Image Comics: A 20th Anniversary Celebration
Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
February 4 – April 29, 2012
In 1992, seven of the most popular comic book artists in the world joined forces to create Image Comics, a company specializing in the publication of creator-owned comics and graphic novels.

Puss in Boots
Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
February 1 – April 22, 2012
Puss in Boots, the Academy Award® Best Animated Feature nominee from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is the subject of an impressive new art exhibition at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum. This 20-piece exhibit provides a behind-the-scenes overview of the development of the 2011 hit animated feature film. From preliminary character sketches to fully rendered digital landscapes, visitors can experience Puss in Boots as they have never before with this insiders look at DreamWorks’ latest animated film.

FOCUS: Katie Paterson
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
March 4-April 15, 2012
Katie Paterson, born 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland, is quickly gaining international attention for her minimal works that tackle such profound notions as the expanse of space, the breadth of nature, and the overall immensity of life.

John McNamara: A Survey of Paintings
Gallery Bergelli
February 10 – March 7
John McNamara makes surrealist photo-collages and then slowly covers with them with a layer of oil paint, mixing not only figuration and abstraction, but also raising questions about representation in the way that many photographers of constructed realities are also doing, writes DeWitt Cheng in catalog essay accompanying the exhibition.

John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
February 5, 2012 – May 13, 2012
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation in its La Jolla location from February 5, 2012 to May 13, 2012.