Saturday, February 20, 2010

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"Unexpected Reflections" - Technology meets the New Face of Portraiture

Meridian GalleryGallery Closed

Unexpected Reflections: The Portrait Reconsidered features innovative, sometimes stunning, cutting-edge interpretations of the portrait. JD…

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SHANGHAI

Asian Art Museum10-5pm Tues-Sun, 10-9pm Thurs, CLOSED Mondays

Shanghai explores, through the mirror of its art, the tumultuous history that has resulted in one of the world's most dynamic and cosmopolitan…

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Cartier and America

Legion of Honor9:30 am–5:15 pm

Through April 18, Cartier and America at the Legion of Honor covers the history of the House of Cartier from its first great successes as the…

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Icons of Attention; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Galleries

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)12-6

YBCA presents Kamau Patton, a Bay Area-based video and performance artist, whose installation Icons of Attention experiments with a new type…

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THE ANNIVERSARY SHOW

SFMOMA11am-5:45pm, till 8:45pm on Thu

On January 18, SFMOMA marks its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's first solo museum…

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Long Play

SFMOMA11am-5:45pm, till 8:45pm on Thu

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…

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Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

The Contemporary Jewish MuseumMon Tues Fri Sat Sun 11 AM - 5 PM, Thr 1-8 PM, Closed Wed

ART EXHIBITION THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM PRESENTS Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf In a new exhibition making its North American…

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Ramona Quimby

Various Locations in Oakland2:00pm and 4:30pmTwo shows daily!

Ramona Quimby, Beverly Cleary's imaginative and irrepressible heroine comes to life in a delightful theatrical production by Len Jenkin, directed…

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Wolfman and Wolfboy Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

Playland-Not-At-The-Beach10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sat & Sun, February 20 & 21 - Wolfman and Wolfboy Weekend! In conjunction with the new "Wolfman" movie, Playland celebrates the legacy of the…

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Swinging Chinatown: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs

The Old Mint12-5 PM

This rare exhibit features vintage photographs, costumes and memorabilia of the exciting and glamorous days of the Chinese American nightclub…

Longing for Sea Change

Cantor Arts CenterMuseum open 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays

This series presents video installations by contemporary artists living and working in Africa and the diasporas. Emotionally stirring and symbolic,…

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Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future: Master Ink Painters in 20th-Century China

Cantor Arts CenterMuseum open 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays

This landmark exhibition illuminates a turning point in the development of Chinese ink painting during the 20th century. Drawing upon paintings…

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Frank Lobdell Figure Drawings

Cantor Arts CenterMuseum open 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays

Although he is known primarily as a San Francisco Abstract Expressionist painter, Frank Lobdell participated in weekly figure-drawing sessions…

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Inside the Activist’s Studio

The Contemporary Jewish Museum2:30 - 8PM

EVENT Inside the Activist’s Studio Learn from and be energized by Bay Area Jewish change-makers, and celebrate the multitude of ways we are…

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Black History Month Celebration

Habitot Children's Museum9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Join Habitot on Sunday, February 21 from 9:30 am-4:30 pm to celebrate Black History Month! Musicians Annette and Catherine from the group “Jiji…

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New Exhibit: "Take a Hike Snoopy"

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center10:00AM-5:00PM

This exhibition explores Charles Schulz's many connections to local scouting troops & his receipt of the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts…

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Meccano-Mania

Moah Museum of American HeritageFriday, Saturday & Sunday 11am-4pm

Before there was LEGO, there were metal construction toys. Generations of budding engineers grew up assembling metal models prepared from kits…

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Robert Cameron’s Aerial Photography

Metreonnoon - 6pm

The Metreon is suffering an identity crisis on its first and mezzanine floors. One nice diversion occupying the former Sony Style store space…

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Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

San Jose Museum of Art11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This exhibition of 104 paintings and drawings spans the Sacramento-based artist’s career from his earliest work as a young student to his latest…

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Juicy Paint

San Jose Museum of Art11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Examine the many ways in which the sheer physicality of paint has been used in contemporary art. The exhibition showcases works drawn from SJMA’s…

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