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Talks + Events (55)

• Art and Conversation

  Alexander Girard: Postwar to Postmodern

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

  Ruth Keffer, curatorial associate, architecture and design, SFMOMA

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Artist Talk: 2006 SECA Art Award Winners

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

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

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

• Book Signing

  2006 SECA Art Award

  Tuesday, February 06, 2007
  noon
  

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

• Lecture Series

  SECA: Manuel DeLanda

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

  Manuel DeLanda, theorist, critic, and filmmaker

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

• Discussion

  SECA: Victory Gardens

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

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

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

• Lecture Series

  Artist Talk: Sylvie Blocher

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

  Sylvie Blocher, artist

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

• Art and Conversation

  Uncovering a Hidden Picasso

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

  Tim Svenonius, producer, interactive educational technologies, SFMOMA

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

• KQED Member Day at SFMOMA

  KQED Member Day at SFMOMA

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

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

• Artist Talk

  John Currin

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

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

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

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

  John Currin

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

• Sold Out

  Musical Performance and Discussion

  Solo Monk: Modern Master

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

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

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

• Artist Talk

  Critical Art Ensemble/Steve Kurtz

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

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

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

• Salon

  Sarah Cain Show and Tell

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

  Sarah Cain, artist
  Los Angeles-based band Hecuba

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

• Art and Conversation

  Henry Wessel and the Social Landscape

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

  Terri Whitlock, curatorial associate, photography, SFMOMA

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Plane Image: The Art of Brice Marden

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

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

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

• Course

  Picasso vs. Duchamp

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

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

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

• Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecture

  Global Ambivalence: On Culture and Barbarism

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

  Homi Bhabha

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

• The Family Studio

  Playing with Lines

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

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

• Sold Out A Conversation with Brice Marden

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

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

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

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

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

  Brice Marden

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

• Special Sale Hours

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

• Opening Reception

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

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

• Special Sale Hours

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

• Panel Discussion

  Reframing Picasso and American Art

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

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

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

• Art and Conversation

  Sex and Gender in the Work of Pablo Picasso

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

  Julie Charles, associate curator, education, SFMOMA

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

• Special Sale Hours

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

• Sale Hours

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

• Special Sale Hours

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Douglas Burnham

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

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

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

• THE MODERN BALL

  THE MODERN BALL

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

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

  The Modern Ball returns in 2007 with a…

• AIA SF/SFMOMA Lecture Series

  Marwan Al-Sayed

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

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

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

• Film Screening

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

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

  Ian McCluskey, 2006, 60 min

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  On Martin Munkacsi

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

  Elizabeth Gand, curatorial associate, photography, SFMOMA

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

• Art and Conversation

  Artist Talk: Felix Schramm

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

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

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Project, Transform, Erase

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

  Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Henri Matisse

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

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

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

• Special Event

  Scandinavian Design Today

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

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Gordon Matta-Clark: Conical Intersect

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

  Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public progrms, SFMOMA

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

• Artist Talk

  Ann Hamilton

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

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

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

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

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

  Ann Hamilton

• Special Event

  College Night

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

  Anthony McCall and Crime in Choir

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

• Special Event

  SFMOMA Remembers Roy De Forest

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

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

• AIA SF/SFMOMA Lecture Series

  David Adjaye

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

  David Adjaye, principal, Adjaye/Associates

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

• Art and Conversation

  Cultural Life in New Orleans Post-Katrina

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

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

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Seeing through Eliasson

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

  Thomas Humphrey, senior scientist, Exploratorium

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

• Discussion

  The A to Z of Joseph Cornell

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

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

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

• Sold Out

  Artist Talk

  Jeff Wall

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

  Jeff Wall, artist

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

• Book Signing

  Book Signing

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

  Jeff Wall

• Art and Converstion

  Pretty Much Everything about Douglas Gordon

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

  Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator, media arts, SFMOMA

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

• Free Tuesday Program

  Exhibition Spotlight: Olafur Eliasson

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

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

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

• Exhibition Spotlight

  New Work: Lucy McKenzie

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

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

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

• Yerba Buena Arts and Culture Free-4-All

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

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

• Colloquium

  Our Tempo: Reflections on Your mobile expectations

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

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

• Book Signing

  Mind Your Manners, B. B. Wolf

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

  Judy Sierra and J. Otto Seibold

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

• Book Signing

  All Over Coffee

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

  Paul Madonna

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