Dale Chihuly, New San Francisco Treat

People tend to get giddy around the fantastical glass works of Dale Chihuly (perhaps this is why casinos can’t seem to get enough of him), so expect Bay Area denizens to be unusually upbeat this summer. Saturday marked the opening of San Francisco’s first major exhibition of the artist’s work, and it’s a big one. On view at the de Young Museum through September 28, the show encompasses 11 galleries of new and archival works spanning the last four decades.