Exhibitions
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Current Exhibitions
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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 founded a small, utopian community in the…
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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
This exhibition celebrates The 1000 Journals Project, an ongoing collaborative and participatory experiment that follows 1,000 blank journals as they journey around the world. Each…
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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 primarily from SFMOMA's collection, this exhibition considers themes particularly relevant in our world today: belonging and exile, mobility and immobility, and navigation…
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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
Las Vegas has reinvented itself many times — from desert outpost to Sin City to megaresort — yet still retains iconic status in our collective imagination. Half dream,…
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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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- Picturing Modernity: The Photography Collection
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Ongoing
SFMOMA's photography collection includes pictures from the mid-1800s to the present that capture key moments in the development of the medium. In conjunction with Brought to Light,…
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- Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection
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Ongoing
SFMOMA's modern and contemporary art holdings include paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by some of the 20th and 21st centuries' most celebrated artists. The selection…
