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Exhibitions (30)
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- Dispatches from the Archives
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November 07, 2009
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February 27, 2011
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This Koret Visitor Education Center exhibition showcases museum-produced ephemera,…
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- On View: Candice Breitz
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October 01
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December 20, 2009
Imagine 25 of the most ardent John Lennon fans simultaneously singing along to his first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), from beginning to end. Artist Candice…
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- The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography
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September 12
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December 20, 2009
The tumultuous period following World War II proved fertile ground for a generation of Japanese photographers who responded to societal upheaval by creating a new visual language…
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- Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea
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September 12
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December 20, 2009
Drawn entirely from SFMOMA's collection, Photography Now showcases pictures by nearly 30 contemporary artists working in China, Japan, and Korea. Documentary work from China depicts…
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- Sensate: Bodies and Design
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August 07
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November 08, 2009
Mutant bodies, fictional bodies, animate architecture: these are among the provocations offered by Sensate, an exhibition that reflects recent debates about what bodies are and how…
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- Not New Work: Vincent Fecteau Selects from the Collection
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July 25
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November 08, 2009
In a marked departure from past New Work shows, this exhibition presents drawings, paintings, and sculptures from the museum's collection selected by the San Francisco–based…
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- Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004
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July 11
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November 29, 2009
Whether photographing politicians, artists, writers, fashion models, or movie stars, Richard Avedon revolutionized the genre of portraiture. He rejected conventional…
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- The Studio Sessions
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July 03
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September 13, 2009
Taking a behind-the-scenes look at art production, The Studio Sessions explores the theme of the artist in conversation, turning the dialogue about one's art into the subject of the…
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- Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
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May 30
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September 07, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams — two of America's best-known artists — are both revered for their ability to capture, in their own unique ways, the essence of natural…
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- Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans"
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May 16
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August 23, 2009
Robert Frank's The Americans is widely celebrated as the most important photography book since World War II. Including 83 photographs made largely in 1955 and 1956 while Frank…
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- Between Art and Life: The Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Collection
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May 10, 2009
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January 03, 2010
Presenting a diverse range of artworks made in the last four decades and highlighting the endeavors of many artists working today, Between Art and Life takes its title from a…
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- New Work: Ranjani Shettar
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March 21
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July 07, 2009
Bangalore-based artist Ranjani Shettar has recently gained considerable international recognition for her sculpture. Using both modern technologies and traditional Indian craft…
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- William Kentridge: Five Themes
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March 14
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May 31, 2009
Combining the political with the poetic, William Kentridge's work has made an indelible mark on the contemporary art scene. Dealing with subjects as sobering as apartheid and…
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- Paul Klee: Social Creatures
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March 07
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November 08, 2009
With his early line drawings of distorted, exaggerated, or fantastic characters, Paul Klee laid the groundwork for generations of artists creating figures that traffic in social…
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- Art in the Atrium: Kerry James Marshall
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February 26, 2009
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October 11, 2011
Specially commissioned for SFMOMA, Kerry James Marshall's monumental murals in the Haas Atrium show Mount Vernon and Monticello, the estates of American presidents George…
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- 2008 SECA Art Award: Tauba Auerbach, Desirée Holman, Jordan Kantor, Trevor Paglen
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February 12
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May 10, 2009
The recipients of this year's SECA Art Award employ a wide spectrum of artistic approaches, including painting, sculpture, photography, and video. Tauba Auerbach mines TV static,…
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- Patterns of Speculation: J. MAYER H.
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February 06
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July 07, 2009
Among the leading architectural studios in Europe, Berlin-based J. MAYER H. stands out for its commitment to a high level of formal and conceptual research. Central to its…
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- Otl Aicher: München 1972
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February 06
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July 07, 2009
With his graphic design work for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Otl Aicher (who also designed for Braun and Lufthansa) developed a comprehensive system to articulate the games'…
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- Austere: Selections from the SFMOMA Collection
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February 06
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July 07, 2009
This exhibition brings together works from the photography and architecture and design collections that gather around a sense of reduced form and sober purpose. Thomas Ruff's…
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- Face of Our Time: Four Shows — Yto Barrada, Guy Tillim, Judith Joy Ross, Leo Rubinfien
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January 31
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April 26, 2009
Face of Our Time presents the work of four artists aligned for their shared interest in making pictures about the current condition of our world. Yto Barrada looks at the…
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- New Work: Mai-Thu Perret
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November 21, 2008
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March 01, 2009
For nearly a decade, Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret has been developing The Crystal Frontier, a fictional account of a group of women who found a small utopian community in the desert…
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- The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now
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November 08, 2008
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February 08, 2009
Looking back nearly 60 years across a wide spectrum of genres and media, this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public as essential collaborators in the…
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- Martin Puryear
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November 08, 2008
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January 25, 2009
Made from a variety of natural materials — including wood, tar, rawhide, and stone — Martin Puryear's distinctive sculptures combine modernist geometry with…
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- The 1000 Journals Project
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November 01, 2008
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April 05, 2009
The 1000 Journals Project is a participatory experiment that attempts to follow a thousand journals on their journeys around the world. Beginning as blank books and passing from…
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- Passageworks: Contemporary Art from the Collection
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October 25, 2008
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January 19, 2009
Drawing from SFMOMA's collection, this exhibition considers themes particularly relevant in our world today: belonging and exile, mobility and immobility, and navigation and…
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- Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900
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October 11, 2008
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January 04, 2009
Modern science and photography flowered simultaneously in the early 19th century, and photography was adopted as a scientific tool from the first years of its invention. Over the…
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- Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook
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September 27, 2008
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March 01, 2009
In 1921 Paul Klee joined the teaching staff of the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. There he developed lecture notes that would form the foundation of his teaching methods. These notes…
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- Double Down: Two Visions of Vegas
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September 18, 2008
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January 04, 2009
Half dream, half nightmare, Las Vegas captures a distinctively American mix of gumption and excess. Double Down presents a portrait of the city's spectacular environment through two…
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- 246 and Counting: Recent Architecture + Design Acquisitions
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July 10, 2008
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January 04, 2009
This unorthodox exhibition showcases 246-plus objects acquired by SFMOMA's Architecture and Design Department since curator Henry Urbach joined the staff in September 2006.…
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- Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection
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July 01, 2004
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November 08, 2009
This changing selection of modern and contemporary paintings, sculptures, and works on paper includes artworks by 20th-century masters such as Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp,…
