Friday, November 02, 2012

Barry McGee

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11 AM – 5 PM

“Throughout his career,” writes Alex Baker in the exhibition catalog, “Barry McGee has continued to surprise and contradict expectations.” Including…

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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NAOYA HATAKEYAMA

SFMOMA10am - 5:45pm, Thu till 8:45pm

One of Japan's most prominent photographers, Naoya Hatakeyama is known for austere and beautiful large-scale pictures that capture the extraordinary…

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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Rose Sellery: "Passages"

Museum of Art and History11am-5pm

The Museum of Art and History is thrilled to bring you its newest exhibition, showcasing the works of noted Santa Cruz artist, Rose Sellery.…

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Winchester Mystery House "Fright Nights"

Winchester Mystery House6:30pm-12am

Sarah Winchesters ode to home improvement is scary any time of the year, but around Halloween the ante goes way up on the famed Mystery House.…

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The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936 – 1951

The Contemporary Jewish Museum11am-5pm

The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951, the first comprehensive museum survey in three…

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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,…

Out of Character

Asian Art Museum10am - 5pm, Thu till 9pm in October & January

What defines a masterwork? This exhibition, focusing on fifteen masterpieces supported by twenty-five additional works of the highest quality,…

Jay Defeo

SFMOMA11am - 5:45pm

This retrospective offers a revelatory, in-depth encounter with the work of Jay DeFeo (1929-1989), one of the most important and innovative…

Santa Cruz Collects

Museum of Art and History11am-5pm

"Santa Cruz Collects" is an exhibition that explores the reasons why we as humans collect things, both as individuals and as institutions. Extraordinary…

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Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers

Museum of Craft & Folk Art11am–6pm, x2

The Museum of Craft and Folk Art (MOCFA) in San Francisco on Yerba Buena Lane is proud to present a traveling exhibition co-organized by Japan…

Jasper Johns

SFMOMA11am - 5:45pm

For nearly 60 years, Jasper Johns has found new ways to explore, as he once put it, "how we see and why we see the way we do." This major exhibition…

Gifts from the Gods: Art and the Olympic Ideal

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

Plato considered both art and athletics to be gifts from the gods, and the connection between art and sports in ancient Greece can be viewed…

Rocky Mountain Express

The Tech Museum of Innovation10am-5pm

The Tech Museum of Innovation is thrilled to bring you its newest IMAX presentation, Rocky Mountain Express. This majestic steam train adventure…

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Playing with Fire

Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm

This fall, OMCA will be one of more than 120 museums nationwide to mark the 50th anniversary of the studio art-glass movement in the United…

Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhitibition at the Tech Museum of Innovation

San Jose Convention & Cultural - Parkside Hall10:00am-8:00pm

MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition uses interactive technology and a hands-on approach to allow guests to explore the world of science using…

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Santa's Workshop--Remembering Favorite Toys

Saratoga Historical Museum1:00-4:00 PM

“Santa’s Workshop—Remembering Favorite Toysâ€� opens November 9 and runs through the end of January at the Saratoga History Museum. Erector…

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Our Twentieth Anniversary

Scott Nichols Gallery11am- 5:30pm

Scott Nichols Gallery is pleased to present Our Twentieth Anniversary, a special exhibition of photographs celebrating twenty years at 49 Geary.…

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Election Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

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

November 3 - 4 Election Weekend It's election time! While adults are voting on important issues such as the president race, come to Playland-Not-at-the-Beach…

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