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Exhibitions (1)

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  Field Conditions

  September 01, 2012 - January 06, 2013
  

  Can there be architecture without buildings? What if a wall or a floor went on forever? What happens when people move through a room? From immersive installations to intricate…

Talks + Events (5)

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  Curator Talk

  Paula De Cristofaro on Jay DeFeo's Incision

  Thursday, January 17, 2013
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Paula De Cristofaro, conservator, painting, SFMOMA

  Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.

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  Lecture

  John Yau presents Three Lectures on Jasper Johns

  Thursday, January 17, 2013
  7:00 p.m.
  

  John Yau, poet, critic, and essayist
  Andrew Joron, poet
  Introduced by Caitlin Haskell, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA

  An award-winning and prolific writer on visual culture, John Yau has published more than 50 books of poetry, artists' books, fiction, and art criticism, including The Passionate…

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  Curator Talk

  Julie Charles on Richard Serra's Gutter Corner Splash: Night Shift

  Thursday, January 24, 2013
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Julie Charles, associate curator of education, SFMOMA

  Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.

• Curator Talk

  Anne Bast Davis on Anselm Kiefer's Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sea Lion)

  Thursday, January 31, 2013
  6:30 p.m.
  

  Anne Bast Davis, curatorial assistant, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA

  Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.

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  Special Event

  Jay DeFeo Community Tribute

  Saturday, February 02, 2013
  2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
  

  Jay DeFeo's central role in the artistic culture of San Francisco over a period spanning four decades, from the 1950s through the 1980s, makes her both a figure of local pride and…

Film (2)

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  Film Screening

  An Evening with Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel

  Thursday, January 24, 2013
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Join us for a screening of A Slide Show and Talk by Diane Arbus, a unique opportunity to hear the artist speaking about her own work, and about other photographs, snapshots, and…

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  San Francisco Cinematheque Screening

  The Eyes: San Francisco Beat Film 1958-67

  Thursday, January 31, 2013
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Presented in reference to the exhibition Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective, the films in this program emanate from and embody San Francisco's Beat milieu, depicting contemporaries of the…

Video Screenings (3)

• Daily Video Screenings

  THE WHITE ROSE

  Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

  Bruce Conner, 1967, 7 min.

• Daily Video Screenings

  Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint

  Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 2:30 p.m.

  Rick Tejada-Flores, 1989, 56 min.

• Daily Video Screenings

  Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings

  Daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays), 4:00 p.m.

  Edgar B. Howard and Tom Piper, 2010, 55 min.

For Members (1)

• Member Event

  Member for a Day

  Saturday, January 19, 2013
  All day
  

  Bay Area cultural institutions are teaming up to host Member for a Day on Saturday, January 19, 2013. Members can enjoy reciprocal admission and special activities at each museum.…

For Educators (2)

• Teacher Institute

  South Africa in Apartheid and After: David Goldblatt, Ernest Cole, Billy Monk

  Saturday, January 12, 2013
  9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  

  SFMOMA presents a group of photographs by three South African artists that depict a vital, difficult, and contested period in the country's history. In this workshop, presented in…

• Teacher Program

  VTS Soiree

  Thursday, January 17, 2013
  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…

Artists Gallery at Ft. Mason (1)

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  Artists Gallery Opening Reception

  Carol Lefkowitz, Toru Sugita, Juan Miguel Santiago

  Saturday, January 12, 2013
  1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Carol Lefkowitz employs a palette of greens, blues, browns, and an echo of yellow to create graphic patterns that convey rhythm and stillness. By modulating the levels of paint…