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Exhibitions (27)
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- New Work: Richard Aldrich
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November 18, 2011
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April 03, 2012
The latest installation in our New Work series brings together an array of paintings by New York-based artist Richard Aldrich. Aldrich revels in the possibilities of painting, using…
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- The Air We Breathe
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November 05, 2011
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February 20, 2012
In the belief that art can promote dialogue and enable understanding, The Air We Breathe brings together visual artists and poets to reflect on the subject of equal rights for…
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- Francesca Woodman
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November 05, 2011
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February 20, 2012
Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) was an artist decisively of her time, yet her photographs retain an undeniable immediacy. Thirty years after her death, they continue to inspire…
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- Jim Campbell: Exploded Views
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November 05, 2011
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October 23, 2012
This new installation by acclaimed San Francisco-based artist Jim Campbell explodes the moving image into three dimensions, illuminating the Haas Atrium with a flickering grid of…
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- Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective
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October 15, 2011
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January 16, 2012
Richard Serra's massive steel sculptures have made him one of the key figures in contemporary art, but his work also takes another striking form: drawing. This first-ever…
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- Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break
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October 15, 2011
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January 16, 2012
At once formally rigorous and socially perceptive, Sharon Lockhart's complex and careful investigations into the mediums of film and photography probe the limits and intersections…
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- Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
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August 27, 2011
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February 20, 2012
Widely regarded as one of the most influential industrial designers of our time, Dieter Rams produced iconic works and innovative ideas (in particular his advocacy for "less…
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- Images in Dialogue: Paul Klee and Andrew Schoultz
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August 13, 2011
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January 08, 2012
Creating a visual dialogue across a century, drawings by contemporary Bay Area artist Andrew Schoultz respond to the inventive works of Swiss-born Modernist Paul Klee, which are…
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- New Work: Tiago Carneiro da Cunha and Klara Kristalova
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July 08
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October 30, 2011
The latest installment of SFMOMA's ongoing New Work series highlights the reinvigorated medium of ceramics in recent art practice. Through small, imperfectly finished figurative…
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- Face of Our Time: Jim Goldberg, Daniel Schwartz, Zanele Muholi, Jacob Aue Sobol, Richard Misrach
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July 02
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October 16, 2011
Face of our Time presents the work of five photographers who share an interest in making pictures that capture what the world looks like. They observe the sometimes-volatile civil…
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- The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
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May 21
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September 06, 2011
American expatriates in bohemian Paris when the 20th century was young, the Steins — writer Gertrude, her brothers Leo and Michael, and Michael's wife, Sarah — were…
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- David Claerbout: Architecture of Narrative
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May 21
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September 06, 2011
The ambiguous relationships between photography and cinema, stillness and motion, historical past and perpetual present are the subjects and substance of David Claerbout's…
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- Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change
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February 26
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June 07, 2011
Best known for his revolutionary studies of human and animal locomotion, which evolved into some of the earliest motion pictures, Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was also an…
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- Tobias Wong
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February 25
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July 24, 2011
Arguably contemporary design's most nimble provocateur, Tobias Wong staged his debut in 2001 and continued — until his untimely death at age 35 in 2010 — to produce an…
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- New Work: Anna Parkina
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February 25
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June 19, 2011
Media and genres collide and merge in the work of Russian artist Anna Parkina, an intrepid explorer of the dynamics of perception and history. Using a visual language that…
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- Paul Klee at SFMOMA
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February 25
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July 20, 2011
Paul Klee (1879-1940) has long been revered as one of the most original and inventive modern artists. Born in Switzerland, Klee made his name in Germany, where he was associated…
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- ParaDesign
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February 25
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July 24, 2011
ParaDesign gathers objects from SFMOMA's architecture and design collection that question the norms, habits, and conventions of design. The prefix para (whose meanings include…
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- Bill Fontana: Sonic Shadows
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November 20, 2010
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November 06, 2011
Commissioned for SFMOMA's 75th anniversary in 2010, a site-specific installation by San Francisco-based sound art pioneer Bill Fontana explores both visible and invisible features…
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- The More Things Change
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November 20, 2010
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November 06, 2011
The More Things Change draws from SFMOMA's collection to present an extraordinary range of works made since 2000, offering a selective survey of the art of the last 10 years and a…
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- How Wine Became Modern: Design + Wine 1976 to Now
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November 20, 2010
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April 17, 2011
How Wine Became Modern explores the visual culture of wine and its stunning transformation over the last three decades. Designed in collaboration with renowned architects Diller…
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- Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century
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October 30, 2010
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January 30, 2011
An innovative artist, trailblazing photojournalist, and quintessential world traveler, Henri Cartier-Bresson ranks among the most accomplished and original figures in the history…
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- Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870
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October 30, 2010
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April 17, 2011
Investigating the shifting boundaries between seeing and spying, the private act and the public image, Exposed challenges us to consider how the camera has transformed the very…
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- New Work: R. H. Quaytman
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October 22, 2010
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January 16, 2011
In thought-provoking paintings, all made on small wood panels, R. H. Quaytman employs a variety of techniques and artistic vocabularies to explore the complex history of painting.…
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- Prints by Paul Klee (1946)
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August 07, 2010
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January 16, 2011
SFMOMA has had a longstanding commitment to the art of Paul Klee over its 75-year history. This exhibition re-creates a 1946 show of prints by the Swiss-born modernist held at the…
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- The Anniversary Show
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December 19, 2009
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January 16, 2011
On January 18, 2010, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's first solo museum exhibition in 1945 to…
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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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- 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…
Talks + Events (110)
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Free Tuesday Program75 Reasons to Live Revisited
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Remember the end of Manhattan, when Woody Allen asks himself what makes life worth living? Last January, during SFMOMA's three-day 75th anniversary celebration, 75 people from the…
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Curator TalkJulie Charles on Louise Bourgeois's The Nest
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Thursday, January 06, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Julie Charles, associate curator of education, 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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Curator TalkAlison Gass on Alyson Shotz's The Structure of Light
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Alison Gass, 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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Exhibition SpotlightNew Work: R. H. Quaytman
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Kevin Killian, writer
R. H. Quaytman, artistQuaytman sits down with DiQuinzio to talk about I Love — The Eyelid Clicks / I See / Cold Poetry, Chapter 18, Quaytman's new body of paintings reflecting on the poetry of Jack…
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Curator TalkGary Garrels on Pae White's Smoke Knows
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior 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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Curator TalkPeter Samis on Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Peter Samis, associate curator of interpretation, 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 EventShadowshop Commission: Imin Yeh
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Workshops: February 1, 5, 8, 15, 19, 21, 22, and 24, 2011
Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Festival Sale: February 24, 2011
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.At Shadowshop, kick off an alternative Chinese New Year celebration with artist Imin Yeh, whose February project involves museum visitors producing seemingly "auspicious"…
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Curator TalkTanya Zimbardo on Bill Fontana's Sonic Shadows
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Thursday, February 03, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, 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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Curator TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Tom Price's Meltdown Chairs
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant 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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Curator TalkLisa Sutcliffe on Simon Norfolk's The BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station at English Bay
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of 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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Now PlayingAnna Parkina and robbinschilds with Kinski
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Curator talk
7:00 p.m. Performance by Anna Parkina
9:00 p.m. Performance by robbinschilds with KinskiNew Work artist Anna Parkina explores the legacy of Soviet and other early avant-gardes in a suite of works on paper and in this evening's West Coast performance debut. Then, in…
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Curator TalkJohn Zarobell on Shahzia Sikander's Sinxay: Narrative as Dissolution #2, 2008
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
6:30 p.m.
John Zarobell, assistant curator, collections, exhibitions, and commissions, 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 ProgramMuybridge and His Legacy
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
noon
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Sutcliffe presents a three short films inspired by Muybridge and his proto-cinematic work including the dazzling Retrospectroscope by acclaimed local filmmaker, Kerry Laitala,…
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Curator TalkSarah Roberts on Agnes Martin's Falling Blue
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
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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Curator TalkCarrie Pilto on Nicolas Boulard's Nuancier Finement Boisé and DRC 1946
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Carrie Pilto, project 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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Live ArtShadowshop Commission: Juan Luna-Avin
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Join us for the launch of Juan Luna-Avin's boxed music set "In Tepito We Trust," Shadowshop's third and final artist-commissioned project. "In Tepito We Trust"…
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingHow Wine Became Modern Featuring Pop-Up Magazine
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Meatpaper magazine and Blue Bottle Coffee present "Food & Thought"
6:30 p.m. Curator talk
7:00 p.m. Screening: Dionysus in 69 (Brian De Palma, 1970)
9:00 p.m. Pop-Up Magazine presents Sidebar: Wine!Pop-Up Magazine is unlike any other magazine. It won't arrive in your mailbox, and you can't buy it from a newsstand or read it online. Why? Because each issue is a live…
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling on Eija-Liisa Ahtila's Lahja (The Present)
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, 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 EventCaffè Museo Wine Tasting
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Join Gloria Ferrer Winery for a wine tasting to celebrate How Wine Became Modern.
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Curator TalkAlison Gass on Mark Bradford's Monster
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Alison Gass, 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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Open Space ThursdaysShop Talk: Part One
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Moderated by Suzanne Stein, community producer and managing editor of Open Space, SFMOMA, and Lea Feinstein, artist and writer, Art Practical
Megan Brian, education and public programs coordinator, SFMOMA
Christian L. Frock, writer and curator, Invisible Venue
Amanda Hughen, artistThis first of three conversations will focus on issues and themes raised by Stephanie Syjuco's collaborative project Shadowshop, on view now as part of the exhibition The More Things…
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Curator TalkErin O'Toole on Eadweard Muybridge
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Erin O'Toole, assistant curator of 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 ScreeningEvents in the Environment
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
noon
Presented by Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Lawrence Weiner, Broken Off, 1971, video, black-and-white, sound, 1:30 min.
General Idea, Double Mirror Video, 1971, video, black-and-white, sound, 5:50 min.
Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire, 1972, 16mm film transfer to video, color, optical sound, 7.5 min.
Mel Henderson (with Joe Hawley and Alfred Young), Yellow Cabs, 1969, 16mm transfer to video, color, silent, 7.5 min.
Jill Scott, Taped, 1975, video, black-and-white, sound, 2 min.
Joan Jonas, Songdelay, 1973, 16mm film transfer to video, black-and-white, sound, 18:35 min.Zimbardo introduces a range of video works and recorded collaborative performances primarily from the 1970s that engage in various ways with the rural or urban environment. The…
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Special EventArt Auction 2011
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
The Modern Art Council, SFMOMA's premier fundraising auxiliary, presents Art Auction 2011. This fundraising event presents an exciting opportunity to bid on works by established…
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Special EventCaffè Museo Wine Tasting
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Join Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant for a wine tasting to celebrate How Wine Became Modern.
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Curator TalkJohn Zarobell on Anna Parkina
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
6:30 p.m.
John Zarobell, assistant curator, collections, exhibitions, and commissions, 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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Live ArtActivating the Medium
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Richard Garet, artist
Jim Haynes, artist
Allison Holt, artistNow in its 14th season, the Activating the Medium festival is an internationally recognized showcase for the most innovative and visionary practitioners of sound art. SFMOMA hosts…
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Special EventCaffè Museo Wine Tasting
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Join Longboard Vineyards for a wine tasting to celebrate How Wine Became Modern.
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Curator TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on James Welling's 0469
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant 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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Open Space ThursdaysShop Talk: Part Two
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Hosted and moderated by Patricia Maloney, editor in chief, Art Practical, and Suzanne Stein, community producer and managing editor of Open Space, SFMOMA
This evening's Shop Talk will home in on the most prevailing concerns raised in the March 24 discussion around issues raised by Stephanie Syjuco's collaborative project Shadowshop.…
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Special EventJewelry Trunk Show and Sale
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Meet some of our favorite artists and see their latest designs at the jewelry trunk show and sale. Local, national, and international designers will be showing fresh new work not…
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingWorkcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards present Electric Party Songs
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Meatpaper magazine and Blue Bottle Coffee present "Food & Thought"
6:30 p.m. Curator talk
7:00 p.m. Screening: Allen Ginsberg home movies
9:00 p.m. Performance by Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas RichardsDrawing from their investigation of Allen Ginsberg's poetry, 11 actors animate SFMOMA with a cycle of song, gesture, and movement that challenges the conventions of theater-based…
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Curator TalkDominic Willsdon on Olivo Barbieri's site specific_MONTREAL 04 [Buckminster Fuller Dome]
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
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 or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Live ArtShadowshop Final Days
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: The Shadowshopper Network, a QVC-style performative event hosted by artists Packard Jennings, Steuart Pittman, and Scott Vermiere, will be broadcasting…
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Curator TalkFrank Smigiel on Stephanie Syjuco's Shadowshop
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public programs, 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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Live ArtLast Day of Shadowshop
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Sunday, May 01, 2011
11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
May 1 marks the closing of Stephanie Syjuco's Shadowshop, which has operated out of the fifth-floor galleries and has provided a venue for more than 200 Bay Area artists to sell…
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Free Tuesday ProgramTobias Wong
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
noon
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
Inspired by Marcel Duchamps Fountain (1917), a sculpture made by displacing an industrial design object from its typical mens room context, designer Wong worked in a similarly…
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Curator TalkJoseph Becker on Richard Barnes's Murmur
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Joseph Becker, assistant 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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Live ArtSHOUT! Celebrating Women Veterans Through the Arts
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Sandra Keats and Jim Miller, filmmakers
Frank Smigiel, associate curator, public programsMy Mom's a Soldier, Sandra Keats, 2009, 27 min., video
With Arts & Skills Service, Bay Area artist Allison Smith organizes workshops and gatherings examining the intersection of craft and the war effort, reviving a World War II-era…
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Live ArtAllison Smith: Arts & Skills Service
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Saturday, May 07, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
With Arts & Skills Service, Bay Area artist Allison Smith organizes workshops and gatherings examining the intersection of craft and the war effort, reviving a World War II-era…
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Curator TalkJill Sterrett on An Te Liu's Cloud
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Jill Sterrett, director of collections and 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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Open Space ThursdaysShop Talk: Part Three
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Hosted and moderated by Patricia Maloney, editor in chief, Art Practical, and Suzanne Stein, community producer and managing editor of Open Space, SFMOMA
Lara Durback, poet, letterpress printer, editor
Sean Fletcher and Isabel Reichert, artists
Cheryl Meeker, artist, writer, curatorShop Talk has been considering the survival strategies artists develop and adopt to gain recognition and financial viability, utilizing artist Stephanie Syjuco's collaborative…
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling and David Claerbout on Claerbout
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
6:00 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
David Claerbout, artistNote special 6:00 p.m. start time.
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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Curator PanelThe Steins Collect
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Cécile Debray, curator of historical collections, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Rebecca Rabinow, associate curator of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gary Tinterow, Engelhard Chairman, Department of 19th-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of ArtReassembling long-dispersed historical collections that had tremendous impacts on the trajectory of modern art, The Steins Collect presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to…
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Koret Center ExhibitionDoodle 4 Google: What I'd Like to Do Someday…
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May 20 - July 19, 2011
This exhibition features 40 works selected from more than 107,000 designs submitted by K-12 students from all 50 states in Google's annual design competition. Following the theme…
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Book SigningMeet the Artist!
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
2:00 p.m.
Paul Madonna
Local favorite Paul Madonna returns with a second collection of stunning drawings and writings, casting his eye beyond his hometown of San Francisco to cities such as Paris, Rome,…
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Curator TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Tobias Wong's Doorstop
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant 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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Live ArtMuybridge in Three Movements
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Catherine Galasso, choreographer/director
Steve Polta, artistic director/archivist, San Francisco Cinematheque
Rebecca Solnit, authorMark Wilson, Motion Studies, 1995, 4 min., 16mm
Hollis Frampton, INGENIVM NOBIS IPSA PVELLA FECIT, 1974, 15 min. excerpt, 16mm
Ken Jacobs, Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888, 2005, 6 min., video
Bruce Conner, BREAKAWAY, 1966, 5 min., 16mmIn conjunction with the exhibition Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, we present an evening of Muybridge-inspired dance choreographed and directed by Catherine Galasso;…
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Curator TalkJared Ledesma on Henri Matisse's Boy with a Butterfly Net
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Jared Ledesma, project research assistant, 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 LectureWayne Koestenbaum
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Wayne Koestenbaum, cultural critic and distinguished professor of English, City University of New York
Essayist, cultural critic, and poet Koestenbaum is one of the most energetic and original writers working today. With books like The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality and the…
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Special EventLiving Room
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
11:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Co-organized with Margaret Tedesco.
The Stein family's Saturday salons in their Paris apartments were the crucible of avant-garde art and writing of the period. In keeping with the spirit of those informal…
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Marathon ReadingGertrude Stein's The Making of Americans
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
11:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Co-organized with Samantha Giles and Small Press Traffic.
Twenty-six Bay Area poets perform an all-day marathon reading of selections from Gertrude Stein's epic novel, The Making of Americans. Composed during the years of the legendary…
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Panel DiscussionQueer Culture and Artists' Circles
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
4:30 p.m.
Tammy Rae Carland, artist
Wanda Corn, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor Emerita in Art History, Stanford University, and curator, Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories, Contemporary Jewish Museum
Jonathan Katz, chair, Visual Studies Doctoral Program, SUNY, Buffalo
Wayne Koestenbaum, cultural critic and distinguished professor of English, City University of New YorkCarland, Katz, Corn, and Koestenbaum discuss how artistic circles form and transform visual and literary artistic practices, and the place of such circles in queer histories of…
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Free Tuesday ProgramGertrude Stein Live!
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
noon
Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public programs, SFMOMA
Smigiel explores the live iterations of Gertrude Stein's work, from poetry readings to performances, as he prepares for SFMOMA's August production of her Four Saints in Three Acts.…
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Curator TalkSuzanne Stein on Marie Laurencin's Apollinaire and His Friends…
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Thursday, June 09, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Suzanne Stein, community producer, 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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Curator TalkJanet Bishop on Henri Matisse's Portraits of Sarah and Michael Stein
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
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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Curator TalkCarrie Pilto on Le Corbusier's Villa Stein-de Monzie
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Carrie Pilto, project assistant curator, 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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Curator TalkKate Mendillo on Henri Matisse's Blue Nude: Memory of Biskra
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Kate Mendillo, curatorial project manager, 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 ProgramLe Corbusier's Villa Stein-de Monzie: A New Standard for Modern Luxury
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
noon
Carrie Pilto, project assistant curator, SFMOMA
Pilto, assistant curator for The Steins Collect, discusses how Sarah and Michael Stein's 1926 commission of a home by now-legendary architect Le Corbusier ushered in a new era of…
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Poetry ReadingAriel Goldberg on Robert Gober's Newspaper
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Ariel Goldberg, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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Artist Panel DiscussionFace of Our Time
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Jacob Aue Sobol, artist
Jim Goldberg, artist
Richard Misrach, artist
Daniel Schwartz, artistFace of Our Time highlights five fine art photographers working in what Walker Evans called the "documentary style." Four of them, Aue Sobol, Goldberg, Misrach, and…
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Poetry ReadingBhanu Kapil on Jim Goldberg's Home of a Boy Who Died Trying to Get to Europe, Senegal
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Bhanu Kapil, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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Lecture SeriesMatisse, Picasso, Stein
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Carrie Pilto, project assistant curator, SFMOMAOn this evening, Janet Bishop, SFMOMA curator of painting and sculpture, will examine the relationship between Matisse and Picasso, describing its significance for the origins of…
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LectureMatisse, Picasso, Stein
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Renate Stendhal, Stein scholar and editor, Gertrude Stein in Words and Pictures
Renate Stendhal's Gertrude Stein in Words and Pictures recreates Stein's world. For this talk, Stendhal will focus on the artistic and personal relationship between Stein and…
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Poetry ReadingDouglas Kearney on Wifredo Lam's The Oracle and the Green Bird
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Douglas Kearney, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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LectureMatisse, Picasso, Stein
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Dara Solomon, curator, Contemporary Jewish Museum
Contemporary Jewish Museum Curator Dara Solomon will give a brief overview of their current exhibition Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories and discuss Stein's enduring legacy for…
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Poetry ReadingArnold J. Kemp on Mary Heilmann's Fire and Ice Remix
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Arnold J. Kemp, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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Free Tuesday ProgramGertrude Stein's Reality
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011
noon
Lyn Hejinian, poet and professor of English, UC Berkeley
Poet, essayist, translator, and publisher Hejinian is well known for her landmark collection My Life and many other books of poetry. Her collection of essays, The Language of Inquiry…
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Special EventAn Evening in Gay Paris
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Members of the LGBT* community are invited to an evening celebration of the remarkable life and legacy of Gertrude Stein. This special event includes:
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Poetry ReadingAmber DiPietra on IwamotoScott Architecture's Jellyfish House
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Amber DiPietra, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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LectureMatisse, Picasso, Stein
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Carrie Pilto, project assistant curator, SFMOMA
This evening Carrie Pilto, SFMOMA project assistant curator, looks at the later period covered by The Steins Collect, after World War I. She explores the relationship of the…
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LectureMatisse, Picasso, Stein
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Steven Watson, cultural historian
Steven Watson is a cultural historian and the author of Prepare for Saints, the key book on Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's opera Four Saints in Three Acts. He will discuss this…
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Poetry ReadingEvan Kennedy on Marie Laurencin's Apollinaire and His Friends…
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Evan Kennedy, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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Live ArtSteven Watson Prepares for Saints
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Steven Watson, cultural historian
Special guests to be announcedIn his book Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism, Watson details an engaging and lurid narrative of the circle of early…
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Poetry ReadingBrent Cunningham on Hanne Darboven's 51 Drawings
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Brent Cunningham, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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Live ArtFour Saints in Three Acts: An Opera Installation
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Thursday, August 18, 2011, 7:30 p.m. (preview)
Friday - Saturday, August 19 - 20, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 21, 2011, 2:00 p.m.An Ensemble Parallèle production
Nicole Paiement, conductor/artistic director
Brian Staufenbiel, director
Music by Virgil Thomson and Luciano Chessa
Libretto by Gertrude Stein
Featuring Kalup LinzyPresented by SFMOMA in association with YBCA.
JUST ANNOUNCED PRE-SHOW TALKS
Friday - Saturday, August 19 - 20, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Cultural historian Steven Watson and principals from the new production will discuss the opera's original 1934 production and how we have adapted it today.
"Why did Gertrude Stein and I decide to write an opera about saints? Simply because we viewed a saint's life as related to our own. In all times the consecrated artist has…
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Poetry ReadingYedda Morrison on Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson's Swamp
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Yedda Morrison, poet
Inspired by The Steins Collect, this series of readings honors poet Gertrude Stein and her relationships with the visual artists of her day. Each Thursday evening, a leading…
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Curator TalkSarah Roberts on Jasper Johns's Canvas
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
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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Panel DiscussionSix Lines of Flight
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Yto Barrada, Cinemathèque de Tanger, Tangier, Morocco
Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine, Futurefarmers, San Francisco, USA
Lamia Joreige, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Oscar Muñoz and Sally Mizrachi, Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn, Sàn Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Mihai Pop and Adrian Ghenie, Plan B and the Paintbrush Factory, Cluj, Romania
Akram Zaatari, Arab Image Foundation, Beirut, LebanonSix Lines of Flight is an exhibition featuring key artists from around the world who have developed unique artistic organizations and/or collectives in six different cities that…
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Free Tuesday ProgramThe Steins, Matisse, and the Bay Area
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
noon
Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
The Steins Collect exhibition curator Bishop explores how Sarah and Michael Stein transformed San Francisco's appreciation for modern art. American expatriates living in Paris, the…
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Curator TalkPeter Samis on Richard Misrach's Destroy This Memory
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Thursday, September 08, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Peter Samis, associate curator of interpretation, 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 Event12th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival Opening Night
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Thursday, September 08, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Highlighting Bay Area composers and sound artists working with electronic-based technologies, the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival opening night presents a fixed-media piece…
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Book Reading and SigningMy Hands Sing the Blues
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Book Reading: 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Koret Center
Book Signing: 12:30 p.m., MuseumStore
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingAdam Pendleton and Deerhoof Present BAND
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
A project of New York-based artist Pendleton with the experimental musicians of Deerhoof, BAND is an unfolding artwork that re-imagines Jean-Luc Godard's film Sympathy for the Devil.
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Special EventSF20/21 Preview Gala Benefiting SFMOMA
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The fourth annual San Francisco 20th-Century Modernism Show and Sale opens with a dazzling preview gala benefiting SFMOMA. This special event is hosted by Honorary Chairs Gina and…
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling on Tacita Dean's Day for Night
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, 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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Curator TalkJoseph Becker on Dieter Rams's TP1
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Joseph Becker, assistant 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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Curator TalkJulie Charles on Robert Arneson's California Artist
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Julie Charles, associate curator of education, 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 ProgramVisible Means of Support: A Retrospective View
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
noon
John Zarobell, assistant professor of international studies, University of San Francisco, and former assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Exhibition curator Zarobell discusses Kerry James Marshall's Art in the Atrium project, which brought two monumental murals of the estates of presidents Washington and Jefferson to…
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Curator TalkTanya Zimbardo on Jeremy Blake's Winchester Trilogy
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, 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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Artist TalkNew Work
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Tiago Carneiro da Cunha and Klara Kristalova, artists
Alison Gass, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMANew Work artists Carneiro da Cunha and Kristalova discuss the ways a traditional form — in this case, ceramics — can continue to invigorate contemporary art. In small…
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Book SigningBook Signing with Richard Serra
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Richard Serra, artist
An artist talk follows the book signing at 7:00 p.m. in the Phyllis Wattis Theater.
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Curator TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Alex Schweder's A Sac of Rooms All Day Long
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, acting department head/assistant 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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Artist TalkRichard Serra
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
Richard Serra, artistSOLD OUT
Simulcast available (see below)
Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective presents the lesser-known practice of one of the most celebrated sculptors of the 20th century.…
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling and Sharon Lockhart on Lockhart's Lunch Break
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Sharon Lockhart, 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.
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingAnn Magnuson Plays David Bowie and Jobriath, or The Rock Star as Witch Doctor, Myth Maker, and Ritual Sacrifice
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Magnuson is a performance artist, musician, and actress who defined 1980s downtown New York, marked college radio with her band Bongwater, and has graced everything from TV to…
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Curator TalkAlison Gass on Tiago Carneiro da Cunha and Klara Kristalova
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Alison Gass, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Please note that this event has been cancelled.
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Curator TalkDominic Willsdon on Robert Motherwell's Elegy to the Spanish Republic, No. 57
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Thursday, November 03, 2011
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 or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks last 20 minutes.
Please note: curator talks will not…
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PerformanceEchoes Made Visible
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Thursday, November 3, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 4 - Sunday, November 6, 2011, 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.Deborah Slater, choreographer
Melissa Caywood, Kelly Kemp, Wendy Rein, dancersBill Fontana's Sonic Shadows has transformed SFMOMA's fifth-floor bridge into an immersive installation using ambient sounds from the museum. As a farewell, Fontana invited Bay Area…
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Book SigningBlek le Rat: The 30 Year Anniversary Retrospective
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
This publication features private family photos, point and shoot images of graffiti artwork from around the world, and full-color gallery reproductions of prolific stencil graffiti…
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Curator TalkAlison Gass on Richard Serra's Taraval Beach
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Alison Gass, 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.
Please note: curator talks will not…
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Book SigningPaul Madonna
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
2:00 p.m.
Local favorite Paul Madonna turns a keen eye on cities around the world, capturing the lifeblood of streetscapes in pen and ink. The book also includes short stories, commentary,…
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Special Event2011 Bay Area Treasure Award Dinner Honoring Mark di Suvero
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Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Neal Benezra, director, SFMOMA
Mark di Suvero, artist
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingThe Air We Breathe with Simon Fujiwara
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Poetry readings: George Albon, Dodie Bellamy, and Kevin Killian
8:00 p.m. Performance of The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Simon Fujiwara (separate ticket required)
9:00 p.m. Poetry reading: Eileen Myles"Equality is in the air we breathe," wrote Langston Hughes in his poem Let America be America Again. For the exhibition The Air We Breathe, SFMOMA invited artists to…
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Curator TalkApsara DiQuinzio on The Air We Breathe
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
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.
Please note: curator talks will not…
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PerformanceSimon Fujiwara's The Boy Who Cried Wolf
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Thursday, November 17 and Friday, November 18, 2011
8:00 p.m.In the exhibition The Air We Breathe, SFMOMA invited artists to respond to the fight for marriage equality. In this performance, Fujiwara will track his own identity and sexuality…
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Panel DiscussionThe Air We Breathe - Marriage Equality: A Status Update
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Friday, November 18, 2011
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Paul Boneberg, executive director, GLBT Historical Society
Cleve Jones, GLBT and AIDS activist and founder, NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
Jennifer C. Pizer, legal director and Arnold D. Kassoy Senior Scholar of Law, The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, UCLA School of Law
Andrea Shorter, marriage and coalitions director, Equality California
Camilla Taylor, marriage project director, Midwest Regional Office, Lambda Legal
Thomas Watson, chair, Love Honor CherishSince 1995 SFMOMA has presented annual lectures and major symposia thanks to the support of the Phyllis C. Wattis Distinguished Lecture Series fund. This year we present three…
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Artist TalkAlec Soth
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Alec Soth, artist
For his acclaimed 2004 series Sleeping by the Mississippi, Soth traveled the length of that iconic waterway, capturing in his photographs the beauty and utter strangeness of the…
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Curator TalkJessica Brier on Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Jessica Brier, photography assistant, 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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Community PresentationIntroducing the New SFMOMA
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Craig Dykers, principal, Snøhetta
All advance tickets have been reserved for this event. However, we anticipate releasing a limited number of free tickets at the door of the YBCA theater shortly before the program.…
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Film Screening and DiscussionA Fire in My Belly
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Rudy Lemcke, artist
Rudolf Frieling, Curator of Media Arts, SFMOMA
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMADavid Wojnarowicz, A Fire in My Belly, 1986-87, 13 min.
David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) was a New York-based artist and AIDS activist whose work was famously targeted as obscene in the late 1980s and early 1990s by Jesse Helms and the…
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Film ScreeningCinemania
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Thursday, January 06, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Introduced by Stella Lochman, education and public programs assistant, SFMOMA
Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak, 2002, 83 min., video
Christlieb and Kijak's engaging documentary dives deep into the culture of cinephilia by examining the lives of five extreme movie fans in New York. "Film is a form of…
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Film ScreeningHenri Cartier-Bresson and the Spanish Civil War: Program 1
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Victoire de la vie, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Herbert Kline, 1937, 47 min., video
L'Espagne vivra, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1938, 44 min., video
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Herbert Kline, 1938, 21 min., videoThese films evidence Cartier-Bresson's committed support for the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War. The photographer's first foray into motion pictures, Victoire de la vie…
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Film ScreeningHenri Cartier-Bresson and the Spanish Civil War: Program 2
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Introduced by Peter N. Carroll, Chair Emeritus, Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, Lecturer of History, Stanford University
Le retour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1944-45, 33 min., video
The Spanish Earth, Joris Ivens, 1936, 52 min., 16mm
Guernica, Alain Resnais and Robert Hessens, 1950, 13 min., 35mmMade at the end of World War II, Le retour (The Return) follows the repatriation of former prisoners of war — like Cartier-Bresson himself, who escaped from a Nazi labor camp…
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Free Tuesday ScreeningVoyeurism and Early Cinema
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011
noon
With the emergence of the moving picture in the late nineteenth century, the theater quickly became a new space for voyeurism and cinema became a vehicle for exhibitionism —…
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Film ScreeningThe Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd
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Thursday, February 03, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Arthur Ginsberg, filmmaker
Introduced by Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMAArthur Ginsberg with Video Free America, 1970-75, 58 min., video
A tribute to exhibitionism and experimental living, this fascinating televised reunion chronicles several years in the lives of Carel, a porn actress, and Ferd, a drug addict.…
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Film ScreeningSurveillance Then and Now
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
7:00 p.m.
How Little We Know of Our Neighbors, Rebecca Baron, 2005, 49 min., video
Il finish delle figure (Photofinish Figures), Paolo Gioli, 2009, 9 min., 16mm
Posers, Scott Stark, 2000, 12 min., videoMass Observation was an astonishing long-term social research project founded in Great Britain in 1937 by a small collective of creative anthropologists, writers, photographers,…
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Artist Talk and ScreeningWilliam E. Jones
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
7:00 p.m.
William E. Jones, artist
Introduced by Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMAOver the last two decades, Jones has appropriated films, videos, and photographs in an ongoing examination and subtle subversion of the relationships among images, social control,…
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Film ScreeningThe Nude Restaurant
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Andy Warhol, 1967, 100 min., 16mm
Warhol's typically apt title says it all: The Nude Restaurant is 100 minutes of footage of naked (unless a G-string counts as clothing) male restaurant patrons and one female…
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Film ScreeningsThe Ethical Camera
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Friday, March 4, 2011
7:00 p.m. Medium Cool
9:30 p.m. Blow UpIntroduced by Haskell Wexler
Medium Cool, Haskell Wexler, 1969, 111 min., 35mm
Blow Up, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966, 111 min., 35mmMedium Cool
Notable for its cinema verité style, this 1969 film by Haskell Wexler mixes fictional and nonfictional content to poignantly illustrate the great social tension…
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Film ScreeningsKids on the Boundaries
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
5:00 p.m. Deep End
7:00 p.m. Streetwise
9:00 p.m. Pretty BabyDeep End, Jerzy Skomilowski, 1970, 90 min., 35mm
Streetwise, Martin Bell, 1984, 91 min., HD video, director's restored version
Pretty Baby, Louis Malle, 1978, 110 min., 35mmDeep End
Set in the suburbs of London in the 1960s, Skomilowski's film follows Mike, a fifteen year old dropout who finds a job at a public bath house. Over the course of his…
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Film ScreeningsDouble Exposure
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Sunday, March 06, 2011
5:00 p.m. Anita — Tanze des lasters
7:00 p.m. Lost HighwayAnita — Tanze des lasters (Anita — Dances of Vice), Rosa von Praunheim, 1987, 89 min., Beta SP
Lost Highway, David Lynch, 1997, 135 min., 35mmAnita – Tänze des lasters (Anita – Dances of Vice)
von Praunheim's film celebrates the legend of Anita Berber, the notorious German dancer whose nude…
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Film ScreeningDouble Blind
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Sophie Calle and Gregory Shephard, 1992, 76 min., video
In this unconventional road trip movie, French conceptual artist Calle heads west with her lover/collaborator Shephard in his Cadillac convertible. Camcorders in hand, they each…
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Film ScreeningLuke Fowler's A Grammar for Listening (Parts 1-3)
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Introduced by Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Luke Fowler, 2009, 60 min., three 16mm films
In conjunction with Bill Fontana: Sonic Shadows, this program expands on a history of sound artists and musicians exploring ambient noise, environmental sound, and field recording.…
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SF Cinematheque ScreeningIn Search of Christopher Maclaine: Man, Artist, Legend
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Wilder Bentley II, actor
Lawrence Jordan, filmmaker
Curated and presented by Brecht AnderschThe End, Christopher Maclaine, 1953, 35 min., 16mm
The Man Who Invented Gold, Christopher Maclaine, 1957, 14 min., 16mm
Beat, Christopher Maclaine, 1958, 6 min., 16mm
Scotch Hop, Christopher Maclaine, 1959, 5.5 min., 16mm
Sausalito, Frank Stauffacher, 1949, 10 min., 16mm
Trumpit, Lawrence Jordan, 1956, 6 min., 16mm
Moods in Motion, Ettilie Wallace, 1954, 5 min., 16mmThe four films San Francisco Beat poet Maclaine made in the 1950s have had an incalculable impact on the language of cinema. Entwining the ecstatic with the absurd, these works…
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Film ScreeningJerzy Grotowski Workcenter Films
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Introduced by Mario Biagini, Associate Director of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards
The Constant Prince by Jerzy Grotowski: Reconstruction, Ferruccio Marotti, 2005, 48 min., video
Action in Aya Irini, Jacques Vetter, 2004, 70 min., videoGranting primacy to the actor-audience relationship and, above all, to the actor's performance, Polish director Grotowski pioneered a stripped-down, metaphysical style of theater.…
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SF International Film Festival ScreeningThe Mill and The Cross
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
12:30 p.m.
The Mill and The Cross, Lech Majewski, 2011, 97 min., video
At once a detailed social history of 16th-century Flemish life and a keen study of the artistic imagination, Lech Majewski's The Mill and the Cross brings to life before our eyes The…
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SF International Film Festival Screening!Women Art Revolution
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
3:00 p.m.
Lynn Hershman Leeson
!Women Art Revolution, Lynn Hershman Leeson, 2010, 83 min., 35mm
Feminist artists in the late 1960s and 1970s took on the old-boy art establishment in an all-out WAR: Women Art Revolution. Lynn Hershman Leeson was there with her camera and in 40…
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SF Cinematheque ScreeningSan Francisco Cinematheque: 50 Years
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Crossroads is SF Cinematheque's annual film festival showcasing avant-garde works from emerging and established filmmakers. This year's festival opens with the culminating…
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Screening2011 San Francisco Art Institute MFA Screening
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Friday, May 13, 2011
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The San Francisco Art Institute presents films and videos by current and graduating master of fine arts students. Inspired by the reading "Po: Splitting Apart" from the…
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Film ScreeningThe Sun Also Rises
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Thursday, June 09, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Henry King, 1957, 130 min., 35mm
King's 1957 interpretation of Ernest Hemingway's novel illuminates the condition and characteristics of post-World War I expatriates in Paris, dubbed "The Lost…
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Film ScreeningThe Moderns
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Alan Rudolph, 1988, 126 min., 35mm
The Moderns follows Nick Hart, a struggling painter at the center of the expatriate culture of 1920s Paris, as he navigates the Left Bank milieu. From cafe conversations to sordid…
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Film ScreeningI Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Hy Averback, 1968, 92 min., video
Averback's 1968 film stars Peter Sellers as Harold Fine, an uptight lawyer who is uninspired with approaching middle age and his upcoming nuptials. Harold's life is changed forever…
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Film ScreeningThe Virgin Machine
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Monika Treut, 1988, 84 min., 16mm
With a nod to The Wizard of Oz, German journalist Dorothee (Ina Blum) writes about the perils of finding love. Her research takes her from Germany deep into San Francisco's lesbian…
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Film ScreeningThe Roe's Room (Pokoj saren)
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Lech Majewski, 1997, 90 min., video
In Polish with electronic libretto in English (subtitles).A young poet living with his family in a cramped, urban apartment meditates on the cycle of life as the interior space around him morphs through the cycle of seasons in this opera…
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Film ScreeningDiva
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981, 117 min., 35mm
In French with English subtitles.In this film, a young postman with a passion for opera makes a bootleg of a performance by his favorite diva, a celebrated African American soprano who refuses to make recordings.…
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Film ScreeningThe Future
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Miranda July, filmmaker
Miranda July, 2011, 91 min., 35mm
The Future tells the story of a 30-something couple who, on deciding to adopt a stray cat, change their perspectives on life, altering the course of time and testing their faith in…
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Film Screening + PerformanceCarmen Jones
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Introduction and pre-screening performance by Kalup Linzy
Otto Preminger, 1954, 105 min., 35mm
Preminger's Carmen Jones sticks closely to the original score of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, though the cast, lyrics, and story are modernized in surprising ways: the events are…
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Film ScreeningTommy
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Ken Russell, 1975, 100 min., 35mm
Its conceit is familiar by now: a deaf, dumb, and blind kid plays a mean pinball. Yet Russell's phantasmagoric realization of The Who's rock opera album is wholly unexpected.…
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San Francisco Cinematheque ScreeningLiving in the World: Films by Helga Fanderl
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Working exclusively with Super-8 film since the late 1980s, Fanderl is a master of cinematic duration and the in-camera edit. Each of her more than 700 short films is a small…
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Film ScreeningQuick Billy
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Bruce Baillie, filmmaker
Bruce Baillie, Quick Billy, 1967-70, 60 min., 16mm
Canyon Cinema celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding by presenting the newly restored version of Quick Billy by Baillie. Also presented will be a rare screening of…
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Film ScreeningSharon Lockhart: Double Tide
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Sharon Lockhart, artist
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMASharon Lockhart, Double Tide, 2009, 16mm transferred to HD, color, sound, 93 min.
Lockhart is known for a formal approach to film and photography that reveals the overlap and limitations of the two mediums. She focuses on the everyday with an ethnographer's eye…
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Film ScreeningRichard Serra Films—Early Works
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011
noon
Introduced by Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Primarily known for his sculptures, Serra also has worked in film. This screening showcases his early experimental works, including his first film, Hand Catching Lead (1968), which…
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Film ScreeningTacita Dean's Craneway Event
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Tacita Dean, 2009, 108 min., 16mm
Artist Dean offers a film portrait of late choreographer Merce Cunningham as he leads his dancers in three days of rehearsal for one of his dance "events" in the former…
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Video Screenings (11)
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Daily Video ScreeningsCalifornia Impressions
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:00 p.m.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1969-70, 23 min.
Cartier-Bresson tracks his travels through California and the American South.
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Daily Video ScreeningsSouthern Exposures
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:30 p.m.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1969-70, 22 min.
Cartier-Bresson tracks his travels through California and the American South.
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Daily Video ScreeningsHenri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 3:00 p.m.
Heinz Bütler, 2003, 72 min.
This documentary captures Cartier-Bresson's reflections and anecdotes from a lifetime shooting images in varied locales around the globe.
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Daily Video ScreeningsUnfinished
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 4:30 p.m.
Sophie Calle in collaboration with Fabio Balducci, 2005, 30 min.
When Exposed artist Sophie Calle receives a series of photographs taken by an ATM security camera, she becomes involved in a perplexing 15-year investigation.
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Video ScreeningArt:21: Art in the 21st Century: Spirituality
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:00 p.m.
Art:21, 2002, 60 min.
Artists explore the mysteries of spirituality in their work. The More Things Change artist Shahzia Sikander is among those featured.
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Daily Video ScreeningsThe Films of Joseph Cornell
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Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 2:30 p.m.
Total running time: 80 min.
These short films made by Cornell between the mid-1930s and late 1950s include his first "collage films," featuring edited and spliced footage from other films, and those…
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Video ScreeningEadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
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Daily (except Wednesdays), 3:00 p.m.
Thom Andersen, 1975, 59 min.
Andersen's insightful film essay investigates the parallels between Muybridge's life and career and the early history of cinema.
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Daily Video ScreeningsMatisse Picasso
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Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 12:30 p.m.
Philippe Kohly, 2002, 52 min.
This double portrait of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso explores the artistic evolution of their careers and their relationship with each other and includes rarely seen archival…
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Daily Video ScreeningsParis Was a Woman
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Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 4:00 p.m.
Greta Schiller, 1995, 75 min.
From Gertrude Stein's role as a guiding figure and patron for Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and others to Adrienne Monnier's lending library and Sylvia Beach's now iconic…
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Daily Video ScreeningsWer ist Mr. Braun? (Who is Mr. Braun?)
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Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 2:00 p.m.
Susanne Mayer-Hagmann, 2008, 44 min.
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Daily Video ScreeningsArt21: Art in the 21st Century: Place
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Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 2:00 p.m.
Art21, 2001, 54 min.
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Tours (1)
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Special Exhibition Mobile TourThe Steins Collect
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Available daily in the Haas Atrium
Available in English, French, and Spanish.
Who were the Steins, what was it like to be a part of their salons, and how far did their influence reach? The paintings on the wall have become classics, but what was it like…
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For Families (11)
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Family SundayTAKE PART in Art
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Sundays, January 2 and 16, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Today, your presence is the most important part of the art. The works wouldn't be complete without you, breathtaking you!
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Family SundayTUNE IN
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Sundays, February 6 and 20, 2010
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Can you hear it? From boiler-room rumbles to the popping of a painting or a sculpture's soaring song, tune in to the museum's kinetic symphony.
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Free Family DayKeeping It REAL
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Sunday, March 06, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Welcome to our open house! Sometimes artists pick up the pieces of real life to present new perspectives. How? By making art out of everyday objects (think everything from paper…
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Family SundayKeeping It REAL
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Celebrate artists who pick up the pieces of everyday life — think everything from paper clips to comic strips — and use them to make real art.
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Family SundayFRAME by Frame
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Sundays, April 3 and 17, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Freeze frame. Stop time. Frame the art that's in your mind. Come explore the museum frame by frame.
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Family SundayA Sense of PLACE
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Sundays, May 1 and 15, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Wherever you go, there you are. Here, there, and everywhere, see how inventive spaces shape your sense of place.
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Family SundayGotta COLLECT
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Sundays, June 5 and 19, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
Got a collection? We've got a few on view too! Apply your discerning eye and get hands-on as you create, compile, and comment on our collections.
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Family SundayWhat’s the STORY?
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Every Sunday in July, August, and September, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
July 24: Deborah Underwood, author
July 31: Amy Novesky, author
August 7: Attaboy, author
August 14: Maya Christina Smith-Gonzalez, author
August 21: Kathryn Otoshi, author
August 28: Karen Ehrhardt, author
September 4: Elisa Kleven, author
September 11: Jeanne Walker Harvey, author
September 18: Lynn Hazen, author
September 25: Bob Barner, authorExplore art, create your own, travel to extraordinary worlds, get hands-on, discover special places, be inspired. That's just a hint at the fun we have in store for you on Family…
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Family DayGoogle Family Day
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Welcome to our free open house for families! Take part in all kinds of artful activities and check out an exhibition of fabulous designs from the Doodle 4 Google student art…
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Family SundayDRAWing Inspiration
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Sundays, October 2 - December 18, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Do you doodle? Draw on your imagination and make your mark at the museum as we sketch, scribble, and squiggle our way through the wonderful world of drawing.
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Family DayYerba Buena FREE Family Day
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Join us for a creative marathon of family-friendly activities at four of San Francisco's finest museums — SFMOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Museum of the African…
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For Members (21)
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Member EventMember for a Day
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Hours vary by location
On Saturday, January 15, 2011, eight San Francisco cultural institutions are teaming up to offer their members reciprocal admission, tours, and discounts. Members can enjoy…
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Member EventPrivate Evening Viewing Hours
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January 24 and February 7, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Upgrade your membership to the $250 Supporting level and enjoy exclusive after-hours viewing of How Wine Became Modern: Design + Wine 1976 to Now.
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Member EventUpper-Level Member Preview and Reception
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Contributing-level members and higher
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Member EventMember Preview Day
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
The exhibition is open exclusively to members at this time. Regular member guest privileges apply.
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Member EventArtists Gallery Reception
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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 artwork by Tom…
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Member EventRiedel Comparative Wineglass Workshops
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Thursdays, March 24 and April 7, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.These fascinating seminars illustrate how the shape of a glass affects the flavor and perception of wine. Enjoy a tasting of fine wines by Napa Valley Vintners and receive a…
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Member EventMuseumStore Members-Only Sale
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
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. Come early for the best selection of housewares,…
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Member EventDocent-led Tours
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.Enrich your visit with a docent-led tour. Tour size is limited; participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Member EventReception and Wine Tasting
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Round out the day with a complimentary wine tasting and live music.
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Member EventContributing and Benefactor Preview and Reception
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Please see your invitation for details and RSVP information.
Contributing-level members and higher
Join fellow members for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and gallery viewing.
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Member EventMember Preview Days
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Thursday, May 19, 11:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Friday, May 20, 11:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.All members
The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde is open exclusively for members on these days. Regular member guest privileges apply. No advance reservations…
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Member EventMember Opening Party
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Friday, May 20, 2011
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
All members
Celebrate the Steins and bohemian Paris with live performances and music curated by Tyson Vogel. Dress the part and join our outrageous hat contest inspired by Matisse's Woman with…
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Member EventReciprocal Member Day
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
All day
In conjunction with the Yerba Buena neighborhood celebration of Gertrude Stein, members of SFMOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts can enjoy…
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Member EventBenefactor Day Tour
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Benefactor members and higher
Join assistant curator John Zarobell and fellow Benefactor members for a day of art and conversation with gallery owners and local artists. The itinerary includes visits to Bay…
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Member EventPrivate Evening Viewing Hours
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Mondays, July 25 and August 15, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Upgrade your membership to the $250 Supporting level or higher and enjoy exclusive after-hours viewing of The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde.
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Member EventMembers-Only Viewing Hours
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Saturdays and Sundays, August 6 - September 4, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Enjoy members-only viewing hours for The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde.
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Member EventContributing and Benefactor Preview and Reception
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Member EventMember Preview Day
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
The exhibition is open exclusively for members on this day. Regular member guest privileges apply.
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Member EventMeet your SFMOMA!
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Come meet some of the key SFMOMA staff who work behind the scenes to create and promote our exhibitions and care for our collection. Each staff member will give a short…
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Curator TalkMatisse, Picasso, and Beyond: Highlights of SFMOMA's Painting and Sculpture Collection
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
2:00 p.m.
Alison Gass, associate curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Alison Gass, SFMOMA assistant curator of painting and sculpture, discusses the influence of Matisse and Picasso on the development of twentieth-century art and highlights key works…
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Member EventMuseumStore Members-Only Sale
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Friday - Sunday, November 11-13, 2011
SFMOMA: 10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
SFO: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.Members save 20 percent — twice the usual discount — on all MuseumStore purchases at this special two-day sale. Get a jump on your holiday shopping with the…
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For Educators (9)
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Teacher EventVisual Thinking Strategies Soirees
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Thursdays, September 23 and November 18, 2010; January 20, March 3, and April 21, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.SFMOMA teams up with SF Bay Visual Thinking Strategies to offer VTS Soirees for educators of all levels. Using the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) facilitation method, these…
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Teacher InstituteThe More Things Change
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
In this workshop, educators will investigate contemporary works from SFMOMA's collection on view in The More Things Change and discuss ways in which themes from the exhibition can…
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Teacher InstituteThe Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum partners with SFMOMA to present a Teacher Institute exploring how leading artists of early 20th-century Paris, such as Henri Matisse and Pablo…
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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 Selected Histories: 20th-Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection and The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian…
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Teacher InstituteDiscovering Connections
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Monday - Thursday, July 11 - 14, 2011
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.In this four-day program, teachers will visit and explore the collections of the Asian Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and SFMOMA through observation, inquiry,…
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Teacher ProgramTeachers Night Out
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
In conjunction with National Arts in Education week, educators are invited to join the fun at SFMOMA: Now Playing, featuring artist projects, film screenings, curator talks, hors…
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Teacher InstituteCertified Self-Guided Touring Workshop
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Ideal for high school and eighth grade teachers who would like to tour their students without a docent, this workshop acquaints educators with SFMOMA's collections and touring…
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Teacher InstituteRichard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
This retrospective charts new territory in the public's understanding of the career of one of the most celebrated and important artists of the 20th century. In this workshop,…
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Teacher ProgramVTS Soiree
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
SFMOMA teams up with SF Bay VTS to offer VTS Soirees for educators of all levels. Using the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) facilitation method, these soirees encourage educators…
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Artists Gallery at Ft. Mason (5)
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionMirang Wonne, Jenn Shifflet, Kathryn St. Clair
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
We feature three Bay Area artists who observe the world around us but interpret it using very different media. Mirang Wonne creates drawings on stainless-steel mesh by burning the…
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Special EventValentine's Day Photo Portrait Event
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February 13 and 20, 2011
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.Back by popular demand with a second date added, gallery artist and documentary photographer Jason Winshell will photograph you and your significant other.
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionTom Bolles, Katherine Westerhout
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The SFMOMA Artists Gallery presents Katherine Westerhout and Tom Bolles in a exhibition that highlights each artist's ability to manipulate atmospheric and implicit light. Tom…
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Special Event18th Annual Artists Warehouse Sale
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Thursday, May 5, 2011, noon - 8:00 p.m.
Friday, May 6, 2011, noon - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 7, 2011, noon - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 8, 2011, noon - 4:00 p.m.A huge selection of original artworks at a savings of up to 75 percent! Proceeds benefit participating artists, the Artists Gallery, and SFMOMA.
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Artists Gallery Opening ReceptionStephanie Peek, Annette Corcoran, Adrienne Defendi
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Stefanie Peek's work examines the transient, fragile nature of life while serving as a reminder of the permanence of art. Her oil paintings are a unique hybrid of the classic…
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