San Jose Museum of Art11am - 5pm
The San Jose Museum of Art examines West coast artists' nontraditional and often entertaining use of and humor in the upcoming "Renegade Humor"…
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de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday
Dubbed fashion’s enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier launched his first prêt-à-porter collection in 1976 and founded his own couture house in…
Museum of Craft & Folk Art11am-6pm
Organized by artist Harrell Fletcher, this exhibition explores the relationship between art and agriculture from a variety of perspectives including…
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Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History3:30pm - 4:00pm
Bats. Bees. Coyotes. Anemones. Join us at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History for Storytime, a weekly storytime series. Every Saturday,…
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SFMOMA10am - 5:45pm, Thu till 8:45pm
The Bay Area has long attracted dreamers, progressives, nonconformists, and designers. Buckminster Fuller was all of these, and although he…
With its vibrant color, curvaceous lines, and eccentric, distinctive imagery, the bold and playful work of Dutch graphic artist Parra has garnered…
Cartoon Art Museum11am – 5pm
What if Darth Vader actively raised his son? What if “I am your father” was just a stern admonishment from an annoyed dad? In this hilarious…
Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm
Based in Oakland, Daniel Clowes is internationally acclaimed for award-winning comics, graphic novels, and screenplays. With nearly 50 publications…
Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm
The end of the 19th century was a formative period for the design, production and marketing of children’s books in England. Due in large part…
The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900 is the first major exhibition to explore the unconventional creativity of the British…
In the summer of 1964, San Francisco was ground zero for an historic culture clash as the site of the 28th Republican National Convention and…
Cantor Arts Center3 PM
This tour focuses on the contemporary art collection in the Friedenrich Family Gallery, which features works from the 1950s to the present and…
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Cantor Arts Center1 PM
These docent-led tours feature a sampling of objects from various eras and cultures. Every tour is different. Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm…
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11AM - 5PM
Have you ever heard the sound of ice melting? State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, part of Pacific Standard Time, offers an in-depth…
(510) 642-1412
I’ve never met a person I couldn’t call a beauty.—Andy Warhol From 1970 to 1987 Andy Warhol took scores of Polaroid and black-and-white photographs,…
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11 AM-5 PM
Come spend some time with the work of seminal Abstract Expressionists this winter and spring at BAM/PFA. Forceful paintings by Mark Rothko,…
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In 1988, New York–based collagist Robert Warner began a correspondence with the enigmatic artist Ray Johnson. Until Johnson’s death in 1995,…
