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Stanley Saitowitz: Judaica
Thu. 11/03 - Tue. 10/16 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum (map)
Stanley Saitowitz: Judaica combines the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s ongoing commitment to presenting new perspectives on Jewish tradition with its dedication to working with contemporary arti…more»
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Jim Campbell
Sat. 11/05 | 7:00PM - Tue. 10/23 @ SFMOMA (map)
This new installation by acclaimed San Francisco-based artist Jim Campbell explodes the moving image into three dimensions, illuminating the Haas Atrium with a flickering grid of light that is…more»
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Manifest Destiny!
Sun. 11/13 | 7:00PM - Sat. 10/27 @ Southern Exposure (map)
Location: 447 Bush Street @ Grant (Hotel des Arts) Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman’s Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of dow…more»
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California Dreaming
Thu. 11/17 | 7:00PM - Tue. 10/16 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum (map)
Those who visit or live in the Bay Area often wonder at the spirit of innovation and adventure that moves the local Jewish community. From the creation of new kinds of synagogues and Jewish ri…more»
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Sacred Images and Chiefly Works from Central Polynesia
Wed. 11/30 | 7:00PM - Thu. 08/30 @ de Young Museum (map)
This exhibition of 20 rare works created, used and collected in the late 18th century and first decades of the 19th century in the Cook Islands, Austral Islands and the Society Islands high…more»
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Paul Klee and Josef Albers
Sat. 01/14 | 7:00PM - Mon. 10/08 @ SFMOMA (map)
In the early 1920s, Paul Klee and Josef Albers met in Weimar, Germany, where they would become co-directors of the Bauhaus glass workshop. This exhibition of paintings and works on paper explo…more»
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ArtGameLab
Sun. 01/15 - Sun. 08/12 @ SFMOMA (map)
Imagine a selection of crowdsourced games designed by SFMOMA's community, for SFMOMA's community. Last summer the museum put out an open call for inventive but simple and low-cost game ideas. …more»
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ArtRage
Fri. 03/30 | 7:00PM - Sun. 09/23 | 10:00PM @ San Jose Museum of Art (map)
Go South of the Border and enjoy live music by Los Hot Boxers, margaritas, and creative fun inspired by the exhibition Mexicanisimo through Artists’ Eyes. Get your tickets online at LiveSV.co…more»
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DIY Art: Altar’d Emblems: Pop Tin Art
Fri. 03/30 | 1:00PM - Sun. 09/23 | 3:00PM @ San Jose Museum of Art (map)
Transform a celebrated logo or pop-culture icon into a traditional tin art piece. Make dot patterns, add embellishments, and play with color as you create an object of personal devotion. Buy …more»
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Spring Opening Reception
Fri. 03/30 | 7:00PM - Sun. 09/23 | 8:30PM @ San Jose Museum of Art (map)
Celebrate the opening of Mexicanisimo through Artists’ Eyes and the spring exhibitions Renegade Humor; To Hell and Back: Sandow Birk’s Divine Comedy; and Frank Lobdell: Wonderland. Members ar…more»
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The Utopian Impulse
Sat. 03/31 - Sun. 07/29 @ SFMOMA (map)
The Bay Area has long attracted dreamers, progressives, nonconformists, and designers. Buckminster Fuller was all of these, and although he never lived in San Francisco, his ideas have spawned…more»
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New Work: Katharina Wulff
Fri. 04/13 - Tue. 09/04 @ SFMOMA (map)
Imbued with whimsy and gloom, vulnerability and strength, Katharina Wulff's figurative paintings blend myriad art historical styles, depicting imaginary, far-off locales often populated by str…more»
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Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present
Fri. 05/18 - Sun. 08/12 @ SFMOMA (map)
This exhibition of works from the SFMOMA collection explores the richness, diversity, and continuing vitality of painting over the last 50 years. Contemporary Painting showcases the breadth of…more»
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PHANTOMS OF ASIA Contemporary Awakens the Past
Fri. 05/18 - Sun. 09/02 @ Asian Art Museum (map)
May 18–September 2, 2012 Hyon Gyon, Hello! Another Me, 2011-2012. Acrylic, Japanese paper on panel. © Hyon Gyon, Courtesy of g³/ gallery. Photo by Rui Mizuki. Life. Death. The cosmos. What's…more»
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Lucha Libre in Contemporary Mexican Art
Wed. 06/06 | 6:30PM - Thu. 08/02 | 7:00PM @ Mission Cultural Center (map)
*June 6, 7pm, “KKK vs. ELZN”, 6 wrestlers will battle to the end in this opening night performance, directed by Artemio.*June 13, 7pm, Santo Y Blue Demon VS. Los Monstruos (1969), Directed by …more»
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Real to Real: Photographs from the Traina Collection
Sat. 06/09 - Sun. 09/16 @ de Young Museum (map)
Drawing upon the dynamic collection of San Francisco native Trevor Traina, this exhibition consists of approximately 100 works made by some of the pre-eminent artists working in photography th…more»
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Motion Graphics: In and Beyond the Street (Gallery Exhibition)
Wed. 06/13 | 12:00PM - Sat. 08/25 | 6:00PM @ Intersection for the Arts (map)
Intersection for the Arts presents Motion Graphics: In and Beyond the Street, a group exhibition that looks at a diverse range of street art and the practice underlying social engagement and a…more»
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
June 08, 2012If you think street art is confined to the hipster irony of Banksy stencils and Shepard Fairey wheatpastes, think again. There has long been… more at voiceplaces.com
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Brain Activity
Fri. 06/22 | 7:00PM - Sun. 09/23 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (map)
The work of David Shrigley effortlessly infuses a comedic sensibility into a serious fine art practice. David Shrigley: Brain Activity showcases the diversity of the artist’s work — amateurish…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
June 21, 2012Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley’s signature cartoons are hilariously deadpan: crude drawings and doodles; short stories filled with… more at sfbg.com
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
June 15, 2012Art can be many things — revelatory, disconcerting, numinous, insert your preferred highbrow art critic adjective here — but it can also be really… more at voiceplaces.com
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thumbprint - paintings by elizabeth tana
Sun. 07/01 | 7:00PM - Wed. 08/01 @ Market Street Gallery
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Selections from the Gallery Collection
Thu. 07/05 | 7:00PM - Sat. 08/18 @ George Krevsky Fine Art (map)
July 5 - August 18, 2012
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Summer Group Show
Thu. 07/05 | 7:00PM - Sat. 08/25 @ Frey Norris (map)
New works by Kate Eric, Amir H. Fallah, Mary Anne Kluth, Ranu Mukherjee, and Clare Rojas.
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Songs Of Summer
Fri. 07/06 | 7:00PM - Sat. 09/01 @ Jenkins Johnson Gallery (map)
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Occupy Bay Area
Sat. 07/07 | 7:00PM - Sun. 10/14 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (map)
YBCA has curated an exhibition of works that have proven to be particularly effective in supporting the goals and aspirations of those seeking to effect societal change on behalf of the 99%.
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Featured Review from The Squid List
July 06, 2012Since the Occupy Movement took hold across the country in the fall of 2011, protesters in Oakland and San Francisco have…more at squidlist.com
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