The powerful exhibition of work by San Francisco artist Bernice Bing recently opened at the Asian Art Museum, with its run extended through June. There's ample reason for the revival of interest in ...

The odds were stacked against Bernice Bing, but she defied them anyway. She was an Asian American, a woman, and a lesbian in mid-century America. Her childhood had been tumultuous: Bing had been ...

Recently, the Bing estate offered some works to the museum and Chen jumped at the chance to acquire 24 of them, which were partly gifted and partly purchased. The exhibition, with its 20 paintings, ...