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How local artists survive financially, profiling Joe Yorty (Best Practice), PANCA/Paola Villasenor (The FRONT Arte & Cultura), and Andrea Chung. — Best Practice · Barrio Logan
by Evan Apodaca
A reading list of essays, criticism, and press about San Diego–area art — gathered from across local and national outlets.
Updated June 25, 2026 · 40 pieces
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How local artists survive financially, profiling Joe Yorty (Best Practice), PANCA/Paola Villasenor (The FRONT Arte & Cultura), and Andrea Chung. — Best Practice · Barrio Logan
by Evan Apodaca
Seasonal roundup of the most anticipated San Diego visual-art exhibitions and events of spring 2025.
by Seth Combs
A substantive critical review of MCASD's PST ART survey "For Dear Life," engaging works by Yvonne Rainer, Howardena Pindell, Nan Goldin, and Christine Sun Kim. — MCASD · La Jolla
by Emily Watlington
Artforum's West Coast editor visits MCASD to discuss the exhibition with senior curator Jill Dawsey as part of its PST ART coverage. — MCASD · La Jolla
by Bryan Barcena
A look-ahead to the most anticipated San Diego art exhibitions of 2025.
by Seth Combs
A recap of the year's standout San Diego and Tijuana exhibitions.
by Seth Combs
Staff year-end picks including Best Practice's "Picturing Health" and the New Americans Museum hip-hop show. — Best Practice · Barrio Logan
by Julia Dixon Evans
A preview of "For Dear Life" with curator Jill Dawsey ahead of the exhibition's opening. — MCASD · La Jolla
by Amelia Rodriguez
A preview of the region-wide PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative across Southern California.
by Seth Combs
A profile of San Diego installation and display artist Grisel Marquez-Razon. — San Diego
by Seth Combs
The Conrad Prebys Foundation's 2024 round: 38 grants totaling $5.7 million to San Diego arts organizations.
by Seth Combs
Coverage of the "Border Blasters" cross-border radio and TV exhibit at the Bonita Museum and Cultural Center. — Bonita Museum and Cultural Center
by Julia Dixon Evans
Sculptor Ted Berryman of Santa Ysabel and a memorial show with the late painter Martha Moramay Cuevas. — Santa Ysabel · North County
by Seth Combs
A spring roundup including MCASD's "Forecast Form" (Caribbean art of the 1990s) and Cara Romero at MOPA. — MCASD · La Jolla
by Julia Dixon Evans
Tarrah Aroonsakool's immersive maze at Athenaeum Art Center and Lauren Lee McCarthy's "Saliva Bar" at UCSD's Mandeville Art Gallery. — Athenaeum Art Center · Bread & Salt
by Julia Dixon Evans
A review of Mingei's "La Frontera" border jewelry show, presented concurrently with CECUT in Tijuana. — Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
by Seth Combs
The institutional page and framing for the first major survey of artist Kelly Akashi, organized by the San Jose Museum of Art. — MCASD · La Jolla
A review of the Mingei International Museum's "African by Design." — Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
by Seth Combs
On San Diego-based Kumeyaay and Payomkawichum filmmaker Fox Maxy's experimental, iPhone-shot films. — San Diego
by Edward Frumkin
A tour of MCASD La Jolla's renovation and expansion ahead of reopening, quadrupling its gallery space. — MCASD · La Jolla
How the Barrio Logan and Logan Heights art space Bread & Salt adapted during the pandemic. — Bread & Salt · Barrio Logan
A profile of San Diego and Tijuana painter Rodrigo Angel Jimenez-Ortega. — San Diego–Tijuana
by Brenda Verano
On Park Social, a citywide initiative placing 18 site-specific artworks across 28 San Diego parks, anchored by Tim Murdoch's "Walking the Wall." — Balboa Park · North Park · East Village
by Matt Stromberg
The institutional page for the annual emerging-artist exhibition for recent San Diego and Baja graduates. — ICA San Diego / Central · Balboa Park
A group show exploring Tijuana's relationship to the U.S., growing out of the Tijuana gallery Otras Obras. — Tijuana
The cross-border Tijuana art renaissance and the show "Tijuana Makes Me Happy." — Tijuana
by Carolina A. Miranda
Coverage of the "For Dear Life" opening, quoting CEO Kathryn Kanjo and curator Jill Dawsey. — MCASD · La Jolla
by Elisabeth Frausto
The curatorial framing for MCASD's PST ART survey; the catalog was edited by Jill Dawsey and Isabel Casso. — MCASD · La Jolla
The Director's Circle acquisition exhibition, featuring Alvaro Blancarte, Kelsey Brookes, and Perry Vasquez. — MCASD · La Jolla
Landmark San Diego-Tijuana border artworks, including Javier Tellez's "One Flew Over the Void" and Ana Teresa Fernandez's "Erasing the Border." — San Diego–Tijuana border
The DIY contemporary gallery scene in downtown Tijuana, with an interview with Monica Arreola. — Tijuana
The catalog page for the regional art prize, produced by the San Diego Visual Arts Network. — Balboa Park
Profiles of the seven NextGen 2024 emerging artists, including Deanna Barahona and Chanell Stone. — ICA San Diego / Central · Balboa Park
by Amelia Rodriguez
Cross-border artists including Javier Salazar Rojas ("Deported Artist") and Angelica Escoto. — Tijuana
by Amelia Rodriguez
A year-end artist roundup including Monica Arreola (206 Arte Contemporaneo) and muralist Maxx Moses. — San Diego–Tijuana
by Amelia Rodriguez
A long-form scholarly review reading the exhibition through the history of medicine, with attention to Fred Lonidier and Simone Leigh. — MCASD · La Jolla
Three concurrent Bread & Salt exhibitions: "Prometheus II," Helena Westra's "Lying Fallow," and "Down with the Hierarchy!" — Bread & Salt · Barrio Logan
Artist Melissa Walter's science-based art and a Culturecast interview. — San Diego
On artist-scientist collaborations including "Weather on Steroids" at La Jolla Historical Society's Wisteria Cottage. — La Jolla Historical Society
The Tijuana and Mexicali neomuralism movement, featuring Alonso "El Norteno" Delgadillo and Gloria "Glow" Muriel. — Tijuana
by Alex Zaragoza