Does New York Even Know That This Debate Exists?

“People on the Bay Area art scene still fret about the larger world’s failure to recognize San Francisco as a center of cultural influence,” and a new exhibit frames the defensiveness as part of a larger art struggle between two of America’s cultural hubs. “It tries to sketch the tensions between New York and San Francisco sensibilities during the years when American art consolidated its supremacy amid the transnational ruins of World War II.”