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Exhibitions (28)

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  New Work: Lucy McKenzie

  November 09, 2007 - February 24, 2008
  

  In the latest installment of the New Work series, Scottish artist Lucy McKenzie blurs the boundary between reality and artificiality with paintings, drawings, and a unique…

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  Jeff Wall

  October 27, 2007 - January 27, 2008
  

  Canadian artist Jeff Wall is widely recognized as an innovative picture-maker whose dynamic photographs, both color and black-and-white, have affinities with painting and cinema.…

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  Douglas Gordon: Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from about 1992 until Now

  October 27, 2007 - February 24, 2008
  

  This exhibition brings together nearly all of Glasgow-born Douglas Gordon's thought-provoking video works from the last 15 years in an ever-growing installation titled Pretty much…

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  Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination

  October 06, 2007 - January 06, 2008
  

  A self-taught artist, Joseph Cornell relied almost exclusively on found materials. He collected items from books, newspapers, second-hand stores, exploratory walks — even…

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  Abstract Rhythms: Paul Klee and Devendra Banhart

  September 15, 2007 - April 13, 2008
  

  Music was a consistent source of inspiration for Paul Klee, spanning the arc of his career and informing much of his practice. This exhibition features works by Klee that reveal…

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  Your tempo: Olafur Eliasson

  September 08, 2007 - January 13, 2008
  

  Olafur Eliasson has created a new work of art as part of a long-running art car program sponsored by BMW. His work transforms BMW's H₂R hydrogen-powered race car, shrouding the…

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  Take your time: Olafur Eliasson

  September 08, 2007 - February 24, 2008
  

  Widely heralded as one of the most important artists of his generation, Olafur Eliasson nimbly merges art, science, and natural phenomena to create extraordinary multisensory…

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  New Work: Felix Schramm

  June 29 - September 30, 2007
  

  German artist Felix Schramm creates the illusion of architecture gone awry. Made from drywall, paint, steel frames, and wood, his site-specific installations resemble the aftermath…

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  Matisse: Painter as Sculptor

  June 09 - September 16, 2007
  

  Known primarily for his beautiful paintings, drawings, and works on paper, Henri Matisse was also an accomplished sculptor whose radical style left lasting marks on modern art…

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  Project, Transform, Erase: Anthony McCall and Imi Knoebel

  June 09 - September 30, 2007
  

  Anthony McCall and Imi Knoebel both have used deceptively simple projections with strikingly complex effects. You and I, Horizontal (2005), a digital projection — and recent…

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  Martin Munkacsi: Think While You Shoot!

  May 12 - September 16, 2007
  

  Martin Munkacsi's photographs celebrate the dynamism, speed, and energy of modern life. From his early years as a sports photographer in Hungary to his innovative photojournalism…

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  California College of the Arts at 100: Innovation by Design

  March 23 - August 26, 2007
  

  Encompassing some of the most mesmerizing design objects from the Museum's collection and beyond, this exhibition showcases the innovation and boundless creativity manifested by…

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  California College of the Arts at 100: Fertile Ground

  March 23 - July 29, 2007
  

  Throughout its long history, CCA has been both a breeding ground for and an embodiment of innovative approaches to architecture and design. It has nurtured creative expression in…

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  New Work: Sylvie Blocher

  February 23 - May 13, 2007
  

  French artist Sylvie Blocher has been working on her ongoing Living Pictures video series since 1992. Each work follows a basic format: the artist recruits volunteers, then conducts…

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  A Hidden Picasso

  February 23 - July 31, 2007
  

  This exhibition examines Picasso's Scéne de Rue, on view in Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. During conservation work on the painting, X-rays revealed…

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  Picasso and American Art

  February 23 - May 28, 2007
  

  Pablo Picasso has had an enormous impact on generations of artists, from his contemporaries to today's artistic senior statesmen. Among those who responded to his work are some of…

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  Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings

  February 23 - May 13, 2007
  

  Among the most esteemed American artists working today, Brice Marden tirelessly pushes the bounds of his aesthetic, producing paintings and works on paper that display remarkable…

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  2006 SECA Art Award: Sarah Cain, Kota Ezawa, Amy Franceschini, Mitzi Pederson, Leslie Shows

  January 27 - April 22, 2007
  

  Celebrating contemporary art in the Bay Area, the SECA Art Award exhibition presents work by five extraordinary artists — Sarah Cain, Kota Ezawa, Amy Franceschini, Mitzi…

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  Henry Wessel: Photographs

  January 27 - April 22, 2007
  

  For nearly 30 years, Bay Area photographer Henry Wessel has observed and documented the brilliant light, vernacular architecture, and social landscape of California. Wessel first…

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  Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth

  October 20, 2006 - January 21, 2007
  

  Born in Germany in 1945, Anselm Kiefer is widely recognized as one of the most significant artists of our time. The first American survey of Kiefer's work in almost 20 years, this…

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  Charged Space: Jane and Louise Wilson/Fikret Atay

  October 20, 2006 - January 21, 2007
  

  Charged Space features two video installations that allude to the loaded histories of specific sites. Both works confront the political subtexts of otherwise banal locations. Stasi…

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  Paul Klee

  October 14, 2006 - April 01, 2007
  

  A changing selection of the work of Swiss-born Modernist Paul Klee has been a regular feature in SFMOMA's galleries since 1984, when Dr. Carl Djerassi initially placed his…

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  Alexander Girard: Vibrant Modern

  October 14, 2006 - February 25, 2007
  

  As director of the Herman Miller textile division from 1952 to 1973, Alexander Girard brought a passion for ethnic motifs and extravagantly bright colors to the clean, streamlined…

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  New Work: Phil Collins

  September 16, 2006 - January 21, 2007
  

  British artist Phil Collins has made work in conflicted geopolitical sites around the world, including Baghdad, Belfast, Bogotá, and Ramallah, creating nuanced representations…

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  Imposing Order: Contemporary Photography and the Archive

  September 02, 2006 - January 02, 2007
  

  The ability to catalogue objects and capture exacting details has aligned the photograph with the archive. This exhibition highlights contemporary critiques of the notion of the…

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  Mexico as Muse: Tina Modotti and Edward Weston

  September 02, 2006 - January 02, 2007
  

  For a few exhilarating years in the 1920s, two of the major figures in 20th-century photography, Tina Modotti and Edward Weston, shared a passionate partnership with each other.…

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  Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection

  July 01, 2004 - November 08, 2009
  

  This changing selection of modern and contemporary paintings, sculptures, and works on paper includes artworks by 20th-century masters such as Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp,…

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  The Art of Design: The Architecture and Design Collection

  April 19, 2003 - July 29, 2007
  

  SFMOMA's growing architecture and design collection focuses on the areas of architecture, industrial design, and graphic design and features both historical and contemporary works.…

Talks + Events (55)

• Art and Conversation

  Alexander Girard: Postwar to Postmodern

  Friday, January 26, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - noon
  

  Ruth Keffer, curatorial associate, architecture and design, SFMOMA

  Inspired by the folk art he collected from around the world, Girard designed with an eye for color and pattern. While he worked alongside such giants of Modernism as Charles Eames…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Artist Talk: 2006 SECA Art Award Winners

  Tuesday, February 06, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - noon
  

  Sarah Cain, artist
  Kota Ezawa, artist
  Amy Franceschini, artist
  Mitzi Pederson, artist
  Leslie Shows, artist
  Tara McDowell, former curatorial associate, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA

  Join the 2006 SECA awardees for a presentation on their work and a discussion moderated by former SFMOMA curatorial associate for painting and sculpture Tara McDowell. A book…

• Book Signing

  2006 SECA Art Award

  Tuesday, February 06, 2007
  noon
  

  Sarah Cain, artist
  Kota Ezawa, artist
  Amy Franceschini, artist
  Mitzi Pederson, artist
  Leslie Shows, artist

• Lecture Series

  SECA: Manuel DeLanda

  Thursday, February 08, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  Manuel DeLanda, theorist, critic, and filmmaker

  Manuel DeLanda is one of the most energizing thinkers on science, technology, and culture working today. He started out as a filmmaker and computer artist and went on to become the…

• Discussion

  SECA: Victory Gardens

  Thursday, February 15, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  Amy Franceschini, artist
  Matt Gonzalez, former president, San Francisco Board of Supervisors

  Victory gardens were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom during World Wars I and II to reduce…

• Lecture Series

  Artist Talk: Sylvie Blocher

  Thursday, February 22, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  Sylvie Blocher, artist

  One of France's most notable multimedia artists, Blocher produces site-specific installations that explore concepts of otherness, authority, representation, memory, and the…

• Art and Conversation

  Uncovering a Hidden Picasso

  Friday, February 23, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - noon
  

  Tim Svenonius, producer, interactive educational technologies, SFMOMA

  An early Picasso painting from SFMOMA's collection, Scène de Rue, shows a somber Paris street scene. But recent conservation work has revealed the painting's mysterious double…

• KQED Member Day at SFMOMA

  KQED Member Day at SFMOMA

  Thursday, March 01, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  

  SFMOMA welcomes current members of KQED - media sponsor for the San Francisco presentation of Picasso and American Art - to the second annual KQED Member Day at SFMOMA. Building on…

• Artist Talk

  John Currin

  Thursday, March 01, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  Rife with references that span the whole of art history, Currin's paintings showcase classical style and a contemporary sensibility, offering pointed commentary on current social…

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

  Thursday, March 01, 2007
  6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  John Currin

  Perhaps the most recognized and esteemed figurative painter of his generation, John Currin creates classically inspired, socially incisive, often unsettling works that display…

• Sold Out

  Musical Performance and Discussion

  Solo Monk: Modern Master

  Thursday, March 08, 2007
  6:00 p.m.
  

  Bill Berkson, poet and faculty member, San Francisco Art Institute
  Fred Hersch, pianist and composer
  Randall Kline, executive and artistic director, SFJazz

  Hersch brings his world-class musicianship to SFMOMA for a tribute to jazz pioneer Thelonious Monk. The pianist performs a selection of Monk's most notable works, then joins…

• Artist Talk

  Critical Art Ensemble/Steve Kurtz

  Thursday, March 15, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Steve Kurtz, artist and professor of art, State University of New York, Buffalo

  As a member of the pioneering performance art collective Critical Art Ensemble, Kurtz uses art to investigate the social impact and implications of science and technology. The…

• Salon

  Sarah Cain Show and Tell

  Thursday, March 29, 2007
  7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  

  Sarah Cain, artist
  Los Angeles-based band Hecuba

  SECA awardee Cain presents an evening of soulful and psychedelic music by Hecuba, along with readings and visuals selected from her new zine. The publication will be available in…

• Art and Conversation

  Henry Wessel and the Social Landscape

  Friday, March 30, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Terri Whitlock, curatorial associate, photography, SFMOMA

  In conjunction with the exhibition Henry Wessel: Photographs, Whitlock discusses the social subtext of Wessel's pictures. In particular she considers his photographs within the…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Plane Image: The Art of Brice Marden

  Tuesday, April 03, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Gary Garrels, chief curator and deputy director of exhibitions and public programs, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles

  Like many artists in the early 1960s, Marden struggled to find a way out of Abstract Expressionism, which had dominated art making for a decade. While he often was associated with…

• Course

  Picasso vs. Duchamp

  Thursday, April 05, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
  

  Julie Charles, associate curator, education, SFMOMA
  Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMA

  This course explores the significance of the differing perspectives advanced by two of the great artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. Picasso and Duchamp…

• Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecture

  Global Ambivalence: On Culture and Barbarism

  Thursday, April 12, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Homi Bhabha

  Founded in 1995 through the generosity of Phyllis Wattis, this series of lectures brings influential thinkers to SFMOMA. This spring's distinguished lecturer is Homi Bhabha, Anne…

• The Family Studio

  Playing with Lines

  Sunday, April 15, 2007
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on fun. April's Family Studio looks at the bold lines and calligraphic forms of painter Brice Marden, encouraging families to create…

• Sold Out A Conversation with Brice Marden

  Thursday, April 19, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

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

  Curator Grynsztejn engages Marden in a discussion of his work and the various sources of inspiration that have fueled his creative expression over the years. A book signing in the…

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

  Thursday, April 19, 2007
  8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  

  Brice Marden

  Plane Image: A Brice Marden Retrospective is available in the MuseumStore.

• Special Sale Hours

  Wednesday, April 25, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  Thursday, April 26, 2007
  noon - 8:00 p.m.
  Friday, April 27, 2007
  noon - 8:00 p.m.
  Saturday, April 28, 2007
  noon - 5:30 p.m.
  Sunday, April 29, 2007
  noon - 4:00 p.m.
  

• Opening Reception

  Wednesday, April 25, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  

  An annual tradition since 1993, the SFMOMA Artists Gallery's Artists Warehouse Sale is one of the Bay Area's most anticipated art events, attended by new and seasoned collectors…

• Special Sale Hours

  Thursday, April 26, 2007
  noon - 8:00 p.m.
  

• Panel Discussion

  Reframing Picasso and American Art

  Thursday, April 26, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Roberta Bernstein, professor of art history, State University of New York, Albany
  T. J. Clark, professor and George C. and Helen N. Pardee Chair, art history, UC Berkeley
  Anne Wagner, professor of art history, UC Berkeley

  This program features three distinct perspectives on Picasso and his impact on American art. Clark explores the artist's terrific fecundity of the 1920s; Bernstein examines Jasper…

• Art and Conversation

  Sex and Gender in the Work of Pablo Picasso

  Friday, April 27, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Julie Charles, associate curator, education, SFMOMA

  Pablo Picasso's work seems determinedly and traditionally male, even misogynist at times. Yet few, if any, artists have explored male sexuality, its strength and weakness, as…

• Special Sale Hours

  Friday, April 27, 2007
  noon - 8:00 p.m.
  

• Sale Hours

  Saturday, April 28, 2007
  noon - 5:30 p.m.
  

• Special Sale Hours

  Sunday, April 29, 2007
  noon - 4:00 p.m.
  

• Free Tuesday Program

  Douglas Burnham

  Tuesday, May 01, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Douglas Burnham, designer and principal, envelopeA+D
  Henry Urbach, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA

  California College of the Arts faculty and principal and founder of Oakland-based envelopeA+D, Burnham designed the display system for the exhibition California College of the Arts…

• THE MODERN BALL

  THE MODERN BALL

  Wednesday, May 02, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - noon
  

  The Gala Dinner: 6:00 p.m.
  The Supper Club: 6:30 p.m. (reserved tables) and 8:00 p.m (buffet lounge).
  The Post-Modern Party: 9:00 p.m.

  The Modern Ball returns in 2007 with a…

• AIA SF/SFMOMA Lecture Series

  Marwan Al-Sayed

  Thursday, May 17, 2007
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Marwan Al-Sayed, principal, Marwan Al-Sayed Architects Ltd.

  Al-Sayed practiced architecture in New York City for more than a decade before establishing his own internationally recognized firm. Though he is based in Phoenix, his work reveals…

• Film Screening

  Eloquent Nude: The Love and Legacy of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson

  Thursday, May 31, 2007
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Ian McCluskey, 2006, 60 min

  Eloquent Nude documents the experience of photographer Weston's wife Charis as muse, model, supporter, and collaborator. In dialogue with Charis and leading scholars, director…

• Free Tuesday Program

  On Martin Munkacsi

  Tuesday, June 05, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Elizabeth Gand, curatorial associate, photography, SFMOMA

  This program offers insightful context for the exhibition Martin Munkacsi: Think While You Shoot! Munkacsi was famous in the 1930s and 1940s for his pioneering approach to…

• Art and Conversation

  Artist Talk: Felix Schramm

  Friday, June 29, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Apsara DiQuinzio, curatorial associate, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
  Felix Schramm, artist

  To mark the opening of Schramm's New Work exhibition, the artist joins DiQuinzio to discuss both his current project and his practice. Known for powerful architectural sculptures…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Project, Transform, Erase

  Tuesday, July 03, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA

  In conjunction with the exhibition Project, Transform, Erase, Frieling discusses the evolution of Anthony McCall's work, from his solid-light films of the 1970s to his recent…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Henri Matisse

  Tuesday, August 07, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Dorothy Kosinski, senior curator of painting and sculpture, Dallas Museum of Art

  Kosinski, curator of the exhibition Matisse: Painter as Sculptor, comes to SFMOMA for a talk that delves into Matisse's role and contributions as a modern sculptor. She looks at the…

• Special Event

  Scandinavian Design Today

  Thursday, August 23, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  

  The MuseumStore joins forces with Design House Stockholm and the Consulate General of Sweden, San Francisco, to host an exclusive evening celebrating the inimitable style and…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Gordon Matta-Clark: Conical Intersect

  Tuesday, September 04, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public progrms, SFMOMA

  For the 1975 Paris Biennale, Matta-Clark made a major cut in two houses adjacent to the Georges Pompidou Center in Les Halles. The cut, shaped like a twisted cone, was inspired by…

• Artist Talk

  Ann Hamilton

  Thursday, September 06, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

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

  Few artists have had as pronounced an impact on contemporary art as Hamilton. Her installations from the last 20 years comprise one of the most substantial bodies of work in modern…

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

  Thursday, September 06, 2007
  7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  

  Ann Hamilton

• Special Event

  College Night

  Thursday, September 13, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
  

  Anthony McCall and Crime in Choir

  SFMOMA invites the Bay Area college community to an extraordinary evening of art and music. Celebrate the immersive light work of artist Anthony McCall, whose installation You and…

• Special Event

  SFMOMA Remembers Roy De Forest

  Tuesday, September 18, 2007
  4:00 p.m.
  

  On September 18, SFMOMA hosts a memorial service in honor of Bay Area painter Roy De Forest, who passed away last spring. De Forest's drawings and paintings of dogs and other…

• AIA SF/SFMOMA Lecture Series

  David Adjaye

  Thursday, September 27, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  David Adjaye, principal, Adjaye/Associates

  Recognized among the top architects of his generation, London-based Adjaye is acclaimed for his highly artistic vision, ingenious use of materials, and ability to showcase and…

• Art and Conversation

  Cultural Life in New Orleans Post-Katrina

  Friday, September 28, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Ruth Berson, deputy director, exhibitions and collections, SFMOMA
  Jill Sterrett, director of collections, SFMOMA

  The massive physical devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 severely impacted the cultural infraestructure of Louisiana and Mississippi. In the hurricane's wake,…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Seeing through Eliasson

  Tuesday, October 02, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Thomas Humphrey, senior scientist, Exploratorium

  Science permeates the multifaceted art practice of Olafur Eliasson. Join particle physicist and sculptor Humphrey for an exploration of the technical and perceptual dimensions of…

• Discussion

  The A to Z of Joseph Cornell

  Thursday, October 04, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, curator
  Jeanne Liotta, artist, filmmaker, and curator
  Dickran Tashjian, author and professor emeritus, University of California, Irvine
  Moderated by Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public programs, SFMOMA

  Join an expert panel for a look inside the rich and complex art of Joseph Cornell. Exhibition curator Hartigan is joined by Tashjian, author of Joseph Cornell: Gifts of Desire, and…

• Sold Out

  Artist Talk

  Jeff Wall

  Thursday, October 25, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Jeff Wall, artist

  Vancouver-based Wall is credited with helping to cement photography's acceptance as a major contemporary art form. Join the artist for a discussion of his work in conjunction with…

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

  Thursday, October 25, 2007
  7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  

  Jeff Wall

• Art and Converstion

  Pretty Much Everything about Douglas Gordon

  Friday, October 26, 2007
  noon - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator, media arts, SFMOMA

  Gordon's installation at SFMOMA functions as a mini-retrospective of his film and video work to date. In conjunction with the exhibition's opening, Zimbardo explores the central…

• Free Tuesday Program

  Exhibition Spotlight: Olafur Eliasson

  Tuesday, November 06, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - noon
  

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

  Encompassing photography, sculpture, and immersive installations, Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is the Icelandic artist's first U.S. survey. Using tangible elements like…

• Exhibition Spotlight

  New Work: Lucy McKenzie

  Thursday, November 08, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  Alison Gass, assistant curator, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
  Beca Lipscombe, fashion designer
  Lucy McKenzie, artist

  In her New Work exhibition, Glasgow-born and Brussels-based artist McKenzie recreates the Art Nouveau interiors of her home city's late-19th-century architecture on large-scale…

• Yerba Buena Arts and Culture Free-4-All

  Saturday, November 10, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  For the first time ever, SFMOMA and 11 of its fellow arts and cultural institutions in the Yerba Buena neighborhood will collectively open their doors for a day of free admission…

• Colloquium

  Our Tempo: Reflections on Your mobile expectations

  Friday, November 16, 2007
  noon - 5:00 p.m.
  

  For Your mobile expectations: BMW H₂R project, Olafur Eliasson's contribution to BMW's long-running Art Car program, the artist shrouded a hydrogen-powered race car in a new skin of…

• Book Signing

  Mind Your Manners, B. B. Wolf

  Saturday, December 01, 2007
  10:00 a.m.
  

  Judy Sierra and J. Otto Seibold

  J. Otto Seibold's whimsical illustrations bring to life a fanciful and funny story about practicing good manners. The Big Bad Wolf of fairy tale fame - now living in a retirement…

• Book Signing

  All Over Coffee

  Saturday, December 01, 2007
  1:00 p.m.
  

  Paul Madonna

  Paul Madonna's illustrated musings have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle since 2004, garnering acclaim for their unique fusion of wit, draftsmanship, and poetry. Part…

Film (106)

• Tina in Mexico

  Daily (except Wednesdays) September 02, 2006 - January 02, 2007
  noon
  

• Expressionism

  Daily (except Wednesdays) October 21, 2006 - January 21, 2007
  noon
  

• Free Tuesday Program: Lecture and Film Screening

  Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius

  Tuesday, January 02, 2007
  11:00 a.m.
  

  Apsara DiQuinzio, curatorial associate, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA

  Rauschenberg invented the word combine to describe his work, which was neither painting nor sculpture exclusively. DiQuinzio discusses Rauschenberg's artistic innovations using a…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Philip Guston: A Life Lived

  Daily (except Wednesdays) January 04 - February 22, 2007
  11:00 a.m.
  

• Film Screening and Discussion

  Mike Kelley's Extracurricular Activities

  Thursday, January 11, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  John C. Welchman, professor of art history, University of California, San Diego, and chair, Southern California Consortium of Art Schools

  The program begins with a screening of Kelley's short film Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #2–32 (2004-5, 29 min.) and continues with clips from his epic Day Is…

• Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Thursday, January 18, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  Little Dieter Needs to Fly
  By Werner Herzog, 1997, 80 min.

  The subject of this documentary is Dieter Dengler, a German American pilot for the U.S. Navy and Bay Area resident who dramatically escaped from imprisonment during the Vietnam…

• Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Saturday, January 20, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Grizzly Man
  By Werner Herzog, 2005, 100 min.

  Herzog's much-discussed recent feature tells the strange and disturbing story of Timothy Treadwell, an environmentalist who spent several summers in Alaska's Katmai National Park…

• Daily Video Screenings

  The New York School

  Daily (except Wednesdays) January 22 - February 17, 2007
  11:00 a.m.
  

• Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Thursday, January 25, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  Nosferatu Double Feature

  Nosferatu, Werner Herzog, 1978, 103 min.
  6:30 p.m.
  Nosferatu, F. W. Murnau, 1922, 94 min.
  With live music by Tarentel
  9:00 p.m.

  This event is SOLD OUT. Limited rush seating will be…

• Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Werner Herzog Retrospective

  Saturday, January 27, 2007
  1:00 p.m.
  

  Three Documentaries by Werner Herzog
  The Great Ecstasy of the Woodcarver Steiner, 1974, 45 min.
  Lessons of Darkness, 1992, 55 min.
  Bells from the Deep, 1993, 60 min.

  These three films expand our ideas of what a documentary can be. The first is a profound and achingly beautiful account of world champion ski-jumper Walter Steiner's almost…

• Film Series

  Taking Sides

  Thursday, February 01, 2007
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Nine from Little Rock, Charles Guggenheim, 1964, 21 min.
  Harlan County, U.S.A., Barbara Kopple, 1976, 103 min.
  Barbara Kopple in attendance

  Go behind the scenes of two pivotal civil rights struggles in the American South. Guggenheim revisits the African American students at the center of the 1957 effort to integrate…

• Film Series

  Creative Visions

  Sunday, February 04, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  Glas, Bert Haanstra, 1959, 11 min.
  My Architect, Nathaniel Kahn, 2003, 116 min.

  Explore the artistry of glassmaking and architecture through very personal lenses. Haanstra looks at mechanized and artisanal glass manufacturing processes in his native Holland,…

• Film Series

  Survival Instincts

  Thursday, February 08, 2007
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Breathing Lessons, Jessica Yu, 1996, 35 min.
  Marjoe, Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan, 1972, 88 min.

  This program offers a riveting look at two compelling personalities: Berkeley-based poet and journalist Mark O'Brien, who is largely confined to an iron lung, and former traveling…

• Film Series

  The Lines of Battle

  Sunday, February 11, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  The Battle of Midway, John Ford for the U.S. Navy, 1942, 18 min.
  The War Game, Peter Watkins, 1966, 48 min.
  The Weather Underground, Sam Green, 2002, 92 min.

  Ford melds documentary footage and polished narration for a groundbreaking depiction of World War II, the BBC-produced docudrama The War Game imagines the impact of a nuclear…

• Film Series

  San Francisco Stories

  Thursday, February 15, 2007
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter, Deborah Hoffmann, 1994, 44 min.
  The Times of Harvey Milk, Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, 1984, 87 min.
  Rob Epstein and Deborah Hoffmann in attendance

  Bay area filmmakers Hoffman and Epstein offer poignant portrayals of a mother's battle with Alzheimer's and a beloved gay politician's rise and assassination.

• Film Series

  Global Prophecy

  Sunday, February 18, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  Sewing Woman, Arthur Dong, 1983, 14 min.
  Darwin's Nightmare, Hubert Sauper, 2005, 107 min.

  Dong traces his mother's arduous path from arranged marriage in China to 30 years as a garment worker in San Francisco's Chinatown, while Sauper looks at how capitalism is usurping…

• Film Series

  Bearing Witness

  Thursday, February 22, 2007
  7:30 p.m.
  

  Interviews with My Lai Veterans, Joseph Strick, 1970, 20 min.
  Hearts and Minds, Peter Davis, 1974, 112 min.

  Strick and Davis offer intimate perspectives on the Vietnam War by training their cameras on soldiers who participated in the My Lai massacre and a diverse selection of American…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Brice Marden: Four Decades

  Daily (except Wednesdays) February 23 - May 13, 2007
  11:00 a.m.
  

• Film Series

  That Was Then

  Sunday, February 25, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  Woodstock, Michael Wadleigh, produced by Bob Maurice, 1970, 185 min.

  This film presents a comprehensive look inside the famous Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, New York, including logistical challenges, performance highlights, and the…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, March 04, 2007
  12:30 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, 1996, 97 min.
  Les Vampires (The Vampires), parts 1-3, Louis Feuillade, 1915, 120 min.

  Irma Vep, which stars Maggie Cheung playing herself playing a jewel thief in a rubber catsuit, is a witty, sexy, stylish film about film - and one of the cult movies of the 1990s.…

• Daily Video Screenings

  David Smith: American Sculptor, 1906-1965

  Daily (except Wednesdays) March 05 - March 18, 2007
  11:00 a.m.
  

• Free Tuesday Program

  Film Screening and Talk: Le Mystère Picasso by Henri-Georges Clouzot

  Tuesday, March 06, 2007
  11:00 a.m.
  

  Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMA

  By 1955 Clouzot was established as the director of classic noirish thrillers such as Wages of Fear (1952) and Les Diaboliques (1954). That summer, however, he spent eight hours a day…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, March 11, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  Les Vampires (The Vampires), parts 4-7, Louis Feuillade, 1915, 172 min.

  Irma Vep, which stars Maggie Cheung playing herself playing a jewel thief in a rubber catsuit, is a witty, sexy, stylish film about film - and one of the cult movies of the 1990s.…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, March 11, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  Les Vampires (The Vampires), parts 4-7, Louis Feuillade, 1915, 172 min.

  Irma Vep, which stars Maggie Cheung playing herself playing a jewel thief in a rubber catsuit, is a witty, sexy, stylish film about film - and one of the cult movies of the 1990s.…

• Screening and Discussion

  Strange Culture

  Thursday, March 15, 2007
  8:30 p.m.
  

  Lynn Hershman Leeson, artist and filmmaker
  Steve Kurtz, artist

  In the wake of his wife's death in 2004, Steve Kurtz found himself embroiled in a major political and legal controversy. The discovery of bioscience paraphernalia in his home -…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, March 18, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, 1996, 97 min.
  Les Vampires (The Vampires), parts 8-10, Louis Feuillade, 1915, 129 min.

  Irma Vep, which stars Maggie Cheung playing herself playing a jewel thief in a rubber catsuit, is a witty, sexy, stylish film about film - and one of the cult movies of the 1990s.…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Jackson Pollock: Portrait of an Artist

  Daily (except Wednesdays) March 19 - April 01, 2007
  noon
  

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Thursday, March 22, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Valley Girl, Michele O'Marah, 2002, 113 min.
  Valley Girl, Martha Coolidge, 1983, 99 min.

  Video artist O'Marah pays tribute to the favorite film from her youth by re-creating Coolidge's Valley Girl with a cast of friends. Both films offer a modern-day fairy tale that…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, March 25, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Valley Girl, Michele O'Marah, 2002, 113 min.
  Valley Girl, Martha Coolidge, 1983, 99 min.

  Video artist O'Marah pays tribute to the favorite film from her youth by re-creating Coolidge's Valley Girl with a cast of friends. Both films offer a modern-day fairy tale that…

• Screening and Artist Talk

  Adventure Poseidon, The (The Unsinking of My Ship)

  Thursday, March 29, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  By Anne McGuire, 2006, 117 min.
  Kota Ezawa, artist
  Anne McGuire, filmmaker

  Using Ronald Neame's The Poseidon Adventure as raw material, McGuire crafts a groundbreaking new film that commemorates the 20-year anniversary of her own ill-fated experience at…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, April 01, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Outer Space, Peter Tscherkassky, 1999, 10 min.
  Dream Work, Peter Tscherkassky, 2001, 11 min.
  The Entity, Sidney J. Furie, 1981, 125 min.

  Tscherkassky appropriates and manipulates footage from Furie's psychological horror film The Entity to delve deeper into the experiences and psyche of Furie's protagonist (Barbara…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Roy Lichtenstein: Reflections

  Daily (except Wednesdays) April 02 - April 15, 2007
  noon
  

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Thursday, April 05, 2007
  8:30 p.m.
  

  Damned If You Don't, Su Friedrich, 1987, 42 min.
  Black Narcissus, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947, 100 min.

  Repression and eroticism mingle on-screen in this pair of films about nuns struggling against feelings of lust and uncertainty. Black Narcissus stands as a classic for its stunning…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, April 08, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Damned If You Don't, Su Friedrich, 1987, 42 min.
  Black Narcissus, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947, 100 min.

  Repression and eroticism mingle on-screen in this pair of films about nuns struggling against feelings of lust and uncertainty. Black Narcissus stands as a classic for its stunning…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, April 15, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955, 89 min.
  Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, 93 min.

  Sirk's tale of two lovers whose differences in age and social stature ignite the disapproval and derision of those around them provides genetic fodder for Fassbinder, but the films…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint

  Daily (except Wednesdays) April 16 - April 30, 2007
  noon
  

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Thursday, April 19, 2007
  8:30 p.m.
  

  Invisible Adversaries, Valie Export, 1976, 112 min.

  Export explores themes of paranoia and isolation in a pair of allegorical films about the loss of identity. Export imbues her 1970s film with a feminist perspective and avant-garde…

• Film Series

  Fidelity and Betrayal: Variations on the Remake

  Sunday, April 22, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Invisible Adversaries, Valie Export, 1976, 112 min.
  Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Don Siegel, 1956, 80 min.

  Siegel and Export explore themes of paranoia and isolation in a pair of allegorical films about the loss of identity. Siegel's original, based on Jack Finney's 1954 serial, is rife…

• Film Screening

  Guernica Films

  Thursday, April 26, 2007
  8:30 p.m.
  

  Marking the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica, Spain, this program presents a selection of short films that explore the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, including Land…

• Film Festival

  50th San Francisco International Film Festival

  Friday, April 27, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Acclaimed for its excellence in world cinema, the San Francisco International Film Festival is the first such event in the Americas to reach the 50-year milestone. This year SFMOMA…

• Film Festival

  50th San Francisco International Film Festival

  Saturday, April 28, 2007
  1:00 p.m.
  

  Fabricating Tom Zé
  Décio Matos Jr., 2006, 90 min.
  1:00 p.m.
  One of Brazilian music's unsung pioneers gets heads bopping and hips swinging in this on-the-road documentary…

• Film Festival

  50th San Francisco International Film Festival

  Sunday, April 29, 2007
  2:45 p.m.
  

  Daratt
  Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2006, 93 min.
  2:45 p.m.
  In this fable-like gem from Chad, a young man seeks to avenge his father's murder in the aftermath of the country's civil war. He…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Picasso and His Time

  Daily (except Wednesdays) May 01 - May 28, 2007
  noon
  

• Film Festival

  50th San Francisco International Film Festival

  Friday, May 04, 2007
  noon
  

  When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
  Spike Lee, 2006, 255 min.
  Noon
  Lee's documentary on Hurricane Katrina is a powerful elegy for an American tragedy. In addition to this…

• Film Festival

  50th San Francisco International Film Festival

  Saturday, May 05, 2007
  12:30 p.m.
  

  How Is Your Fish Today?
  Xiaolu Guo, 2007, 83 min.
  12:30 p.m.
  Ruminating on urban isolationism in a rapidly expanding China, Guo's debut narrative feature follows a Beijing-based…

• Film Festival

  50th San Francisco International Film Festival

  Sunday, May 06, 2007
  12:30 p.m.
  

  Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project
  Jack Youngelson and Peter Sutherland, 2006, 70 min.
  12:30 p.m.
  This intimate documentary examines the life and work of American photographer Tierney…

• Film Screenings

  Part One: Festival of the People

  Thursday, May 10, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  Sunday, May 20, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  Thursday, May 24, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  Sunday, May 27, 2007
  1:30 p.m.
  

  126 min.

  Riefenstahl's Olympia begins by evoking classical Greek ideals of physical beauty, embodied in statues of discus, shot-put, and javelin throwers that come alive and carry the…

• Film Series

  Double Feature

  Sunday, June 03, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Flying Down to Rio, Thornton Freeland, 1933, 89 min.
  The Gay Divorcee, Mark Sandrich, 1934, 107 min.

  Flying Down to Rio
  2:00 p.m.
  Remember the chorus girls dancing on the wings of the airplane? Just the second film for Astaire, this classic is a perfect example of the American…

• Film Series

  Double Feature

  Thursday, June 07, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Flying Down to Rio, Thornton Freeland, 1933, 89 min.
  The Gay Divorcee, Mark Sandrich, 1934, 107 min.

  Flying Down to Rio
  6:30 p.m.
  Remember the chorus girls dancing on the wings of the airplane? Just the second film for Astaire, this classic is a perfect example of the American…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Henri Matisse: Figure, Color, Space

  Daily (except Wednesdays) June 09 - September 16, 2007
  noon
  

• Film Series

  Double Feature

  Sunday, June 10, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Top Hat, Mark Sandrich, 1935, 101 min.
  Swing Time, George Stevens, 1936, 103 min.

  Top Hat
  2:00 p.m.
  This is quintessential Fred and Ginger - "He gave her style, and she gave him sex," Katharine Hepburn famously said - and it stands with Swing Time as their very…

• Film Series

  Double Feature

  Thursday, June 14, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Top Hat, Mark Sandrich, 1935, 101 min.
  Swing Time, George Stevens, 1936, 103 min.

  Top Hat
  6:30 p.m.
  This is quintessential Fred and Ginger - "He gave her style, and she gave him sex," Katharine Hepburn famously said - and it stands with Swing Time as their very…

• Film Series

  Double Feature

  Thursday, June 21, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  You'll Never Get Rich, Sidney Lanfield, 1941, 88 min.
  The Sky's the Limit, Edward H. Griffith, 1943, 89 min.

  You'll Never Get Rich
  6:30 p.m.
  Featuring Rita Hayworth in her first major role, this film put her on the cover of Life magazine and made her the preeminent sex icon (and wartime…

• Film Series

  Double Feature

  Sunday, June 24, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  You'll Never Get Rich, Sidney Lanfield, 1941, 88 min.
  The Sky's the Limit, Edward H. Griffith, 1943, 89 min.

  You'll Never Get Rich
  2:00 p.m.
  Featuring Rita Hayworth in her first major role, this film put her on the cover of Life magazine and made her the preeminent sex icon (and wartime…

• Film Series

  Double Feature

  Thursday, June 28, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  The Band Wagon, Vincente Minnelli, 1953, 103 min.
  Funny Face, Stanley Donen, 1957, 103 min.

  The Band Wagon
  6:30 p.m.
  Astaire partners with Cyd Charisse in arguably the greatest of the MGM musicals of that era. He plays an aging singer and dancer trying to relaunch his…

• Film Series

  La Chienne (The Bitch)

  Sunday, July 01, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1931, 95 min.

  The great Michel Simon plays Maurice Legrand, an unhappily married, mild-mannered office worker and amateur painter who falls in love with the disreputable Lulu. Lulu and her…

• Film Series

  La Chienne (The Bitch)

  Thursday, July 05, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  1931, 95 min.

  The great Michel Simon plays Maurice Legrand, an unhappily married, mild-mannered office worker and amateur painter who falls in love with the disreputable Lulu. Lulu and her…

• Film Series

  La Chienne (The Bitch)

  Sunday, July 08, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1931, 95 min.

  The great Michel Simon plays Maurice Legrand, an unhappily married, mild-mannered office worker and amateur painter who falls in love with the disreputable Lulu. Lulu and her…

• Film Series

  Jean Renoir in the Thirties

  Thursday, July 12, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Une Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country), 1936, 40 min.
  Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning), 1932, 81 min.

  These are two of Renoir's most charming films. Both take place along the banks of the Seine - the landscape painted by Renoir's father - and serve as a kind of homage to the world…

• Film Series

  Jean Renoir in the Thirties

  Sunday, July 15, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Une Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country), 1936, 40 min.
  Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning), 1932, 81 min.

  These are two of Renoir's most charming films. Both take place along the banks of the Seine - the landscape painted by Renoir's father - and serve as a kind of homage to the world…

• Film Series

  Jean Renoir in the Thirties

  Thursday, July 19, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Double Feature
  Une Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country), 1936, 40 min.
  Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning), 1932, 81 min.

  These are two of Renoir's most charming films. Both take place along the banks of the Seine - the landscape painted by Renoir's father - and serve as a kind of homage to the world…

• Film Series

  La Marseillaise

  Sunday, July 22, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1938, 130 min.

  Renoir explored political history partly as a way of commenting on the politics of his time - a technique most clearly illustrated in La Marseillaise. In 1938, France's political…

• Film Series

  La Marseillaise

  Thursday, July 26, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  1938, 130 min.

  Renoir explored political history partly as a way of commenting on the politics of his time - a technique most clearly illustrated in La Marseillaise. In 1938, France's political…

• Film Series

  La Marseillaise

  Sunday, July 29, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1938, 130 min.

  Renoir explored political history partly as a way of commenting on the politics of his time - a technique most clearly illustrated in La Marseillaise. In 1938, France's political…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light

  Daily (except Wednesdays) August 01 - August 31, 2007
  noon
  

• Film Series

  Les Bas-fonds (Underground)

  Thursday, August 02, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  1936, 95 min.

  Based on a play by Maxim Gorky, Underground (also known as The Lower Depths) anticipates the social realist cinema of the 1940s and 1950s and has affinities with the films of Marcel…

• Film Series

  Les Bas-fonds (Underground)

  Sunday, August 05, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1936, 95 min.

  Based on a play by Maxim Gorky, Underground (also known as The Lower Depths) anticipates the social realist cinema of the 1940s and 1950s and has affinities with the films of Marcel…

• Film Series

  Les Bas-fonds (Underground)

  Thursday, August 09, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  1936, 95 min.

  Based on a play by Maxim Gorky, Underground (also known as The Lower Depths) anticipates the social realist cinema of the 1940s and 1950s and has affinities with the films of Marcel…

• Film Series

  La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion)

  Sunday, August 12, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1937, 94 min.

  Along with Rules of the Game, Grand Illusion ranks high on the list of the greatest films of all time. It is also one of the most powerful antiwar films ever made. The film…

• Film Series

  La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion)

  Thursday, August 16, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  1937, 94 min.

  Along with Rules of the Game, Grand Illusion ranks high on the list of the greatest films of all time. It is also one of the most powerful antiwar films ever made. The film…

• Film Series

  La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion)

  Sunday, August 19, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1937, 94 min.

  Along with Rules of the Game, Grand Illusion ranks high on the list of the greatest films of all time. It is also one of the most powerful antiwar films ever made. The film…

• Film Series

  La Règle du jeu (Rules of the Game)

  Thursday, August 23, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  1939, 110 min.

  Rules of the Game explores romantic and class relationships, as well as social codes, during a hunting weekend at the country house of an upper-class family. The film premiered on…

• Film Series

  La Règle du jeu (Rules of the Game)

  Sunday, August 26, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1939, 110 min.

  Rules of the Game explores romantic and class relationships, as well as social codes, during a hunting weekend at the country house of an upper-class family. The film premiered on…

• Film Series

  La Règle du jeu (Rules of the Game)

  Thursday, August 30, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  1939, 110 min.

  Rules of the Game explores romantic and class relationships, as well as social codes, during a hunting weekend at the country house of an upper-class family. The film premiered on…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Marcel Duchamp, Iconoclast

  Daily (except Wednesdays) September 01 - September 07, 2007
  noon
  

  Free with Museum admission.

• Film Series

  Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany

  Saturday, September 01, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  The Monument, Klaus Georgi and Lutz Stützner, 1990, 4 min.
  The Architects, Peter Kahane, 1990, 97 min.

  Rebels with a Cause is the only comprehensive retrospective of East German cinema ever screened in the United States. Between 1946 and 1992, the state-owned DEFA studios produced…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Seeing yourself seeing: Olafur Eliasson

  Daily (except Wednesdays) September 08, 2007 - February 24, 2008
  noon
  

• Film Series

  Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany

  Saturday, September 08, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  The Bicycle, Evelyn Schmidt, 1981, 89 min.
  Yell Once a Week, Günter Jordan, 1982/1989, 15 min.

  Schmidt showcases a rare feminist view of socialist Germany in The Bicycle, while Yell Once a Week, which was banned before is debut, documents the teenage perspective.

• Film Series

  Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany

  Saturday, September 15, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  A Love Story, Richard Groschopp, 1953, 7 min.
  The Legend of Paul and Paula, Heiner Carow, 1972, 106 min.

  An immensely popular cult film, The Legend of Paul and Paula tells the story of a passionate, undeniable love between a single mother and a married bureaucrat in East Berlin. A Love…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Art:21: Season One, Program Two: Spirituality

  Daily (except Wednesdays) September 17 - October 05, 2007
  noon
  

• Film Screenings and Discussion

  40yearsvideoart.de: Video Art in Germany since the Sixties

  Thursday, September 20, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
  Christian Jankowski, artist
  Wolfang Müller, artist

  Recognizing Germany's vast contributions to one of today's most exciting artistic media, SFMOMA presents a three-part series highlighting German video works. This first installment…

• Film Screenings and Discussion

  40yearsvideoart.de: Video Art in Germany since the Sixties

  Saturday, September 22, 2007
  2:30 p.m.
  

  Recognizing Germany's vast contributions to one of today's most exciting artistic media, SFMOMA presents a three-part series highlighting German video works. This second program in…

• Film Screenings and Discussion

  40yearsvideoart.de: Video Art in Germany since the Sixties

  Sunday, September 23, 2007
  2:30 p.m.
  

  Recognizing Germany's vast contributions to one of today's most exciting artistic media, SFMOMA presents a three-part series highlighting German video works. This final program in…

• Film Series

  The Second Track

  Saturday, September 29, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Joachim Kunert, 1962, 80 min.

  The only East German film to depict former Nazis adjusting to life in the German Democratic Republic, The Second Track follows the story of Station Inspector Brock, who is forced to…

• Preview Screening

  Art:21: Art in the 21st Century: Protest

  Saturday, October 06, 2007
  noon
  

  PBS, 2007, 55 min.

  SFMOMA offers viewers a chance to preview an episode from season four of PBS's acclaimed Art:21 series. "Protest" looks at the ways artists address war, outrage, and human suffering…

• Daily Video Screenings

  The Films of Joseph Cornell

  Daily (except Wednesdays) October 06, 2007 - January 06, 2008
  noon
  

• Film Series

  Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany

  Saturday, October 06, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  News from the West. Harald Röbbeling, 1955, 8 min.
  Carbide and Sorrel, Frank Beyer, 1963, 80 min.

  An usually comic film set at the end of World War II, News from the West is the lighthearted story of Kalle in his travels north from Dresden. It screens with Carbide and Sorrel for…

• Film Series

  The Gleiwitz Case

  Thursday, October 11, 2007
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Gerhard Klein, 1961, 69 min.

  The Gleiwitz Case recreates the true story of Nazis disguised as Poles who attack a radio station in Gleiwitz. This staged incident served as Hitler's justification for invading…

• Film Series

  Joseph Cornell: Films

  Friday, October 12, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Program One
  Total running time: 80 min.

  In conjunction with the exhibition Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination, SFMOMA and San Francisco Cinematheque copresent three programs of Cornell's experimental films and…

• Film Series

  The Rabbit Is Me

  Saturday, October 13, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Kurt Maetzig, 1965/1990, 109 min.

  Once banned as an antisocialist attack on the state, The Rabbit Is Me deals with a young student who has a love affair with a judge - the same judge who sentenced her brother for…

• Film Series

  Berlin Schönhauser Corner

  Thursday, October 18, 2007
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Gerhard Klein, 1957, 82 min.

  The classic teen cult film of its era, Berlin Schönhauser Corner exemplifies the effect political and economic divisions have on the entire German population. The program…

• Film Series

  Joseph Cornell: Films

  Friday, October 19, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Program Two
  Total running time: 74 min.

  This program includes:
  Mulberry Street, 1957/1965, 9 min.
  Untitled (Bookstalls), ca. 1930s, 11 min.
  Vaudeville De-Luxe, ca. 1940s, 12 min.
  By Night with Torch and Spear, ca. 1940s, 8…

• Film Series

  Your Unknown Brother

  Saturday, October 20, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Ulrich Weiss, 1981, 108 min.

  Your Unknown Brother is the story of a former communist political prisoner released into unfamiliar Nazi Germany on the brink of World War II.

• Film Series

  Joseph Cornell: Films

  Friday, October 26, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Program Three
  Total running time: 104 min.

  This program includes:
  Cornell, 1965, Larry Jordan, 1978, 9 min.
  The Wonder Ring, Stan Brakhage, 1955, 6 min.
  Rose Hobart, Joseph Cornell, 1936, 19 min.
  The Secret Story, Janie Geiser,…

• Film Series

  Born in '45

  Saturday, October 27, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Jürgen Böttcher, 1966/1990, 94 min.

  Once banned for being "indifferent and insignificant," Born in '45 tells the story of newlyweds Alfred and Lisa, who decide to separate, only to be reunited after fruitless…

• Film Series

  Born in '45

  Saturday, October 27, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  Jürgen Böttcher, 1966/1990, 94 min.

  Once banned for being "indifferent and insignificant," Born in '45 tells the story of newlyweds Alfred and Lisa, who decide to separate, only to be reunited after fruitless…

• Daily Video Screenings

  Jeff Wall: Retrospective

  Daily (except Wednesdays) November 01, 2007 - January 27, 2008
  noon
  

• Video Screenings

  Dark Mirror: Artist Videos

  Thursday, November 01, 2007
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator, media arts, SFMOMA

  Organized by Zimbardo in conjunction with Douglas Gordon: Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from about 1992 until Now, this program presents contemporary video shorts that…

• Film Series

  Late Spring

  Saturday, November 03, 2007
  3:00 p.m.
  

  1949, 108 min.
  Direction: Yasujiro Ozu
  Cinematography: Yuharu Atsuta

  Starring Setsuko Hara and Chishu Ryu - Ozu's favorite actors - Late Spring tells the story of the relationship between a widowed father and his grown-up daughter as she prepares for…

• Film Series

  Late Spring

  Saturday, November 10, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  1949, 108 min.
  Direction: Yasujiro Ozu
  Cinematography: Yuharu Atsuta

  Starring Setsuko Hara and Chishu Ryu - Ozu's favorite actors - Late Spring tells the story of the relationship between a widowed father and his grown-up daughter as she prepares for…

• Film Series

  Marnie

  Saturday, November 17, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  1964, 130 min.
  Direction: Alfred Hitchcock
  Cinematography: Robert Burks

  Marnie stars Tippi Hedren as a disturbed kleptomaniac terrified of the color red and Sean Connery as the businessman who becomes obsessed with her. It has a psycho-sexual intensity…

• Film Series

  Mouchette

  Saturday, November 24, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  1967, 78 min.
  Direction: Robert Bresson
  Cinematography: Ghislaine Cloquet

  Ingmar Bergman said of this film, "Mouchette, I loved it! Mouchette is a saint, and she takes everything upon herself, inside her, everything that happens. It makes such an…

• Film Series

  Mouchette

  Thursday, November 29, 2007
  5:30 p.m.
  

  1967, 78 min.
  Direction: Robert Bresson
  Cinematography: Ghislaine Cloquet

  Ingmar Bergman said of this film, "Mouchette, I loved it! Mouchette is a saint, and she takes everything upon herself, inside her, everything that happens. It makes such an…

• Film Series

  Joseph Cornell: Films

  Friday, November 30, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  Program One
  Total running time: 80 min.

  This program includes:
  Rose Hobart, 1936, 19 min.
  Cotillion, 1940, 8 min.
  The Midnight Party, 1940, 3 min.
  The Children's Party, 1940, 8 min.
  The Aviary, 1954, 11 min.
  Nymphlight, 1957,…

• Film Series

  Fat City

  Saturday, December 01, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  1972, 110 min.
  Direction: John Huston
  Cinematography: Conrad L. Hall

  Huston's Fat City is a compelling portrayal of working-class life and of those who lose out in the pursuit of the American Dream. It is the story of two boxers: Jeff Bridges, who is…

• Film Series

  Fat City

  Saturday, December 01, 2007
  2:00 p.m.
  

  1972, 110 min.
  Direction: John Huston
  Cinematography: Conrad L. Hall

  Huston's Fat City is a compelling portrayal of working-class life and of those who lose out in the pursuit of the American Dream. It is the story of two boxers: Jeff Bridges, who is…

Tours (3)

• Spotlight Tours

  The Painting and Sculpture Collection Tour

  Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, noon - 12:30 p.m.

  These innovative lunchtime tours give you food for thought, beginning with a short video clip of a featured artist and then moving into the galleries for viewing and discussion.

• Picasso and American Art and Brice Marden

  Daily (except Wednesdays) February 23 - May 15, 2007
  11:00 a.m.
  

  Enjoy self-guided audio tours of two special exhibitions on view. Art historians, conservators, and curator Michael FitzGerald offer insights on American artists' responses to…

• Olafur Eliasson, Joseph Cornell, Jeff Wall, and SFMOMA Collection Highlights

  Daily (except Wednesdays) September 08, 2007 - February 24, 2008
  noon
  

  This self-guided audio tour introduces Olafur Eliasson's immersive installations with commentary by scientists and songs by local musicians. The audio program also includes a…

For Families (13)

• Citywide Family Appreciation Day

  Storytelling with guest artists from Pixar

  Sunday, January 07, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  

  San Francisco families are invited to take part in the second annual Family Appreciation Day, which features free admission to 33 local attractions. More than 27,000 people…

• The Family Studio

  Stripes, Checks, Dots, and Circles

  Sunday, January 21, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  SFMOMA's Family Studio explores art through hands-on projects for kids. The January studio focuses on the art of Alexander Girard and the wonderful world of patterns and colors.…

• The Family Studio

  In Your Eyes, In My Eyes

  Sunday, February 18, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  SFMOMA's Family Studio explores art through hands-on projects for kids. February's program looks at the ways artists see and interpret the world around them. The afternoon includes…

• The Family Studio

  Picasso as Muse

  Sunday, March 18, 2007
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on fun. Looking at several of the works in the exhibition Picasso and American Art, March's Family Studio examines how one artist…

• The Family Studio

  Playing with Lines

  Sunday, April 15, 2007
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on fun. April's Family Studio looks at the bold lines and calligraphic forms of painter Brice Marden, encouraging families to create…

• The Family Studio

  Back to Basics: Texture

  Sunday, May 20, 2007
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on creativity. May's Family Studio guides participants in discovering a variety of fun and inventive ways to add texture to a work…

• Family Tours

  Family Tours

  Sunday, May 20, 2007
  1:00 p.m.
  

  Tours begin at 1:00 p.m and 3:00 p.m.

• Family Day

  Figure It Out: 3-D Fun-damentals

  Sunday, June 17, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  Celebrate Father's Day at SFMOMA as the Museum opens its doors for a daylong celebration of creativity in all its incarnations. Using the exhibition Matisse: Painter as Sculptor as…

• The Family Studio

  Paul Klee: Cubism in Context

  Sunday, July 15, 2007
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on creativity. July's Family Studio takes its cue from the art of Paul Klee and explores Cubism with watercolors. Activities include…

• The Family Studio

  In Your Dreams: Exploring Surrealism

  Sunday, August 19, 2007
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on creativity. Inspired by the surrealist artists in the SFMOMA collection, August's Family Studio turns to the realm of dreams and…

• The Family Studio

  Martin Munkacsi: Art in Motion

  Sunday, September 16, 2007
  noon - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on creativity. Prepare to move to the rhythm of art as September's Family Studio focuses on the work of photographer Martin…

• Family Day

  Olafur Eliasson: The Life of Light

  Sunday, October 21, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  SFMOMA and the Exploratorium team up to explore the intersection of science and art in the exhibition Take your time: Olafur Eliasson. Immerse yourself in the artist's experiential…

• The Family Studio

  The Wonderful World of Joseph Cornell

  Sunday, November 18, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  Join us the third Sunday of the month for hands-on creativity. Prepare to be enchanted as November's program focuses on the work of Joseph Cornell. Explore the ways Cornell created…

For Members (14)

• Special Event

  2007 Bay Area Treasure Award Luncheon Honoring Wayne Thiebaud

  Wednesday, January 31, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  

  A lifetime achievement award reserved for local artists, the Bay Area Treasure Award honors artists who have defined - and continually redefined - the realm of contemporary art.…

• SFMOMA and YBCA Joint Member Day

  SFMOMA and YBCA Joint Member Day

  Sunday, February 04, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
  

  Two great institutions - 200 steps apart! SFMOMA and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts invite their members to enjoy a joint Member Day featuring members-only specials such as…

• Previews and Events for Picasso and American Art, Brice Marden, and New Work: Sylvie Blocher

  Member Preview and Reception

  Wednesday, February 21, 2007
  5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  Thursday, February 22, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.
  

  Members are invited to take a first look at Picasso and American Art and Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings at special events before the exhibitions open to the…

• SFMOMA Sessions

  SECA

  Thursday, March 29, 2007
  7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  

  SFMOMA Sessions brings a lounge vibe to a world-renowned art institution. Tour the 2006 SECA Art Award exhibition, then mingle with Bay Area artists at a special late-night Sessions…

• Member Appreciation Day

  Member Appreciation Day

  Saturday, April 21, 2007
  9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  

  This spring the Museum hosts a special daylong celebration in honor of SFMOMA members. The day offers members-only perks throughout the Museum, including special tours, a raffle,…

• Member Preview and Reception

  Wednesday, June 06, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  

  6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Artist's Circle and Director's Circle members
  7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. upper-level members
  8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. general members

• Member Preview Day

  Thursday, June 07, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
  

  All members

• Sold Out

  SFMOMA Sessions

  Martin Munkacsi

  Thursday, July 19, 2007
  7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  

  Inspired by Martin Munkacsi's revolutionary 1930s shoots for Harper's Bazaar, SFMOMA and Contemporary Extension invite you to an evening of glamour, fashion, and photography at…

• Member Preview and Reception

  Wednesday, September 05, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  

  6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Artist's Circle and Director's Circle members
  7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. upper-level members
  8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. general members

• Member Preview Day

  Thursday, September 06, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
  

  All members

• Member Preview and Reception

  Wednesday, October 24, 2007
  6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  

  6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Artist's Circle and Director's Circle members
  7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. upper-level members
  8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. general members

• Member Preview Day

  Thursday, October 25, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
  

  All members

• SFMOMA Sessions

  Douglas Gordon

  Thursday, November 01, 2007
  7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  

  In conjunction with Douglas Gordon: Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from about 1992 until Now, SFMOMA Sessions steps into the world of film noir. Enjoy the Dark Mirror film…

• MuseumStore Members-Only Sale

  MuseumStore Members-Only Sale

  Friday, November 02, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  Saturday, November 03, 2007
  10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  

  The semiannual Members-Only Sale increases your buying power by increasing your discount to 20 percent on all store merchandise. Shop early for the best selection, and don't forget…

For Educators (5)

• Teacher Institute

  ArtThink

  Saturday, February 03, 2007
  8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  

  Participate in a guided exploration of SFMOMA's curriculum site. Prepare your class before a Museum visit, follow up after your tour, and integrate art into your core curriculum…

• Teacher Workshop

  Certified Self-Guided Touring Workshop for Teachers Grades 8-12

  Saturday, February 03, 2007
  12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  

  Ideal for teachers of grades 8 to 12 who would like to tour their students without a docent, this workshop acquaints educators with SFMOMA's collections and touring procedures.…

• Teacher Event

  Teacher Open House

  Saturday, September 15, 2007
  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  

  Teachers are invited to come learn about Museum tours, teacher programs, and available classroom materials in the Koret Center. Light refreshments will be served, and gallery…

• Sold Out

  Teacher Institute

  Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination

  Saturday, October 20, 2007
  9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  

  Focusing on the retrospective Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination, this half-day workshop explores the magical worlds Cornell created through his celebrated box…

• Teacher Institute

  Take your time: Olafur Eliasson

  Saturday, November 10, 2007
  8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  

  Join SFMOMA and staff from the Exploratorium for a look at the intersection of art and science in Olafur Eliasson's work. Tour the exhibition with Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and…