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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de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Fri
Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes is a major exhibition of new sculptures, drawings, and installations by renowned artist Maya Lin. In 1981, Lin's…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Librarycall for details
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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Asian Art Museum10am - 5pm
A traveling exhibition of extraordinary archaeological treasures from the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul, this exhibition will explore…
San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm
Growing up in Germany during World War II, Wilfried Satty’s (1939-1982) imagination was forever stamped by the war-torn urban landscape. After…
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A collaboration between artist Adam Silverman and MIT Architecture Professor Nader Tehrani, Boolean Valley (2008) is a room-sized installation…
Imagine one hundred life-size monkeys made out of cardboard dangling from each other and swinging from trapezes. This is what artist James Grashow…
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,…
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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In fact, many of the most highly esteemed artists, like Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Gehry, Joan Brown and Manuel Neri, have experimented with…
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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The Intel Museum9am-6pm
Explore through interactive exhibits how technologies used to capture images, communicate across distance and record sound have evolved over…
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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…
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,…
Children's Discovery Museum of San Josecall for details
The museum hosts a variety of ongoing, hands-on exhibits for kids. Exhibits include "Bubbalogna," "Current Connections," "Secrets of Circles"…
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Museum of Performance & Design12 - 5 p.m.
The Museum of Performance & Design is proud to present HELLO, CAROL! A Celebration of Carol Channing, the first major retrospective exhibition…
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Artists' for Television Access (ATA)8:00 pm
When: Wednesday, December 3, 8:00 PM What: Artists Talk with Amy Franceschini and Wilson Diaz Artists Amy Franceschini and Wilson Diaz…
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Pacific Heritage Museum10:00am-4:00pm
United Commercial Bank, together with Project HOPE and the Pacific Heritage Museum, will host the San Francisco viewing of World of Love: Chinese…
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Best known as a sculptor, Martin Puryear has returned in recent years to an exploration of printmaking, masterfully rendering his three-dimensional…
Judah L. Magnes MuseumSunday-Thursday. 12-5pm
This new installation by artist Jonathon Keats, located in four windows of the Magnes’ downtown Berkeley site on Harold Way, depicts NASA-generated…
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