Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Shih Chieh Huang: Synthetic Seduction

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)12–8 pm

What [Shih Chieh Huang] generates in all of his work is a genuine sense of technology as life form” —Sally Butler, artlink.com Shih Chieh…

The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect

Museum of the African Diaspora11:00AM - 6:00PM

The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect offers an inspirational journey through…

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Flight of the Butterflies

The Tech Museum of Innovation(See website for times)

Experience butterflies in a way like never before with an IMAX film adventure. Weighing next to nothing the monarch butterflies make a long…

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Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm Wed-Sun; 11am-8pm Thurs

Beginning February 29th, Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center presents a new installation featuring work by John Chamberlain, Martin Puryear,…

Raging Opulence: Mark Dean Veca

San Jose Museum of Art11 AM - 5 PM

Mark Dean Veca, known for combining the opulence of Rococo wallpaper with the renegade attitude of cartoons, comics, and street art, will paint…

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25th Annual Pi Day Celebration

Exploratorium1pm-3pm

Pi Day is the international event invented by the Exploratorium in San Francisco and celebrated every year on 3/14 at 1:59 pm (the first five…

"Pi NightLife"

California Academy of Sciences6-10pm

Celebrate the glory of pi and pie with a night of mathematical merriment, and pie tastings and demonstrations. Get irrational in the “pi zone”…

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Shaped by Water: Past, Present & Future

History | San Jose11am-4pm

History San Jose is proud to bring you its newest exhibition, "Shaped by Water: Past, Present & Future". Created by the Los Altos History Museum,…

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China's Terracotta Warriors

Asian Art Museum-

Imperial leader. Fearsome tyrant. Military genius. Avid anti-intellectual. Obsessive star-gazer. Enduring mystery. The First Emperor, Qin…

Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

This exhibition features images by Chinese photographers working in their homeland throughout the astounding social and economic transformation…

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Garry Winogrand

SFMOMA11:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Widely acknowledged as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) captured moments of everyday…

Lebbeus Woods

SFMOMA11am - 8:45pm

Acknowledging the parallels between society's physical and psychological constructions, architect Lebbeus Woods (1940 - 2012) depicted a career-long…

Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

For its fall exhibition, the San Jose Museum of Art offers a rare opportunity to explore the practice of painting through the work of one of…

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Work in Progress

Museum of Art and History11am-5pm

The Museum of Art and History presents its winter exhibition, Works in Progress. This exhibition immerses you in the process of creating art…

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APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL / MATRIX 247

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11am - 5pm

Apichatpong Weerasethakul / MATRIX 247 features the Thai artist and filmmaker’s 2007 installation Morakot (Emerald), a single-channel video…

Hooch, Harlots, & History: Vice in San Francisco

The Old Mint6:30-9:30Doors/Tours 6:30, Program 7:30-…

FlipSide, Gangs of San Francisco, Pisco Punch, & 21st Amendment Brewery present: Hooch, Harlots, & History: Vice in San Francisco -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Journey…

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Northern Lights: FAG Selects

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art7:00 p.m.

Toronto-based FAG Feminist Art Gallery is a collaboration between the artists Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell. They write: "Through FAG we…

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Blossoms, Sunshine, and Saratoga--Remembering the Blossom Festival

Saratoga Historical Museum1-4 PM

The Saratoga History Museum is opening a new exhibit February 8: “Blossoms, Sunshine, and Saratoga—Remembering the Blossom Festival.â€�…

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The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America

Computer History Museum12 pmFree, but please register at co…

In late nineteenth century arguably the most important invention of all was Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb. The Age of Edison places…

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Silence

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

Inspired by John Cage’s groundbreaking musical composition 4'33", and the centenary of the composer’s birth, Silence considers the absence of…

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