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Exhibitions (20) View all

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  Bill Fontana: Sonic Shadows

  November 20, 2010 - 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

  November 20, 2010 - 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

  November 20, 2010 - 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…

Talks + Events (108) View all

• Curator Talk

  Dominic Willsdon on Robert Rauschenberg's Untitled (Glossy Black Painting)

  Thursday, January 07, 2010
  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.

• Curator Talk

  Gary Garrels on Doris Salcedo's Unland: irreversible witness

  Thursday, January 14, 2010
  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.

• SFMOMA Artists Gallery Mobile Exhibition

  The Mike Shine Show

  January 16 - January 17, 2010
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

  Artist Mike Shine's street-inspired built environment — temporarily installed in a tent and a borrowed delivery truck — comes to SFMOMA for a two-day stop. On Sunday,…

Film (36) View all

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  Free Tuesday Screening

  Rocky

  Tuesday, January 05, 2010
  noon
  

  John G. Avildsen, 1976, 119 min., 35mm

  This 1970s classic follows its title character, Rocky Balboa, a struggling small-time boxer, as he makes a go at the big time. When given a chance at a professional fight with…

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  Film Screening

  Russian Ark

  Thursday, January 07, 2010
  7:00 p.m.
  

  Alexander Sokurov, 2002, 96 min., 35mm
  In Russian with English subtitles.

  Considered Sokurov's finest film, Russian Ark tells a three-hundred-year Russian history within the confines of the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Renowned for…

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  Film Screening

  How to Steal a Million

  Thursday, January 14, 2010
  7:00 p.m.
  

  William Wyler, 1966, 123 min., 35mm

  In this museum heist film with a twist, Nicole must steal Cellini's Venus from a prestigious Paris museum to avoid its being revealed as a forgery made by her grandfather. She is…

Video Screenings (15) View all

• Daily Video Screenings

  Marcel Duchamp, Iconoclast

  Daily (except Wednesdays), 1:00 p.m.

  Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2004, 27 min.

• Daily Video Screenings

  Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

  Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:00 p.m.

  Chuck Workman, 1990, 87 min.

• Daily Video Screenings

  Art:21: Art in the Twenty-first Century: Compassion

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

  Art:21, 2009, 60 min.

  Featuring William Kentridge, Doris Salcedo, and Carrie Mae Weems

Tours (6) View all

• Spotlight Tours

  The Painting and Sculpture Collection Tour

  Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, noon - 12:30 p.m.

  These innovative lunchtime tours give you food for thought, beginning with a short video clip of a featured artist and then moving into the galleries for viewing and discussion.

• Audio Tour

  Rooftop Garden Audio Tour

  Available daily through May 2, 2010

  Available in English only.

  Get some fresh air and a fresh look at art as artists and curators guide you on an exploration of sculptures in SFMOMA's Rooftop Garden.

  Available for download to your personal MP3…

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  iPhone + iPad App

  Rooftop Garden iPhone + iPad Tour

  Please note: The Rooftop Garden will close on May 3 and reopen June 25 with a selection of sculptures from the Fisher Collection.

  Explore SFMOMA's skyward Rooftop Garden from all angles with this tour available for both the iPhone and the iPad. Discover the artwork and the careful planning that went into…

For Families (15) View all

• Family Sunday

  Taking It to the STREET

  Sunday, January 03, 2010
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
  Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.

  Mod-erators lead participatory art projects and provide supplies and support as you create your own works of art. Docents conduct engaging, family-friendly gallery tours. Special…

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  Free Family Day

  75th Anniversary Celebration

  Sunday, January 17, 2010
  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  

  Join in the museum's 75th anniversary festivities! Connect with San Francisco's unique history of design, poetry, film, and cafe culture with hands-on activities, family-friendly…

• Family Sunday

  License to STEAL

  Sundays, February 7 and 21, 2010
  11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  

  Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
  Special presentation at 2:00 p.m.

  Mod-erators lead participatory art projects and provide supplies and support as you create your own works of art. Docents conduct engaging, family-friendly gallery tours. Special…

For Members (19) View all

• Member Event

  75th Anniversary Member Celebration

  7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Upper-level members
  8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. General members
  Artist's Circle and Director's Circle donors may enter at 5:45 p.m.
  Entire museum open until 10:45 p.m.

  Join fellow members for a spectacular evening of art, entertainment, and birthday surprises. Be among the first to see our full lineup of anniversary exhibitions, plus enjoy:

  Live…

• Member Event

  Luc Tuymans Member Preview Day

  Thursday, February 04, 2010
  11:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
  

  Enjoy the first U.S. retrospective of Belgian contemporary artist Luc Tuymans before it opens to the public.

• Member Event

  Artists Gallery Reception

  Friday, February 26, 2010
  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…

For Educators (9) View all

• Teacher Institute

  Certified Self-Guided Touring Workshop

  Saturday, January 30, 2010
  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…

• Teacher Institute

  Luc Tuymans

  Saturday, February 27, 2010
  9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  

  Join us for a journey into the world of Tuymans, a contemporary Belgian artist whose powerful work explores history, memory, photography, and painting. Following a private gallery…

• Teacher Institute

  Bay Area Artists

  Saturday, March 20, 2010
  9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  

  This special institute introduces works by contemporary Bay Area artists represented in SFMOMA's collection. The morning includes a walkthrough of several museum galleries led by…

Artists Gallery at Ft. Mason (13) View all

• Artists Gallery Opening Reception

  Jessalyn Haggenjos, John Yoyogi Fortes, Mike Narciso, Pamela Belknap, George Pfau, Jason Winshell

  Thursday, January 07, 2010
  5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

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  Artists Gallery Opening Reception

  Foreclosure, USA: The Great Recession

  Thursday, February 04, 2010
  5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  Inspired by the dust bowl photographs of the Great Depression, Kirk Crippens photographed the home foreclosure crisis of 2008 and 2009; Stockton, CA, an epicenter of the…

• Artists Gallery Opening Reception

  Infix: The Grammar of Insertion

  Thursday, February 04, 2010
  5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  

  Revolving around the linguistic concept of the infix, an affix inserted within a word, this exhibition looks at the works of six Bay Area artists as infixes inserted within the…