Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)9am–5pm
Coming this fall to BAM/PFA, the landmark exhibition Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection offers a unique window onto…
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Oakland Museum of California10 am - 5 pm, opens at 12noon on Sun
The Oakland Museum of California presents a selective look at the vast and vibrant Southern California art scene via 11 influential artists,…
SFMOMA11am - 5:45pm, till 8:45pm on Thu
Modern science and photography flowered simultaneously in the early 19th century, and photography was adopted as a scientific tool from the…
San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm
Imagine one hundred life-size monkeys made out of cardboard dangling from each other and swinging from trapezes. This is what artist James Grashow…
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de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Fri
This is the first U.S. exhibition of one of the most significant collections of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawings from the Biblioteca…
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Displays of original Beethoven manuscripts, first editions, a lock of the composer's hair, art and demonstrations of historical keyboards. Fifth…
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Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes is a major exhibition of new sculptures, drawings, and installations by renowned artist Maya Lin. In 1981, Lin's…
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11am-5pm
Each story told is an act of shaping the world. Bending the Word brings together four artists who employ a range of media—including video, live…
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Looking back nearly 60 years across a wide spectrum of genres and media, this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public…
Shedding light on the life and art of Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954), this exhibition features approximately fifty photographic portraits of the…
Oakland Museum of California10am - 5pm, opens at 12noon on Sun
The museum’s popular tribute to the Mexican/Central American tradition of honoring the dead. Altars (ofrendas) and installations by local artists,…
A collaboration between artist Adam Silverman and MIT Architecture Professor Nader Tehrani, Boolean Valley (2008) is a room-sized installation…
The Contemporary Jewish Museum11am - 5:30pm
About the exhibition: Andy Warhol’s extraordinary series, Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, portrays a pantheon of great Jewish…
San Jose Museum of Art presents Road Trip, a journey through a uniquely American experience. Presenting the works of great artists such as;…
Asian Art Museum10 am - 5 pm, till 9pm on Thu
The Islamic cultures of Asia are varied, rich and complex. This exhibition of approximately sixty paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, textiles,…
Asian Art Museum10am - 5pm
A traveling exhibition of extraordinary archaeological treasures from the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul, this exhibition will explore…
In fact, many of the most highly esteemed artists, like Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Gehry, Joan Brown and Manuel Neri, have experimented with…
Growing up in Germany during World War II, Wilfried Satty’s (1939-1982) imagination was forever stamped by the war-torn urban landscape. After…
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)12 noon - 5 pm, till 8pm Thu - Sat
How do we ensure sustainability of nature for growing urban populations? The Gatherers is an exhibition that brings together work from a diverse…
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With his early line drawings of distorted, exaggerated, or fantastic characters, Paul Klee laid the groundwork for generations of artists creating…
