Painting

Considering that it's home to a long-standing community of ardent skateboarders, where else but in California might you expect to see an anthology of skate art from the 1960s to the present? In what promises to be a refreshingly fun and enlightening show, over 300 skateboard decks by artists and skaters from across the country come out of the garage, the attic or off the shelf for display in “Full Deck” at Walnut Creek’s Bedford Gallery starting July 5th until September 13th.

There are three interesting things about the opening of the remodeled and reinstalled American wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. One is the straightforward appeal of the bright, glass-roofed sculpture court that was once a garden courtyard, and the more coherent presentation of period rooms in the once-freestanding bank building whose façade makes up one end of the space.