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The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of 17th-Century France
Through January 29, 2017, in the Rosekrans Court, Special Exhibition Galleries 20B-E at the Legion of Honor The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of 17th-Century France is the first major exhibition in the...
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Spirit Figure from New Guinea at the de Young
Figures incorporating hook forms were part of an ancient New Guinea tradition extending from the upper reaches of the Sepik River to the Ramu River Valley, 1,000 miles to the east. For the people of...
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Two Decades of Art for AIDS
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Art for AIDS Has Become an Invaluable Resource for HIV-Affected Clients at...
By dk haas Art for AIDS began in 1996 as a small community event held by artists who felt powerless while watching their friends die of AIDS. The event was held at SOMArts Cultural Center, and raised a...
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SF Sketch
By Randy Coleman Randy Coleman hails from New York, but has lived in San Francisco since 1975. Coleman shares that before moving to the Bay Area, he studied Art History and Architecture at...
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A Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, Spain
Prior to Columbus’ explorations to the New World, Spain’s diverse cultures—Jews, Catholics, and Muslims—all lived together in a state of relative peace. From 711 to 1492, Moorish caliphates occupied...
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The Harald Wagner Collection of Teotihuacan Murals at the de Young
The Harald Wagner collection of Teotihuacan murals is the largest and most important outside of Mexico. The murals are remarkable for their quality, condition and iconographic breadth. Secretly...
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A Gift of Artists’ Books from the Reva and David Logan Foundation
This single-gallery exhibition celebrates the recent gift of an extraordinary group of 33 artist-illustrated books and additional prints from the collection of the late Reva and David Logan. The...
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Ed Ruscha and the Great American West
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to present Ed Ruscha and the Great American West, an exhibition that explores Ed Ruscha’s engagement with the American West and its starring role in...
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19th Century Sculpture that Helped End Slavery in U.S. at de Young Now
Now on view at the de Young is a two-thirds-scale marble version of the American sculptor Hiram Powers’ iconic masterpiece, Greek Slave (ca. 1873), the most famous sculpture of the 19th century and one...
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Legendary Photographer Rink’s Work Featured in New York Exhibit
San Francisco Bay Times photographer Rink, who has been photographing LGBT events in the city since the late 60’s, has a work featured in the major new exhibit, “The 1970s: The Blossoming of a Queer...
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Kay Sekimachi: Student, Teacher, Artist
Produced in close collaboration with San Francisco native Kay Sekimachi (b. 1926), a pioneer in the post-World War II fiber art movement, the exhibition Kay Sekimachi: Student, Teacher, Artist offers a...
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Bouquets to Art 2016 Photos courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
More than 125 of the Bay Area’s most innovative and sought after floral designers have returned to the de Young for Bouquets to Art 2016, the annual week-long exhibition in which local designers create...
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WOMEN: New Portraits Annie Leibovitz at Her Intimate, Perceptive Best
Layer upon layer of lush, intimate meaning was evident at Tuesday’s press preview of WOMEN: New Portraits by Annie Leibovitz at The Presidio, which opens to the public tomorrow, March 25. In attendance...
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Enormous Vase at de Young Is an Ode to Wine
In front of the de Young sits Poème de la vigne aka “Poem of the vine” (1877–1878, cast in 1882), a monumental bronze vase by Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883) that has been a feature of the Fine Arts...
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