Culture Reporter 

Sam Mondros

Cosplay meets fine art at the de Young’s new Manga exhibition

Culture

“Art of Manga” elevates Japan’s comic tradition.

‘Highly sensationalized’: De Young director downplays report on staff abuse

News

In an internal email, Thomas P. Campbell advised staffers to deflect visitor inquiries about the story’s findings, which detailed a decade’s worth of abuse allegations. 

Security guards allege decade-long pattern of abuse at de Young Museum

The city has paid out more than $1 million to settle seven lawsuits from current and former guards. But the allegations keep coming.

9 great Bay Area art shows to see right now

Rare books, queer war art, and mystical pastels await.

Nearly every major Bay Area museum has funding whacked by feds

Politics

SFMOMA, the de Young, and the Asian Art Museum are among those to lose key federal grants.