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All You Need Is Love

Museum of Art and History11am-5pm

The Museum of Art and History hosts a museum-wide exhibition that invites visitors to explore the countless ways in which love is manifested…

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THE UTOPIAN IMPULSE

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…

PARRA

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

With its vibrant color, curvaceous lines, and eccentric, distinctive imagery, the bold and playful work of Dutch graphic artist Parra has garnered…

Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present

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

This exhibition of works from the SFMOMA collection explores the richness, diversity, and continuing vitality of painting over the last 50 years.…

Darth Vader and Son

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…

Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes

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…

Celebrating American Heroes

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

May 19 - 20 Celebrating Everyday American Heroes at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach For Armed Forces Day (Saturday, May 19th), Playland takes TWO…

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Making the Modern Picture Book: Children’s Books from the Victorian Era

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

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900 is the first major exhibition to explore the unconventional creativity of the British…

Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964

de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday

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…

Contemporary Art Tour

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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Introduction to the Cantor Arts Center Tour

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…

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"Play Clothes"

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center11:00AM-5pm, weekends:10AM-5PM

"Play Clothes" examines the different clothes and corresponding situations in this display of original Peanuts strips.

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"It's a Fine Line"

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center11AM-5PM, weekends: 10AM-5PM

"It's a Fine Line" examines Schulz's pen line and includes a display and description of his "tools of the trade".

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State Of Mind: New California Art circa 1970

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…

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Andy Warhol: Polaroids MATRIX 240

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

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,…

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Abstract Expressionisms: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection

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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Tables of Content: Ray Johnson and Robert Warner Bob Box Archive / MATRIX 241

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

In 1988, New York–based collagist Robert Warner began a correspondence with the enigmatic artist Ray Johnson. Until Johnson’s death in 1995,…

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"Leveling the Playing Field"

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center11AM-5PM, weekends:10AM-5PM

2012 is the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Title IX legislation to ban discrimination in schools so its a perfect time to learn more…

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