Modern Art West

11/29/2025

"Human / Nature: California Zen in Big Sur and the Bay Area is a breathtaking show now on view at the Monterey Museum of Art that illuminates the influence of Zen on artists of this transformative time. Though most of its works are more than half a century old, they feel freshly made and uncannily relevant today."
Thank you, Roborant Review and Scott Snibbe. Human / Nature: California Zen in Big Sur and the Bay is curated by David Keaton.

11/06/2025

Great review of Human l Nature: California Zen in Big Sur and the Bay Area at Monterey Museum of Art by John Seed in today's Squarecylinder. Exhibition curated by David Keaton.

In California, where rugged mountains and coastlines provided both inspiration and solitude, the observation of natural phenomena further infused the forms — and in some cases the formlessness — of Zen-derived art.

08/23/2025

Human l Nature: California Zen in Big Sur and The Bay Area, curated by David Keaton. 9/18/25 - 1/25/26 at Monterey Museum of Art. John Anderson, Bernice Bing, JB Blunk, Bruce Conner, Claire Falkenstein, Sam Francis, Nancy Genn, Sabro Hasegawa, Masatoyo Kishi, Arthur Monroe, Lee Mullican, Emiko Nakano, Gordon Onslow Ford, James Suzuki, Peter Voulkos

Featuring artists inspired by the natural elements of California's geography, Human Nature: California Zen in Big Sur and the Bay Area includes 20 artists whose works are derived from their interaction and exploration of California Zen. The proliferation of Eastern aesthetics entering the Western ar...

12/30/2024

Wishing you an artful 2025 from Modern Art West! May you discover new masterpieces and ignite your passion for art in the new year. Happy 2025!

09/25/2024

Congratulations to Bernice Bing and Berry Campbell Gallery on Bernice Bing: BINGO through October 12.

The Bay Area-artist Bernice Bing was overlooked in life. Now, 30 years after her death, the mid-century artist has New York solo debut.

05/22/2024

Check out MAW's current exhibition on artnet: North Beach Heyday: Aesthetic Pluralism in 1950s San Francisco. Arlo Acton, Paul Beattie, Roy De Forest, Peter Forakis, Nancy Genn, Wally Hedrick, James Kelly, Peter Macchiarini, Robert McChesney, and others.

Explore North Beach Heyday: Aesthetic Pluralism in 1950s San Francisco at Modern Art West. Learn more about the exhibition and featured artworks.

04/19/2024

Great review in artnet of Zoe Longfield exhibition at Van Doren Waxter Gallery in New York. It's great to see the women of the San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism receiving overdue and deserved attention.

Get to know the forgotten West Coast abstractionist Zoe Longfield in her first New York solo show at Van Doren Waxter, on view through May 7.

03/30/2024

Please join us at Modern Art West! Thursday, April 4 from 5-7 PM. Exhibition reception for North Beach Heyday: Aesthetic Pluralism in 1950s San Francisco. Sonoma Art Walk 521 B Broadway, Sonoma, CA
Image: Nancy Genn, Shards of the Sea I, 1963. cast bronze.

Modern Art West features museum quality Bay Area art including painting, sculpture, and works on paper, from the modern and post-war periods. The gallery specializes in historical California art movements.

03/25/2024

North Beach Heyday: Aesthetic Pluralism in 1950s San Francisco.
Exhibition reception Thursday, April 4 from 5 - 7. Sonoma Art Walk Image: Arlo Acton, Untitled. 1961.
Artists: Arlo Acton, John Baxter, Bruce Beasley, Paul Beattie, Fletcher Benton, Richard Faralla, Roy De Forest, Wally Hedrick, Peter Macchiarini, Sutter Marin, Robert McChesney, William Morehouse, James Prestini, Fred Reichman, Joyce Rezendes, Philip Roeber, John Saccaro, George Stillman, Julius Wasserstein

Modern Art West features museum quality Bay Area art including painting, sculpture, and works on paper, from the modern and post-war periods. The gallery specializes in historical California art movements.

03/11/2024

Joan Brown Berry Campbell Gallery.
Joan Brown (1938-1990). “Running at McAteer Park,” 1976. O/C.
78 x 96 in. (198.1 x 243.8 cm)
“Myself, in an endless succession of roles, the things that are part of my daily life, are the best vehicles I can use to express what I feel about myself, my experience.” -Joan Brown interview with Paul Karlstrom

Modern Art West features museum quality Bay Area art including painting, sculpture, and works on paper, from the modern and post-war periods. The gallery specializes in historical California art movements.

03/04/2024

If you are in New York, we hope you will check out Zoe Longfield at Van Doren Waxter!

12/30/2023

Joyce Rezendes and Friends has been extended through February 17th! The exhibition includes the work of Joyce Rezendes, Bernice Bing, Joseph St. Amand, and Ira Yeager. See you at Sonoma Art Walk on Thursday, January 4th!

John Altoon, Fletcher Benton, Robert Cremean, James Eakle, June Felter, Dean Fleming, David Gilhooly, Alan Lynch, Robert McChesney, James McCray, Richard Nelson, Peter Reginato, Fred Reichman, Helen Rousseau, Jean Halpert Ryden, Sam Tchakalian, and Hamilton Wolf.