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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Art+Process+Ideas
Mills College Art Museum11am to 4pm
Art+Process+Ideas: June 24-August 30, 2015 Opening Reception: June 24, 2015 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Mills College Art Museum The Mills College Art…
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Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Fireworks
Exploratorium11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Come ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors,…
Free Community Day at The Tech Museum of Innovation
The Tech Museum of Innovation10:00am - 5:00pm
This spring The Tech won the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the highest honor a U.S. museum can achieve. To thank Silicon Valley…
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Engineering Design Everyday
Lawrence Hall of Science10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Do Ingenuity Lab challenges every day in the Ingenuity Studio, located on the exhibit floor. Design, build and test your own inventions with…
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Summer Animal Adaptations
Lawrence Hall of Science1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
How does warmer weather change an animal's appetite, behavior or coat? Meet a friendly new animal every 30 minutes in the Animal Discovery Room…
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Summer Fun Days
Lawrence Hall of Science12:00 noon–2:00 p.m.
Make your Wednesdays "Summer Fun Days" with new, exciting events each week. Build structures with unlikely materials, witness high-flying stunts…
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28 Chinese
Asian Art Museum10am-5pm, til 9pm on Thu
The result of more than a decade’s worth of exploration, research and collecting, this new exhibition—organized by the extraordinary Rubell…
Pacific Worlds
Oakland Museum of CaliforniaWed & Thu 11 am – 5 pm, Fri 11am - 9pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 6pm
Celebrating the vibrant historic and cultural relationships, past and present, between the Pacific Islands and California, Pacific Worlds examines…
Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)Wed & Sun Noon - 6 PM, Thu-Sat Noon - 8 PM, Free First Tuesday of every month from Noon - 8 PM
YBCA is thrilled to be the only West Coast venue for Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, the first comprehensive survey…
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Picturing Sound, Creating Mood
Asian Art Museum10:00am-5:00pm
Indian paintings rotation third floor (Gallery 5)
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High Style: The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
Legion of Honor9:30 am to 5:15 pm, closed Mondays and select holidays
Gowns, accessories, and other looks by the most influential designers of the last one hundred years—including Chanel, Givenchy, Dior, and Charles…
Janet Delaney: South of Market
de Young Museum9:30 am to 5:15 pm, closed Mondays and select holidays
In an exhibition particularly relevant to the Bay Area, Janet Delaney: South of Market relates the complex history of a changing San Francisco…
Embodiments: Masterworks of African Figurative Sculpture
de Young Museum9:30 am to 5:15 pm, closed Mondays and select holidays
This selection of sculptures from sub-Saharan Africa pays homage to the figure in African art. Embodiments: Masterworks of African Figurative…
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