From Tauba Auerbach’s very first museum survey to Livien Yin’s intimate paintings inspired by Chinese female immigrants in the US, these are the must-see shows in the Bay Area

At Jessica Silverman, the artist presents a group of ceramics and still-life paintings that recall our experiences of being shuttered in our homes during lockdown

At Friends Indeed Gallery, the artist presents eight large-scale paintings depicting herself, loved ones and life as part of the Asian diaspora

At CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, the artist presents a series of vanitas-inspired paintings about Bay Area slang

At Friends Indeed, San Francisco, the artist mines European and indigenous American sources to form a new abstract language