Monday, August 31, 2015

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Warriors, Courtiers, and Saints: The Etchings of Jacques Callot

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

During his brief career, Jacques Callot (France, 1592–1635) challenged the old assumption that printmakers were incapable of inventing original…

More Than your Selfie

NUMU MuseumWednesday 1pm-5pm Thursday 11am-8pm Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 11am-5pm Sunday 11am-5pm

The selfie is an ancient medium of art that only recently has been trivialized. Rembrandt painted himself throughout his life, capturing the…

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Piranesi's Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

The exhibition presents 15 stunning drawings by the celebrated Italian printmaker, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778). Regarded as landmarks…

Empathy

Cantor Arts CenterOpen: Wed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues

August 12, 2015 to January 25, 2016 "Empathy" entered the English language via aesthetics and psychology in the late 19th century. Today, empathy…

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Word as Image: Highlights from the Marmor Collection

Cantor Arts CenterOpen: Wed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues

While artists throughout history have integrated words into their works, modern and contemporary artists have given them a significant position…

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Modern Times: O'Keeffe, Stieglitz, Toomer

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

The aesthetic and romantic relationship between Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz has been widely studied, but less is known about O'Keeffe's…

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Fatal Laughs: The Art of Robert Arneson

Cantor Arts Center11 AM-5 PM, Thurs until 8 PM, CLOSED TUESDAY

Robert Arneson revolutionized the medium of clay, transforming it from a “craft” medium into “fine art.” Over a career of more than…

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Into the Forest: Landscape as Subject and Studio in 19th-Century France

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; 11 AM- 8PM Thursdays; closed Tuesdays

This installation of 17 prints, drawings, and photographs explores how French artists depicted the landscape in the modern age and approached…

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Astley D. M. Cooper and Mrs. Stanford's Jewels

Cantor Arts Center11 AM - 5 PM; closed Tuesdays

Nationally recognized during his time but largely forgotten in our own, painter Astley D. M. Cooper (1856–1924) used a faux Egyptian temple…

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Beta Space

San Jose Museum of Artsee website for full schedule

Long interested in the mysteries of the night sky and the natural world, internationally-recognized artist Diana Thater will create a dramatic,…

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