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Exhibitions (28)

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  August Sander: People of the Twentieth Century

  November 29, 2002 - February 23, 2003
  

  Working in early- and mid-twentieth-century Germany, August
  Sander photographed anonymous people, then divided the images into archetypal groups such as The Farmer and The Woman to…

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  Body Design

  November 16, 2002 - March 23, 2003
  

  Conventional notions of good design favor objects and spaces that accommodate and even mimic the human form. Body Design looks at provocative artists who take this conventional…

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  Architecture + Water

  November 16, 2002 - March 23, 2003
  

  Five international building projects that integrate architecture, landscape, and infrastructure to engage the waterfront are brought together in Architecture + Water. The designers…

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  Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting

  October 12, 2002 - January 14, 2003
  

  Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting presents a full-scale survey of paintings by the influential German artist Gerhard Richter. The exhibition features approximately 140…

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  RICHTER 858

  September 26, 2002 - April 22, 2003
  

  In conjunction with SFMOMA's presentation of Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting, a remarkable eight-painting suite of Richter's abstractions, Abstract Pictures (858) (1999),…

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  Variable Resistance: Ten Hours of Sound from Australia

  September 08 - September 17, 2002
  

  The third in a series of "listening room" exhibitions at SFMOMA, Variable Resistance presents a cross section of contemporary trends in Australian sound art and…

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  Numbers: A New Work by Kristin Oppenheim

  August 17 - November 24, 2002
  

  Kristin Oppenheim is primarily known for spare sound installations that draw on the relationships between sound and personal experience and memory. Numbers, a five-channel video…

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  Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll

  August 03 - November 10, 2002
  

  Before becoming a celebrated author of children's books under the pen name Lewis Carroll, Oxford mathematics lecturer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was known as a sophisticated and…

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  Taken by Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937-1971

  July 20 - October 20, 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 outpost of…

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  Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco

  July 13, 2002 - January 05, 2003
  

  Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco brings together for the first time twenty-two major works recently acquired by SFMOMA from the artist's personal collection with paintings,…

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  Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure

  June 27 - September 08, 2002
  

  Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure presents images of women produced by de Kooning between 1938 and 1955. The sixty-plus assembled works on paper demonstrate de Kooning's…

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  Y E S YOKO ONO

  June 22 - September 08, 2002
  

  In her prolific 40-year career, Ono has embraced a wide range of media, defying traditional boundaries and creating new forms of artistic expression. The exhibition features…

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  Sampling/Christian Marclay

  April 11 - July 28, 2002
  

  Since the 1970s, Swiss-American sound and visual artist Christian Marclay has explored the intimate relationship between the visual record and recorded sound through cutting,…

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  Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel

  March 02 - July 09, 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…

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  Perfect Acts of Architecture

  March 02 - June 30, 2002
  

  Organized by the Wexner Center and curator Jeffrey Kipnis, Perfect Acts of Architecture features the work of internationally renowned architects Peter Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel…

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  Jack Stauffacher: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Architecture and Design

  March 02 - June 30, 2002
  

  Featuring approximately 25 prints drawn from three recently acquired portfolios, Jack Stauffacher: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Architecture and Design highlights the…

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  Eva Hesse

  February 02 - May 19, 2002
  

  Although much has been written about her dramatic life — a tragic death at an early age, struggles to gain acceptance as a young female artist in New York, a childhood flight…

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  The Seventh Art: New Dimensions in Cinema

  January 10, 2002 - August 12, 2004
  

  The Seventh Art presents motion pictures that stretch the formal conventions of cinema — works that reflect upon evolving technologies, create hybrid forms, or inspire new…

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  Restaging the Everyday: Recent Work by Beat Steuli and Fischli/Weiss

  December 08, 2001 - March 17, 2002
  

  Restaging the Everyday: Recent Work by Beat Streuli and Fischli/Weiss is an installation of two works by contemporary Swiss artists: Beat Streuli and the duo Peter Fischli and…

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  Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art

  November 17, 2001 - June 09, 2002
  

  Rather than displaying works of art as they are most often presented to the public — chronologically, biographically, geographically, or by art historical movements — …

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  Organic/Inorganic: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Architecture and Design

  November 10, 2001 - February 05, 2002
  

  With more than 20 architectural models, drawings, and design objects, Organic/Inorganic investigates the interface between the human body and nature. While some design rejects…

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  SFMOMA Experimental Design Award

  November 09, 2001 - February 05, 2002
  

  The SFMOMA Experimental Design Award has announced its inaugural winners, and they represent the full breadth of experimentation taking place in the Bay Area. This year's…

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  Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search

  October 25, 2001 - February 17, 2002
  

  Spanning five decades, this retrospective of painter Judith Rothschild — the first since her death in 1993 — offers unique insight into an artist's search for…

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  Paul Klee: Materials and Techniques

  September 13, 2001 - February 10, 2002
  

  In many ways, Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee (1879–1940) was as much a creative scientist as an artist. Throughout his career he experimented with various media and…

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  Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art

  August 18, 2001 - January 02, 2002
  

  Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Ultrabaroque focuses on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its use by contemporary artists as an…

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  Ansel Adams at 100

  August 04, 2001 - January 13, 2002
  

  To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ansel Adams — one of San Francisco's favorite sons — SFMOMA is proud to present an exhibition featuring over 100…

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  CrossFade

  March 05, 2001 - September 14, 2003
  

  A joint project of SFMOMA, The Goethe-Institut, ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Walker Art Center, CrossFade focuses on the Web as a performative space for sound art. Creating a platform for…

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  e.space

  January 01, 2001 - January 01, 2002
  

  e.space was created to explore new art forms that exist only on the web. These commissioned online projects explore new forms of storytelling — taking a fresh look at what…

Talks + Events (72)

• Live Radio Broadcast

  West Coast Live

  Saturday, February 02, 2002
  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  

  Elizabeth Sussman, the guest curator of Eva Hesse will be a featured guest on "West Coast Live," a radio program, which will be broadcast live from SFMOMA's Wattis Theater. For…

• Lecture

  Eva Hesse in the Studio

  Saturday, February 02, 2002
  1:00 p.m.
  

  Elisabeth Sussman, Guest Curator

  Sussman will address how and where Hesse made her work, bringing in her relation to minimalist practice and uses of industrial materials.
  
  $11 general; $7 students with ID and
  
  …

• Getting to Know Modern Art

  Precedents and Precursors: Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism

  Thursday, February 07, 2002
  6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  Beth Dungan

  This lively four-part survey of post-1945 art, led by art historian Beth Dungan, provides an introduction to and context for Eva Hesse. Lectures take place on February 7, 9, 23,…

• Getting to Know Modern Art

  Minimalism and Post-Minimalism: Boxes and Bodies

  Saturday, February 09, 2002
  10:30 a.m. - noon
  

  Beth Dungan

  This lively four-part survey of post-1945 art, led by art historian Beth Dungan, provides an introduction to and context for Eva Hesse. Lectures take place on February 7, 9, 23,…

• Art and Conversation

  Making Multimedia the SFMOMA Way

  Friday, February 22, 2002
  10:30 p.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  

  Peter Stevenson, Senior Content Editor; Susie Wise, Senior Producer, SFMOMA Interactive Education Technologies

  Peter Stevenson and Susie Wise will highlight recent multimedia programs, including the award-winning Making Sense of Modern Art and the new program on Eva Hesse.
  
  Free with museum
  
  …

• Getting to Know Modern Art

  The Work of Eva Hesse

  Saturday, February 23, 2002
  10:30 a.m. - midnight
  

  Beth Dungan

  This lively four-part survey of post-1945 art, led by art historian Beth Dungan, provides an introduction to and context for Eva Hesse. Lectures take place on February 7, 9, 23,…

• Getting to Know Modern Art

  In the Lineage of Eva Hesse

  Thursday, February 28, 2002
  6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  Beth Dungan

  This lively four-part survey of post-1945 art, led by art historian Beth Dungan, provides an introduction to and context for Eva Hesse. Lectures take place on February 7, 9, 23,…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Perfect Acts of Architecture, A Curator's Perspective

  Tuesday, March 05, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  Joseph Rosa, SFMOMA Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design

  Rosa discusses "paper" architecture and its relationship to both the architecture profession and museum practices.

• Opening Reception

  Bay Area Printmakers

  Wednesday, March 06, 2002
  4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  

  Works from the Kala Art Institute, Made in California Press, Paulson Press, and Trillium Press

  Representing over a thousand West Coast artists, the SFMOMA Artists Gallery offers a diverse selection of original artwork for sale and rent.

• Teacher Institute

  The Sculpted World of Eva Hesse

  Saturday, March 09, 2002
  8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  Through a careful look at Eva Hesse, this program actively analyzes the contributions of Hesse and her female contemporaries to the dialogue of art history.
  
  $35 general; $30 SFMOMA
  
  …

• Art Sandwiched In

  The Secrets Behind the Highs and Lows of the Art Auction

  Tuesday, March 19, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  Laura King Pfaff, chair of Butterfields
  Patrick Meade, senior vice-president of Butterfields
  Kate Luscheck, specialist, twentieth-century art, Butterfields
  moderator Madeleine Grynsztejn, SFMOMA Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture

  Unravel the mystique of the auction world through a probing discussion by a panel of auction-house professionals. Sponsored by the Modern Art Council.
  $50 general; $45 SFMOMA
  …

• Art and Conversation

  A Conversation with Jack Stauffacher

  Friday, March 29, 2002
  10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  

  Jack Stauffacher, designer
  Joseph Rosa, SFMOMA Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design

  Rosa interviews Stauffacher, a veteran of the San Francisco letterpress scene, on his work in experimental typography.

• Free Tuesday Program

  The Late Work of Edward Weston, A Curator's Perspective

  Tuesday, April 02, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  Sandra S. Phillips, SFMOMA senior curator of photography

  Edward Weston, a member of Group f/64, was a central figure of the modernist photography movement. Phillips will discuss the late work of this important California photographer.

• Opening Reception

  Georgia Hayes: Paintings
  Jakub Kalousek: Mixed Media
  Barbara Kronlins: Mixed Media

  Wednesday, April 03, 2002
  4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  

  Representing over a thousand West Coast artists, the SFMOMA Artists Gallery offers a diverse selection of original artwork for sale and rent.

• Lecture

  Psychedelic Delight

  Thursday, April 04, 2002
  5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  

  Victor Moscoso, designer

  Renowned graphic designer Victor Moscoso will discuss rock poster art and the psychedelic movement in 1960s San Francisco, exploring his own work as well as that of his infamous…

• The 2002 San Francisco Design Lecture Series

  Look Both Ways Before Crossing

  Monday, April 22, 2002
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Art Chantry, graphic designer

  Art Chantry's design gave image and identity to Seattle's late twentieth-century cultural explosion. His innovative, collage-based work for alternative music labels, publications,…

• Art Sandwiched In

  The Legacy of Eva Hesse

  Tuesday, April 23, 2002
  noon
  

  Ralph Rugoff, Director of the Institute of Exhibitions and Public Programs, California College of Arts and Crafts
  introduction by Madeleine Grynsztejn, SFMOMA Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture

  Before her untimely death at age 34, Hesse created introspective drawings, sculptures, and installations reflecting the depths of her psyche. Rugoff will discuss how Hesse's work…

• Wattis Distinguished Lecture

  The Life of Language: How Words Matter to Hesse's Art

  Thursday, April 25, 2002
  7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  

  Anne Middleton Wagner, Professor of Art History, University of California, Berkeley

  Wagner will examine the special connection between the titles Hesse gave her sculptures - such as Augment, Contingent, Schema, and Sequel - and the constructed objects themselves,…

• Lecture Screening and Discussion

  Contingent: Art and Conversation Review and Response

  Friday, April 26, 2002
  10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Anne Middleton Wagner
  Brigid Doherty
  Helen Molesworth

  A video of Wagner's lecture will be screened for Bay Area college students and faculty, followed by a discussion led by Wagner, Brigid Doherty, and Helen Molesworth.
  
  Free to
  
  …

• Wattis Symposium

  Eva Hesse: Schema and Sequel

  Saturday, April 27, 2002
  10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  

  Confirmed symposium participants include James Coddington, Briony Fer, Doug Johns, Liz Larner, Zoe Leonard, Sol LeWitt, Elisabeth Sussman, and Bill Wilson

  Noted artists, scholars, curators, and conservators will consider Hesse and her work. The morning session, Schema: Materiality and Making, will look at Hesse's studio methods, her…

• Paper Architecture Panel Discussion

  Paper Acts: From Page to Pixel

  Thursday, May 02, 2002
  7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  

  Bryan Cantley and Kevin O'Donnell, Form:uLA Dimension Laboratory, Los Angeles; Thom Faulders, Beige Design, Berkeley; Raveevarn Choksombatchai, Loom, Berkeley; Michael Rotondi, RoTo Architects, Los Angeles; moderator Joseph Rosa, SFMOMA Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design

  This panel discussion featuring architects from both Northern and Southern California investigates paper architecture, its history in the state, and its evolution from "paper" to…

• Lecture

  Imperfectly Unknown: Point Lobos, 1944, A Masterpiece by Edward Weston

  Saturday, May 04, 2002
  2:00 p.m.
  

  David Travis, Curator of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago

  Edward Weston exhibition curator Travis discusses the photographs Weston made at the end of his career and as he entered old age. Using as a point of departure a little-known…

• The 2002 San Francisco Design Lecture Series

  Look Both Ways Before Crossing

  Monday, May 06, 2002
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Ayse Birsel, Industrial Designer

  The Design Lecture Series features critical and creative thinkers from diverse disciplines in design. This year's series focuses on the processes used by these "individuals of…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Play and Interplay: Eva Hesse's Materials and Techniques

  Tuesday, May 07, 2002
  noon
  

  Jill Sterrett, SFMOMA Head of Conservation and Paper Conservator
  Michelle Barger, SFMOMA Associate Conservator of Objects

  Eva Hesse is perhaps best known for her later sculptural work in rubber and resin. However, her two-dimensional works on paper were an equally important part of her body of work.…

• Ninth Annual Artists Warehouse Sale

  Opening Reception

  Wednesday, May 08, 2002
  5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  

  Representing over a thousand West Coast artists, the SFMOMA Artists Gallery offers a diverse selection of original artwork for sale and rent.
  
  The Sale runs through Sunday, May 12.
  
  …

• Lecture

  Lebbeus Woods Lecture

  Thursday, May 16, 2002
  7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  

  Lebbeus Woods, Architect

  Noted architect and professor Lebbeus Woods, whose drawings are included in the SFMOMA permanent collection, discusses his work and its association with paper architecture, as…

• The 2002 San Francisco Design Lecture Series

  Look Both Ways Before Crossing

  Monday, May 20, 2002
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Jelly Helm, Advertising Creative

  The Design Lecture Series features critical and creative thinkers from diverse disciplines in design. This year's series focuses on the processes used by these "individuals of…

• Youth Programs

  Keeping It Reel: Youth-Made Media Festival

  Friday, May 24, 2002
  3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  

  Now in its fourth year, Keeping It Reel highlights the best in gutsy and artistic youth-produced film and video from the Bay Area, with works selected by teens from SFMOMA Teen…

• Art and Conversation

  Gordon Matta-Clark in Context

  Friday, May 31, 2002
  11:30 a.m.
  

  Pamela Lee, Assistant Professor of Art History, Stanford University

  Lee discusses Gordon Matta-Clark, his work and its historical context, and Four Corners (1974), a major work by the artist recently acquired by SFMOMA and on view in Points of…

• The 2002 San Francisco Design Lecture Series

  Look Both Ways Before Crossing

  Monday, June 03, 2002
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Camio Vergara, Photographer and Architectural Historian

  The Design Lecture Series features critical and creative thinkers from diverse disciplines in design. This year's series focuses on the processes used by these "individuals of…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Christian Marclay, A Curator's Perspective

  Tuesday, June 04, 2002
  noon
  

  Benjamin Weil, SFMOMA Curator of Media Arts

  Weil examines Christian Marclay's work in sculpture, sound, and video.

• Artists Gallery Opening Reception

  India: Paintings by Livia Stein and Marilyn Levine, Mixed-Media Works by Jeanne O'Connor

  Wednesday, June 05, 2002
  5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  Representing over a thousand West Coast artists, the SFMOMA Artists Gallery offers a diverse selection of original artwork for sale and rent.

• The 2002 San Francisco Design Lecture Series

  Look Both Ways Before Crossing

  Monday, June 10, 2002
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Charles Anderson, Graphic Designer

  The Design Lecture Series features critical and creative thinkers from diverse disciplines in design. This year's series focuses on the processes used by these "individuals of…

• An Afternoon with Yoko Ono

  Saturday, June 22, 2002
  2:30 p.m.
  

  Yoko Ono

  Spend a scintillating, once-in-a lifetime afternoon with Yoko Ono. The artist will participate in a moderated conversation about her work, a performance, and an open-ended…

• Art and Conversation

  Live Actions: The Avant-Garde Art of Yoko Ono

  Friday, June 28, 2002
  11:30 a.m.
  

  Clara Kim, SFMOMA Curatorial Associate

  Kim talks about the groundbreaking nature of Yoko Ono's work within the context of international performance art, language art, sculpture, and film in the late 1950s and early…

• Artists Gallery Opening Reception

  New Photography

  Wednesday, July 03, 2002
  5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  The SFMOMA Artists Gallery's semiannual survey of Bay Area photography includes works by Farrah Karapefian, Walter Kennedy, Frederick Hodder, Michele Casciolo, John Storer, Sharon…

• Lecture and Performance

  Live Actions: The Avant-Garde Art of Yoko Ono

  Thursday, July 18, 2002
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Clara Kim, SFMOMA Curatorial Associate

  Kim discusses Yoko Ono's events, performances, and films. The lecture is followed by Ono's Sky Piece for Jesus Christ (1965) performed by the Del Sol String Quartet.
  
  $12 general; $8
  
  …

• Lecture

  Child Development and Art: Menagerie of the Imagination

  Thursday, July 25, 2002
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Miriam de Uriarte, Director, Museum of Craft and Folk Art

  In this insightful slide lecture, de Uriarte covers children's progressive aesthetic quest to express meaning, invent metaphors, and connect with the living world around them…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Strawberries and Violin: An Afternoon of Performances

  Tuesday, August 06, 2002
  noon
  

  Participants include Blevin Blectum, Felipe Dulzaides, Mads Lynnerup, Margaret Tedesco, and others.

  Bay Area artists and composers will perform a selection of Yoko Ono's instruction poems and musical scores from the book Grapefruit and other sources in this program organized by…

• Art and Conversation

  To Stop a Bandersnatch: Meaning and Metaphor in Lewis Carroll's Alice Books

  Friday, August 30, 2002
  11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  

  Mark Burstein, Vice-President, Lewis Carroll Society of North America

  Burstein discusses the multitude of meanings found in Lewis Carroll's classic children's books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. A docent-led tour of…

• Free Tuesday Program

  What's Going on Back There? The Display of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA

  Tuesday, September 03, 2002
  noon
  

  Tara McDowell, Curatorial Associate, SFMOMA

  McDowell offers an inside look at the Museum's growing collection of painting and sculpture, addressing how choices are made for the installation of contemporary art and why…

• Lecture

  How a Painter Is

  Saturday, September 07, 2002
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Dore Ashton, Professor of Art History, The Cooper Union, and author of, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning

  Ashton, de Kooning's colleague and friend, presents an anecdotal history of the artist's life and work. Organized around de Kooning's statements on creativity, painting, and…

• Performance

  Performance

  Saturday, September 07, 2002
  8:30 p.m.
  

  David Brown, Pimmon, Philip Samartzis, Darrin Verhagen

  $12 general; $10 SFMOMA members, students with ID, and seniors. Doors open at 8 p.m.

• AIASF/A+D Forum: Architecture Lecture Series

  On Contemporary Architecture

  Monday, September 16, 2002
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Julie Snow

  This annual series featuring internationally renowned architects, designers, and theorists provides a forum for the exchange of new ideas about architecture and design.
  
  Upcoming
  
  …

• Gallery Talk

  Gallery Talk

  Thursday, September 19, 2002
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Elizabeth Siegel, Assistant Curator of Photography, The Art Institute
  of Chicago

  Free with Museum admission. Meet on the second-floor landing.

• Lecture

  Ellsworth Kelly: Clear Visions

  Thursday, September 19, 2002
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Madeleine Grynsztejn, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA

  Exhibition curator Grynsztejn provides insight into Kelly's work, locating it within the larger historical trajectory of modernist abstraction and reflecting on Kelly's clarity of…

• Lecture

  From Experiment to Expression: Photography at the Institute of Design

  Saturday, September 21, 2002
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Elizabeth Siegel, Assistant Curator of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago

  Exhibition cocurator Siegel traces the practice of photography at ID as the school shifted from a laboratory for photographic exploration to a center for a more personal form of…

• AIASF/A+D Forum: Architecture Lecture Series

  On Contemporary Architecture

  Monday, September 23, 2002
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Sulan Kolatan

  This annual series featuring internationally renowned architects,designers, and theorists provides a forum for the exchange of new ideas about architecture and design.
  
  Upcoming
  
  …

• Gallery Talk

  Gallery Talk

  Thursday, September 26, 2002
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Leland Rice, Photographer, Educator, and Independent Curator

  Free with Museum admission. Meet on the second-floor landing.

• Art and Conversation

  (Dis)Appearances: Vision and Modernity in Ellsworth Kelly's Painting-Objects

  Friday, September 27, 2002
  11:30 a.m.
  

  Julian Myers, Art Historian

  Myers focuses on Kelly's "painting-objects" and related collages and photographs, drawing out significant threads in Kelly's practice, including an enduring fascination with ruined…

• Free Tuesday Program

  László Moholy-Nagy, Photography, and Modernism

  Tuesday, October 01, 2002
  noon
  

  Leland Rice, Photographer, Educator, and Independent Curator

  Rice, curator of the first major American exhibition of Moholy-Nagy's work and founder of the photography department at the California College of Arts and Crafts, looks at the…

• Lecture Series

  Histories of Photography: The SFMOMA Collection in Context

  Thursday, October 10, 2002
  7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  

  Dr. Jeannene Przyblyski, Photography Historian and Critic; Douglas R. Nickel, Curator of Photography, SFMOMA

  This program provides an in-depth look at the history of photography as seen through SFMOMA's rich collection. Four lecture and discussion sessions will consider photography from…

• Radio Broadcast

  West Coast Live

  Saturday, October 12, 2002
  10:00 a.m. - noon
  

  Sedge Thompson hosts musicians, writers, and thinkers from around the Bay Area and the country in this weekly radio variety show. Join the audience this week for a special…

• Lecture

  Richter's Wager

  Saturday, October 12, 2002
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Robert Storr, Exhibition Curator

  Storr discusses Richter's continued belief in the relevance of painting at a time when many artists and critics question its viability as an artistic medium.
  
  $12 general; $8 SFMOMA
  
  …

• Lecture

  Culture Jam: An Evening with Kalle Lasn

  Thursday, October 17, 2002
  6:00 p.m.
  

  Kalle Lasn, Editor-in-Chief, Adbusters Magazine

  Arguing that America is no longer a country, but a multitrillion-dollar brand, Lasn champions Adbusters, Buy Nothing Day, and TV Turnoff Week as part of a continuing effort to…

• Fall 2002 College Night

  Focus on Gerhard Richter

  Thursday, October 17, 2002
  6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
  

  SFMOMA welcomes college students, faculty, and staff to this year's College Night, focused on Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting. See the exhibition, tour the new Koret…

• Lecture Series

  Histories of Photography: The SFMOMA Collection in Context

  Thursday, October 17, 2002
  7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  

  Dr. Jeannene Przyblyski, Photography Historian and Critic; Douglas R. Nickel, Curator of Photography, SFMOMA

  This program provides an in-depth look at the history of photography as seen through SFMOMA's rich collection. Four lecture and discussion sessions will consider photography from…

• Special Event

  Institute of Design Students and Teachers in Conversation

  Saturday, October 19, 2002
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Roslyn Banish, Photographer; Linda Connor, Photographer; Wayne Miller, ID Instructor; Merry Renk, Jeweler; moderator Sandra S. Phillips, Senior Curator of Photography, SFMOMA

  California is home to many former ID students and faculty. Hear a distinguished group of artists discuss their experiences working with the likes of László Moholy-Nagy, Harry…

• AIASF/A+D Forum: Architecture Lecture Series

  On Contemporary Architecture

  Monday, October 21, 2002
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Stan Allen

  This annual series featuring internationally renowned architects, designers, and theorists provides a forum for the exchange of new ideas about architecture and design.
  
  Upcoming
  
  …

• Lecture Series

  Histories of Photography: The SFMOMA Collection in Context

  Thursday, October 24, 2002
  7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  

  Dr. Jeannene Przyblyski, Photography Historian and Critic; Douglas R. Nickel, Curator of Photography, SFMOMA

  This program provides an in-depth look at the history of photography as seen through SFMOMA's rich collection. Four lecture and discussion sessions will consider photography from…

• Artist Talk

  Kristin Oppenheim

  Thursday, October 24, 2002
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Oppenheim discusses her audio and light works, installations, and videos from 1992 to the present, including Cry Me a River, Tap Your Shoes, and The Eyes I Remember, all of which…

• Art and Conversation

  So She Sang

  Friday, October 25, 2002
  11:30 a.m.
  

  Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, MATRIX Curator, Berkeley Art Museum

  Zuckerman Jacobson talks about Kristin Oppenheim's oeuvre, concentrating on her sound works.
  
  Free with Museum admission.

  
  

• Art Sandwiched In

  RICHTER 858: A Synesthetic Fantasia

  Monday, October 28, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  David Breskin
  Moderated by Madeleine Grynsztejn, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA

  Breskin discusses how his new book, RICHTER 858, explores Gerhard Richter's work through image, music, and text.
  
  $50 general; $45 SFMOMA members (includes lunch). For tickets or
  
  …

• AIASF/A+D Forum: Architecture Lecture Series

  On Contemporary Architecture

  Monday, October 28, 2002
  6:00 p.m.
  

  Bernard Tschumi

  This annual series featuring internationally renowned architects, designers, and theorists provides a forum for the exchange of new ideas about architecture and design.
  
  Per lecture:
  
  …

• Teacher Institute

  Dramatic Contrasts: Paintings of Gerhard Richter

  Saturday, November 02, 2002
  8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  Dramatic Contrasts examines the many different modes of Richter's painting from Photo-realism to abstraction. The Institute is designed for teachers and educators at all levels;…

• Lecture

  Dreaming in Pictures, A Curator's Perspective

  Saturday, November 02, 2002
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Douglas R. Nickel, curator of photography, SFMOMA

  Exhibition curator Nickel discusses the Victorian cultural context out of which Lewis Carroll's imagery emerged, illustrating how Carroll's photographs relate to the work of other…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Gerhard Richter as a German Artist

  Tuesday, November 05, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  John Weber, SFMOMA Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs

  Many of Richter's artistic choices result from his working in a politically divided postwar Germany that was actively seeking to regain and renew modernist practices that had been…

• Opening Reception

  Real Hot Rods

  Wednesday, November 06, 2002
  4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  

  Custom cars by Vern Tardel, photographs by Peter Vincent and David Perry

• Lecture Series

  Histories of Photography: The SFMOMA Collection in Context

  Thursday, November 07, 2002
  6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  Dr. Jeannene Przyblyski, Photography Historian and Critic
  Douglas R. Nickel, Curator of Photography, SFMOMA

  This program provides an in-depth look at the history of photography as seen through SFMOMA's rich collection. Four lecture and discussion sessions will consider photography from…

• Lecture Series

  Histories of Photography: The SFMOMA Collection in Context

  Saturday, November 09, 2002
  6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  Dr. Jeannene Przyblyski, Photography Historian and Critic
  Douglas R. Nickel, Curator of Photography, SFMOMA

  This program provides an in-depth look at the history of photography as seen through SFMOMA's rich collection. Four lecture and discussion sessions will consider photography from…

• Members-Only Sale

  Artful Holiday Shopping at the SFMOMA MuseumStore

  Monday, November 11, 2002
  9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  

  The biggest sale event of the year is here! Members receive 20 percent off everything at all MuseumStore locations (magazines and sale items excepted).

• Panel Discussion

  Why Richter? Why Now?

  Saturday, November 16, 2002
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  John Baldessari, Artist
  Ann Lauterbach, Poet
  Kaja Silverman, Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
  Robert Storr, Exhibition Curator
  Dr. Armin Zweite, Director, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein – Westfalen, Düsseldorf.

  In the last decade, Richter has received increasing attention in the United States, culminating in the current retrospective on view at SFMOMA. This panel, whose members represent…

Film (22)

• SF Cinematheque Film Screening

  1961-1971: Canyon Cinema Years

  Saturday, March 16, 2002
  12:30 p.m.
  

  Free with museum admission.

• SF Cinematheque Film Screening

  1971-1981: Outside Influences and Local Masters

  Saturday, March 16, 2002
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Free with museum admission.

• SF Cinematheque Film Screening

  1981-1991: Generation Shifts

  Sunday, March 17, 2002
  12:30 p.m.
  

  Free with museum admission.

• SF Cinematheque Film Screening

  1991-2002: Cinema In Reflection

  Sunday, March 17, 2002
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Free with museum admission.

• Youth Programs

  SFMOMA_tv Video Screening

  Sunday, May 19, 2002
  3:30 p.m.
  

  Join the SFMOMA Teen Visionaries for a fun-filled screening of their new short videos produced in collaboration with filmmaker Sophie Constantinou and Bay Area Video Coalition. The…

• Free Tuesday Program: Screening

  Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning

  Tuesday, July 02, 2002
  noon
  

  This award-winning 1982 documentary includes in-depth interviews with Willem and Elaine de Kooning as well as archival footage of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Harold…

• Video Screening

  An Afternoon with Yoko Ono

  Saturday, July 13, 2002
  2:00 p.m.
  

  In this video of the June 22 event at SFMOMA, Yoko Ono talks about her work with Paul Schimmel, chief curator at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, gives a performance,…

• Free Tuesday Program: Screening

  Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning

  Saturday, July 20, 2002
  2:00 p.m.
  

  This award-winning 1982 documentary includes in-depth interviews with Willem and Elaine de Kooning as well as archival footage of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Harold…

• Video Screening

  An Afternoon with Yoko Ono

  Friday, July 26, 2002
  2:00 p.m.
  

  In this video of the June 22 event at SFMOMA, Yoko Ono talks about her work with Paul Schimmel, chief curator at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, gives a performance,…

• Video Screening

  An Afternoon with Yoko Ono

  Thursday, August 01, 2002
  6:30 p.m.
  

  In this video of the June 22 event at SFMOMA, Yoko Ono talks about her work with Paul Schimmel, chief curator at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, gives a performance,…

• Free Tuesday Program: Screening

  Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning

  Thursday, August 22, 2002
  6:30 p.m.
  

  This award-winning 1982 documentary includes in-depth interviews with Willem and Elaine de Kooning as well as archival footage of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Harold…

• Film Screening and Discussion

  Art City: A Ruling Passion, 2002

  Thursday, October 03, 2002
  7:00 p.m.
  

  By Paul Gardner and Chris Maybach

  With compelling interviews, footage of artists in their studios and at gallery openings, and an excellent soundtrack, this new film delivers rare and entertaining insights into the…

• The Seventh Art Film Screening

  onedotzero Shorts

  Sunday, October 13, 2002
  1:00 p.m.
  

  onedotzero

  This program presents graphically inflected and digitally progressive shorts from the next generation of filmmakers.

  Free with Museum admission.

• Video Screening

  To Hell with the Birds: Looking with Ellsworth Kelly

  Friday, October 25, 2002
  4:30 p.m.
  

  By Pierre Aubry and Rachel Stella

  In a series of interviews, Kelly explains how his commitment to abstraction grew and developed from his first visual experiences through his exposure to European art and his…

• Video Screening

  To Hell with the Birds: Looking with Ellsworth Kelly

  Saturday, October 26, 2002
  noon
  

  By Pierre Aubry and Rachel Stella

  In a series of interviews, Kelly explains how his commitment to abstraction grew and developed from his first visual experiences through his exposure to European art and his…

• Video Screening

  Art City: Making It in Manhattan, 2002

  Saturday, November 02, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  By Chris Maybach

  The three-part Art City series, a collaboration between art writer Paul Gardner and documentary filmmaker Maybach, delivers intimate views of artists' daily lives and an insightful…

• Video Screening

  Art City: Simplicity, 2002

  Saturday, November 09, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  By Chris Maybach

  The three-part Art City series, a collaboration between art writer Paul Gardner and documentary filmmaker Maybach, delivers intimate views of artists' daily lives and an insightful…

• Video Screening

  To Hell with the Birds: Looking with Ellsworth Kelly, 1996

  Thursday, November 14, 2002
  6:30 p.m.
  

  By Pierre Aubry and Rachel Stella

  In a series of interviews, Kelly explains how his commitment to abstraction grew and developed from his first visual experiences through his exposure to European art and his…

• Video Screening

  Art City: A Ruling Passion, 2002

  Saturday, November 16, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  By Chris Maybach

  The three-part Art City series, a collaboration between art writer Paul Gardner and documentary filmmaker Maybach, delivers intimate views of artists' daily lives and an insightful…

• Film Screening

  Deutschland im Herbst (Germany in Autumn), 1978

  Thursday, November 21, 2002
  5:30 p.m.
  

  A landmark film, Germany in Autumn is the result of a collaboration between some of Germany's leading directors and writers. Made in reaction to the political terrorism that…

• Video Screening

  Art City: Making It in Manhattan, 2002

  Saturday, November 23, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  By Chris Maybach

  The three-part Art City series, a collaboration between art writer Paul Gardner and documentary filmmaker Maybach, delivers intimate views of artists' daily lives and an insightful…

• Video Screening

  Art City: Simplicity, 2002

  Saturday, November 30, 2002
  11:00 a.m.
  

  By Chris Maybach

  The three-part Art City series, a collaboration between art writer Paul Gardner and documentary filmmaker Maybach, delivers intimate views of artists' daily lives and an insightful…

For Families (10)

• The Family Studio

  The Family Studio

  Sunday, March 17, 2002
  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  On the third Sunday of every month, families are invited to drop in for hands-on art studio directed by guest artists. Activities may include drawing, painting, collage,…

• The Family Studio

  The Family Studio

  Sunday, April 21, 2002
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  On the third Sunday of every month, families are invited to drop in for a hands-on art studio directed by guest artist. Activities may include drawing, painting, collage,…

• The Family Studio

  The Family Studio

  Sunday, May 19, 2002
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Families are invited to drop in for this hands-on art studio directed by guest artists. Activities may include drawing, collage, and assemblage.
  
  Free with Museum admission.

  
  

• Family Day

  Family Day

  Sunday, June 16, 2002
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  This daylong celebration features hands-on art projects, docent-led gallery activities, and live music and theater performances for the entire family.
  
  $2 general (includes Museum
  
  …

• The Family Studio

  The Family Studio

  Sunday, July 21, 2002
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Families are invited to drop in for this hands-on art studio directed by guest artists. Activities may include drawing, collage, and assemblage.
  
  Free with Museum admission. For more
  
  …

• The Family Studio

  The Family Studio

  Sunday, August 18, 2002
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Families are invited to drop in for this hands-on art studio directed by guest artists. Activities may include drawing, collage, and assemblage.
  
  Free with Museum admission. For more
  
  …

• The Family Studio

  The Family Studio

  Sunday, September 15, 2002
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Families are invited to drop in for this hands-on art studio directed by guest artists. Activities may include drawing, collage, and assemblage.
  
  Free with Museum admission.
  

  
  
  

• Family Day

  Family Day

  Sunday, October 20, 2002
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  This special day-long program features hands-on art projects, docent-led gallery activities, music, and performances, all designed especially for families.
  
  $2 adults (includes
  
  …

• Special Event

  2002 Bay Area Treasure Award Luncheon Honoring Nathan Oliveira

  Tuesday, November 05, 2002
  11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Few artists have made a contribution to the culture of our region as influential and far-reaching as that of Nathan Oliveira. The renowned Bay Area artist is honored at this…

• The Family Studio

  The Family Studio

  Sunday, November 17, 2002
  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  Families are invited to drop in for this hands-on art studio directed by guest artists. Activities may include drawing, collage, and assemblage.
  
  Free with Museum admission.
  For more
  
  
  …

For Educators (1)

• Annual Teacher Reception

  Annual Teacher Reception

  Friday, October 04, 2002
  7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  

  Bay Area teachers are invited to a special reception introducing the Museum's educational resources and the new Koret Visitor Education Center.
  
  Refreshments will be served.…