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Curator TalkKent Roberts on Richard Serra's Gutter Corner Splash: Night Shift
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Kent Roberts, exhibitions design manager and chief preparator, SFMOMA
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Special EventPop-Up Lunch Break
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Friday, January 06, 2012
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
SFMOMA transforms into a neighborhood lunch break room to celebrate the final weeks of Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break, an exhibition that contemplates workers' activities during their…
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Curator TalkGary Garrels on Richard Serra's Taraval Beach
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Curator TalkJessica McDonald on Sonia Landy Sheridan's Sonia in Time
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jessica McDonald, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkDavid Best on Joan Brown's Noel in the Kitchen
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
6:30 p.m.
David Best, 1977 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkSqueak Carnwath on Vija Celmins's Blackboard Tableau #1
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Squeak Carnwath, 1980 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Phyllis Wattis Distinguished LectureLois Hetland: What Should We Ask of Art Education?
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
7:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT
Simulcast available (see below)Lois Hetland is one of the leading thinkers on teaching, learning, and visual art. She is a key member of Project Zero, the educational…
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Free Tuesday ProgramThe Love Letters of Stieglitz and O'Keeffe
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
noon
Sarah Greenough, author and curator of photography, National Gallery of Art
Photographer Alfred Stieglitz and painter Georgia O'Keeffe traded more than five thousand letters over the course of their relationship as acquaintances, lovers, and eventually…
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Gallery TalkKathryn VanDyke on Agnes Martin's Falling Blue
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Thursday, February 09, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Kathryn VanDyke, 2000 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Panel DiscussionFrancesca Woodman Now
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Thursday, February 09, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Julia Bryan-Wilson, associate professor of art history, UC Berkeley
Corey Keller, associate curator of photography, SFMOMA
Amy Lyford, professor of art history and the visual arts, Occidental College
Peggy Phelan, Ann O'Day Maples Chair in the Arts and professor of drama and English, Stanford UniversityThe art of Francesca Woodman has often been seen through the lens of the powerful and distinctive agendas of the 1970s and '80s: feminist theory, Conceptual art, photography's…
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingBUMP Records on Mark Bradford, Rineke Dijkstra in Conversation
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
6:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Artist talk: Rineke Dijkstra and Sandra S. Phillips
9:00 p.m. Performance: BUMP Records live setTo mark the opening of our winter exhibitions, we present an evening of artists' voices and visions. Rineke Dijkstra starts the evening off with a conversation about her work with…
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Gallery TalkMaria Porges on Janine Antoni's Lick and Lather
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Maria Porges, 1992 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Gallery TalkShaun O'Dell on Kamau Amu Patton
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Shaun O'Dell, 2004 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Artist TalkStephen Shore
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Stephen Shore, photographer
In 1972 self-taught photographer Stephen Shore set out from his native New York City to Amarillo, Texas, on the first of what would become a decade's worth of road trips across…
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Gallery TalkChris Finley on Vija Celmins's Blackboard Tableau #1
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Chris Finley, 1998 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Free Tuesday ProgramRineke Dijkstra Selects
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
noon
Introduced by Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Johan van der Keuken, Blind Kind, 1964, 27 min., 35mm.
Mark Leckey, Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore, 1999, 15 min., video
Pierre Huyghe, Blanche-Neige Lucie, 1997, 4 min., 16mm transferred to DVDOne of the most highly regarded photographers of her generation, Dijkstra is best known for psychologically probing portraits of people in states of transition, including her Beach…
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Gallery TalkJosephine Taylor on Mitzi Pederson's Untitled
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Josephine Taylor, 2006 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Artists Panel DiscussionPhotography in Mexico
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Alejandro Cartagena, artist
Pablo Lopez Luz, artist
Daniela Rossell, artist
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMAIn this panel, three members of the younger generation of artists in the exhibition — Cartagena, Lopez Luz, and Rossell — each explore, in different ways, contemporary…
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Art Sandwiched InFrom Inspiration to Realization, The Curatorial Process
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
noon
Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
Jens Hoffmann, director, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts
Constance Lewallen, adjunct curator, Berkeley Art Museum
Moderator: Ruth Berson, deputy museum director of curatorial affairs, SFMOMAWhen visitors arrive at a museum exhibition, they see the manifestation of months, years, and sometimes decades of curatorial effort. The many steps it has taken to arrive at that…
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingSECA Artists Play SFMOMA: Mauricio Ancalmo, Colter Jacobsen, Ruth Laskey, Kamau Amu Patton
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
On the occasion of the 2010 SECA Art Award, we present an evening animated by the four awardees: Ancalmo, Jacobsen, Laskey, and Patton. Look forward to film- and sound-based…
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Gallery TalkJordan Kantor on On Kawara's March 16, 1993
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jordan Kantor, 2008 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Special EventUn Ojo a la Fotografía: A Latino Night at SFMOMA
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Plan to rendezvous after work at SFMOMA for a special networking mixer in conjunction with Photography in Mexico, an exhibition exploring Mexico's distinctively rich and diverse…
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Gallery TalkRebeca Bollinger on Giorgio Morandi’s Natura Morta (Still Life) (1952)
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Rebeca Bollinger, 1996 SECA Electronic Media Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Gallery TalkHung Liu on Rosana Castrillo Díaz's Untitled
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Hung Liu, 1992 SECA Art Award winner
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. In February and March, past winners of the…
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Free Tuesday ProgramParra in Conversation
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
noon
Victor Moscoso and Parra, graphic designers
Joseph Becker, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMACelebrating the opening of Dutch graphic designer Parra's mural at SFMOMA, we present the artist in conversation with local graphic designer Moscoso, whose work for the Avalon…
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Book SigningBook Signing with Camille Rose Garcia
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Join us and meet Camille Rose Garcia as she signs copies of her new book Snow White, available in the MuseumStore.
This edition of Snow White presents the unabridged version of the…
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Gallery TalkErica Gangsei on ArtGameLab
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Erica Gangsei, manager of interpretive media, SFMOMA
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Curator TalkJessica S. McDonald on Enrique Metinides's Rescate de un ahogado en Xochimilco con público reflejado en el agua
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jessica S. McDonald, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Critics Panel DiscussionMexican Fugue, Part 1
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Maria Ines Canal, professor of contemporary theory and social science, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco
Tarek Elhaik, assistant professor of cinema studies, San Francisco State University
Jesse Lerner, professor of media studies, Pitzer College
Rogelio Villarreal, editor-in-chief, Replicante MagazineTaking its title from the late Olivier Debroise's book Fuga Mexicana, this event is a conversation among four colleagues who are passionate about Mexican modernity and visual…
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Rooftop TVMexican Fugue, Part 2
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Friday, April 13, 2012
11:00 a.m.
María Inés Canal, professor of contemporary theory and social science, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco
Alejandro Cartagena, artist
Tarek Elhaik, assistant professor of cinema studies, San Francisco State University
Jesse Lerner, professor of media studies, Pitzer College
Pablo López Luz, artist
Daniela Rossell, artist
Rogelio Villarreal, editor-in-chief, Replicante magazine
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMA
Rooftop TV presents live encounters with contemporary artists and thinkers who represent a range of critical and artistic perspectives. This Rooftop TV conversation is the…
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Gallery TalkLisa Sutcliffe on Rineke Dijkstra's Beach Portraits
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Panel DiscussionMuseum As Game Board
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Mathias Crawford, Lead Game Designer, Natron Baxter Applied Gaming
Ian Kizu-Blair and Sam Lavigne, Situate
Sarah Brin, independent curator and art historian
Tom Russotti, founder, The Institute for Aesthletics
Erica Gangsei, manager of interpretive media, SFMOMAIn conjunction with ArtGameLab, we present a panel discussion on game design, gaming culture, gamification, and the rise of so-called "serious games" — games played…
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Special EventThe Modern Ball 2012
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Save the date!
Three unique experiences. One unforgettable evening.
It's the biggest art bash of the year! Featuring three unique experiences within one unforgettable evening — The Gala…
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling on Descriptive Acts
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Get a singular take on a work of art each Thursday evening as one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkDominic Willsdon on Buckminster Fuller
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Artist TalkMark Bradford
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Mark Bradford, artist
Rescheduled from Thursday, March 1, 2012.
SOLD OUT
Simulcast availableL.A.-based Mark Bradford uses materials retrieved from the street — billboard paper, newsprint, carbon paper — to create often massively scaled collages that resemble…
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Gallery TalkPeter Samis on Rineke Dijkstra's Olivier series
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Peter Samis, associate curator of interpretation, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Ant Farm's Convention City
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Special EventInternational Museum Day
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Friday, May 18, 2012
SFMOMA is proud to participate in International Museum Day on May 18, 2012. For every year since 1977, International Museum Day has been held worldwide, and it now involves more…
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Art Sandwiched InExpanding the Legacy of San Francisco Photography
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
noon
Frish Brandt, director, Fraenkel Gallery
David Mahoney, SFMOMA board member and collector
Nion McEvoy, SFMOMA board member and publisher
Richard Misrach, photographer
Moderator: Corey Keller, SFMOMA associate curator of photographySan Francisco has been a world-class center for photography since the 1850s, mere years after the medium's invention. The city has retained this stature over time, driven by…
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Gallery TalkJessica Brier on Stewart Brand's The Whole Earth Catalog
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jessica Brier, curatorial assistant, photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Special EventsSFMOMA Celebrates the Golden Gate Bridge at 75
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Times to be announced
San Francisco's beloved Golden Gate Bridge marks its 75th anniversary in May. As part of a Bay Area-wide festival celebrating the bridge, SFMOMA presents a collection of tributes to…
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SFMOMA: Now PlayingLos Jaichackers Present Double Grooves and Dirty Menudo with CHUCHA SANTAMARIA, Moises Medina, and Los Master Plus
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Los Jaichackers (Spanglish for hijackers) is a project of artists Julio Cesar Morales and Eamon Ore-Giron, who track down the global DNA of emerging street and club music in…
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Gallery TalkApsara DiQuinzio on Katharina Wulff
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Free Tuesday ProgramSimon Sadler on Buckminster Fuller
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012
noon
Simon Sadler, professor of architectural and urban history, University of California, Davis
A specialist in post-World War II architecture and urbanism, Sadler offers his insights on the great visionary, inventor, and progressive dreamer Fuller. Sadler's most recent book…
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Gallery TalkFrank Smigiel on Mark Bradford's Pinocchio Is On Fire
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Thursday, June 07, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Frank Smigiel, associate curator of public programs, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkJulie Charles on Kerry James Marshall's Souvenir III
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Julie Charles, associate curator of education, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Pop-Up LunchUtopian Cookout
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Friday, June 15, 2012
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Join us for a cookout-style lunch break at SFMOMA! In conjunction with The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area, we celebrate Buckminster Fuller, the innovative…
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Gallery TalkJessica McDonald on Daniela Rossell's Untitled (Ricas y Famosas) (Rich and Famous)
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jessica McDonald, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkPaula De Cristofaro on Rothko's No. 14
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Paula De Cristofaro, conservator, SFMOMA
Each Thursday one artist, curator, or specialist shares a perspective on one artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkSarah Cowan on Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Air-Ocean World Map
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Thursday, July 05, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Sarah Cowan, research assistant, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkCynthia Kagay on Sigmar Polke's Palmen (Palm Trees)
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Cynthia Kagay, SECA coordinator, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Gallery TalkJohn Morris on Ellsworth Kelly's Red White
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
6:30 p.m.
John Morris, visual resources associate, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesShana Moulton and Nick Hallett: Whispering Pines 10
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Thursday, July 19, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22, 2012, 3:00 p.m.Shana Moulton, artist
Nick Hallett, composer
Daisy Press, vocalistView excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
Moulton's alternate persona, Cynthia, moves between domestic spaces, technology, and mental (if colorful) breakdown in her ongoing video series. In Whispering Pines 10, she inhabits…
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Gallery TalkChristo Oropeza on Sandow Birk's Scene from the Desolation: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Christo Oropeza, information desk assistant, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesMargaret Tedesco: Catalogue #3 and Cameo. Nights, and night
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Thursday, July 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29, 2012, 3:00 p.m.Margaret Tedesco, artist and curator
July 26: Catalogue #3 and Dear Hanna,
July 28 and 29: Cameo. Nights, and night.View excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
Tedesco works across performance, installation, and photography. In her weekend appearances she draws on and restages her 2005 work Cameo, in which a woman translates…
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Special EventGameLab-a-thon
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Got an idea for a game to play at SFMOMA? Invent your own museum game and play it in the galleries — all in one day — at the SFMOMA GameLab-a-thon! Facilitated by …
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Gallery TalkStella Lochman on Elizabeth Peyton's Liam & Noel, Loch Lomond
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Stella Lochman, education and public programs assistant, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesAnne McGuire: Music Again
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Thursday, August 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5, 2012, 3:00 p.m.Anne McGuire, artist
Wobbly, electronic musicianView excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
Drawing on her earlier video work I Am Crazy and You're Not Wrong (1997), Bay Area artist McGuire develops an in-gallery television special where live, simulcast, and recorded…
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Gallery TalkBrandon Larson on John McLaughlin's #26
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Thursday, August 09, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Brandon Larson, installation manager, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesCliff Hengst: Maybe
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Thursday, August 9, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12, 2012, 3:00 p.m.Cliff Hengst, artist and musician
Thursday, August 9
Ballimbo, 2004
Incantation to Destroy a Cultural Institution, 2012
with Wayne Smith and Scott HewickerSaturday, August 11
Ballimbo, 2004
Suicide, 1997
Make Me Wanna Holler, 1992
Lines, 2012
In My Room, 1992
Clowny Sadcakes, 1993Sunday, August 12
Ballimbo, 2004
When Life Puts That Juju on Me, 2009
Shout Out to All My Departed Pets, 2001
You Can If You Think You Can, 2012
Maybe, 1999
You, 2004
Stink Bomb, 2005View excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
Hengst is a San Francisco-based painter and performance artist. Here he presents a series of new and revisited solo works, including Stink Bomb, I Am a Tree, and Elvis. Hengst's…
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Gallery TalkMorgan Levey on Franz Marc's Gebirge (Mountains) [formerly Landschaft (Landscape)]
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Morgan Levey, interpretive media associate, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesMy Barbarian: Broke People's Baroque Peoples' Theater
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Thursday, August 16, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19, 2012, 3:00 p.m.Malik Gaines, artist
Jade Gordon, artist
Alexandro Segade, artistView excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
My Barbarian animates theatrical styles from Baroque spectacle to camp drag to riff on the absurdities of the American financial crisis. In a performance of wastefulness,…
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Gallery TalkTim Svenonius on Petah Coyne's Untitled #1181 (Dante's Daphne)
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Tim Svenonius, producer, interpretive media, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesD-L Alvarez and Kevin Killian: The Visitor Owl
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Thursday, August 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT
Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26, 2012, 3:00 p.m.D-L Alvarez, artist
Kevin Killian, writerView excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
This collaboration between writer Killian, visual artist Alvarez, and the San Francisco Poets Theater features hyperbolic reenactments of two seminal Sidney Poitier films about…
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Gallery TalkChristian Davies on Jean (Hans) Arp’s Tête et Feuille; Tête et Vase/Kopf und Blatt; Kopf und Vase (Head and Leaf; Head and Vase)
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Christian Davies, education associate, family programs, SFMOMA
Each Thursday in July and August hear from the behind-the-scenes voices of the museum as SFMOMA staff members share perspectives on a single artwork. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesRichard T. Walker: the speed and eagerness of meaning (longer longing version)
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Thursday, August 30, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, September 1 and 2, 2012, 3:00 p.m.Richard T. Walker, artist
View excerpts from the performance in our video archive.
Walker's meditative works combine spoken language, original music compositions, video, and photography to focus on the relationships among humans, language, and the environment.…
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Free Tuesday ProgramJulie Lazar on John Cage
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012
noon
Julie Lazar, curator and founding director, International Contemporary Arts Network
Lazar screens Circle of Circuses (1994), a video inspired by Cage's use of chance operations and drawn from source materials associated with the large-scale composition Rolywholyover…
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Curator TalkTanya Zimbardo on Gerard Byrne's Subject
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Thursday, September 06, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Special EventElectronic Music Festival
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Thursday, September 06, 2012
7:00 p.m.
SFMOMA is pleased to host the opening concert of the 13th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival. Offerings include versions of Cage's Fontana Mix and Aria performed…
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Curator TalkJoseph Becker on Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's Homographies
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Joseph Becker, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
This program has been moved from October 4, 2012.
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Special EventsfSound Presents: Music of ChAnGEs, Variations VIII
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
7:00 p.m.
As part of their yearlong celebration of Cage's 100th birthday, contemporary music crusaders sfSound present a diverse program of some of Cage's most intriguing works. It centers…
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Curator TalkJennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Lebbeus Woods's Conflict Space series
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
This program has been moved from September 20, 2012.
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Free Tuesday ProgramRobert Arneson's Portrait of George
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012
noon
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
Join Garrels for a discussion of sculptor and ceramicist Arneson's controversial tribute to San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, who was assassinated in 1978.
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Curator TalkCaitlin Haskell on Ciprian Muresan's Untitled (Monks)
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Caitlin Haskell, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Artist Panel DiscussionUnidentified Influences: Artists on Cindy Sherman
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Katy Grannan, and Desirée Holman, artists
Eva Respini, associate curator of photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMany of the themes explored by Sherman, such as feminine stereotypes, the plasticity of identity, and fiction and artifice in portraiture, are crucial concerns in contemporary art…
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Stage Presence Performance SeriesRashaad Newsome: Shade Compositions
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
9:00 p.m.
Newsome's Shade Compositions takes up the body language and voice of certain women of color — wondering how a seemingly sassy street expression extends across the globe as an…
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Book SigningBook Signing: Trevor Paglen
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Trevor Paglen, artist/geographer
Paglen signs his new book, The Last Pictures, in the MuseumStore preceding his evening presentation in the Phyllis Wattis Theater.
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Gallery TalkKate Mendillo on Robert Gober’s Untitled
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Kate Mendillo, curatorial project manager, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Artist TalkTrevor Paglen
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Trevor Paglen, artist/geographer
Presented in conjunction with Litquake, Creative Time, and the release of artist/geographer Paglen's latest book, The Last Pictures, this multimedia performance/lecture attempts to…
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Curator TalkJenny Gheith on Alessandro Pessoli
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Jenny Gheith, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Special Event2012 Bay Area Treasure Award Dinner Honoring Jim Campbell
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Haas Atrium
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
The St. Regis San Francisco, 125 Third Street
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.Jim Campbell, artist
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Scott Snibbe, media artistBenefactor Reception
Hosted in SFMOMA's Haas atrium, this intimate champagne reception will feature a talk and tour with honoree Jim Campbell, and a one-night-only installation in…
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Book SigningBook Signing: Todd Selby, James Freeman, and Caitlin Freeman
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
James Freeman, founder, Blue Bottle Coffee
Caitlin Freeman, pastry chef, Blue Bottle Coffee
Todd Selby, photographer and authorJoin us for a delicious evening with the authors of two new books. A talk and reception follow the signing.
Edible Selby and The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and…
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Special EventTodd Selby, James Freeman, and Caitlin Freeman in Conversation
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
6:00 p.m.
James Freeman, founder, Blue Bottle Coffee
Caitlin Freeman, pastry chef, Blue Bottle Coffee
Todd Selby, photographer and authorThis special event brings together the folks behind Blue Bottle Coffee — America's leading artisan roaster — and New York-based photographer and author Selby to…
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Curator TalkLisa Sutcliffe on Naoya Hatakeyama's A BIRD/Blast #130
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
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Curator TalkRudolf Frieling on Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's Frequency and Volume: Relational Architecture 9
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
Please note: curator talks…
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Artist TalkRafael Lozano-Hemmer and Seth Horvitz
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, artist
Seth Horvitz, musicianLozano-Hemmer is internationally recognized for his kinetic sculptures, responsive environments, and photography and video installations. His work is featured at SFMOMA this fall…
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Free Tuesday ProgramBen Kinmont: Into the Archives
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Tuesdays, November 6, and December 4, 2012
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Join us for a deeper look into the archives that make up Ben Kinmont: Prospectus. A specialized attendant will be on hand to help surface archival gems that are not on view in the…
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Curator TalkJoseph Becker on Tauba Auerbach's 50/50 Floor
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Thursday, November 08, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Joseph Becker, assistant curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
Please note: curator talks…
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PerformanceKevin Killian and Poets' Theater Present Wet Paint
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Thursday, November 08, 2012
7:00 p.m.
THEY INVENTED A NEW KIND OF ART...AND A NEW KIND OF SEX TO GO WITH IT! Killian's Wet Paint tells the story of Jay DeFeo and San Francisco's bohemian underground with a cast of…
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Curator TalkErica Gangsei on Selected Histories
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Erica Gangsei, manager of interpretive media, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
Please note: curator talks…
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PerformanceMorton Subotnick and SUE-C: Silver Apples of the Moon
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Subotnick is hailed as one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and multimedia performance mixing computer-based compositions with live electronic processing. In…
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PerformanceHelena Producciones Local Proposals
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Kadist, VISIBLE and Helena Producciones, through an open call for actions and performative gestures that emphasizes visual commentaries on urgent social issues, present 10 selected…
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Curator TalkJulie Charles on Jasper Johns's 0 through 9
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Julie Charles, associate curator of education, SFMOMA
Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA curators share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes.
Please note: curator talks…
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ConversationDavid Goldblatt in Conversation
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
7:00 p.m.
David Goldblatt, photographer
Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography, SFMOMAJoin SFMOMA curator Phillips for a conversation with acclaimed photographer Goldblatt about his work and the exhibition South Africa in Apartheid and After. Goldblatt is the current…
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Curatorial WorkshopExhibiting South Africa
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Friday, November 30, 2012
noon - 2:00 p.m.
Catherine Cole, UC Berkeley, Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
David Goldblatt, photographer
Betti-Sue Hertz, director of visual arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Kemang Wa Luhlere, artist
Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography, SFMOMA
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMA
Additional guests to be announcedContemporary photography from South Africa is a growing concentration in the SFMOMA collection. This workshop begins a process that will result in an exhibition in 2014. A…
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Phyllis Wattis Distinguished SymposiumCreating the Periphery: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art
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Saturday, December 01, 2012
noon - 5:30 p.m.
Rolf Abderhalden, artist
Negar Azimi, senior editor, Bidoun magazine
Omar Berrada, writer and translator; director of Dar al-Ma'mûn
Julia Bryan-Wilson, art historian, UC Berkeley
Wilson Díaz, artist; co-founder of Helena Producciones
Apsara DiQuinzio, curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Chris Dixon, owner, Explorist International
Cesar Garcia, curator; U.S. Commissioner for the 13th International Cairo Biennale
Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, curator, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Dinh Q. Lê, artist; co-founder of Sàn Art
Pamela M. Lee, art historian, Stanford University
Kemang Wa Lehulere, artist
Aaron Levy, founding executive director, Slought Foundation
Deirdre Logue, artist; development director at Vtape.org; founder of FAG feminist art gallery, Toronto
Ana María Millán, artist and founding member of Helena Producciones
Allyson Mitchell, artist; social and cultural historian, York University; founder of FAG feminist art gallery, Toronto
Antanas Mockus, mathematician, philosopher, politician
Tuan Andrew Nguyen, artist; co-founder of Sàn Art; member of The Propeller Group
Stefania Pandolfo, anthropologist, UC Berkeley
Ignacio Valero, social and cultural historian, California College of the Arts
Roberto Varea, director, Center for Latino Studies in the Americas (CELASA), University of San Francisco
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMOMATime Description noon - 12:50 p.m. Locating the Periphery: Dominic Willsdon, Negar Azimi, and Aaron Levy. Responses from Stefania Pandolfo, Omar Berrada, and Joana Hadjithomas. 1:00 p.m. Cesar Garcia presentation 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Institutions at the Periphery: Apsara DiQuinzio, Dinh Q. Lê, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen. Responses from Julia Bryan-Wilson, Sofia Hernández Chong Cuy, Deirdre Logue, and Allyson Mitchell. 2:30 p.m. Kemang Wa Lehulere presentation 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Performance at the Periphery: Roberto Varea, Rolf Abderhalden, and Antanas Mockus. Varea moderates a discussion with Wilson Díaz, Ana María Millán, and others. 4:00 p.m. DJ set by Chris Dixon 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. San Francisco at the Periphery: Responses from Pamela M. Lee and Ignacio Valero. Conversation hosted by Dominic Willsdon. In recent years, the focal point of the art world has shifted from a few major centers to a multiplicity of artistic communities around the globe. Cultural power is still…
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