CHARLES DESMARAIS’ ART PICKS
Jim Hodges: “Silence Stillness”: At 60, artist Jim Hodges has perfected an art of subtle glamour few would even dare in our cynical age. Closes Friday, March 23. Free. Anthony Meier Fine Arts, 1969 California St., S.F. (415) 351-1400. www.anthonymeierfinearts.com Robert Rauschenberg: “Erasing the Rules”: An expansive exhibition that makes clear why the artist was one of the most influential of the latter half of the 20th century. Closes Sunday, March 25. $19-$25; 18 and under, free. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third St., S.F. (415) 3574000. www.sfmoma.org “The Matter of Photography in the Americas”: The works of artists from 12 Latin American countries comprise this captivating, deeply researched exhibition. Through April 30. Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. (650) 723-4177. http://museum.stanford.edu
“Wayne Thiebaud: 1958-1968”: The first 10 years of Thiebaud’s mature work — the pictures that had the remarkable effect of striking Alfred Frankenstein, The Chronicle’s great art commentator of the day, critically dumb. Free. Through May 13. Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, 254 Old Davis Road, Davis. (530) 7528500. https://manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu
“Casanova: The Seduction of Europe”: A look at the aesthetics and the excesses embodied by the most famous womanizer of all time. The organizers of this exhibition, years in the planning, could not have known their project would open in the midst of the #MeToo era. The show reveals much about 18th century Europe and, it turns out, 21st century America as well. $13-$28. Through May 28. Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, 100 34th Ave., S.F. (415) 750-3600. http://legionofhonor.famsf.org