Saturday, September 06, 2014

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Within and Without: Transformations in Chinese Landscapes

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs until 8pm

Closed Mon & Tues through 9/21, then only closed Tues. The landscape, the most prominent painting tradition in China, brings with it more than…

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The Graphite Show

The ArsenalMon-Fri 11am-8pm Sat 11am-6pm Sun Closed

It has become an annual tradition at The Arsenal, the San Jose art shop, studio and gallery space. Each year, a mixture of graffiti artists,…

Sympathy for the Devil: Satan, Sin, and the Underworld

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thu til 8pm

Closed MON & TUE through 9/21, then only closed TUE. Throughout Western history, the concept of Satan has acted as a sinister mirror of the…

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The Way Somewhere: curated by Vanessa Marsh

Royal NoneSuch Gallery1-4pmGallery Hours

The Way Somewhere, guest curated by Vanessa Marsh, brings together the work of Sarah Applebaum, Bessma Khalaf, Abe McNally, and Adam Thorman.…

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The New Landscape: Experiments in Light by Gyorgy Kepes

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs until 8 pm

Closed MON & TUES through September 21, then only closed TUES. This exhibition explores the question of art's relevance in a scientific age…

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

Smith Rafael Film Center3:00pm, 7:00pm$8.25 Matinee Screening, $11 Ev…

Among its seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture), Alec Guinness was honored as Best Actor as the resolute but misguided Colonel Nicholson,…

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Artists Observe Nature, 1600-1800

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, closed Mon & Tues

Closed MON & TUES through 9/21, then only closed TUES. After 1600, it became increasingly common for draftsmen and printmakers to study nature…

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Mapping Edo: The Social and Political Geography of Early Modern Japan

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday. Experience Edo-period Japan (1615–1868) through archival maps, prints, and paintings of the capital and surrounding…

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Night, Smoke, and Shadows: The Presence of Atmosphere in the 19th Century

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

Closed Mon & Tues through 9/21, then only closed TUES. Many artists active in the 19th century manipulated the appearance of atmosphere in…

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Into the Nearness of Distance

Chinese Culture CenterTues-Sat, 10-4pm

The Chinese Culture Center (CCC) of San Francisco continues its annual Xian Rui (‘fresh’ and ‘sharp’) exhibition series with Into the Nearness…

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MATRIX 254 / Geta Brătescu

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

MATRIX 254 features the work of Romanian artist Geta Brătescu (b. 1926), who has been living and working in Bucharest since the 1950s.…

Looking Intently: The James Cahill Legacy

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The late James Cahill, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, was known as a brilliant scholar, exceptional teacher and writer, and extraordinary…

Hofmann by Hofmann

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

In 1960 Hans Hofmann (1880–1966) described the just-completed painting Summer Bliss as one of his finest. At the suggestion of Erle Loran, then…

Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Forrest Bess (1911–1977) described himself as a visionary artist. His small but powerful abstract paintings, with their thick paint and handmade…

Envisioning Human Rights: The Next Generation

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11:00-5:00

Visual art can be a powerful tool to create awareness and change in the face of both national and international human rights abuses. BAM/PFA…

Night, Smoke, and Shadows: The Presence of Atmosphere in the 19th Century

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, closed Mon & Tues

Many artists active in the 19th century manipulated the appearance of atmosphere in order to create the illusion of space and texture, imply…

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