With a Paul Gaugin front and center, Francis Bacon to the right and Paul Cézanne to the left, the first room in the new de Young Museum show starts off with a bang. “The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism,” on view through Dec. 30, includes more than 60 big-name paintings, sculptures and drawings. The works, against hunter green walls, give the exhibition an intimate feel, as if the visitor has been allowed inside an exclusive British gentlemen’s club. Read More

The de Young and Legion of Honor museums are crowning jewels of our city. San Francisco not only provides services such as parks and street maintenance, but also helps fund these gateways to art, community, history and pop culture. Behind these priceless collections of art and artifacts are hundreds of hard-working men and women who make these exhibits possible and show us new ideas and worlds. Read More

Art from around the world is more accessible to people on their computers after Google announced a major expansion of its Art Project on Tuesday. Read More

Arthur Tress was a 23-year-old unknown when he arrived in The City from Coney Island, N.Y., in 1964. He shot some 900 black-and-white photographs on San Francisco streets, capturing civil rights demonstrations, political rallies and everyday scenes. His subjects were both prominent and common people. Dozens of those images, illustrating the social and cultural upheaval of the times, are on view in “Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964,” running through June at the de Young Museum. Read More