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Exhibitions (20)
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- Bill Fontana: Sonic Shadows
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November 20, 2010
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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
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November 20, 2010
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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
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November 20, 2010
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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…
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- Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century
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October 30, 2010
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January 30, 2011
An innovative artist, trailblazing photojournalist, and quintessential world traveler, Henri Cartier-Bresson ranks among the most accomplished and original figures in the history…
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- Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870
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October 30, 2010
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April 17, 2011
Investigating the shifting boundaries between seeing and spying, the private act and the public image, Exposed challenges us to consider how the camera has transformed the very…
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- New Work: R. H. Quaytman
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October 22, 2010
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January 16, 2011
In thought-provoking paintings, all made on small wood panels, R. H. Quaytman employs a variety of techniques and artistic vocabularies to explore the complex history of painting.…
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- Prints by Paul Klee (1946)
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August 07, 2010
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January 16, 2011
SFMOMA has had a longstanding commitment to the art of Paul Klee over its 75-year history. This exhibition re-creates a 1946 show of prints by the Swiss-born modernist held at the…
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- New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape
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July 17
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October 03, 2010
A turning point in the history of photography, the 1975 exhibition New Topographics signaled a radical shift away from traditional depictions of landscape. Pictures of transcendent…
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- New Work: Mika Rottenberg
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July 09
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October 03, 2010
Mika Rottenberg's immersive video installations address issues of gender and labor through outrageous narratives centered around real women (not actors or models) and their bodies.…
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- Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection
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June 25
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September 19, 2010
This past February, SFMOMA announced an unprecedented partnership to house and display the collection of Gap founders Doris and Donald Fisher — more than 1,100 works by…
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- Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection
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March 06
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August 01, 2010
Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by Paul Klee allowed the museum to…
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- Luc Tuymans
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February 06
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May 02, 2010
Influenced by the Northern European painting tradition as well as by photography, television, and cinema, Luc Tuymans blends filmic techniques with a mastery of painting to explore…
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- Focus on Artists
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January 16
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May 23, 2010
From its early days, SFMOMA has been devoted to fostering close relationships with artists, and these ties often have led to significant holdings of their works. This exhibition…
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- Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection
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January 16
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May 23, 2010
In Bruce Conner's electric THREE SCREEN RAY (2006), a new acquisition that premieres in this exhibition, Ray Charles's 1959 hit song "What'd I Say" is set to an ecstatic,…
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- Ewan Gibbs: San Francisco
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January 16
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June 27, 2010
This suite of drawings, commissioned by SFMOMA, offers an evocative glimpse of San Francisco's urban landscape and landmarks. British artist Ewan Gibbs has translated photographs…
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- The View from Here
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January 16
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June 27, 2010
Just as photography has been instrumental in shaping California's popular image, the state — and San Francisco, in particular — has played a key role in the history of…
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- The Anniversary Show
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December 19, 2009
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January 16, 2011
On January 18, 2010, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's first solo museum exhibition in 1945 to…
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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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- 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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- 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…
