Legion of Honor 100: History + Highlights
17 hours ago · The first Bouquets to Art was held at the Legion in April–May 1985. In celebration of the Legion of Honor 100, the program will be hosted at both the de Young and Legion in 2025. Our first website, thinker.org, launched in 1996, was also the first museum site with an online searchable collections database.
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17 hours ago · Views of Naples: Thematic Decoration of an Eighteenth Century Porcelain Dinner Service. Read about four porcelain pieces in the Museums’ collection that exemplify the imaginatively themed porcelain services produced during the eighteenth century and that offer little windows onto the Bay of Naples. By Thomas Wu.
The de Young Open 2023 - famsf.org
Building on the tremendous success of the inaugural de Young Open in 2020, the second triennial of this juried community art exhibition celebrates the voices and visions of Bay Area artists. The 883 works on view were created by artists who live in the nine counties surrounding San Francisco Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
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By artists Jennifer Jang, Robert Hightower, Subha Joshi, Celise, Beverly Patterson, Mathilda LaZelle Moore, and Liz Boeder. Article American art Contemporary art.
On-site, Online, and Right on Time: The Fine Arts Museums …
Oct 18, 2021 · SAN FRANCISCO—The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the “Museums”) are excited to announce a selection of forthcoming programming through the fall and winter seasons.With a focus on our special exhibitions, the Museums are proud to present a variety of programs back on-site at the de Young and Legion of Honor museums through our Free Saturdays initiative, while continuing to offer our ...
Ansel Adams in Our Time Member Preview
Book your ticket to visit the de Young and see Ansel Adams in Our Time before it opens to the public. Tickets include entry to Ansel Adams in Our Time as well as all permanent collection galleries at the de Young on the day of your visit. Ansel Adams in Our Time traces the iconic visual legacy of photographer Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984), presenting some of his most celebrated images.
Making America: Conversations on Creative Work - FAMSF
Contact info. Public Programs. [email protected]. 415.750.7694. Examine the state of American art through the lens of radical imagining and collective care. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in collaboration with the Colby College Museum of Art’s Lunder Institute for American Art, present an afternoon of discussion featuring ...
About European decorative arts - FAMSF
European Decorative Arts have been an essential part of the Legion of Honor since its founding. In addition to her own collections, the Legion’s founder, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, secured donations of French 18th-century furniture, decorative arts, and mounted porcelain from the Collis P. Huntington Collection and Mildred Anna Williams. Mrs. Spreckels also received gifts of contemporary ...
U.S. museum debut for Calder Picasso at the de Young - FAMSF
Feb 2, 2021 · Calder-Picasso de Young museum \ March 6 – May 23, 2021. Two giants of modernity meet at the de Young museum. SAN FRANCISCO—The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are thrilled to present Calder-Picasso at the de Young museum. Conceived by the artists’ grandsons Alexander S. C. Rower and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, it is the first major museum exhibition to explore the formal resonances between ...
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