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Exhibitions

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SFMOMA Explores Unconventional Approach to Exhibiting Architecture with Patterns of Speculation: J. Mayer H.

Release date: November 13, 2008
From February 6 through July 7, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) features Patterns of Speculation: J. MAYER H., the first solo museum exhibition of work by the…
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SFMOMA Presents Premiere of William Kentridge: Five Themes

Release date: November 6, 2008
William Kentridge: Five Themes, a comprehensive survey of the contemporary South African artist's work, will premiere at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) on March…
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SFMOMA Presents a Glimpse of Today's World with Face of Our Time: Four Shows―Yto Barrada, Guy Tillim, Judith Joy Ross, Leo Rubinfien

Release date: October 21, 2008
From January 31 through April 26, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Face of Our Time: Four Shows―Yto Barrada, Guy Tillim, Judith Joy Ross, Leo…
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New Work by Mai-Thu Perret Debuts at SFMOMA

Release date: September 18, 2008
From November 21, 2008 through March 1, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents New Work: Mai-Thu Perret, an exhibition of work by Swiss artist Mai-Thu…
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SFMOMA Showcases Recent Acquistions With Passageworks: Contemporary Art From The Collection

Release date: August 27, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Passageworks: Contemporary Art from the Collection on view from October 25, 2008, through January 19, 2009. Drawing…
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SFMOMA Showcases New Work By Zilvinas Kempinas, Alyson Shotz, And Mary Temple

Release date: July 31, 2008
From August 1 through November 1, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) features the exhibition New Work: Zilvinas Kempinas, Alyson Shotz, Mary Temple. This focused…
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SFMOMA To Present Exhibition Of Scientific Photography

Release date: July 28, 2008
From October 11, 2008, through January 4, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840–1900. The…
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SFMOMA Announces Lifeⁿ (life To The Power Of N) Exhibitions Throughout Bay Area Celebrate Lynn Hershman Leeson

Release date: July 16, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce Lifeⁿ (Life to the power of n)—or, life to the power of infinity—a series of exhibitions…
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SFMOMA Presents A Retrospective On Sculptor Martin Puryear First Major Survey In 15 Years

Release date: July 15, 2008
From November 8, 2008, to January 25, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Martin Puryear, a major exhibition of sculpture by the acclaimed American…
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SFMOMA Presents Major Overview Of Participation-based Art

Release date: July 15, 2008
On view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) from November 8, 2008, through February 8, 2009, The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now presents an overview of the rich…
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SFMOMA Showcases Special Exhibition The 1000 Journals Project "This is an experiment and you are part of it."

Release date: July 1, 2008
From November 1, 2008 through April 5, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present The 1000 Journals Project, a special exhibition in the Koret Visitor…
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SFMOMA Showcases Recently Acquired Works Of Architecture And Design

Release date: May 21, 2008
From July 10, 2008, to January 4, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present 246 and Counting: Recent Architecture + Design Acquisitions. This…
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SFMOMA Showcases Special Exhibition For Rooftop Garden

Release date: April 2, 2008
From April 3 to October 26, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents the special exhibition A Rooftop Garden for SFMOMA. With construction of the museum's new…
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SFMOMA Presents Double Down: Two Visions Of Vegas

Release date: March 26, 2008
From September 18, 2008 to January 4, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Double Down: Two Visions of Vegas. The exhibition offers a concise portrait…
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SFMOMA Announces New-media Installations By Alexander Hahn And Yves Netzhammer

Release date: March 12, 2008
From July 10 through October 5, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Room for Thought: Alexander Hahn and Yves Netzhammer. Organized by Rudolf…
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SFMOMA Examines The Vertical Section In Architecture With The Exhibiton Cut: Revealing The Section

Release date: February 7, 2008
From February 8 through June 8, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Cut: Revealing the Section. Featuring a range of works from SFMOMA's architecture and…

Events

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SFMOMA's Live Art Program Presents Tony Labat's I Want You

Release date: August 19, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present Tony Labat's I WANT YOU, the latest installment in the newly launched program series Live Art at SFMOMA.…
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SFMOMA's Modern Art Council Honors Manuel Neri With Bay Area Treasure Award

Release date: August 19, 2008
What: On Wednesday, November 12, the Modern Art Council of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will host the 2008 Bay Area Treasure Award…
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SFMOMA Announces 2008 Summer and Fall Family Programs

Release date: July 1, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce the Summer and Fall 2008 family programs schedule, for which free museum and program admission are extended…
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Target Family Day At SFMOMA

Release date: May 19, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is proud to present Target Family Day on Sunday, June 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This daylong celebration is an opportunity for…
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SFMOMA Hosts West Coast Premiere Of The Rape Of The Sabine Women

Release date: March 17, 2008
From May 1 through June 27, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present the West Coast premiere of The Rape of the Sabine Women (2006, 80 min.), the…
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SFMOMA Museumstore Launches New Series Of Artist-designed Products

Release date: March 4, 2008
In March 2008 the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) MuseumStore launches a new series of products created in collaboration with top artists and designers. Multitalented…
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SFMOMA Announces Fifteenth Annual Artists' Warehouse Sale

Release date: March 4, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Artists Gallery will hold its annual Artists' Warehouse Sale from Wednesday, May 7, through Sunday, May 11, 2008 at San Francisco's…
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SFMOMA Offers Families Expanded Programs, Free Admission Museum Receives Grants From Target And The Wallace Foundation

Release date: February 8, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce that its family programming will expand beginning in February 2008, with free admission extended to all…
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SFMOMA Art Auction Returns Modern Art Council Presents Museum's Biennial Fund-raiser

Release date: February 5, 2008
The Modern Art Council of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will host Art Auction 2008 on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. As one of the museum's major fund-raising events,…
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SFMOMA Hosts Week-long Valentine's Treats With Weimar New York: A Golden Gate Affair

Release date: January 22, 2008
New York-based impresario Earl Dax brings his wildly entertaining, politically pointed, and always sold-out theatrical cabaret "Weimar New York" to the San Francisco…
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SFMOMA Boasts Record Numbers for Frida Kahlo

Release date: October 7, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is proud to announce its record-breaking success with the three-month Frida Kahlo exhibition, which closed on September 28, 2008.…
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SFMOMA's Sol Lewitt Wall Drawings To Be Deinstalled

Release date: August 21, 2008
Don't miss your last chance to see the wall drawings by Sol LeWitt that have been on view at SFMOMA since 2000; they will be deinstalled Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Acquired by…
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SFMOMA Responds To August 8 Incident

Release date: August 13, 2008
Last Friday an incident occurred in our museum in which a visitor was asked to leave the building. We stand firmly behind the actions of Simon Blint, our director of visitor…
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SFMOMA Appoints Two New Members To The Board Of Trustees

Release date: July 8, 2008
At their June 12 meeting, the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) elected Kenneth McNeely and Marissa Mayer as new members of the Board.

Kenneth…
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SFMOMA's Live Art Program Presents Fritz Haeg's Animal Estates

Release date: June 17, 2008
Weekly Workshops Offered Sundays in July
Free for Families on July 6 and 20

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Artist and architect Fritz Haeg brings his project Animal Estates to the San Francisco Museum of…
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SFMOMA Announces Gary Garrels As Senior Curator Of Painting And Sculpture

Release date: May 15, 2008
Gary Garrels will join the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) as the new Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra announced…
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SFMOMA And Robert Rauschenberg

Release date: May 13, 2008
The work of Robert Rauschenberg, who passed away on May 12, 2008, is among the most important achievements of any artist of the 20th century and has been singularly influential in…
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SFMOMA Appoints New Director Of Development

Release date: May 1, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Blair Winn as the museum's new director of development.

Winn comes to SFMOMA with more…
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SFMOMA Successfully Raises $24 Million For New Rooftop Garden

Release date: April 16, 2008
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce that the private funding phase of the SFMOMA Rooftop Garden campaign is almost complete. With lead gifts from…
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SFMOMA Breaks Ground On Rooftop Garden Expansion Adds Dynamic New Setting For Public Interaction With Art

Release date: April 16, 2008
April 3, 2008—the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today broke ground on the new Rooftop Garden atop the Minna Street parking garage adjacent to its building.…
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SFMOMA Announces Two Gifts Of Art For Rooftop Garden

Release date: April 16, 2008
In anticipation of the SFMOMA Rooftop Garden opening next spring, Shirley Ross Davis has given the work Untitled (1983–87), by New York-based artist Joel Shapiro (American,…
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SFMOMA Acquires Important Work By David Park Museum's Largest Acquisition Of Work By A Bay Area Artist

Release date: April 7, 2008
David Park (born Boston, 1911; died Berkeley, 1960)
Two Bathers, 1958
Oil on canvas
58 x 50 in.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce the major…
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SFMOMA Announces $10 Million Gift From At&t Funds Allow SFMOMA To Guarantee Free Admission One Day Per Month—in Perpetuity—to Attract New Audiences And Provide Access For All First Tuesdays Are Always Free, Thanks To At&t.

Release date: April 3, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO—April 3, 2008—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced a $10 million gift from AT&T for ongoing support—in perpetuity—of the Free First…
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SFMOMA Overview

Release date: January 1, 2008
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