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Exhibitions

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SFMOMA Constructs perfect Acts Of Architecture Exhibition Includes Early Two-dimensional Work By Internationally Known Architects

Release date: November 19, 2001
From March 2 to June 30, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Perfect Acts of Architecture. Organized by Jeffrey Kipnis, curator of architecture and…
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Jack Stauffacher: Selections From The Permanent Collection Of Architecture And Design Designer Has Operated Greenwood Press In San Francisco Since 1947

Release date: November 19, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Jack Stauffacher: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Architecture and Design from March 2 through June 20,…
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Restaging The Everyday: Recent Work By Beat Streuli And Fischli/weiss

Release date: November 14, 2001
From December 8, 2001, through March 17, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present an installation of two works by contemporary Swiss artists Beat Streuli…
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SFMOMA Presents Inaugural Experimental Design Award Exhibition Recognizes Thom Faulders, Donald Fortescue And Post Tool Design Also On View organic/inorganic: Selections From The Permanent Collection Of Architecture And Design Design

Release date: November 9, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present the SFMOMA Experimental Design Award honoring architect Thom Faulders, furniture designer Donald Fortescue and…
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Points Of Departure Ii Explores Art On Thematic Pathways At SFMOMA Fresh Curatorial Approach Features Important Recent Acquisitions

Release date: October 15, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) continues the presentation of its permanent collection with Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art, an innovative…
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SFMOMA Presents eva Hesse Most Comprehensive Showing Ever Explores Materials And Processes

Release date: October 1, 2001
From February 2 through May 19, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the most complete exhibition ever of Eva Hesse's work. Co-organized by Elisabeth…
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Contemporary Latin American Art Comes To SFMOMA

Release date: August 1, 2001
Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art, featuring dynamic artworks by 16 of the most innovative young artists working in the Americas today, will be on view at the San…
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Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search Comes To SFMOMA Highlights Include Rothschild's Meditations On The Monterey Coastline

Release date: August 1, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search from October 25, 2001, through February 17, 2002. Spanning her 50-year career as a…
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SFMOMA Presents New Photographs By Joel Sternfeld A Fresh Approach To Portraiture Yields Incisive View Of Modern Americans

Release date: June 7, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is proud to present Stranger Passing: Collected Portraits by Joel Sternfeld, encompassing 65 large-scale (40 x 50–inch) color…
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Double Feature Examines The Allure Of Early Media Art

Release date: June 1, 2001
From August 18 to November 11, 2001, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Double Feature: Paul Kos and Nam June Paik. Organized by Benjamin Weil, SFMOMA…
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SFMOMA Presents Revelatory Landscapes The Museum Takes A Hike

Release date: May 2, 2001
From May 5 to October 14, 2001, at five outdoor sites around the Bay Area, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Revelatory Landscapes. The exhibition of…
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SFMOMA Exhibition Celebrates The Colorful History Of California Pottery

Release date: April 12, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) brings modern art to the table when it presents California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism, the first significant museum survey…
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Martin Venezky's Striking Graphic Imagery On View At SFMOMA

Release date: April 12, 2001
From July 20 to October 14, 2001, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Martin Venezky: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Architecture and Design.…
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New Technologies Help Connect Visitors And Contemporary Art In SFMOMA's points Of Departure Exhibition

Release date: March 29, 2001
When Points of Departure: Connecting with Contemporary Art opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) on March 23, 2001, visitors to the exhibition will have a choice,…
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Exploring The Sounds Of Cyberspace SFMOMA, Goethe-institut Inter Nationes, Zkm And Walker Art Center Launch Crossfade Web Site Featuring Online Sound Projects And Media Essays

Release date: March 2, 2001
On March 5, 2001, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) Karlsruhe, Germany, and the…
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Humor Of Paul Klee Showcased In SFMOMA Galleries

Release date: March 1, 2001
On Saturday, April 7, 2001, the San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMOMA) proudly presents a fresh installment of its ongoing presentation of the work of Swiss-born German artist Paul…
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Ansel Adams At 100 Offers A Surprising New Look At Beloved Photographer's Best Work Official Centennial Exhibition To Present Critical Reevaluation Of Adams Exhibition And International Tour Made Possible By Hewlett-packard

Release date: February 22, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will commemorate the centennial of the birth of photographer Ansel Adams (1902–1984) with Ansel Adams at 100, on view at the…
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Typographic Work Of Jennifer Sterling Featured At SFMOMA

Release date: January 17, 2001
From March 30 to June 24, 2001, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the exhibition Jennifer Sterling: Selections from the Permanent Collection of…

Events

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Celebrating Family, Fun And Art At SFMOMA

Release date: December 19, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) continues its popular Family Studio activities on the third Sunday of the month from noon to 3 p.m. Every month a different hands-on…
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After glow Report Over 1000 Attend Saks Fifth Avenue's Luminescent Holiday Party For Contemporary Extension Of SFMOMA

Release date: December 6, 2001

What • Over 1,000 guests came to Glow, raising more than $26,000 for SFMOMA
• Artist William Wegman signed three books: The Night Before Christmas (the inspiration for Saks'
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SFMOMA's Contemporary Extension Steps Out For The Holidays With glow At Saks Fifth Avenue Party Features Artist William Wegman Signing His Whimsical Weimeraner Books

Release date: November 28, 2001

What Saks Fifth Avenue invites the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's Contemporary Extension (CX), its members, their friends and all those interested in a fanciful and festive…
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Celebrating Family, Fun And Art At The San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art

Release date: November 9, 2001

What SFMOMA's Family Day is a daylong celebration featuring hands-on art projects, docent-led gallery activities, music and performances for the whole family. Children are free with…
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SFMOMA Commemorates September 11 And Life After With Special Family Day Creations And Donations

Release date: October 19, 2001

What SFMOMA's Family Day is a special celebration of life featuring hands-on art projects, docent-led gallery activities, music and performances for the whole family. The day will…
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SFMOMA Commemorates 9/11 Tragedies With Cash Donations And Artistic Creations Family Day On October 21 Offers Chance To Reflect

Release date: October 5, 2001
From October 11 to October 21, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will donate 5% of its admissions proceeds—plus any contributions that visitors wish to make in a…
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SFMOMA Announces Return To Regular Hours

Release date: August 31, 2001
On Thursday, September 6, SFMOMA returns to regular operating hours, opening to the public at 11 a.m. daily (except Wednesdays when the Museum is closed).

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Red Typhoon: A Modern Mixer SFMOMA To Host An Evening For Arts Supporters On June 30, 2001

Release date: May 7, 2001

What Contemporary Extension (CX), the young professional auxiliary of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), hosts a cocktail party for other young member arts auxiliaries…
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Rothko Unresolved SFMOMA Presents 2001 Wattis Lecture Series Featuring Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecturer Thomas Crow

Release date: April 13, 2001
Since its inception in 1995, the Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecture Series of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has brought art scholarship and commentary of the…
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Actor Delroy Lindo Celebrates Fifth Annual SFMOMA Matches A Unique Student Program At SFMOMA High School Students Are Introduced To Art In A New Way

Release date: April 10, 2001
On Thursday, April 26, 2001, students and adults will celebrate the culmination of the yearlong SFMOMA Matches program at the fifth annual San Francisco Museum of Modern Art…
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SFMOMA Artists Gallery Presents Eighth Annual Artists Warehouse Sale

Release date: April 3, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Artists Gallery, formerly known as the Rental Gallery, presents its eighth annual Artists Warehouse Sale from May 9 to 13, 2001, at…
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SFMOMA only Art Museum To Receive Neh Challenge Grant In 2001 Grant Will Fund Digital Initiatives For The "museum Of The Future"

Release date: March 15, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The only art museum in the United…
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SFMOMA Open Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Release date: December 1, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will be open on Wednesday, December 26, 2001 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Usually closed on Wednesdays, SFMOMA will offer visitors an…
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SFMOMA Receives Gift Of Major Stella Painting From The Andersons

Release date: October 31, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 31, 2001—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today the gift of a major Frank Stella painting from the collection of Mr. and Mrs.…
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SFMOMA Opens Store And Artists Gallery At Embarcadero Center

Release date: June 18, 2001
On July 16, 2001, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) MuseumStore and the SFMOMA Artists Gallery join forces in San Francisco's Financial District to open a new store…
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SFMOMA Announces Admission Price Change Effective July 1, 2001

Release date: June 1, 2001
Effective July 1, admission prices to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will increase by one dollar. All Museum admission policies remain in effect, including free…
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SFMOMA Acquires Art In Technological Times Acquisitions Include Commissioned Projects By Janet Cardiff And Sarah Sze Museum Also Acquires Major Multimedia Work By Rineke Dijkstra

Release date: April 1, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 13, 2001—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today the acquisition of recent works by Rebeca Bollinger, Janet Cardiff, Karin…
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SFMOMA Mission Statement and History

Release date: January 1, 2001
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a dynamic center for modern and contemporary art. The museum strives to engage and inspire a diverse range of audiences by…

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