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- Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth
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October 20, 2006
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January 21, 2007
Born in Germany in 1945, Anselm Kiefer is widely recognized as one of the most significant artists of our time. The first American survey of Kiefer's work in almost 20 years, this…
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- Charged Space: Jane and Louise Wilson/Fikret Atay
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October 20, 2006
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January 21, 2007
Charged Space features two video installations that allude to the loaded histories of specific sites. Both works confront the political subtexts of otherwise banal locations. Stasi…
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- Alexander Girard: Vibrant Modern
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October 14, 2006
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February 25, 2007
As director of the Herman Miller textile division from 1952 to 1973, Alexander Girard brought a passion for ethnic motifs and extravagantly bright colors to the clean, streamlined…
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- Paul Klee
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October 14, 2006
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April 01, 2007
A changing selection of the work of Swiss-born Modernist Paul Klee has been a regular feature in SFMOMA's galleries since 1984, when Dr. Carl Djerassi initially placed his…
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- SFMOMA Scavengers
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October 01
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October 03, 2006
100 Clues. 50 Teams. $4K. SFMOMA teams up with British artist Joshua Sofaer to create the ultimate art scavenger hunt. With only nine hours and the seven-by-seven-mile area of San…
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- New Work: Phil Collins
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September 16, 2006
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January 21, 2007
British artist Phil Collins has made work in conflicted geopolitical sites around the world, including Baghdad, Belfast, Bogotá, and Ramallah, creating nuanced representations…
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- Imposing Order: Contemporary Photography and the Archive
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September 02, 2006
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January 02, 2007
The ability to catalogue objects and capture exacting details has aligned the photograph with the archive. This exhibition highlights contemporary critiques of the notion of the…
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- Mexico as Muse: Tina Modotti and Edward Weston
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September 02, 2006
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January 02, 2007
For a few exhilarating years in the 1920s, two of the major figures in 20th-century photography, Tina Modotti and Edward Weston, shared a passionate partnership with each other.…
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- Matthew Barney: DRAWING RESTRAINT
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June 23
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September 17, 2006
SFMOMA is the only U.S. venue for this full-scale survey, the first to gather together multimedia artist Matthew Barney's entire DRAWING RESTRAINT series. Spanning almost 20 years, …
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- Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation
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May 13
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August 13, 2006
Little known outside his home country, Shomei Tomatsu is widely considered the most important figure in Japanese postwar photography. His photographs span more than 50 years,…
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- Paul Klee: New to the Djerassi Collection
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May 05
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October 09, 2006
A changing selection of the work of Swiss-born modernist Paul Klee has been a regular feature in SFMOMA's galleries since 1984, when Dr. Carl Djerassi initially placed his…
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- SFMOMA Sculpture Garden Competition
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April 21
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September 05, 2006
On January 18, 1995, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art moved into its current building, designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta. With fifty thousand square feet of…
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- New Work: Tim Gardner, Marcelino Gonçalves, Zak Smith
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April 21
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September 05, 2006
The latest exhibition in the ongoing New Work series presents the California museum premieres of three artists from across North America. Though they work independently, Tim Gardner…
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- Xefirotarch/design series 4
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March 31
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September 17, 2006
Since its founding in 2001, Hernán Díaz Alonso's Los Angeles-based architectural firm, Xefirotarch, has attracted critical praise and global attention for its highly…
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- Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections
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March 23
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May 21, 2006
Organized in conjunction with The Surreal Calder, this exhibition includes more than 200 photographs and sculptures showcasing Surrealism's pinnacle in the 1920s and 1930s as well…
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- The Surreal Calder
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March 03
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May 21, 2006
Living and working in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, Alexander Calder was naturally influenced by the burgeoning surrealist movement, and some of its most prominent voices —…
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- Richard Long: The Path Is the Place Is the Line
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January 21
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April 25, 2006
Part of a generation of artists who engage the land as their artistic medium, Richard Long is known for idea-based works that take inspiration from his experiences in the…
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- 1906 Earthquake: A Disaster in Pictures
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January 21
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May 30, 2006
In commemoration of the centennial of the great earthquake that struck the San Francisco area on April 18, 1906, this exhibition brings together approximately 100 photographs drawn…
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- Todd Eberle: Architectural Abstractions
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December 16, 2005
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March 07, 2006
Architectural abstractions — cropped details of ceilings, windows, tiling, and other surfaces — are the subject of Todd Eberle's most recent photographic series. His…
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- New Work: Wangechi Mutu
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December 16, 2005
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April 02, 2006
Wangechi Mutu, a Kenyan-born artist based in New York, makes luscious yet unsettling pictures of female figures. Her painted and collaged works on Mylar function as potent social…
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- Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005
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November 19, 2005
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January 29, 2006
Best known for provocative depictions of the female body — both in anatomical fragments and in full figure — Kiki Smith has explored a broad range of subjects,…
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- Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005
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November 19, 2005
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February 28, 2006
A prolific and celebrated artist, Chuck Close has worked for nearly four decades within a carefully defined practice focused exclusively on portraiture. Close's own image, more…
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- Double Feature: Steve McQueen and Peter Sarkisian
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November 10, 2005
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May 21, 2006
The Double Feature series juxtaposes two media works, revealing affinities and provoking unexpected associations between them while highlighting the individual perspective of each…
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- Robert Adams: Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration
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September 29, 2005
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January 03, 2006
Inspired by the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition, photographer Robert Adams's most recent work presents a new look at the territory these explorers covered and the…
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- Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection
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July 01, 2004
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November 08, 2009
This changing selection of modern and contemporary paintings, sculptures, and works on paper includes artworks by 20th-century masters such as Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp,…
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- The Art of Design: The Architecture and Design Collection
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April 19, 2003
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July 29, 2007
SFMOMA's growing architecture and design collection focuses on the areas of architecture, industrial design, and graphic design and features both historical and contemporary works.…
