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Feb 1, 2024 · From October 19, 2024−February 18, 2025, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, exploring the powerful—and sometimes contentious—place of athletics in our communities.
Offbeat Ceramics | Handmade Ceramic art by Ruben Preuss. “The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”. Robert Henri.
Oct 19, 2024 · This exhibition taps into the spirit of why you love sports through what we know best: art, design, and interactive experiences. It’s time to get in the game. Read more about the exhibition in From the Court to the Canvas.
- American Beauty: The Osher Collection of American Art
- Get in The Game: Sports, Art, Culture
- Art and War in The Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries
- Hallyu! The Korean Wave
- Mary Cassatt at Work
- Tamara de Lempicka
- Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy
- Table Manners
- When The World Is Watching
- Unity Through Skateboarding
The de Young Museum presents a collection of delightful Impressionist and Realist artworks from the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn about how these historic paintings influenced the spirit of American culture, with standout works including The Angler (1874) by Winslow Homer, Spanish Bric-à-Brac Shop (1883) by William Merritt Chase, In Virginia (1908...
Even if you’re not a lifelong sports fan, this new SFMOMA exhibition is a delightfulexamination of sports on our culture and psyches. From art created by athletes to the history of football helmet design, Get in the Game taps into all the ways sports make us feel. Look out for a 22-person foosball table, a portrait of swimmer Diana Nyad, and a cera...
The de Young Museum will present this group ofseven ancient Renaissance tapestries, on display for the first time in the United States. See the massive 27-by-14-foot works on display alongside gorgeous 16th-century suits of armor and arms. The works commemorate the 1525 Battle of Pavia, in which Holy Roman Emperor Charles V took victory over French...
From Squid Game and Parasite to K-dramas and K-pop, this new exhibition takes us through the biggest cultural wave coming our way from Asia. How did South Korea become apop culture phenomenon? Learn about the “Korean wave” through this presentation ofover 200 artifactsincluding contemporary couture pieces, fandom objects, Korean films, and more. Ti...
Painter Mary Cassatt was the only American to join the French Impressionists back in 1879, at the invitation of Edgar Degas. Her presentation of “women’s work,” including knitting and needlepoint, nursing infants, and other forms of caregiving, was revolutionary for the time due to her tendency for unconventional art processes.Learn about how Cassa...
The de Young Museum presents the first U.S. exhibition dedicated to Tamara de Lempicka’s work, comprising over 150 brilliant works including still lifes, sketches, sculptures, and paintings. As one of theArt Deco period‘s most defining portrait painters, Lempicka showcases a simultaneously glamorous, carefree, avant-garde, and classical artistic st...
MoAD is revealing an exciting new round of fall exhibitions starting in October. This one examines the way in which Black people cultivatedomestic interiors as environments for action, joy, and rest, and homecoming. See a collection of furnishings, lighting, wall coverings, and more fromsixteen contemporary designers and artists. Tickets: Liberator...
Examine a century of tableware and drinkware from the SFMOMA Architecture + Design collection. Learn about how design has shaped our relationship with diningover the decades, affecting our experience with connection and community through food. Artifacts include self-filling wine glasses, teapots made of tea, flatware made from discarded CDs, and mo...
With the world’s eyes on the Olympics and Paralympics, SFMOMA is taking the opportunity to present several sports-related exhibitions, including the highly-anticipated Get in the Game opening in October. When the World Is Watching delves intohow international sporting competitions mirror global societal problems, particularly in conversations about...
Jeffery Cheung and Gabriel Ramirez, founders of Oakland-basedqueer skate collective Unity, guest curate this new SFMOMA exhibition. Learn about the realities of queer, trans, BIPOC, and women skaters in a historically hypermasculine sport.The exhibition presents a range of media including artworks, skate decks, video, photographs, and skate publica...
Jun 12, 2024 · San Francisco Bay produced many groundbreaking artists who worked in different fields in the second half of the 20th century. Using a wide range of techniques and mediums, these artists have participated in and shaped art distinctively unique to the Bay Area.
Oct 21, 2024 · Here’s the list of dates, times, and codes: Friday September 20th @ 3pm, Event code 8MGPEW8. Friday September 20th @ 7pm, Event code Z672JZD. Saturday September 21st @ 2pm, Event code YQ5R68Y. (If you’re having a little trouble, worry not! Check this link here for more information about how to use the app.)
Jan 16, 2024 · After an uneven few years for the city, San Francisco’s art scene is experiencing something of a renaissance. The cost of living skyrocketed during the first and second tech booms in the 1980s and the 2000s, making the city feel inhospitable to many working artists.
