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Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay

Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay puts forth nearly 100 works by the famous masters who called France their home during... more

May 22, 2010 - Sep 6, 2010

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Photo/Synthesis

Photo/Synthesis highlights the dynamic trend in the field of contemporary photography, collages, assemblages, and other multi-part or composite... more

May 1, 2010 - Oct 3, 2010

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To Dye For: A World Saturated in Color

To Dye For features over 50 textiles and costumes from the Fine Arts Museums’ comprehensive collection of textiles from Africa, Asia and the... more

Jul 31, 2010 - Jan 9, 2011

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I Keep Foolin' Around: William T. Wiley as Printmaker

Bay Area artist William T. Wiley (b. 1937) is well known as a painter, sculptor, and draftsman whose imagery is infused with a lively blend of... more

Mar 20, 2010 - Jul 4, 2010

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USA / San Francisco

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Posing as Art: Photographs, 19th Century to Now

On view in the de Young's Fisher Family Gallery, this exhibition brings together a selection of rarely seen portraits and figure studies by... more

Nov 21, 2009 - Apr 25, 2010

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USA / San Francisco

Posing as Art: Photographs, 19th Century to Now - de Young Museum

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Amish Abstractions: Quilts From The Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown

This exhibition features approximately 48 full-size and crib quilts dating from the 1880s to the 1940s. Quilts made by girls and women of various... more

Nov 14, 2009 - Jun 6, 2010

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USA / San Francisco

Amish Abstractions: Quilts From The Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown - de Young Museum

Educational

Art History Lecture: Highlands Art of Papua New Guinea

Lecturer: Christina HellmichRelated CollectionsThe Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art Fee Information$3 for members/$4 for non-members with no... more

Oct 29, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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Donald Judd and Sol Lewitt: Conceptual Color In Print

Donald Judd was a major figure in the Minimalist art movement in the 1960s when he and others sought to create a depersonalized art in which the... more

Oct 17, 2009 - Feb 20, 2010

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USA / San Francisco

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Exhibiting Excellence: Recent Acquisitions, 2006–2009

The past few years have marked a high point in the Fine Arts Museums’ acquisitions program, with many outstanding works of art joining the... more

Oct 17, 2009 - Jan 17, 2010

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USA / San Francisco

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Lecture: Inuit Art from the Thomas G. Fowler Collection, Roslyn Tunis, Independent Curator and Consultant

The event Lecture: Inuit Art from the Thomas G. Fowler Collection, Roslyn Tunis, Independent Curator and Consultant will take place at de Young Museum... more

Oct 1, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young presents Jazz at Intersection at the de Young, Coptic Art, and Henna Garden Tattoos

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,... more

Sep 18, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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American Decorative Arts Forum Slide Lecture: “'They took to their tools like ducks to water': The Cincinnati Women Woodcarvers of the Aesthetic Movement"

Doors open at 7:15 pm with a members’ exhibition of hand carved objects. Free to ADAF members; $15 general public. Museum is closed. Enter through... more

Sep 8, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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September Artist-in-Residence: Susan Freda

Every month the museum invites artists to install and demonstrate their art form at the de Young. This interactive program enables visitors to... more

Sep 2, 2009 - Oct 4, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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Friday Nights at the de Young: Yua, Spirit of the Arctic: Eskimo and Inuit Art from the Thomas G. Fowler Collection

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,... more

Aug 28, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young Presents Cultural Encounters Commissions Artist Onye Onyemaechi and the Art of Africa

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,... more

Aug 7, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young presents the Arab Orchestra of San Francisco, Henna Garden, and Jan Wahl in celebration of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

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,... more

Jul 17, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

Media Contacts: Robin Wander 415.750.2604 rwander@famsf.org Cheryl McCain 415.750.3554 cmccain@famsf.org San Francisco, April 2009—This summer the... more

Jul 11, 2009 - Nov 8, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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July Artist-in-Residence Maggie Malloy: Stones, Bones, Locks, and Boxes

Every month the museum invites artists to install and demonstrate their art form at the de Young. This interactive program enables visitors to... more

Jul 1, 2009 - Aug 2, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

Exhibition

Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharaohs

More than 3,000 years after his reign, and 30 years after the original exhibition opened in San Francisco, Tutankhamun, ancient Egypt’s celebrated... more

Jun 27, 2009 - Mar 28, 2010

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USA / San Francisco

Educational

Art History Lecture: "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"

Lecturer: Dr. Renée Dreyfus, Curator in Charge of Ancient Art and Interpretation, FAMSF $3 for members/$4 for non-members. Reservations are not... more

Jun 25, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

Exhibition

Art And Power In The Central African Savanna

This exhibition explores the political and religious power of nearly 60 sculptures created by artists of four Central African cultures: the Luba,... more

Jun 20, 2009 - Oct 11, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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Toward Abstraction: Photographs And Photograms

Just as abstraction has played a vital role in the history of modernist painting and sculpture, so too has it found expression in works by leading... more

Jun 20, 2009 - Nov 15, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

Educational

Art History Lecture: Art and Power in the Central African Savanna

Lecturer: Constantine Petridis, PhD, Curator of African Art, Cleveland Museum of Art more

Jun 18, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

Educational

Lecture: Cityscapes: Contemporary Artists' View of the Urban Landscape

Beautiful images of 20th- and 21st-century urban landscapes from the galleries reveal how artists show the importance of place. Related... more

Jun 14, 2009

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USA / San Francisco

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