Stanford University

Bay Area visual arts: 7 shows mark significant cultural moments in spring 2024

An image of a woman on the left and a few other pictures on the right hand side depicting two men and a couple and three pairs of shoes

Margaret Kilgallen, Money to Loan (Paintings for the San Francisco Bus Shelter Posters) [detail], 2000. Mixed media on paper and fabric, sheet 68 × 48½ inches (172.72 × 123.19 cm.) each. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, gift of the estate of Margaret Kilgallen and partial purchase with funds provided by Julia Rothschild Foundation. Courtesy of the Margaret Kilgallen Estate, photo by Tony Prikryl

How often have artists heard the question “but what’s your day job?” This show curated by Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center Director Veronica Roberts invites 36 American artists to ponder how the necessity of work for financial survival has shaped the visual arts.

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