Press Room Archive

Exhibitions

exhibition
SFMOMA Presents First Major Exhibition Of Irving Penn Nudes

Release date: December 20, 2002
One of the world's preeminent photographers, Irving Penn is famous for portraiture, still-life and fashion work, but is less well-known as a superb photographer of the female nude. …
exhibition
Treasures Of Modern Art: The Legacy Of Phyllis Wattis At SFMOMA Major Exhibition To Highlight Gifts That Shaped SFMOMA Collection

Release date: December 20, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Treasures of Modern Art: The Legacy of Phyllis Wattis at SFMOMA, on view from January 30 through June 24, 2003. This special…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents The 2002 Seca Art Award John Bankston, Andrea Higgins, Chris Johanson And Will Rogan

Release date: December 20, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is proud to present the 2002 SECA Art Award and exhibition. On view from March 20 through August 10, 2003, the exhibition features…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents Work Of Architect Lindy Roy In roy / Design Series 1

Release date: December 17, 2002
An exhibition of groundbreaking design solutions by South Africa-born architect Lindy Roy, ROY / design series 1, will launch a series of annual design exhibitions at the San…
exhibition
SFMOMA To Be Sole American Venue Of Major Retrospective Of Marc Chagall

Release date: October 9, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will be the sole venue outside Paris for a major retrospective of the work of painter Marc Chagall from July 26 through November 4,…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents The Work Of Contemporary German Artist Andreas Gursky Includes Recent Photographs Never Before Seen In The U.s.

Release date: October 9, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Andreas Gursky, on view from February 15 through June 1, 2003. Organized by Peter Galassi, chief curator, Department of…
exhibition
A Passion For Paul Klee: The Djerassi Collection At SFMOMA Presents Djerassi's Complete Collection For The First Time

Release date: October 9, 2002
A major exhibition of works by Paul Klee from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s (SFMOMA) distinguished Djerassi collection—so named for its benefactor, Dr. Carl…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents Most Comprehensive U.s. Showing Ever Of August Sander's Monumental Photographic Survey, People Of The 20th Century

Release date: September 27, 2002

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present August Sander: People of the 20th Century from November 29, 2002 through February 23, 2003. The exhibition comprises…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents No Ghost Just A Shell Annlee Virtually Comes To Life In The Museum Galleries

Release date: September 9, 2002
From December 14, 2002, to March 16, 2003, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present No Ghost Just a Shell. Organized by Benjamin Weil, SFMOMA curator of media…
exhibition
Innovative Waterfront Architecture On View At SFMOMA

Release date: August 15, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Architecture + Water, an exhibition of five recent international architectural projects that integrate water and design,…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents Focused Survey Of Recent Innovations In body Design

Release date: August 15, 2002
Conventional notions of good design, especially theories about ergonomics, favor objects and spaces that accommodate and even mimic the human form. Body Design, on view at the San…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents New Work By Kristen Oppenheim And Two Online Commissions

Release date: July 29, 2002
From August 17 to November 24, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Numbers, A New Work by Kristen Oppenheim as well as Agent Ruby by Lynn Hershman and …
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents variable Resistance: 10 Hours Of Sound From Australia

Release date: July 9, 2002
From September 8 through 17, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present Variable Resistance: 10 Hours of Sound from Australia, a selection of work…
exhibition
SFMOMA To Present gerhard Richter: Forty Years Of Painting A Major Survey Of The Artist's Work

Release date: July 5, 2002
Opening October 12, 2002, and on view through January 14, 2002, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting presents a full-scale…
exhibition
Richter 858 Makes U.S. Debut at SFMOMA and in Print Landmark Multimedia Book Released in Conjunction with Major Retrospective

Release date: July 5, 2002
In conjunction with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presentation of Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting, a remarkable eight-painting suite of abstractions by…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents dreaming In Pictures: The Photography Of Lewis Carroll Little-known Images Reveal Major Artist

Release date: April 12, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the remarkable photographic work of Lewis Carroll this summer. Carroll is widely celebrated as an author of beloved…
exhibition
Taken By Design: Photographs From The Institute Of Design, 1937–1971 Showcases Works Created At Legendary Training Ground For Artists And Designers

Release date: March 13, 2002
Home to photographic luminaries such as László Moholy-Nagy, Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, Chicago's Institute of Design (ID) was founded in the 1930s as an…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents willem De Kooning: Tracing The Figure

Release date: March 8, 2002
From June 27 through September 8, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure. Featuring 78 works on paper, this exhibition…
exhibition
SFMOMA Presents ellsworth Kelly In San Francisco

Release date: March 1, 2002
From July 13, 2002, through January 5, 2003 the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco. Organized by Madeleine Grynsztejn, SFMOMA…
exhibition
yes Yoko Ono First American Retrospective Of Pioneering Artist On View At SFMOMA In Only West Coast Presentation

Release date: January 22, 2002
YES YOKO ONO, the first American retrospective of the work of pioneering artist Yoko Ono, will be on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) from June 22 through…
exhibition
SFMOMA To Present Rarely Seen Late-career Works By American Photographer Edward Weston

Release date: January 2, 2002
Toward the end of his career, the well-known twentieth-century American photographer Edward Weston (1886–1958) created a body of work distinct from what he had previously produced.…
exhibition
SFMOMA Spins Christian Marclay

Release date: January 2, 2002
From April 11 to July 28, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Sampling/Christian Marclay, a multidimensional exhibition highlighting the versatile…

Events

event
SFMOMA Hosts The Sixth Annual activating The Medium Festival 2003 February 7–9, 2003

Release date: December 26, 2002

What The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) joins 23five Incorporated to present the Sixth Annual Activating the Medium Festival 2003. This year's festival presents …
event
SFMOMA And The San Francisco Film Society Announce The Upcoming Schedule Of Films For the Seventh Art Film Series

Release date: December 16, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) announce the January to July 2003 schedule of films in The Seventh Art: New Dimensions in…
event
An Unique Evening Of Art-inspired Music And Poetry At SFMOMA Featuring Celebrated Musician Bill Frisell

Release date: December 6, 2002

What On Saturday, January 11 the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present two musical performances and readings from the artists who collaborated on RICHTER 858, a…
event
Celebrating Family, Fun And Art At SFMOMA With Two Different Programs: Family Studio And Family Day

Release date: August 23, 2002
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. Each month a different hands-on…
event
SFMOMA To Unveil Groundbreaking Educational Facility New Center Unique Among American Art Museums

Release date: July 24, 2002
On October 12, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will unveil the Koret Visitor Education Center. Situated in the heart of the Museum adjacent to the galleries,…
event
SFMOMA Highlights Avant-garde Musical Talent In Spirit Of Yoko Ono For Members' Opening

Release date: June 19, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present a host of avant-garde musical talent for the Members' Preview and Opening of YES YOKO ONO, on Friday, June 21,…
event
SFMOMA Unveils Redesigned Online Gallery, E.space, With Two New Commissioned Works

Release date: June 10, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO, CA June 10, 2002—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today launched the second iteration of e.space, its innovative online gallery at…
event
SFMOMA Museumstore Unveils Dramatic Expansion June 14 the San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art's Museumstore Nearly Doubles Space, Adding Depth And Variety To Numerous Product Offerings

Release date: May 1, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2002—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)'s MuseumStore opens its newly expanded store on June 14, nearly doubling its size and enhancing its…
event
San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art Mcneil Volunteer Recognition Award 2002

Release date: May 1, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is proud to present the Carole and Robert McNeil Volunteer Recognition Award 2002 to Museum docents Cathy Kalin and Eva Klein.

Cathy

…
event
Calling All Teen Directors And Performers keeping It Reel Festival To Showcase Young Local Talent At SFMOMA

Release date: April 15, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Teen Visionaries (SFMOMA_tv) and the Youth Leadership Institute's Friday Night Live (FNL) program seek youths to participate in the Fourth…
event
SFMOMA Artists Gallery Presents Ninth Annual Artists Warehouse Sale

Release date: March 22, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Artists Gallery presents its ninth annual Artists Warehouse Sale from May 8 to 12, 2002, at Fort Mason Center, Building A in San…
event
The SFMOMA Art Auction Returns Modern Art Council Presents Museum's Largest Fundraiser

Release date: March 6, 2002
The Modern Art Council of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold the 2002 Art Auction on Wednesday, May 15, 2002. As the Museum's most important fundraising…
event
look Both Ways Before Crossing: The 2002 San Francisco Design Lecture Series Five Monday Evening Programs Feature Cutting-edge Designers

Release date: March 4, 2002

What The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's Architecture + Design Forum and the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) present Look Both Ways Before…
event
SFMOMA To Host san Francisco Cinematheque: Four Decades Of Film And Video Premieres Series Of Five Programs To Showcase Independent, Experimental Film And Video

Release date: February 15, 2002

Who San Francisco Cinematheque celebrated its 40th anniversary last July as one of the country's foremost exhibitors of and advocates for independent, experimental film and video.…
event
SFMOMA To Present Lecture Series And Public Programs In Conjunction With Major Retrospective eva Hesse

Release date: January 31, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMOMA) will present the 2002 Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecture Series and other public programs in conjunction with the exhibition Eva Hesse, on…
event
Berkeley Professor Anne Middleton Wagner To Speak At SFMOMA As 2002 Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecturer

Release date: January 31, 2002
Since its inception in 1995, the Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecture Series at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has brought scholarship and art commentary of the…
event
Artist Chuck Close To Speak At SFMOMA Director's Circle Dinner

Release date: January 28, 2002

Who American artist Chuck Close will be the guest of honor and featured speaker at SFMOMA's sixteenth annual Director's Circle lecture and dinner.

Born in 1940, Chuck Close has been

…
event
SFMOMA Hosts the Fifth Annual Activating The Medium Festival 2002 February 15–16, 2002

Release date: January 16, 2002

What The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) joins 23five Incorporated to present the Fifth Annual Activating the Medium Festival 2002. This year's festival brings together a…
View events in the calendar

News

news
SFMOMA Announces New Deputy Directors And Organizational Shifts In Curatorial Division

Release date: December 5, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, December 5, 2002—Neal Benezra, director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), today announced the appointment of two deputy directors and a…
news
SFMOMA's New Koret Visitor Education Center Off To Strong Start Unique Facility Reaches 20 Percent Of Visitors In First Month

Release date: November 20, 2002
Since its inauguration on October 12, 2002, the new Koret Visitor Education Center at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has served an average of 20 percent of Museum…
news
Richter's 858 Series Of Abstract Pictures To Enter SFMOMA's Collection Gift Made In Honor Of Artist And In Celebration Of Retrospective

Release date: October 9, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Wednesday, October 9, 2002—A remarkable eight-painting suite of abstractions by Gerhard Richter has been given to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art…
news
SFMOMA Awarded $500,000 Grant From Institute Of Museum And Library Services Museums Online Grant Will Fund Innovative Uses Of Technology

Release date: October 9, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has been awarded a 2002 National Leadership Grant for Museums Online in the amount of $500,000 from the Institute of Museum and…
news
SFMOMA Unveils Groundbreaking Educational Facility New Center Unique Among American Art Museums

Release date: October 9, 2002

On October 12, 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opens the Koret Visitor Education Center to the public. Situated at the heart of the Museum adjacent to the…
news
SFMOMA Announces Free Admission On September 11 Museum Returns To Regular Hours After Labor Day

Release date: August 12, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), normally closed on Wednesdays, will open its doors to the community at no charge on Wednesday, September 11, making art freely…
news
SFMOMA Announces The Remaining 2002 Schedule Of Films In the Seventh Art Film Series

Release date: July 8, 2002
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces the remaining 2002 schedule of films in The Seventh Art: New Dimensions in Cinema.The innovative film series pairs monthly…
news
SFMOMA Introduces Audio Tours en Español Both Spanish And English Tours Available On New Mp3 Players

Release date: June 22, 2002
Starting this week, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) offers audio tours of its permanent collection in Spanish as well as English. Both versions are available on new…
news
SFMOMA Welcomes Summer With Expanded Hours

Release date: April 15, 2002
Beginning Memorial Day weekend (Saturday, May 25, 2002), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will open its galleries and MuseumStore at 10 a.m., one hour earlier, to…
news
eva Hesse To Travel To Tate Modern SFMOMA Is Sole U.s. Venue For Historic Retrospective

Release date: February 13, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 13, 2002—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today that the Tate Modern, London, will be the third and final venue in the…
news
Frank Stella Honors Andersons With Gift To SFMOMA Artist Responds To Recent Gifts By Longtime Collectors

Release date: February 13, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 13, 2002—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today that artist Frank Stella has honored longtime SFMOMA supporters Harry W. and…
news
SFMOMA Receives Six Major Stella Works From Andersons Museum Now A Principal Destination For Stella's Art

Release date: February 6, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 6, 2002—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today that it has received six major paintings by Frank Stella from Mr. and Mrs.…

Hours + Directions San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

151 Third Street between Mission + Howard Streets San Francisco, California 94103 USA