Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young presents
YSL-A-GO-GO!
and film: Basquiat
- When
- Fri Feb 27, 2009
- Where
- de Young Museum
- Time
- 5-8:45pm
- Cost
- $10
- Tags
- Movies, Film Screenings, Dance, Museums, Cultural Museums, Gay, Gay Galleries
Description
On Friday nights the entire museum is open until 8:45 p.m. Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, and lectures. The cafe is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menu, and a no-host cocktail bar is serving drinks. There are art-making activities for everyone.The San Francisco Bay Guardian presents YSL-A-GO-GO!
The Guardian is staging a far-out dance extravaganza to celebrate the iconic French style of Yves Saint Laurent, featuring the wild sounds and sights of Bardot A Go Go! Bardot A Go Go is the world's longest-running Francophilic swinging sixties dance party and pop art experience! From French pop to ye-ye, mod, soul, frat rock, and sexy soundtracks, Bardot A Go Go plays it all, and plays it in French! Pop art decor and rare videos complete the scene, with a special appearance by the Girls of Go Go Mania doing all your fave rave ‘60s dances (www.bardotagogo.com, http://www.sfbg.com/deyoung)
Koret Auditorium
7pm
Film: Basquiat (1996). Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The young street artist living in New York’s Tompkins Square Park is “discovered” by Andy Warhol’s art world and becomes a star. But Basquiat’s life at the top is short-lived.
Fee Information
Public programs are free. Admission the the museum is free to members; regular admission fees apply for non-members to visit the galleries. A $10 surcharge applies for non-members to visit the special exhibitions Yves Saint Laurent and Warhol Live.
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