More Than your Selfie
NUMU MuseumWednesday 1pm-5pm Thursday 11am-8pm Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 11am-5pm Sunday 11am-5pm
The selfie is an ancient medium of art that only recently has been trivialized. Rembrandt painted himself throughout his life, capturing the…
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Shifting Currents: Highlights from the 20th-Century Chinese Collection
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am -5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
The Cantor's Asian collection features works in a variety of media. With especially strong holdings of Chineseand Japanese art, the collection…
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Plus One: Pop Duplications
Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays
In the early 1960s, American artists increasingly drew on popular imagery, commercial signage, and product design as source material and creative…
Promised Land: JACOB LAWRENCE at the Cantor. A Gift from the Kayden Family
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am - 5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
This exhibition features an exceptional group of 56 works by the 20th-century American artist, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), and one by his spouse,…
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Drama of Heaven and Earth: The Theatrical Traditions of Japan
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am -5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
During medieval and early-modern times, the Japanese theatrical art of Noh developed from a form of popular performance to the solemn, abstract…
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Imagining the Oceans
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Ocean environments have nourished the imagination of visual artists across history and cultures, yielding a dramatic spectrum of influential…
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American Battleground: Photographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Photography was invented in France more than two decades before the Civil War erupted in America. By the 1860s, visual culture and fine art…
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MakeArt Workshop at Museum of Craft and Design: Earth Day Mobiles
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Celebrate the beauty of nature by crafting a mobile, using driftwood, twigs, sea shells and other organic found materials. For children ages…
Exquisite Nature: 20 Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings
Asian Art Museum10:00am-5:00pm Closed on Mondays
The Asian Art Museum presents 20 masterpieces of Chinese paintings from 14th to 18th centuries, representing the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.…
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Laughing Sal Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
Playland-Not-At-The-Beach10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
April 25 - 26 Laughing Sal Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach She's funny, she's scary, she's a 90-year-old piece of animatronic American…
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Watson Adventures’ New Computer History Museum Madness Scavenger Hunt
Computer History Museum2:00pm
Join Watson Adventures on a unique scavenger hunt for adults! Discover the coolest, most amazing tidbits and terabytes of the Information Age…
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Operation Babylift: Perspectives & Legacies
Presidio Officers' Club10AM - 6PM; Closed Mondays
Operation Babylift: Perspectives and Legacies explores the diverse experiences and lasting impacts of a dramatic airlift that removed more than…
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Arboreal Architecture: A Visual History of Trees
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
From the earliest stages of human history, trees have provided resources for civilization, symbolic structure to families, spatial logic for…
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Bravo!: Music and Theater in Enlightenment Europe
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Patronage for acting and music flourished across Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Monarchs and city governments sponsored…
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Interaction of Color: Josef Albers Highlights from the Marmor Collection
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Over the last decade, the Marmor family and its Foundation have given the Cantor approximately 200 contemporary artworks, primarily prints.…
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Shana Moulton: Picture Puzzle Pattern Door
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)Varies
New York-based artist Shana Moulton works in video, performance, and installation. Her practice investigates the relationship between American…
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Sanaz Mazinani: Threshold
Asian Art Museum10:00am-5:00pm Closed on Mondays
Sanaz Mazinani: Threshold features a new site-specific installation by the dynamic San Francisco artist, whose work—primarily photography, video…
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New! Watson Adventures’ Computer History Museum Madness Scavenger Hunt
Computer History Museum2:00pm
Join Watson Adventures on a unique scavenger hunt for adults! Discover the coolest, most amazing tidbits and terabytes of the Information Age…
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Fatal Laughs: The Art of Robert Arneson
Cantor Arts Center11 AM-5 PM, Thurs until 8 PM, CLOSED TUESDAY
Robert Arneson revolutionized the medium of clay, transforming it from a “craft” medium into “fine art.” Over a career of more than…
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She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World
Cantor Arts Center11 AM-5 PM, Thurs until 8 PM, CLOSED TUESDAY
This exhibition introduces the pioneering work of 12 leading women photographers from Iran and the Arab world. Their provocative work ranges…
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