Public programs Articles
Apr 13, 2012
From his earliest forays into fashion design, Jean Paul Gaultier utilized surprising and sometimes recycled materials. As a
child, inspired by his grandmother’s corset, Gaultier repurposed crumpled newspaper to...
Mar 30, 2012
For the past month,
March Artist-In-Residence Joy Broom has been creating extravagant,
multilayered, three-dimensional specimen boxes. Combining her intricate line drawings of organic elements with actual...
Mar 30, 2012
What do Jean Paul Gaultier, Lady Gaga, Don Draper and Frida Kahlo all have in common? They're all themes featured in Season
Eight of
Friday Nights at the de Young. After a four-month hiatus, the de Young opens...
Mar 7, 2012
If there is one article of clothing associated with the Victorian Era, it is the corset. This Sunday, March 11, we continue our exclusive series of public programs for The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860–...
Mar 1, 2012
The blog series Museum Without Walls
features de Young Artist Fellows working outside of the museum with other artists and local, community based arts
organizations. In this edition, we catch...
Feb 22, 2012
Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique), a 2012 de Young Artist Fellow, is currently working in an open process format in the Kimball Education Gallery. The fundamental goals of the yearlong Artist Fellows program are to support...
Feb 16, 2012
What’s Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye,
the second installment in Kevin Epps's curated Filmmakers Lounge
series, examines the life and legacy of this astounding musical...
Feb 6, 2012
William Morris, champion of the Aesthetic Movement, said of interior design, “Whatever you have in your rooms, think first
of the walls.” Wallpaper was a defining decorative motif in the homes of the Victorian avant-...
Feb 2, 2012
Today's guest blogger is 2011 de Young Artist Fellow Kevin Epps, whose film Fam Bam had its world premiere at the de Young last fall. As part of the Museums’ goal to continue its relationships...
Jan 27, 2012
In continuation of our series
Museum Without Walls, we visited Todd T. Brown’s studio as he prepares for his final exhibition as an Artist Fellow at
the de Young.
Inheritance and Dreams...