From Pain To Art Mehri Dadgar makes richly colored and patterned paintings, some of which depict her painful experience in various Tehran prisons.

Poetry On Demand
At his "Poem Store," artist Zach Houston offers poems for a price on themes chosen by the purchaser.

Figures In The Landscape The murals on SFMOMA's atrium walls offer an African American history lesson.

Bridge Of Artwork
Taiwan and China are in talks about bringing China's imperial collection together.

Bathed In Sensation MOMA presents the first U.S. show devoted to the work of German architecture studio J. Mayer H.

Mind On Art
Lawrence Weschler talks about his two books of interviews with artists Robert Irwin and David Hockney.

An Auditory Dream The sounds of San Francisco wash over City Hall thanks to sound sculptor Bill Fontana.

Changes As Inspiration
At two venues, "imPOSSIBLE!" showcases work by young Chinese artists.

Cue Tony Bennett The "Hearts in San Francisco" public art display hits the city's streets.

More Than A Haircut
"Barbershop: 'Good Hair/Bad Hair' Smack Down" is a multimedia exploration of the social institution.

Culture Club Two exhibits look at America's mosaic of ethnic and multiracial backgrounds.

Wonders Within
The Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar is a notable addition to the global landscape of art institutions.

Two-Faced Images Artist Kyle Ranson's "Joyous Marriage" is the result of an intense personal and spiritual journey.

Wyeth's World
Andrew Wyeth, probably the most renowned painter in the United States, dies at age 91.

Galleries Molly Springfield on view at Steven Wolf Fine Arts and Every Sound You Can Imagine.

Dazzlements On Canvas
The work of Texan painter Michael Tole at Cain Schulte looks like a throwback to the 1970s heyday of photo-realism.

Dodging And Disguise Gay Outlaw's work varies wildly in impact and substance.

Nearly Abstract The Triangle presents a survey of East Bay painter Patrick O'Kiersey's work.

Galleries Showing at Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Cornelia Schulz enriches her work with fresh complexities.

Local Character Exhibit at the John Berggruen Gallery looks at what set Bay Area painters apart in the early '60s.

Faded Nightmares Binh Danh's daguerreotypes of Khmer Rouge victims reveal themselves with the impact of memories.

Galleries Kenneth Baker reviews "Synchronies: Undercurrents in European and American Postware Abstraction."

Slapstick Critique Artist Kate Gilmore puts herself at risk of serious physical injury in her videos.