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Home to works by Diego Rivera and sculptor Robert Howard, City College of San Francisco has become a repository for art from the Golden Gate International Expo. Photos
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  Connect The Dots
Make the right connections among artworks is necessary to understand contemporary art.

A Glance Back
Kenneth Baker takes a look at his top five art moments for 2008.

  Surfs Up
"Crystal, Clouds, Castles" at Mama Buzz pairs Obi Kaufmann with Jonathan Wakuda Fischer.

The Fabled Fillmore
The Jazz Heritage Center's "Harlem of the West ... Revisited" offers a rich portrait of the Fillmore District.

  Her Many Faces
Manhattan exhibit celebrates the role of women in ancient Greece.

Morbid Art For The Season
Amid the holiday hoopla, the Double Punch gallery offers an alternative vision.

  Reflections On New York
Wayne Thiebaud talks about his N.Y. trip in the 1950s, which offered perspective on his own work.

A Rare Opportunity
The touring exhibition "America I AM: The African American Imprint" focuses on black history.

  Keeping It Real
First Amendment gallery's "6th Street Beautification" shows work by artists from the youth-oriented ministry City Crossroads.

Local Arts Benefit
National Endowment for the Arts gives $1.8 million to Bay Area arts groups.

  When She Was Norma
More than 100 Monroe images are being offered for sale at Christie's auction house.

Heavy Metal
Mark di Suvero's 15,000-pound steel sculpture "Olompali," now in Florida, is being moved to Beijing.

  Feeling Uncertain
"Paper Beings" looks at people as narrative devices in an unpredictable world.

Art For A Steal
Tight money puts a pinch on an Impressionist art auction.

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Art Reviews
  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.

  Trend Spotting
If "L.A. Paint" at the Oakland Museum has a thesis, it eludes Chronicle Art Critic Kenneth Baker.

  Curiously Asymmetric
Gallery Paule Anglim presents a "tribute" to Bruce Conner and Terry Fox, both of whom died this year.

  Worth Pondering
Despite its overt propaganda purpose, "Divert Water From the Milky Way Down" is stirring.

  Daring And Fulfillment
Sherié Franssen's paintings are proof of her fearlessness as an artist.