Frank Stella, Lac Lorange III, 1969. Acrylic on canvas. 108 x 162 in. (274.3 × 411.5 cm). Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Exclusive West Coast Presentation
November 5, 2016 – February 26, 2017 | de Young
Danny Lyon, Tesca, Cartagena, Columbia, 1966. Cibachrome, printed 2008. 25.7 x 25.7 cm. Collection of the Artist. © Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
West Coast Premiere
November 5, 2016 – April 30, 2017 | de Young
2017 Floral display by The Bud Stop. Artwork: Raphaelle Peale, 'Blackberries,' ca. 1813. Photograph by Drew Altizer.
Bouquets to Art
March 13–18, 2018
Marc Nattier, "Thalia, Muse of Comedy," 1739. Oil on canvas, 53 1⁄2 × 49 in. (135.9 × 124.5 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1954.59
Casanova: The Seduction of Europe
Legion of Honor | February 10 – May 28, 2018
Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to share a preview of upcoming exhibitions opening at the Legion of Honor in 2018.
Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters
June 30 – September 30, 2018
de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to share a preview of upcoming exhibitions opening at the de Young museum in 2018.
Charles Sheeler, "Rolling Power," 1939. Oil on canvas, 15 x 30 in. The Smith College Museum of Art, SC 1940:18
Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art
de Young | March 24–August 12, 2018
Lonnie Holley (b. 1950 ), "Him and Her Hold the Root," 1994. Rocking chairs, pillow, root. 45.5 x 73 x 30.5 in. Ron Lee/The Silver Factory © Lonnie Holley.
New exhibition to showcase recent acquisition of 62 works by 22 contemporary African American artists
de Young | June 3, 2017 – April 1, 2018
Urs Fischer, "Snail Crossing Helmet," 2016. Cast bronze, cast stainless steel, oil paint, 11 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24.4 x 31.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery; Sadie Coles HQ, London; and Massimo De Carlo, Milan. Photo: Mats Nordman. Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
April 22 – July 2, 2017
Legion of Honor
Thornton Dial, "Lost Cows", 2000-2001. Cow skeletons, steel, golf bag, golf ball, mirrors, enamel, and Splash Zone compound, 76.5 x 91 x 52 in. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, American Art Trust Fund, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection. Artwork © Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo Stephen PitkinPitkin Studio, Rockford, IL / Art Resource, NY.
Acquisition includes major works by Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, and Ronald Lockett,
and will significantly enhance the spectrum of scholarship on American art
All works to be presented in, Revelations: Art from the African American South,
at the de Young from June 3, 2017 through April 1, 2018
