Entertainment Events to Check Out This Week
San Francisco Chronicle | By Tony Bravo January 31, 2022 San Francisco native Peter Saul shares trippy visions of his hometown at the Berggruen Gallery Read more -
True Colors: The San Francisco Billionaire (Would-Be) Art Bonanza
Vanity Fair | By Nate Freeman January 21, 2022 True Colors is back for 2022 and on the ground in San Francisco, where Fog art fair asks the eternal... Read more -
A Look Into Peter Saul's "San Francisco"
Juxtapoz Magazine | By Evan Pricco January 12, 2022 San Francisco, as a landscape, is one of the most unique cities on earth. Only 7 x 7 miles, with... Read more
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The Best of The Art Show 2021
White Hot Magazine | By Paul Laster November 1, 2021 Presenting a lively selection of contemporary and modernist artworks by an international mix of artists, the 2021 edition of The... Read more -
Richard Diebenkorn | 7 Bay Area arts & entertainment events to check out this week
SF Chronicle Datebook | By Tony Bravo April 19, 2021 Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1948-1992 enters its final weeks at Berggruen Gallery, and a recent tour of... Read more -
Richard Diebenkorn | Art & Exhibits Datebook Pick
SF Chronicle Datebook | By Tony Bravo February 18, 2021 The work of famed Bay Area artist Richard Diebenkorn returned to Berggruen Gallery for a ninth solo show this month,... Read more
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Bruce Cohen Explores Pandemic Interiors at Berggruen Gallery
San Francisco Chronicle | By Tony Bravo December 18, 2020 California artist Bruce Cohen presents his tenth solo exhibition with the Berggruen Gallery, titled Bruce Cohen 2020 . The show,... Read more -
Exhibition of recent paintings by California artist Bruce Cohen opens at Berggruen Gallery
ArtDaily December 6, 2020 Berggruen Gallery is presenting Bruce Cohen 2020 , an exhibition of recent paintings by California artist Bruce Cohen. This show... Read more -
‘Enjoy It When You Have It, But Don’t Have Too Much’: Artist Wayne Thiebaud on How to Savor Cake While Staying Healthy at 100 Years Old
ArtNet News | By Sarah Cascone November 13, 2020 The celebrated American painter's birthday is being marked in his hometown of Sacramento with a delightful retrospective. On November 15,... Read more
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Wayne Thiebaud’s Vision of American Beauty As he turns 100, the California artist’s paintings of cakes, pies and other ordinary diner fare have become iconic
Wall Street Journal | By Emily Bobrow November 6, 2020 In 1960, when Wayne Thiebaud was turning 40, he had what he sensed was an artistic breakthrough. After years supporting... Read more -
Having His Cake and Eating It, Too
Alta | By Jessica Zack October 12, 2020 Wayne Thiebaud shook up the art world in 1962 with paintings that were joyous, confectionary, and uniquely Californian. Since then,... Read more -
Of course Wayne Thiebaud is planning to paint on his 100th birthday
San Francisco Chronicle | By Sam Whiting October 7, 2020 Wayne Thiebaud will begin his 101st year by arising before first light, making the morning commute upstairs to his home... Read more
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Wayne Thiebaud saw the streets of San Francisco like no one else
San Francisco Chronicle | By Sam Whiting October 7, 2020 In 1972, Sacramento painter Wayne Thiebaud bought a second home on Potrero Hill and set about doing for the hilly... Read more -
10 Standout Dealers at FOG Design+Art
Architectural Digest | By David Nash January 17, 2020 Now in its seventh year, FOG Design+Art, San Francisco’s premier contemporary design fair, has clearly hit its stride with a... Read more -
Artist Talk: Suzanne Hudson and Sarah Roberts on Helen Frankenthaler
Audio Recording | Berggruen Gallery November 6, 2019 Berggruen Gallery is proud to present an evening of conversation and education regarding one of the twentieth century's preeminent painters,... Read more
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The Top 8 Fall Art Shows for Architecture Lovers
Architectural Digest | By Liddy Berman September 12, 2019 On the West Coast, San Francisco’s Berggruen Gallery will open a historic Helen Frankenthaler show on September 26, drawing on... Read more -
As the Fog settled over SF, some asked, ‘Where’s the art?’
San Francisco Chronicle Date Book | By Charles Desmarais January 23, 2019 Berggruen Gallery’s invigorating exhibition of free-standing sculptures, wall works and drawings by Diana Al-Hadid looks complete unto itself, encompassing a... Read more -
4 art gallery exhibitions for summer
San Francisco Gate | By Charles Desmarais June 25, 2018 Before it closes this Saturday, June 23, try to see the dozen colorful paintings by Shara Hughes on view at... Read more
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Spencer Finch makes art of light at Berggruen
San Francisco Chronicle | By Charles Desmarais April 6, 2018 There are words a critic should use advisedly. “Entrancing” might be one. But how else to describe art that, like... Read more -
Fall Season Brings Rich Gallery Offerings
San Francisco Chronicle | By Charles Desmarais September 13, 2017 One sure sign the Bay Area art gallery scene has reached a new stage in its maturation: The sheer impossibility... Read more -
Best Group Shows of the Summer from London to the Hamptons
Cultured Magazine July 14, 2017 Botánica , a new group exhibition at Berggruen Gallery, takes its name from the herbal medicine shops that once defined... Read more
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Gallerists John and Gretchen Berggruen find a new opportunity in San Francisco
Wallpaper* Magazine | By By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp April 2, 2017 After 45 years of showing modern and contemporary art at their gallery near Union Square, now San Francisco’s hub of... Read more -
Alicia McCarthy’s free spirit on display at Berggruen
San Francisco Chronicle | By Charles Desmarais March 17, 2017 Alicia McCarthy has occupied a near-legendary place among artists in the Bay Area for more than two decades, first as... Read more -
Good things in threes: New S.F. galleries bloom
San Francisco Chronicle February 3, 2017 The weekend in January that saw two big art fairs and a spate of new exhibitions across the Bay Area... Read more
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Berggruen Gallery Reopening with Buoyant Show in New Space
San Francisco Chronicle | By Charles Desmarais January 13, 2017 The eagerly awaited, relocated and reconceived Berggruen Gallery opens this week with an exhibition on a tried-and-true theme. The Human... Read more -
Untitled and Berggruen: homage to art and art-lovers and dealers
SFGate | By Leah Garchik January 13, 2017 Dodging raindrops and jumping over puddles, intrepid art-lovers splashed over to Pier 70 Thursday, Jan. 12, for the opening of... Read more -
A New San Francisco Gallery Woos Tech’s Elite
The Wall Street Journal | By Alexandra Wolfe December 16, 2016 John and Gretchen Berggruen expand to reach the city's small but growing art market. When John Berggruen told his father,... Read more
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San Francisco’ Berggruen Gallery Will Move to a New Space in January
ArtNews | By Maximilíano Durón November 7, 2016 Today, exactly one year after it announced plans to move to a new space next to the San Francisco Museum... Read more -
Berggruen presents Bridget Riley’s first S.F. exhibition
SFGate | By Jessica Zack June 14, 2016 As a young London artist in the 1950s, Bridget Riley was painting figurative studies and nature scenes when Georges Seurat’s... Read more -
San Francisco's BOOMING CULTURESCAPE prepares to bask in the glow of the new SFMОМА
Culture Magazine | By May 1, 2016 As San Francisco gallerist John Berggruen unveils the first solo Bridget Riley exhibition in S.F., motion is on his mind.... Read more
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Regular appetites mix it up with Thiebaud's mechanics
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker June 2, 2012 Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings and Pastels at the John Berggruen Gallery might suggest that the gallery now represents the dean of... Read more -
Robert Bechtle at John Bergguren Gallery
Daily Serving | By Seth Curcio July 12, 2010 This year, there has been a laundry list of artist curated group shows, from David Salle’s exhibition, Your History is... Read more -
Four shows: How can we know 'What They Wanted'?
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker July 10, 2010 More than a year ago, Jeffrey Fraenkel had an idea for refreshing the conventional gallery summer group show: Ask one... Read more
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Choosy artists choose this: They Knew What They Wanted at four SF galleries
Bay Area Reporter | By Sura Wood July 2, 2010 One has to marvel at the impressive marketing savvy of the four galleries who pooled their resources and p.r., invited... Read more -
Review of They Knew What They Wanted
Art Practical | By Christine Wong Yap July 1, 2010 NOTE: “They Knew What They Wanted” is a group exhibition across four galleries, with four different curators. This review covers... Read more -
They Knew What They Wanted From What Was Available
Art Slant | By Chris Fitzpatrick July 1, 2010 “They Knew What They Wanted” invokes something in-between a hit-man’s overture and a ‘50s girlgroup’s jukebox breakup. But instead the... Read more
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Small Judd show provides just a taste of his ambition
San Francisco Chronicle | By Kenneth Baker May 13, 2006 For several weeks, until its contemporary art auction Tuesday evening, Christie's had on view one of the great spring exhibitions... Read more -
Review of Sky of Blue, Sea of Green
ARTnews | By Deborah Phillips December 5, 2005 This series of ten large-scale 'beach Detail Paintings' (2005) by New York artist Isca Greenfield-Sanders offered a breath of fresh... Read more
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