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Exhibitions (30)
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- Dispatches from the Archives
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November 07, 2009
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February 27, 2011
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This Koret Visitor Education Center exhibition showcases museum-produced ephemera,…
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- On View: Candice Breitz
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October 01
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December 20, 2009
Imagine 25 of the most ardent John Lennon fans simultaneously singing along to his first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), from beginning to end. Artist Candice…
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- The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography
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September 12
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December 20, 2009
The tumultuous period following World War II proved fertile ground for a generation of Japanese photographers who responded to societal upheaval by creating a new visual language…
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- Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea
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September 12
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December 20, 2009
Drawn entirely from SFMOMA's collection, Photography Now showcases pictures by nearly 30 contemporary artists working in China, Japan, and Korea. Documentary work from China depicts…
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- Sensate: Bodies and Design
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August 07
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November 08, 2009
Mutant bodies, fictional bodies, animate architecture: these are among the provocations offered by Sensate, an exhibition that reflects recent debates about what bodies are and how…
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- Not New Work: Vincent Fecteau Selects from the Collection
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July 25
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November 08, 2009
In a marked departure from past New Work shows, this exhibition presents drawings, paintings, and sculptures from the museum's collection selected by the San Francisco–based…
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- Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004
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July 11
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November 29, 2009
Whether photographing politicians, artists, writers, fashion models, or movie stars, Richard Avedon revolutionized the genre of portraiture. He rejected conventional…
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- The Studio Sessions
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July 03
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September 13, 2009
Taking a behind-the-scenes look at art production, The Studio Sessions explores the theme of the artist in conversation, turning the dialogue about one's art into the subject of the…
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- Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
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May 30
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September 07, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams — two of America's best-known artists — are both revered for their ability to capture, in their own unique ways, the essence of natural…
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- Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans"
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May 16
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August 23, 2009
Robert Frank's The Americans is widely celebrated as the most important photography book since World War II. Including 83 photographs made largely in 1955 and 1956 while Frank…
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- Between Art and Life: The Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Collection
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May 10, 2009
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January 03, 2010
Presenting a diverse range of artworks made in the last four decades and highlighting the endeavors of many artists working today, Between Art and Life takes its title from a…
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- New Work: Ranjani Shettar
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March 21
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July 07, 2009
Bangalore-based artist Ranjani Shettar has recently gained considerable international recognition for her sculpture. Using both modern technologies and traditional Indian craft…
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- William Kentridge: Five Themes
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March 14
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May 31, 2009
Combining the political with the poetic, William Kentridge's work has made an indelible mark on the contemporary art scene. Dealing with subjects as sobering as apartheid and…
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- Paul Klee: Social Creatures
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March 07
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November 08, 2009
With his early line drawings of distorted, exaggerated, or fantastic characters, Paul Klee laid the groundwork for generations of artists creating figures that traffic in social…
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- Art in the Atrium: Kerry James Marshall
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February 26, 2009
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October 11, 2011
Specially commissioned for SFMOMA, Kerry James Marshall's monumental murals in the Haas Atrium show Mount Vernon and Monticello, the estates of American presidents George…
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- 2008 SECA Art Award: Tauba Auerbach, Desirée Holman, Jordan Kantor, Trevor Paglen
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February 12
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May 10, 2009
The recipients of this year's SECA Art Award employ a wide spectrum of artistic approaches, including painting, sculpture, photography, and video. Tauba Auerbach mines TV static,…
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- Patterns of Speculation: J. MAYER H.
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February 06
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July 07, 2009
Among the leading architectural studios in Europe, Berlin-based J. MAYER H. stands out for its commitment to a high level of formal and conceptual research. Central to its…
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- Otl Aicher: München 1972
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February 06
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July 07, 2009
With his graphic design work for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Otl Aicher (who also designed for Braun and Lufthansa) developed a comprehensive system to articulate the games'…
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- Austere: Selections from the SFMOMA Collection
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February 06
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July 07, 2009
This exhibition brings together works from the photography and architecture and design collections that gather around a sense of reduced form and sober purpose. Thomas Ruff's…
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- Face of Our Time: Four Shows — Yto Barrada, Guy Tillim, Judith Joy Ross, Leo Rubinfien
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January 31
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April 26, 2009
Face of Our Time presents the work of four artists aligned for their shared interest in making pictures about the current condition of our world. Yto Barrada looks at the…
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- New Work: Mai-Thu Perret
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November 21, 2008
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March 01, 2009
For nearly a decade, Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret has been developing The Crystal Frontier, a fictional account of a group of women who found a small utopian community in the desert…
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- The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now
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November 08, 2008
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February 08, 2009
Looking back nearly 60 years across a wide spectrum of genres and media, this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public as essential collaborators in the…
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- Martin Puryear
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November 08, 2008
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January 25, 2009
Made from a variety of natural materials — including wood, tar, rawhide, and stone — Martin Puryear's distinctive sculptures combine modernist geometry with…
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- The 1000 Journals Project
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November 01, 2008
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April 05, 2009
The 1000 Journals Project is a participatory experiment that attempts to follow a thousand journals on their journeys around the world. Beginning as blank books and passing from…
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- Passageworks: Contemporary Art from the Collection
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October 25, 2008
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January 19, 2009
Drawing from SFMOMA's collection, this exhibition considers themes particularly relevant in our world today: belonging and exile, mobility and immobility, and navigation and…
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- Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900
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October 11, 2008
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January 04, 2009
Modern science and photography flowered simultaneously in the early 19th century, and photography was adopted as a scientific tool from the first years of its invention. Over the…
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- Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook
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September 27, 2008
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March 01, 2009
In 1921 Paul Klee joined the teaching staff of the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. There he developed lecture notes that would form the foundation of his teaching methods. These notes…
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- Double Down: Two Visions of Vegas
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September 18, 2008
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January 04, 2009
Half dream, half nightmare, Las Vegas captures a distinctively American mix of gumption and excess. Double Down presents a portrait of the city's spectacular environment through two…
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- 246 and Counting: Recent Architecture + Design Acquisitions
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July 10, 2008
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January 04, 2009
This unorthodox exhibition showcases 246-plus objects acquired by SFMOMA's Architecture and Design Department since curator Henry Urbach joined the staff in September 2006.…
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- Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection
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July 01, 2004
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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,…
Talks + Events (91)
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Performance4'33" by John Cage
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Daily (except Wednesdays), noon
Guest performers
Guest performers execute Cage's famous "silent" musical score 4'33" daily at a piano. Without instrumentation for 4 minutes and 33 seconds, the piece shifts attention…
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PerformanceThe Act of Drinking Beer with Friends Is the Highest Form of Art
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Thursdays through February 05, 2009 (except December 25, 2008, and January 01, 2009)
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Tom Marioni, artist
Guest bartenders and performersDrink beer, meet people, and hang out with friends at this weekly informal gathering hosted by Marioni, a pioneering Bay Area conceptual artist who has been regularly staging free…
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Free Tuesday Artist TalkThe 1000 Journals Project
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
noon
Stephanie Pau, manager of interpretation, SFMOMA
Someguy, project creatorThe 1000 Journals Project creator, "Someguy," joins exhibition curator Pau to take a closer look at the project.
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ScreeningTasks of the Translator
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Tara McDowell, Passageworks exhibition curator
Filipa CésarHeld in conjunction with Passageworks, this program organized by McDowell expands upon the show's central concepts of "the passage" and contemporary art that traverses…
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ScreeningEntrance Strategies
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Melissa Pellico, curatorial assistant, media arts, SFMOMA
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator, media arts, SFMOMAIn conjunction with The Art of Participation, this selection of video shorts presents a range of documented interventions by contemporary artists and activists. From subtle gestures…
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Poetry ReadingJoinery: Poems on the Occasion of Martin Puryear
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
3:00 p.m.
David Levi Strauss, Michael Palmer, Aaron Shurin, Norma Cole, and Susan Thackrey, poets
Interviewing Martin Puryear last year, Levi Strauss described the sculptor's work in terms of poetry: "I was taught poetics … as the study of how things are made, and I…
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Art Sandwiched InCollecting in Today's Market
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
noon
Gretchen Berggruen, owner, John Berggruen Gallery
Laura King Pfaff, chairman, Bonhams & Butterfields
Mary Zlot, art advisor
Peter Michael, collector
Moderator: Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMACollecting contemporary art can certainly be a good investment. But given the current financial environment, is an art collection a sound asset, a pleasure, or both? In addition to…
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Closing CeremonyAnt Farm Media Van v.08 (Time Capsule)
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Chip Lord, artist
Curtis Schreier, artist
Bruce Tomb, artistDuring the exhibition The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now, museum visitors have been plugging in their own personal electronic devices (such as cell phones, cameras, MP3 players,…
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Book SigningJ. MAYER H.
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Jürgen Mayer H.
J. MAYER H. Architects has won a number of awards for its extraordinary work, creating a furor with attention-getting buildings such as Seville's Metropol Parasol.
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Artist TalkMai-Thu Perret
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Mai-Thu Perret, artistPerret, whose new sculptures are featured in the latest New Work exhibition, is joined by exhibition curator DiQuinzio for a discussion of her work.
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PerformanceAutomatic for the People: ( )
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Saturday, February 07, 2009
noon
MTAA (M.River & T.Whid Art Associates)
Since the opening of The Art of Participation in November, museum and website visitors have taken part in the creation of this performance piece by voting in the museum and online.…
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Panel DiscussionSocial Practice West
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Saturday, February 07, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Ted Purves, chair and assistant professor, Graduate Program in Fine Arts, California College of the Arts
Jen Delos Reyes, adjunct Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Randall Szott, writerIn the last year, graduate programs in public or social practice were launched at Otis College of Art and Design and Portland State University. The social practice concentration at…
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Special EventJochen Gerz, The Gift
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Sunday, February 08, 2009
noon - 5:45 p.m.
Jochen Gerz, artist
During the run of The Art of Participation, more than a thousand SFMOMA visitors will have their portraits taken as part of Gerz's The Gift. A number of portraits will be exhibited…
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LectureCaroline A. Jones on the 2008 SECA Art Award Exhibition
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Caroline A. Jones, Professor of History, Theory and Criticism, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Administered by SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art), an SFMOMA art interest group, this biennial award honors local artists of exceptional promise with an…
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Free Tuesday ProgramFace of Our Time
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
noon
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator, photography, SFMOMA
Face of Our Time presents four artists who use photography to capture a world in crisis. Yto Barrada looks at the impact of tourism in Northern Morocco, while Guy Tillim examines…
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Curator TalkSandra S. Phillips on Judith Joy Ross in Face of Our Time
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Sandra S. Phillips, curator, photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Simon Ungers's Silent Architecture
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant curator, architecture and design, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog, Open Space,…
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Performance/LectureI am not me, the horse is not mine
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
4:00 p.m.
William Kentridge, artist
In a special opening-day event for William Kentridge: Five Themes, the artist presents a lecture-format solo performance. I am not me, the horse is not mine premiered at the 16th…
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Book SigningWilliam Kentridge: Five Themes
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
5:00 p.m.
William Kentridge, artist
Rich in content and illustration, William Kentridge: Five Themes chronicles the full arc of Kentridge's career, with special emphasis on recent work. His films, drawings, prints,…
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling on William Kentridge's What Will Come (Has Already Come)
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator, media arts, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Live Art PerformanceThe Return of Ulysses
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Tuesday, March 24 - Saturday, March 28, 2009
Performance begins promptly at 8:00 p.m.
Late seating will not be permitted.
Opening Night Benefit Performance
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Project Artaud Theater
450 Florida Street
San FranciscoAn opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Directed by William KentridgeRevival directed by Luc de Wit
Produced by Pacific Operaworks, Seattle
Musical direction by Stephen Stubbs
Featuring the Handspring Puppet Company of South AfricaA superb tale is always worth the retelling. A story from Homer's Odyssey was brought to vivid life by Claudio Monteverdi in 1640 with The Return of Ulysses (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse),…
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Special EventThe Return of Ulysses Opening Night Benefit Performance
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5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Performance begins promptly at 8:00 p.m.
Late seating will not be permitted.
The Return of Ulysses (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse)
An opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Directed by William Kentridge
Revival directed by Luc de Wit
Produced by Pacific Operaworks, Seattle
Musical direction by Stephen Stubbs
Featuring the Handspring Puppet Company of South AfricaThe Modern Art Council, SFMOMA's primary fund-raising auxiliary, hosts the highly anticipated opening night benefit performance of Monteverdi's opera The Return of Ulysses (Il…
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Curator TalkApsara DiQuinzio on Trevor Paglen's Symbology III
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Special Event13th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Semifinals
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Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.This eagerly anticipated event spotlights the Bay Area's best young poets. Participating poets have overcome numerous challenges on the road to the semifinals, where they will vie…
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Live Art SpotlightPanel Discussion: The Return of Ulysses
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Stephen Stubbs, Pacific Operaworks
Musicians and performers from The Return of UlyssesJoin members of the San Francisco production of William Kentridge's The Return of Ulysses for this behind-the-scenes look at making and performing this celebrated restaging of…
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Panel DiscussionThe State of the Art Fair
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Claudia Altman-Siegel, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, and former director of Luhring Augustine, New York
Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Todd Hosfelt, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco and New York
Marianna Stark, executive director of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association, publisher of thestarkguide.com, and SECA co-chairSFMOMA's art interest group SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art) presents a panel discussion on the state of the art fair. SFMOMA curator Janet Bishop leads a…
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Curator TalkHenry Urbach on J. MAYER H. in Patterns of Speculation
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Henry Urbach, curator, architecture and design, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog, Open Space,…
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Free Tuesday Program2008 SECA Art Award
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009
noon
Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Alison Gass, assistant curator, painting and sculpture, SFMOMAThe SECA Art Award distinguishes outstanding Bay Area artists whose work has not yet received substantial recognition. This year, SFMOMA considered more than 200 artists, who were…
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Curator TalkLisa Sutcliffe on Guy Tillim in Face of Our Time
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator, photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog, Open Space,…
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Curator TalkElizabeth Gand on Leo Rubinfien in Face of Our Time
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Gand, assistant curator, photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog, Open Space,…
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Curator TalkSarah Roberts on Robert Rauschenberg in Matisse and Beyond
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Sarah Roberts, associate curator of collections and research, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Film Screening and Panel DiscussionPirkle Jones: Seven Decades Photographed
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Jane Reed, film director
Tim Wride, curator and author of Pirkle Jones, California Photographs
Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography, SFMOMATotal running time: 28 min.
The passing of Pirkle Jones on March 15, 2009, marks the end of an era. His work helped to define the Bay Area's photographic traditions of elegant landscapes and biting social…
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Curator TalkJohn Zarobell on Sargent Johnson's Forever Free
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
6:30 p.m.
John Zarobell, assistant curator, collections, exhibitions, and commissions, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog, Open Space,…
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Phyllis Wattis Distinguished LectureKerry James Marshall
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Kerry James Marshall, artist
Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of law, New York University Law School and professor of history, Rutgers UniversityFounded in 1995 through the generosity of Phyllis Wattis, this lecture series brings innovative writers, critics, and artists to SFMOMA. Marshall is the first recipient of SFMOMA's…
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Free Tuesday ProgramSo This Is Live Art
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
noon
Frank Smigiel, associate curator, public programs, SFMOMA
SFMOMA's Live Art series has transformed the nature of the museum's public programming, embracing the event-driven, performance-based aspect of much contemporary art. Encompassing…
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Curator TalkJoseph Becker on Otl Aicher
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Thursday, May 07, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Joseph Becker, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog, Open Space,…
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Live Art Installation and PerformanceNew Humans: Today Is Not a Dress Rehearsal
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May 10 - May 12, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.Mika Tajima/New Humans
Charles Atlas, filmmakerFor three days, SFMOMA's Schwab Room will be transformed into an installation/film set by artist Mika Tajima (who often works collaboratively under the name New Humans), creating a…
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Special EventKoret Museum Day
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Please join us to celebrate the outstanding legacy of the Koret Foundation: admission to SFMOMA will be free in honor of the foundation's 30th anniversary.
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Artist TalkRosana Castrillo Díaz
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Rosana Castrillo Díaz, artist
A 2004 SECA Art Award winner, San Francisco-based Castrillo Díaz has created an SFMOMA-commissioned mural for the Rooftop Garden bridge. Ninety feet long, the evocative…
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Artist TalkRanjani Shettar
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Ranjani Shettar, artist
A recent addition to the SFMOMA collection, Shettar's group of basketlike sculptural forms, entitled Me, no, not me, buy me, eat me, wear me, have me, me, no, not me graces the…
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Live Art Installation and PerformanceEvening Performance: Today Is Not a Dress Rehearsal
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Monday, May 11, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Mika Tajima/New Humans
Charles Atlas, filmmaker
Judith Butler, philosopherFor three days, SFMOMA's Schwab Room will be transformed into an installation/film set by artist Mika Tajima (who often works collaboratively under the name New Humans), creating a…
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Live Art Installation and PerformanceEvening Performance: Today Is Not a Dress Rehearsal
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Mika Tajima/New Humans
Charles Atlas, filmmakerFor three days, SFMOMA's Schwab Room will be transformed into an installation/film set by artist Mika Tajima (who often works collaboratively under the name New Humans), creating a…
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Curator TalkJulie Charles on Jasper Johns, Land’s End
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Julie Charles, associate curator of education, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog, Open Space,…
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Art Sandwiched InSoMa as a Cultural Magnet
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
noon
Jill Manton, director, Public Art Program, San Francisco Arts Commission
John S. Rahaim, planning director, San Francisco Planning Department
Rigo 23, artist
Mitchell Schwarzer, professor, California College of the Arts
Moderator: Henry Urbach, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMAIn the last 15 years, museums, galleries, and public art projects have proliferated in San Francisco's South of Market district, along with a considerable number of hotels,…
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Curator TalkGary Garrels on Ernesto Neto, My Little Castle . . . Blue (two times for infinity)
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkPeter Samis on Ranjani Shettar, Sing Along
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Peter Samis, associate curator of interpretation, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog,…
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Free Tuesday ProgramGeorgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
noon
Erin O'Toole, assistant curator, photography, SFMOMA
In conjunction with the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities, O'Toole explores congruities between the work of the two lifelong friends. Inspired in part…
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Curator TalkJanet Bishop on Sherrie Levine, La Fortune: After Man Ray 1
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog,…
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Curator TalkCorey Keller on Robert Frank, Trolley—New Orleans
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Corey Keller, associate curator of photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkErin O'Toole on Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Erin O'Toole, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkAlison Gass on Kiki Smith, Lilith
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Alison Gass, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog,…
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Curator TalkDominic Willsdon on Jasper Johns, Flag
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog,…
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Free Tuesday ProgramThe Real Thing: Artist and Double
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
noon
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA
In The Studio Sessions, a video installation by Kevin Atherton brings into dialogue two recordings of the artist projected simultaneously: one of him in 2006 answering questions…
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Book SigningEd Hardy
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
6:30 p.m.
At the age of 10, Don Ed Hardy recognized the unique force of tattoo art. Growing up in the center of 1950s and early 1960s California pop culture, he went on to earn an art school…
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Curator TalkSandra S. Phillips on Ansel Adams, Frozen Lake and Cliffs
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkAlison Gass on Julie Mehretu, Stadia I
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Alison Gass, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkApsara DiQuinzio on Andrea Zittel's A to Z 1995 Travel Trailer Unit
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkJohn Zarobell on Mario Merz's Lens of Rotterdam
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
6:30 p.m.
John Zarobell, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Free Tuesday ProgramGeorgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
noon
Erin O'Toole, assistant curator, photography, SFMOMA
Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography, SFMOMA
William Turnage, managing trustee, Ansel Adams TrustNote: this replaces Paul Clipson Presents Subversive Documentaries which has been rescheduled to Tuesday, September 1 at Noon.
The exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities highlights both the friendship and the shared aesthetics of two of America's most celebrated artists. In this…
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Curator TalkTanya Zimbardo on Lawrence Weiner's Pearls Rolled Across the Floor ...
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkFrank Smigiel on Jim Hodges's Even Here 1-12
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public programs, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkSarah Roberts on Robert Rauschenberg's Port of Entry
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Sarah Roberts, associate curator of collections and research, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
Check our blog,…
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Curator TalkJoseph Becker on Andrew Kudless's P_Wall
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Joseph Becker, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes and take place in the galleries.
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Curator TalkNeal Benezra on Clyfford Still's 1947-H-No. 3
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Neal Benezra, SFMOMA director
Don't miss SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra's take on Clyfford Still's 1947-H-No. 3 — the painting that first prompted Benezra to ponder a career in art.
Each Thursday evening, one…
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Curator TalkMichelle Barger on Robert Arneson's No Pain
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Michelle Barger, deputy head of conservation, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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MemorialSFMOMA Remembers David Ireland
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4:00 p.m. Remarks
Phyllis Wattis Theater
5:00 p.m. Public remembrance
The Schwab RoomThis memorial service honors Bay Area sculptor and conceptual artist David Ireland, who passed away last spring. Ireland was a central figure in conceptual art in the Bay Area and…
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Curator TalkHenry Urbach on Alex Schweder's A Sac of Rooms All Day Long
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Henry Urbach, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Exhibition Spotlight and PerformanceSensate: Bodies and Design
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Andrew Kudless, artist
Alex Schweder, artist
Henry Urbach, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design
Bompas & Parr, jellymongersThe exhibition Sensate looks at the body as a model for architecture and design. This talk brings architects Kudless and Schweder, whose large-scale installations have been…
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Reading and Book SigningGuadalupe Rivera Marín
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Guadalupe Rivera Marín
The artist Diego Rivera was a larger-than-life figure who created unforgettable images of working people and life in Mexico. But Rivera also loved to paint children, and you'll…
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Special EventSF20 Preview Gala Benefiting SFMOMA
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The San Francisco 20th Century Modernism Show and Sale (SF20) returns to Fort Mason Center this year from September 24 through 27, 2009. SF20 presents decorative and fine arts…
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Curator TalkApsara DiQuinzio on Lynda Benglis's Lambda
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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CoursesPickpocket Almanack: Fall 2009
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Courses take place between October 1 and December 11, 2009.
Pickpocket Almanack is an experimental school without walls. Each season, under the direction of independent curator Joseph del Pesco, a temporary faculty comprised of artists,…
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Curator TalkLisa Sutcliffe on Daido Moriyama's Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator, photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Free Tuesday ProgramHolding Up What's Falling Down: Ephemeral Materials and Contemporary Art
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
noon
Michelle Barger, deputy head of conservation, SFMOMA
In Not New Work: Vincent Fecteau Selects from the Collection, an artist has mined SFMOMA's collection for artworks rarely — and, in some cases, never before — seen by…
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Curator TalkSarah Roberts on Philip Guston's Back View
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Sarah Roberts, associate curator of collections and research, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Exhibition Opening and Weekend KickoffFortunato Depero 50
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Organized by art critic Maurizio Scudiero, this exhibition celebrates the work of Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), the Italian futurist designer perhaps best known for his iconic…
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Printmaking Event"Let me have my fun": Aldo Palazzeschi on the Press
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Thursday and Friday, October 15 and 16, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (drop-in hours)Kathleen Burch, cofounder, The San Francisco Center for the Book
John McBride, editor, Invisible City
Paul Vangelisti, translator and poetAs part of this open-house printing, the public may help create and take home a free poster of Aldo Palazzeschi's poem "Let me have my fun" (1910), an early futurist text…
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Curator TalkJanet Bishop on David Ireland's Broom Collection with Boom
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Phyllis Wattis Distinguished LectureMarjorie Perloff on the Futurist Moment
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Marjorie Perloff, literary critic
Johanna Drucker, Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor of Information Studies, UCLAFounded in 1995 through the generosity of Phyllis Wattis, this SFMOMA lecture series brings innovative thinkers to the Bay Area. Known for her seminal text The Futurist Moment:…
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Performa 09 Preview PerformanceMusic for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners
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Friday, October 16, 2009
8:00 p.m.
New compositions by Blixa Bargeld; John Butcher; Luciano Chessa; James Fei; Ellen Fullman; Carla Kihlstedt and Mattias Bossi; Ulrich Krieger; Pablo Ortiz; Mike Patton; the sfSoundGroup; Elliott Sharp; Text of Light; and Theresa Wong.
Performances by John Butcher and Gino Robair; Luciano Chessa; Ellen Fullman; Carla Kihlstedt and Mattias Bossi; Ulrich Krieger; ensemble players from Magik*Magik Orchestra; the sfSoundGroup; Text of Light; and Theresa Wong.
Futurist sound artist Luigi Russolo constructed special hand-cranked instruments to realize an expanded field of orchestral sound. Called intonarumori (noise intoners), these…
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SymposiumPoetry + Painting + Politics × Professors = Futurism Past
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
1:00 p.m.
Luigi Ballerini, UCLA
Claudio Fogu, UC Santa Barbara
Laura Wittman, Stanford University
Benjamin Martin, San Francisco State University
Jennifer Bethke, independent scholar
Barbara Spackman, UC Berkeley
Harsha Ram, UC BerkeleyFuturism's 1909 founding manifesto called for the destruction of museums and libraries. The 1910 manifesto "Against Professors" deplored the "professorial passion…
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BanquetOPENfuture: Spinning Marinetti's Wheels
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
8:00 p.m.
OPENrestaurant, artist group
Luciano Chessa, composer
Chris Sollars, visual artist
Matt Volla, sound artistFeeding on Futurism's appetite for destruction, OPENrestaurant revisits F. T. Marinetti's provocative Futurist Cookbook from 1932 — which combined polemics with actual recipes…
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Performa 09 Preview Screening and ReceptionAction! Futurism Projected + Performed
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.In their manifesto "The Futurist Cinema" (1916), Marinetti and his cohorts sought an integration of art forms through the following equation: "painting + sculpture +…
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling and artist Candice Breitz on Breitz's Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon)
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Candice Breitz, artistEach Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
Check our blog, Open Space, for…
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Exhibition SpotlightMore About Pictures, or Appropriation Now
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Candice Breitz, artist
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Ken Goldberg, artist and craigslist Distinguished Professor of New Media
Anne Wagner, professor of modern and contemporary art and Class of 1936 Chair, Department of History of Art, UC BerkeleyUsing SFMOMA's Candice Breitz exhibition and the 2008 conference "Takeovers and Makeovers: Artistic Appropriation, Fair Use, and Copyright in the Digital Age" at UC…
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Curator TalkMichelle Barger on Robert Overby's Hall painting, first floor
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Michelle Barger, deputy head of conservation, SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Special Event2009 Bay Area Treasure Award Luncheon Honoring Bill Fontana
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
noon - 2:00 p.m.
Neal Benezra, director, SFMOMA
Bill Fontana, artist
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMAReserve your tickets today for the annual Bay Area Treasure luncheon, this year honoring sound artist Fontana. Grand Benefactor tickets are $750 each; Benefactor tickets are $500…
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Free Tuesday ProgramPhotography Now: China, Japan, Korea
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
noon
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea explores the diverse styles of contemporary artists working in Asia. Citing examples that range from the birds-eye urban landscapes of Naoya…
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Curator TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Robert Overby's Hall painting, first floor
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
Hear the backstory on your favorite artworks. Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last…
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Curator TalkLisa Sutcliffe on Naoya Hatakeyama's Untitled, Osaka
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Hear the backstory on your favorite artworks. Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last…
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Curator TalkPeter Samis on Mario Merz's The Lens of Rotterdam
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Peter Samis, associate curator of interpretation, SFMOMA
Hear the backstory on your favorite artworks. Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last…
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Film (68)
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Daily Video ScreeningsAnt Farm: Early Underground Adventures with Space, Land, and Time
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 1:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Federici and Laura Harrison, 2008, 30 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsThe World of Lygia Clark
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:00 p.m.
Eduardo Clark, 1973, 27 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsA Tribute to John Cage
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:30 p.m.
Nam June Paik, 1973/1976, 29 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsArt:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Time
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 4:30 p.m.
Featuring Martin Puryear
Art:21, 2003, 60 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsThe Misfits: 30 Years of Fluxus
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 3:00 p.m.
Lars Movin, 1993, 76 min.
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Film ScreeningChantal Akerman Shorts
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Saturdays, January 03 and 10, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
Saute ma ville
1968, 11 min.
La Chambre
1972, 11 min.
Hôtel Monterey
1972, 65 min.Chantal Akerman's shorts explore interiors — the psychological interiors of people, and the spatial interiors of places. Saute ma ville — which can be seen as a…
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Film ScreeningNews from Home
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Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 17, 2009, 1:00 p.m.1977, 85 min.
French, no subtitlesIn News from Home Akerman juxtaposes the reading of letters from her Belgian mother with images of the New York cityscape. The film presents a fragmented look at urban life in the…
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Video ScreeningTony Labat's "I Want You: Auditions"
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Tony Labat, 2008
Riffing on "I Want You" army recruitment campaigns, Labat asked Bay Area residents to make their own demands of the public in closed auditions. The resulting video is a…
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Film SeriesGolden Eighties
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
1:00 p.m.
1986, 96 min.
French, no subtitles
A PDF of the dialogue in English is available by request: public_programs@sfmoma.orgGolden Eighties follows three women at a beauty salon who are pining over the hunky son of the neighboring boutique owner. Set entirely in a Parisian shopping mall, this…
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Film ScreeningHistoires d'Amérique
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
3:00 p.m.
1988, 92 min.
Histoires d'Amérique tells the informal history of Jewish life for the past century. Linking cultural identity with storytelling, Akerman explores immigration, family,…
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Film ScreeningJe, tu, il, elle
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
7:00 p.m.
1974, 90 min.
Akerman directs and stars in this film, which focuses on two days in a woman's life. The story centers around the lonely woman's creative struggles and her emotional distance from…
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Film ScreeningNuit et jour
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
1:00 p.m.
1991, 90 min.
Jack is a taxi driver by night and spends his days with Julie in their Parisian flat. Julie begins an affair with Joseph, the man who drives the same taxi by day. Julie's world is…
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Film ScreeningD'Est
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Saturday, January 31, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m.1993, 107 min.
Often shown as a series of installations, D'Est journeys across Eastern Europe as the Soviet Union disintegrates. Akerman's images move across screen and through time, uninterrupted…
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Free Tuesday ScreeningGordon Matta-Clark: Food
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
noon
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator, media arts, SFMOMA
This documentary program looks at a landmark collaborative project by the artist Gordon Matta-Clark that address ideas of social space evident in The Art of Participation. Food…
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Daily Video ScreeningsStyle Wars
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 3:00 p.m.
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant, 1983, 70 min.
This historic PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti (or tagging) in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The film features extensive interviews with…
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Daily Video ScreeningsStreet Art — Painting the City: London, Paris, Madrid
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 4:30 p.m.
Tate Media, 2008, 22 min.
This film follows street artists working in London, Paris, and Madrid — including cult figures Blek Le Rat, Nano 4814, Nuria, Sweet Toof, NoNose, and Eine — as they…
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Film ScreeningToute une nuit
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
1:00 p.m.
1982, 90 min.
Toute une nuit follows individuals and couples in their journeys through romance and human interaction. Through a series of vignettes with fragmented narration and minimal…
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Film ScreeningLà-bas
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
3:00 p.m.
2006, 78 min.
In this documentary of sorts, Akerman creates a conglomerated sense of exile, voyeurism, belonging, and hope. Là-bas covers the filmmaker's time spent in a Tel Aviv…
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Film ScreeningSud
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
1:00 p.m.
1999, 71 min.
Inspired by the literary works of William Faulkner, Akerman set out to make a film about the beauty of the American South. However, after arriving on location (in Jasper, Texas)…
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Film ScreeningFrom the Other Side
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
3:00 p.m.
2002, 99 min.
In this documentary, Akerman examines the dualistic nature of illegal immigration, presenting long static shots of the land on both sides of the U.S.–Mexican border and…
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Film ScreeningJeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
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Thursday, February 26, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 28, 2009, 1:00 p.m.1974, 201 min.
Jeanne Dielman is Akerman's most well-known film, and it is certainly considered a masterpiece of cinema. It follows a widowed mother and housewife through three days of her life.…
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Film ScreeningNathaniel Dorsky: Three Songs
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Commentary by Nathaniel Dorsky in person
Program introduction by Bill BerksonThe films of San Francisco-based Dorsky blend a celebration of the sensual world with a deep sense of introspection and solitude. They are occasions for reflection and meditations…
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Film ScreeningWestworld
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Saturday, March 07, 2009
1:00 p.m.
Michael Crichton, 1973, 88 min., 16mm
Two people travel to a high-tech amusement park and choose a Wild West adventure for their fun vacation. But the computer system that runs the parks suffers a meltdown, and a rogue…
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Film ScreeningLogan's Run
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Saturday, March 7, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Michael Anderson, 1976, 120 min., 16mm
By the year 2274, war has destroyed the surface of the earth, and the survivors seal themselves into a domed city. Logan is a police assassin whose mission is to hunt down…
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Film ScreeningCrossroads: The Films of Bruce Conner
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Introduced by producer Henry S. Rosenthal
A seminal, deeply American artist, Conner (1933–2008) was a master of irony and juxtaposition. Arguably the inventor of the found-footage film genre, Conner created films…
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Film ScreeningSoylent Green
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Saturdays, March 21 and April 4, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
Richard Fleischer, 1973, 97 min., 16mm
In 2022 the population of New York is starving due to fading food sources. People survive off a product called Soylent until a detective finds out the awful truth about its…
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Film ScreeningA Clockwork Orange
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Saturday, March 21, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Stanley Kubrick, 1972, 136 min., 16mm
Kubrick's film, based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, is a stunning visualization of the tale of Alex, a charming sociopath and his fellow "droogs," who revel in the…
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Film ScreeningFantastic Planet
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Thursday, April 2, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 4, 2009, 3:00 p.m.René Laloux, 1973, 72 min., 35mm
French, with English subtitlesThis psychedelic science-fiction animation takes place on a planet where alien giants called Traags rule over the Oms, a tiny race of humanlike people. The film is a parable of…
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Film ScreeningStalker
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Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 11, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979, 163 min., 35mm
Russian, with English subtitlesThe Stalker is a man with a burdensome talent: he is the only one who can lead people to an alien terrestrial place known as the Zone, an area with the potential to fulfill one's…
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Film ScreeningAlphaville
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Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, 99 min., 35mm
French, with English subtitlesPrivate-eye Lemmy Caution travels to the outerspace city of Alphaville in search of Professor von Braun, an evil scientist who has created a computer that monitors the citizens'…
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Film ScreeningSleeper
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
1:00 p.m.
Woody Allen, 1973, 89 min., 35mm
In this science-fiction comedy, an unsuspecting health-food store owner is frozen and brought back to life many years in the future and joins a rebel force to help assassinate the…
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Film ScreeningFahrenheit 451
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Saturday, April 18, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 23, 2009, 7:00 p.m.François Truffaut, 1966, 112 min., 16mm
This adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic novel explores the extremes of censorship, centering around a society where all printed material is banned. Guy Montag, a fireman whose…
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Film Screening1984
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Michael Radford, 1984, 113 min., 35mm
Based on George Orwell's seminal novel, 1984 takes place in about a totalitarian superstate ruled by Big Brother. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a malcontent who illegally…
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Film ScreeningSFMOMA Co-presents Rembrandt's J'Accuse
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
6:30 p.m.
"Just because you have eyes does not mean you can see," challenges the great director-contrarian Peter Greenaway in his new cine-essay, which reveals the mysteries hidden…
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Film ScreeningSFMOMA Co-presents Rembrandt's J'Accuse
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Monday, April 27, 2009, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:15 p.m.
"Just because you have eyes does not mean you can see," challenges the great director-contrarian Peter Greenaway in his new cine-essay, which reveals the mysteries hidden…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Program 1
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Saturday, May 2, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Pull My Daisy, Codirected with Alfred Leslie, 1959, 28 min., 16mm
The Sin of Jesus, 1961, 40 min., 35mm
O.K. End Here, 1963, 30 min., 35mm
Total running time: 98 min.Made with writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, and with painters Alfred Leslie, Larry Rivers, and Alice Neel, Pull My Daisy is a classic look at the soul of the beat generation.…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Program 2
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Saturday, May 9, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 14, 7:00 p.m.Conversations in Vermont, 1969, 26 min., 16mm
Life-Raft Earth, 1969, 37 min., 16mm
About Me: A Musical, 1971, 35 min., 16mm
Total running time: 98 min.Conversations in Vermont, Robert Frank's first overtly autobiographic film, is about his relationship with his children, Pablo and Andrea. Frank follows them to school (in Vermont)…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Program 3
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Saturday, May 16, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 21, 7:00 p.m.Keep Busy, 1975, 30 min., 16mm
Energy and How to Get It, 1981, 28 min., 16mm
Home Improvements, 1985, 29 min., video
Total running time: 87 min.Keep Busy is a spontaneous, improvised story of a group of people living on an island off Nova Scotia. Obsessed with daily aspects of their lives and the cycles of nature, the…
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Film and Video ScreeningsSan Francisco Art Institute MFA Screening
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Chair, Film Department, San Francisco Art Institute
Long-form program at 12:30 p.m.
Shorts program at 3:00 p.m.These film and video works by SFAI's newest MFA graduates demonstrate commitment to exploring and expanding the expressive potential of the moving image. From lighthearted to…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Program 4
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Saturday, May 23, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 4, 7:00 p.m.Hunter, 1989, 36 min., 16mm
Last Supper, 1992, 52 min., 16mm
Total running time: 88 min.In the words of Robert Frank, Hunter is about ". . . a man whose destiny is not to find a destination. . . . A man who fears that he will never find what his imagination…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Me and My Brother
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Thursday, May 28, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 30, 1:00 p.m.1965–68 (re-edited 1997), 91 min., 35mm
Frank's first feature-length film places documentary footage of poets Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Peter's brother Julius within a fictional framework. Constantly…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Program 5
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Saturday, June 6, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 11, 7:00 p.m.C'est Vrai, 1990, 60 min., video
The Present, 1996, 24 min., videoTotal running time: 84 min.
C'est Vrai is a one-hour trip through New York City's Lower East Side, produced on video for French television without editing the narrative. It presents a startling juxtaposition…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Candy Mountain
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Codirected with Rudy Wurlitzer
1988, 91 min., 35mm
Cocreated with writer Rudy Wurlitzer, Candy Mountain was Frank's most widely distributed and expensive productions, and the cast includes several renowned musicians. The tale…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Program 6
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Thursday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 20, 3:00 p.m.Flamingo, 1990, 7 min., video
Moving Pictures, 1994, 16 min., color video
I Remember, 1996, 5 min., video
Sanyu, 1999, 27 min., 35mm
Paper Route, 2002, 23 min., video
Total running time: 73 min.Flamingo is Frank's poetic diary (with voiceover narration) recording the construction of a new foundation for his house in a remote area of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; it silently…
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Film ScreeningRobert Frank Retrospective: Program 7
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Thursday, June 25, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 27, 3:00 p.m.Run—New Order, 1989, 4 min., video
Summer Cannibals—Patti Smith, 1996, 4 min., video
Fernando, 2008, 12 min., video
Tunnel, 2005, 5 min., video
True Story, 2004, 26 min., color and black-and-white, video
Total running time: 51 min.Frank made Fernando in honor of a Swiss artist friend of his who passed away.
Tunnel was created to premiere under the Swiss Alps at an event held during final blasting through the…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 1
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Thursday, July 2, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 4, 2009, 3:00 p.m.Black Natchez
Edward Pincus, 1965, 61 min., videoThe Children Were Watching
Robert Drew, 1961, 21 min., 16mmWith a cinema verité commitment to capturing the life of the moment, Black Natchez filmmaker Pincus and sound engineer David Neuman track the embattled African American…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 2
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Thursday, July 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 3:00 p.m.Behind Every Good Man
Nikolai Ursin, 1965, 8 min., 16mmPortrait of Jason
Shirley Clarke, 1967, 100 min., 35mmBehind Every Good Man — a short from Ursin, then a film student at the University of California, Los Angeles — documents a gay African American man and his meditations…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 3
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Thursday, July 16, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 18, 2009, 3:00 p.m.Seven Songs for Malcolm X
John Akomfrah, 1993, 52 min., 16mmThe Intolerable Burden
Chea Prince, 2003, 56 min., videoPerfect Film
Ken Jacobs, 1986, 22 min., 16mmIn Seven Songs for Malcolm X, archival footage is combined with interviews and re-creations to evoke the impact of Malcolm X on American politics and culture. The film includes…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 4
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Thursdays, July 23 and August 6, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 25, 2009, 3:00 p.m.Jingle Bells
D. A. Pennebaker, 1964, 16 min., videoCampaign Manager
Richard Leacock and Noel E. Parmentel Jr., 1964, 25 min., videoYou're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
D. A. Pennebaker, 1964, 12 min., videoLambert and Co.
D. A. Pennebaker, 1964, 15 min., videoA Stravinsky Portrait
Richard Leacock and Rolf Lieberman, 1965, 58 min., videoThis program explores a multifaceted slice of the America also captured in Avedon and Baldwin's Nothing Personal. Stars like Sammy Davis Jr. and high-wattage politicians like Robert…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 5
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Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays, August 1 and 8, 2009, 3:00 p.m.The Atomic Cafe
Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty, 1982, 86 min., videoThe Family Fallout Shelter
Edward English, ca. 1960; 14 min., 16mmAfter discovering a catalogue of U.S. government films in a San Francisco bookstore, director Pierce Rafferty worked with his co-directors Kevin Rafferty and Jayne Loader for more…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 6
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Thursday, August 13, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick, 1964, 93 min., 35mmReleased two months after John F. Kennedy's assassination, Kubrick's classic cold war satire paints the United States' political and military establishment as a chain of command…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 7
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Thursday, August 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 22, 2009, 3:00 p.m.David L. Brown, filmmaker
Bound by the Wind
David L. Brown, 1992, 88 min., videoFeaturing celebrated scientist and Avedon subject Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate for chemistry and recipient of the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize for his antinuclear activism, Bound by…
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Film ScreeningRichard Avedon Film Series: Program 8
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Thursday, August 27, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 29, 2009, 3:00 p.m.Richard Moore, producer
Take This Hammer
KQED, 1964, 45 min., videoLosing Just the Same
KQED, 1966, 58 min., videoA project of San Francisco State University, the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive collects moving images chronicling the social and cultural history of the region.…
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Free Tuesday ProgramPaul Clipson Presents Subversive Documentaries
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
noon
Paul Clipson, filmmaker
Las Hurdes (aka The Land Without Bread)
Luis Buñuel, 1933, 30 min., 16mm, b/wHotel des Invalides
Georges Franju, 1952, 22 min., 35mm, b/wLe chant du Styrène
Alain Resnais, 1958, 19 min., 35mm, color, cinemascopeIn this program of film shorts, experimental filmmaker (and SFMOMA's own head projectionist) Clipson screens high-art takes on low subjects. Luis Buñuel cast a surreal eye…
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Film Screening and PerformanceD Tour and Rogue Wave
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Jim Granato, filmmaker
Rogue Wave, band
Thad Povey, visuals2009, 99 min., DV
San Francisco-based Granato's feature-length documentary debut, D Tour, follows musician Pat Spurgeon, drummer for the Oakland band Rogue Wave, as the group embarks on a tour.…
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Film ScreeningContemporary Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
7:00 p.m.
This program of exciting new work by contemporary Japanese filmmakers offers engaging and complex considerations of the moving image. The meeting of traditional forms and…
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Film ScreeningThe Red Shoes
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948, 133 min., new 35mm print
A Technicolor classic based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale of magic ballet slippers whose wearer cannot stop dancing, The Red Shoes tracks a ballerina's rise to the lead role in…
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Film ScreeningThe Films of Robert Beavers
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Robert Beavers, filmmaker
Beavers's films are exceptional for their visual beauty, aural texture, depth of emotional expression, and poetic sensibility. They occupy a distinct place in the history of…
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Exhibition Spotlight and ScreeningVincent Fecteau Selects . . .
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Vincent Fecteau, artist
George Kuchar, filmmakerTemple of Torment, George Kuchar, 2006, 18 min., video
Interiors, Woody Allen, 1978, 93 min., 35mmFecteau exhibits nothing of his own making in his Not New Work show. Instead, the artist works against expectations and mines SFMOMA's collection for overlooked gems. In the same…
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Screening and Q&APower to the Puppets: Films by Martha Colburn
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Martha Colburn, artist
Frank Smigiel, associate curator, public programs, SFMOMAThe result of a painstakingly slow and hand-driven production process, Colburn's animated films nonetheless teem with speed, their paper puppet stars running, tumbling, and falling…
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Film ScreeningMartha Colburn Selects . . .
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.Martha Colburn, artist
Composition in blue
Oscar Fischinger, 1935
3 min., 16mm, colorBreathdeath
Stan Vanderbeek. 1964
15 min., 16mm, b/wLeda und der Schwan (Materialaktion: Otto Muehl)
(Leda and the Swan: An Otto Muehl Happening)
Kurt Kren, 1964
3 min., 16mm, colorBreakaway
Bruce Connor, 1966
5 min., 16mm, b/wStraight and Narrow
Tony Conrad, 1970
10 min., 16mm, b/wRobot Movie
Jim Sharpe, 1986
3 min., 16mm, color
Evolution of the Red Star
Adam K. Beckett, 1973
7 min., 16mmSoul City
Henry Jones, 1979
2min., 16mm, colorJoe Dimaggio
Anne Mcguire, 1991
4 min., videoSpirit
Jem Cohen, With Patti Smith, 2009
7 min., videoAnd more TBA
Colburn presents an afternoon of special screenings focusing on works by friends and collaborators.
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PerformancePuppets of the Apocalypse, or Martha Colburn: Live Cinema
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Martha Colburn, artist
Haleh Abghari, musician
John Dieterich, musician
Michael Evans, musician
Jad Fair, musician
Thollem McDonas, musician
Laura Ortman, musician
Ryan Sawyer, musicianLong involved in experimental music scenes as both a musician and a filmmaker, Colburn has honed a live practice of multiprojector, manipulated film and music shows. As she…
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Film ScreeningSafe
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
1:00 p.m.
Todd Haynes, 1995, 119 min., 35mm
Set in an affluent suburb in the San Fernando Valley in 1987, Safe tracks the physical and psychological breakdown of Carol White (Julianne Moore), a housewife suffering from…
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ScreeningFreaks and Geeks
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
3:00 p.m.
James Franco, actor
Episodes: "Tests and Breasts," "Noshing and Moshing," "Discos and Dragons"
Franco himself selects favorite episodes of the TV show Freaks and Geeks and introduces the screening.
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Film ScreeningSeconds
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
6:00 p.m.
John Frankenheimer, 1966, 107 min., 35mm
Frankenheimer's riveting film unfolds as a disillusioned middle-aged business man is given the opportunity to be reborn as someone else through a mysterious organization known only…
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Film ScreeningErased James Franco
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Carter, artist
James Franco, actor
Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public programs, SFMOMACarter, 2008, 63 min., video transfer from 16mm
Riffing on Robert Rauschenberg's iconic Erased de Kooning Drawing (1958), multimedia artist Carter presents actor James Franco stripped of the sureties of his craft and transformed…
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Film ScreeningDeborah Stratman: O'er the Land
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Deborah Stratman, filmmaker
Stratman's epic film O'er the Land channels the dark side of the American psyche, presenting a savagely poetic meditation on the contemporary culture of violence and patriotism by…
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Free Tuesday ProgramPostwar Japanese Films
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
noon
Navel and A-Bomb (Heso to genbaku), Eikoh Hosoe, 1960, 12 mins., DVD
Shinjuku, 1973, 25 pm, Daido Moriyama, 17 mins., DVD
Me holding a gun: For Andy Warhol, Yasumasa Morimura, 1998, 3 mins., DVD
Seasons of Passion / A Requiem: Mishima, Yasumasa Morimura, 2006, DVDThis program of short films offers a rare opportunity to view experimental Japanese films and videos created since 1960. Presented in conjunction with The Provoke Era: Postwar…
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Video Screenings (10)
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Video Screening1000 Journals
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Thursdays, February 05, March 05, and April 02, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Andrea Kreuzhage, 2007, 88 min.
1000 Journals tells the story of an art experiment rooted in street art and other forms of anonymous dialogue.
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Daily Video ScreeningsWilliam Kentridge: Art from the Ashes
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 4:00 p.m.
Films for the Humanities, 1999, 52 min.
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Video ScreeningExcerpts from Recent Film Works
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 4:00 p.m.
William Kentridge, 2008, 54 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsFire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
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May 16 - August 23, 2009
Daily (except Wednesdays), 1:30 p.m.Philip Brookman and Amy Brookman, 1986, 28 min.
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Video Screenings9 Drawings for Projection
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May 18 - 29, 2009
Daily (except Wednesdays)
2:30 p.m.
Additional Special Screenings in the Phyllis Wattis Theater
May 30 and 31, 2009
3:00 p.m.
William Kentridge, 2005, 64 min.
Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris, 1989, 8 min.
Monument, 1990, 3 min.
Mine, 1991, 6 min.
Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old, 1991, 8 min.
Felix in Exile, 1994, 9 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsThe Originals: Women in Art: Georgia O'Keeffe
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:30 p.m.
Perry Miller Adato, 1977, 60 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsAnsel Adams: A Documentary Film
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 3:30 p.m.
Ric Burns, 2002, 100 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsRichard Avedon: Darkness and Light
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 3:30 p.m.
Helen Whitney, 1996, 87 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsNagasaki from a 45 Degree Angle: The Photographer Shomei Tomatsu
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:00 p.m.
Nami Jodai, 2002, 27 min.
In Japanese with English subtitles
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Daily Video ScreeningsLouise Bourgeois
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July 2 - October 29, 2009
Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
October 31 - December 18, 2009
Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:30 p.m.Camille Guichard, 1993, 52 min.
In French with English subtitles
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Tours (5)
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Spotlight ToursThe Painting and Sculpture Collection Tour
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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.
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Cell Phone Audio TourThe Art of Participation: 1950 to Now
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Daily (except Wednesdays)
Yoko Ono, John Cage, Tom Marioni, and other artists introduce their work in this audio guide to The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now. This exciting tour also features commentary by…
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Audio TourRooftop Garden Audio Tour
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Available daily through May 2, 2010
Available in English only.
Get some fresh air and a fresh look at art as artists and curators guide you on an exploration of sculptures in SFMOMA's Rooftop Garden.
Available for download to your personal MP3…
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Audio TourGeorgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
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Daily (except Wednesdays)
The voices of O'Keeffe and Adams add depth to your experience of the exhibition. Purchase of this audio tour includes SFMOMA Collection Highlights, a survey of notable works in the…
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School ToursSummer Youth Tours
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Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.SFMOMA is pleased to offer Summer Youth Tours of Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities and Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. Summer Youth…
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For Families (15)
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The Family StudioShake It Up, Stretch It Out: Movement in Art
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Sundays, January 04 and 18, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.Celebrating the lively works of Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, and other SFMOMA collection artists, this movement workshop will get you stepping to the rhythm of visual art.…
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Citywide Family Appreciation DayExploring the SFMOMA Collection
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
SFMOMA is pleased to participate in this year's citywide family celebration by offering free admission for the whole family. The day's program includes special family-friendly…
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The Family StudioTraveling Journals
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Sundays, February 01 and 15, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.If you made a journal and passed it along to your family and friends, what do you think they would write in it? Would they write a poem, draw a picture, or leave a message for you?…
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The Family StudioMagritte: Magical Worlds
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11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.In this workshop, you'll play with reality in the style of René Magritte, building your own self-portrait by altering size, scale, and perception. Join us for a reading of …
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Target Family DayCountry Dog Gentlemen
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Join us for the launch of SFMOMA's new interactive online feature for families! Let the "gentlemen" be your guides: dog characters from Roy De Forest's playful painting …
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The Family StudioSetting the Stage
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April 5 and 19, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.Create your own miniature theater stage as we highlight the exhibition William Kentridge: Five Themes. Plus, enjoy a special reading of The Magic Flute: An Opera by Mozart, adapted…
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The Family StudioJazz It Up
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May 3 and 17, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.Music has influenced the work of many great artists. In this workshop, you'll create your own artistic composition while musicians play classic jazz tunes. Don't miss a reading of…
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The Family StudioLand Lovers
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11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.Discover the landscapes of artists Max Beckmann, Andre Derain, and Georgia O'Keeffe and create your own landscape masterpiece. Explore the ways colors can affect our perception of…
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Target Family DayGeorgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Inspired by Nature
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Celebrate Father's Day at SFMOMA as we look at the work of Adams and O'Keeffe. Through hands-on art projects, performances, and special presentations, you'll discover how artists…
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The Family StudioJackson Pollock: Guardian of Your Secret
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July 5 and 19, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.If you had a secret, how would you hide it? Would you have something, or someone, guard your secret? Pollock once said that he chose to "veil" the image in his painting …
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The Family StudioRoad Trip
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August 2 and 16, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.In his famous series The Americans, Robert Frank photographed the United States while traveling around by car. If you were going on a road trip, what places would you visit? Join us…
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The Family StudioAl Mercado
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Sundays, September 6 and 20, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.What kinds of things would you see if you were going to a Mexican market? Perhaps you'd find beautiful blossoms, like the ones pictured in Diego Rivera's painting The Flower Carrier…
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The Family StudioCrafty, Crawly Creatures
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Sunday, October 04, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.What would you do if you encountered a six-foot-tall spider? What about five giant spiders? Take a closer look at the work of Louise Bourgeois and create your own nest of crawly…
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Target Family DayUp and Down and All Around: A Closer Look at Sculpture
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Target Family Day is downtown San Francisco's biggest family block party, with free admission to four leading museums, special art activities for kids, and free performances on…
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The Family StudioEverything Is the Kitchen Sink
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Sundays, November 1 and 15, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.If you were traveling in a trailer for a month, what would you need? Could you save space by making one thing have two purposes? Could you use a sink as a shower, for instance?…
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For Members (20)
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Member EventFirst Sunday Connections
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The first Sunday of the month, 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Join us for complimentary breakfast refreshments and a special docent-led tour at these members-only events. Relax, enjoy art, and meet other SFMOMA members!
Complimentary…
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Special EventJoint Member Day
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
All day
On Saturday, January 10, 2009, seven San Francisco cultural institutions are teaming up with SFMOMA to offer members reciprocal admission and gallery tours. Each SFMOMA member can…
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Special EventArtists Gallery Reception
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
SFMOMA members at the Contributing level and higher are invited to attend a private evening reception at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery. Enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvres, and the work…
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Member EventMember Preview Day
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Friday, March 13, 2009
noon - 5:45 p.m.
All members
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Member EventMember Preview and Reception
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Friday, March 13, 2009
7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. upper-level members
8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. general members
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Member Appreciation DayMuseumStore Members-Only Sale
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
The semiannual Members-Only Sale increases your buying power by doubling your discount to 20 percent on all store merchandise. Shop early for the best selection, and don't forget…
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Special EventJewelry Designer Trunk Show
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Meet some of our favorite artists and see their latest designs at the spring trunk show. Local, national, and international designers will be showing fresh new work not available…
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Member Appreciation DayMembers-Only Spotlight Tours
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.Enrich your visit with half-hour docent tours of works in the SFMOMA collection.
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Member Appreciation DayReception and Wine Tasting
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Round out Member Appreciation Day with a glass of wine and live music.
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Member EventSFMOMA Rooftop Garden Member Preview Day
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Saturday, May 09, 2009
noon - 5:45 p.m.
Be among the very first to set foot in our new Rooftop Garden at the members-only preview. This exciting extension of SFMOMA is not just a fresh space for viewing art, it also…
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Member EventUpper-Level Member Preview and Reception
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Supporting-level members and above
Artist's Circle and Director's Circle members may enter at 6:00 p.m.
Upper-level members are invited to take a first look at Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities at special events before the exhibition opens to the public.
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Member EventMember Preview Days
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Thursday, May 28, 10:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Friday, May 29, 10:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.All members
Members are invited to take a first look at Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities at special events before the exhibition opens to the public.
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Member EventGeneral Member Preview and Reception
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Friday, May 29, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
All members
Members are invited to take a first look at Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities at special events before the exhibition opens to the public.
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Member EventMembers-Only Viewing Hours
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Sundays, May 31 - September 06, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.See Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 and Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities before the museum opens to the public.
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Special EventExperience O'Keeffe and Adams After Hours
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Join other SFMOMA supporters for a private evening at the museum. Enjoy docent-led tours of Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities along with light hors d'oeuvres and…
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Member EventMember Preview Day
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
All members
The exhibition Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 is open exclusively to members at this time. Regular member guest privileges apply.
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Member EventMember Preview and Reception
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Friday, July 10, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
All members
Celebrate Richard Avedon with music by Wait.Think.Fast. and Anthony Plamondon, and a cash bar. Both Caffè Museo and the Rooftop Coffee Bar will be open.
Richard Avedon:…
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Member EventUpper-Level Member Preview and Reception
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Contributing-level members and higher
Artist's Circle and Director's Circle members may enter at 6:00 p.m.
Join us for an exhibition preview of Focus on Artists: Selections from the Collection and introduction to SFMOMA's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration. The evening includes guided…
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Member EventAn Evening of Curiosities: Fall Member Party
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7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
The galleries will be open until 9:45 p.m.All members
Join us to celebrate our fall exhibitions at this special member party featuring:
Live music by The Goat Family
Soulful tunes by DJ Sharbaugh
Special appearance by The Living Dead…
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Member EventMuseumStore Members-Only Sale
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Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.Take care of your holiday shopping while supporting the museum at the semiannual Members-Only Sale. For two days, you can save 20 percent on all MuseumStore merchandise. Come early…
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For Educators (6)
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Teacher WorkshopCertified Self-Guided Touring Workshop
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Ideal for teachers of grades 8 through 12 who would like to tour their students through the museum without a docent, this workshop acquaints educators with SFMOMA's collections and…
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Teacher InstituteWilliam Kentridge
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Discover the work of South African artist Kentridge, who has achieved wide renown for his animations, drawings, prints, books, tapestries, and sculptures addressing life both…
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Teacher InstituteGeorgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
8:30 a.m. - noon
This special summer institute explores the connection between legendary American artists O'Keeffe and Adams, who both created numerous images of the American West throughout their…
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Teacher Open HouseTeacher Open House
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Educators are invited to visit the galleries and the Koret Visitor Education Center to learn about museum tours, teacher programs, and available classroom materials. Light…
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Teacher InstituteTracing Identity through Photography
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photograph, SFMOMA
Focusing on the exhibitions The Provoke Era, Photography Now, Picturing Modernity, and Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004, this institute explores the ways photographs construct and…
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Teacher InstitutePhotography and Identity
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photograph, SFMOMA
Focusing on this season's photography exhibitions (The Provoke Era, Photography Now, Richard Avedon, and Picturing Modernity), teachers will explore the theme of identity as…
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Artists Gallery at Ft. Mason (14)
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionMichael Hall, Michelle Mansour, Jessica Dacher
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionMaya Kabat, Ari Salomon, Mari Andrews
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionSheldon Greenberg, Juan Carlos Quintana, Francesca Pastine
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Greenberg mines the 1940s, '50s, and '60s for images of celebrity, style, and architecture, then renders them in oil on panel. His work evokes a longing for the ethos of…
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16th Annual Artists Warehouse SalePreview Reception
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Since 1993, art lovers in the know have lined up for this five-day annual event, when artworks are on sale for up to 50% off regular retail prices. Proceeds benefit the programs of…
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16th Annual Artists Warehouse SaleThursday Sale Hours
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Thursday, May 07, 2009
noon - 8:00 p.m.
Since 1993, art lovers in the know have lined up for this five-day annual event, when artworks are on sale for up to 50% off regular retail prices. Proceeds benefit the programs of…
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16th Annual Artists Warehouse SaleFriday Sale Hours
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Friday, May 08, 2009
noon - 8:00 p.m.
Live drawing event! 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Since 1993, art lovers in the know have lined up for this five-day annual event, when artworks are on sale for up to 50% off regular retail prices. Proceeds benefit the programs of…
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16th Annual Artists Warehouse SaleSaturday Sale Hours
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Saturday, May 09, 2009
noon - 5:30 p.m.
Meet designer Gary Hutton! 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Since 1993, art lovers in the know have lined up for this five-day annual event, when artworks are on sale for up to 50% off regular retail prices. Proceeds benefit the programs of…
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16th Annual Artists Warehouse SaleSunday Sale Hours
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
noon - 4:00 p.m.
Family day, with live music, face painting, and other activities!
Since 1993, art lovers in the know have lined up for this five-day annual event, when artworks are on sale for up to 50% off regular retail prices. Proceeds benefit the programs of…
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionLori Del Mar, Susan Martin, Canan Tolon
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionPipeline: Art, Surfing, and the Ocean Environment
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The ocean environment and the influence of surf culture on Bay Area art are explored in this exhibition of works by Jo Ann Biagini, Leo Bersamina, Charlie Callahan, Terry Hoff,…
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionNew World Order: Technology Kirk Crippens, Max Lawrence
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Friday, September 04, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
New World Order is a series of five exhibitions held in the Loft Gallery. In each presentation, the artists explore the rapidly changing world through artworks with social,…
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionDavid Ivan Clark, Kerri Lee Johnson, Emily Payne
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Friday, September 04, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
In David Ivan Clark's works, landscape is implied. His layers of oil hint at nature as a tangible object and at the same time assert the abstract idea of paradise. He credits the…
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionRobert Ogata, Pauletta Chanco, Tomas Nakada
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Three California painters explore the spectrum of visual possibilities using pure pigments, oil, wax, precious metal leaf, and ink. Some works in this beautiful and resonant show…
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionNew World Order: Habitation
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
New World Order is a series of five exhibitions held in the Loft Gallery. In each presentation, the artists explore the rapidly changing world through artworks with social,…
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