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“No Love Allowed” (Das Liebesverbot) Staged by Pocket Opera

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

Passions run high in Palermo, until a newly appointed head-of-state decrees that all pleasures—including love—are forbidden. Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is given musical life in … Read more

Categories Legion of Honor, Museums, Music, Musicals, Opera Tags Pocket Opera

Alice Neel’s Exclusive West Coast Presentation at the de Young Museum

May 19, 2022
Installation view of Alice Neel: People Come First, de Young museum, San Francisco, 2022. Photograph by Gary Sexton. Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco continues to to present the first comprehensive museum survey of work by American artist Alice Neel (1900–1984) on … Read more

Categories DeYoung Museum, Museums

Diego Rivera Fresco at San Francisco Art Institute Gains Funding

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
All photos are courtesy of San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) announced that the Mellon Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant supporting the school’s monumental 1931 Diego Rivera fresco, The Making … Read more

Categories Art, Galleries, Museums, San Francisco Art Institute, Visual Arts Tags Diego Rivera, San Francisco Art Institute

SFMOMA Receives Monumental Gift of New Art Treasures

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022
Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1940; The Estate of Norah and Norman Stone; © Marcel Duchamp; photo: Katherine Du Tiel, courtesy SFMOMA

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced the landmark gift of nearly 350 paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, design objects and media art … Read more

Categories Art, Museums, SFMOMA

CJM Presents “Tikkun” In Long-Running Exhibition

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022
"Please Rate Your Experience," by Lisa Kokin, Courtesy of CJM

The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) presents Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves, the twelfth iteration of The Dorothy Saxe Invitational. On view … Read more

Categories Art, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Museums

Rediscovered Masterwork at DeYoung Museum

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
Installation view courtesy of De Young Museum

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the “Museums”)  reminds readers of the exclusive West Coast presentation of Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo. On … Read more

Categories Art, Museums, Visual Arts Tags DeYoung Museum

SFMOMA Brings Tauba Auerbach Back for “S u Z” Exhibit

November 24, 2021
Tauba Auerbach "Static 16" (Private Collection)

Tauba Auerbach — S v Z  exhibition is to be featured at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from December 18, 2021 – May 1, 2022   New York … Read more

Categories Museums, SFMOMA

Joan Mitchell World Premiere at SFMOMA in September

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021
Joan Mitchell, "Untitled," 1992; Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg Collection; (c) Estate of Joan Mitchell.

Joan Mitchell has long been hailed as a formidable creative force—a painter who attained critical acclaim and success in the male-dominated art circles of 1950s … Read more

Categories Art, Museums, SFMOMA

“Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave” Now at The Legion of Honor

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
Bacchus with a panther Roman, from Piacenza, AD 50-150 Marble; H 180 cm Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, MANN 6316 Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museum

“Dinner… without a friend is like the life of a lion or a wolf.” – Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher (4 BC–AD 65) As the … Read more

Categories Legion of Honor, Museums, Visual Arts

A Post-Covid Exhibition at Legion Should Brighten Our Lives

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021
Seated Bather Drying Her Neck by Edgar Degas. Courtesy of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

When this Plague finally recedes, the ferry community will have reason to rejoice for quite another reason. Our own Legion of Honor may finally open. … Read more

Categories Art, Museums, Visual Arts Tags Legion of Honor
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