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Exhibitions

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SFMOMA PRESENTS PARRA: WEIRDED OUT

Release date: November 21, 2011
From March 31 through July 29, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will display the first U.S. museum presentation of work by Dutch graphic artist Parra, whose…
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SFMOMA LOOKS AT BUCKMINSTER FULLER’S LEGACY IN THE BAY AREA

Release date: November 21, 2011
The Bay Area attracts dreamers, progressives, nonconformists, and designers. Buckminster Fuller was all of these, and though he never lived in San Francisco, his ideas spawned many…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS PHOTOGRAPHY IN MEXICO: SELECTED WORKS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF SFMOMA AND DANIEL GREENBERG AND SUSAN STEINHAUSER

Release date: November 14, 2011
From March 10 through July 8, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the exhibition Photography in Mexico: Selected Works from the Collections of SFMOMA…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS DESCRIPTIVE ACTS

Release date: October 26, 2011
The recombination of image and text has seen a surge in contemporary artistic practice. The exhibition Descriptive Acts, on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)…
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SFMOMA AND YBCA PARTNER TO CO-PRESENT MAJOR TRAVELING SURVEY EXHIBITION OF WORK BY MARK BRADFORD

Release date: October 26, 2011
On view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) from February 18 through June 17, 2012, and at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) from February 18 through May 27,…
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SFMOMA Presents Richard Aldrich's First Solo Museum Show

Release date: October 20, 2011
From November 18, 2011, through April 3, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present New Work: Richard Aldrich, the first museum exhibition to feature work…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS 2010 SECA ART AWARD EXHIBITION: MAURICIO ANCALMO, COLTER JACOBSEN, RUTH LASKEY, KAMAU AMU PATTON

Release date: October 5, 2011
Since the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) named Mauricio Ancalmo, Colter Jacobsen, Ruth Laskey, and Kamau Amu Patton recipients of its 2010 SECA Art Award nearly a year…
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SFMOMA MARKS 50 YEARS OF ENGAGING SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ARTISTS

Release date: October 5, 2011
Tracing the engagement of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) with the region's vital art community across the past five decades, the exhibition Fifty Years of Bay…
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SFMOMA Presents Lunch Break by Sharon Lockhart

Release date: August 30, 2011
From October 15, 2011, through January 16, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break, the latest body of work by Sharon…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS LANDMARK RECONSIDERATION OF FRANCESCA WOODMAN’S BRIEF BUT EXTRAORDINARY CAREER IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Release date: August 16, 2011
Francesca Woodman, the most comprehensive exhibition to date of Woodman's brief but extraordinary career, will premiere at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) on…
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FIRST-EVER RETROSPECTIVE OF RICHARD SERRA’S DRAWINGS OFFERS CHANCE TO SEE ARTIST’S WORK FROM ENTIRELY NEW ANGLE

Release date: July 25, 2011
Richard Serra's large-scale steel sculptures have made him a crucial figure in contemporary art, but his work also takes another striking, lesser-known form: drawing. On view at…
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UPCOMING SHOWS FOCUS ON FEMALE PIONEERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Release date: July 25, 2011
One of the first museums to recognize photography as a legitimate art form and establish a photography collection, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) continues to…
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SFMOMA EXHIBITION DELVES INTO ISSUES OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Release date: July 15, 2011
From November 5, 2011, through February 20, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present The Air We Breathe, a thematic exhibition that brings together…
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SFMOMA ILLUMINATES HAAS ATRIUM WITH NEW WORK BY MEDIA ARTIST JIM CAMPBELL

Release date: July 15, 2011
From November 5, 2011, to October 23, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Jim Campbell: Exploded Views. This new work, conceived for SFMOMA's Haas…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS RINEKE DIJKSTRA: A RETROSPECTIVE

Release date: July 13, 2011
From February 18 to May 28, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the exhibition Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective, the artist's first midcareer…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS LESS AND MORE: THE DESIGN ETHOS OF DIETER RAMS

Release date: June 29, 2011
From August 27, 2011, through February 20, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the exhibition Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams. The…
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SFMOMA SPOTLIGHTS CERAMICS IN RECENT ART PRACTICE

Release date: June 29, 2011
Highlighting the revived medium of ceramics, SFMOMA presents New Work: Tiago Carneiro da Cunha and Klara Kristalova (July 8 through October 30, 2011), an exhibition that pairs…
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LANDMARK SFMOMA EXHIBITION SHOWCASES THE ART AND INFLUENCE OF GERTRUDE STEIN AND HER FAMILY

Release date: June 3, 2011
The Steins are responsible in many ways for the turn-of-the century revolution in the visual arts through their adventurous patronage, deep ties to leading minds of the era, and…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS WORLD VIEW OF FIVE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FACE OF OUR TIME

Release date: June 2, 2011
From July 2 through October 16, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Face of Our Time: Jim Goldberg, Daniel Schwartz, Zanele Muholi, Jacob Aue Sobol,…
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EXHIBITION SHOWCASES WORKS BY DESIGN PROVOCATEUR TOBIAS WONG

Release date: March 22, 2011
Through June 19, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Tobias Wong, the first solo museum exhibition of the late artist-designer's work. Wong, who passed…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS US DEBUT OF DAVID CLAERBOUT VIDEO WORK

Release date: March 22, 2011
From May 21 through September 6, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present David Claerbout: Architecture of Narrative, an exhibition featuring a suite of…

Events

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POP-UP LUNCH BREAK AT SFMOMA

Release date: December 20, 2011
On Friday, January 6, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will transform into a neighborhood lunch break room to celebrate the final weeks of Sharon Lockhart:…
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SFMOMA’S MODERN ART COUNCIL HONORS MARK DI SUVERO WITH THE TWELFTH ANNUAL BAY AREA TREASURE AWARD

Release date: September 30, 2011
On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the Modern Art Council of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will host the 2011 Bay Area Treasure Award Dinner, honoring esteemed artist …
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SFMOMA ANNOUNCES DATE FOR THE 2012 MODERN BALL

Release date: September 30, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is thrilled to announce the date of the 2012 Modern Ball, the museum's largest gala fundraiser. The grand celebration will be held…
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SFMOMA’S NOW PLAYING SERIES RETURNS THIS FALL WITH THREE THURSDAY-EVENING ARTIST TAKEOVERS

Release date: September 14, 2011
Art gets off the wall at SFMOMA with its Now Playing series. On three Thursday evenings this fall, artists will activate the museum with live music, readings, films, installations,…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS GERTRUDE STEIN AND VIRGIL THOMSON’S EXPERIMENTAL OPERA FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS

Release date: June 13, 2011
One of the most important alliances in the history of American opera began in Paris in 1927 when the young, little-known composer Virgil Thomson invited fellow expatriate artist…
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SFMOMA PRESENTS RICH ARRAY OF EVENTS TO ACCOMPANY THE STEINS COLLECT: MATISSE, PICASSO, AND THE PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE

Release date: June 6, 2011
As American expatriates in bohemian Paris when the 20th century was young, Gertrude Stein and her family were among the first to recognize the talents of avant-garde painters like…
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SFMOMA’S CAFFÈ MUSEO AND ROOFTOP COFFEE BAR CELEBRATE THE STEINS WITH MODERNIST MENUS

Release date: June 6, 2011
Caffè Museo and the Rooftop Coffee Bar at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will offer a variety of dishes inspired by The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the…
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SFMOMA’S 2011 AUCTION FEATURES WORK BY JOHN BALDESARRI, VIJA CELMINS, CHUCK CLOSE, OLAFUR ELIASSON, RICHARD SERRA, AND OTHER ARTISTS WITH STRONG TIES TO THE MUSEUM

Release date: January 26, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial Art Auction at the museum on April 6, 2011. This highly anticipated fund-raising event organized by the…
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SFMOMA’S NOW PLAYING SERIES RETURNS THIS SPRING WITH THREE THURSDAY-EVENING ARTIST TAKEOVERS

Release date: January 25, 2011
SFMOMA's popular Now Playing series is back in 2011 with interactive music, video, and performance works by artists Anna Parkina and robbinschilds with Kinski; San Francisco's…
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SFMOMA Announces New Family Activities for Winter 2012 and Free Family Day on March 4, 2012

Release date: December 22, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce a new lineup of family programming for the winter 2012 season. Every Sunday in January (excluding January 1),…
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SFMOMA MUSEUMSTORE ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES OF PRODUCTS DESIGNED BY JASON MUNN FOR ARTIST SERIES

Release date: December 14, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) MuseumStore is pleased to feature a special product series designed by local artist Jason Munn. The SFMOMA Artists' Series works…
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SFMOMA ANNOUNCES NEW CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOAL AND UNVEILS DETAILS OF DESIGN AND EXPANDED BUILDING PROGRAM

Release date: November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011—With 79 percent of the capital campaign goal raised two years ahead of the groundbreaking for the expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art…
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SFMOMA ROOFTOP COFFEE BAR SERVES UP NEW ART-INSPIRED DESSERTS BY BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE CO. FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Release date: November 28, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to offer some new art-inspired desserts at the museum's Rooftop Coffee Bar for the holidays. Baked and decorated by…
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NEW FAMILY MEMBERSHIP DEEPENS SFMOMA’S COMMITMENT TO FAMILIES

Release date: September 29, 2011
On October 1, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will launch a new membership program designed to enhance opportunities for families to engage with the museum…
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DISCOVER LATIN AMERICAN ART AT SFMOMA

Release date: August 24, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) honors Latino Heritage Month this September by highlighting Latin American works of art and inviting visitors of all ages to…
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SFMOMA CELEBRATES POPULARITY OF THE STEINS COLLECT WITH EXPANDED VISITING HOURS

Release date: August 4, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will extend viewing hours of its popular summer exhibition The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde in…
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SFMOMA ACQUIRES IMPORTANT EARLY STRUCTURE WORK BY SOL LEWITT

Release date: July 18, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) recently announced the acquisition of Wall Grid (3 x 3) (1966), an important early work by Sol LeWitt, one of the key artists of the…
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SFMOMA AND GOOGLE PARTNER TO GIVE BAY AREA FAMILIES GREATER ACCESS TO ART EDUCATION

Release date: May 4, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces a partnership with Bay Area–based technology company Google that will advance both institutions' shared vision…
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SFMOMA JOINS MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE OF ARTIST AI WEIWEI

Release date: April 13, 2011
In response to the recent arrest and detainment of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in Beijing, the Guggenheim has launched an online petition to express concern for Ai's freedom and call…
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SFMOMA LAUNCHES COLLECTIONS CAMPAIGN WITH 195 PROMISED GIFTS OF ART FROM BAY AREA COLLECTORS INCLUDING MAJOR WORKS BY POLLOCK, NAUMAN, SMITH, BEUYS, AND SHERMAN

Release date: February 3, 2011
February 3, 2011—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced that it has received an unprecedented 195 promised gifts of art from nine leading Bay Area…
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SFMOMA UNCORKED! OFFERS EXCITING PRIZES TO PROMOTE NATURAL WINE CORK RECYCLING

Release date: February 1, 2011
From now through March 15, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is offering visitors a chance to win amazing wine-related experiences while saving our natural…
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SFMOMA APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Release date: January 21, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan L. Peterson as the museum's new director of development. Peterson begins…

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