American art

With more than 5,000 objects spanning the 17th century to the present, our American art collection is the most comprehensive in the American West.

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Jack Dunbar at the de Young museum

Jack Dunbar at the de Young museum

Curator Crossover: So a Scientist Walks into an Art Museum . . .

Taking a closer look at some of the animals in our artworks.

By Jack Dumbacher, curator of birds and mammals, California Academy of Sciences

5 Works to Know from the Osher Collection of American Art

Get to know paintings by American artists from Georgia O’Keeffe to William Merritt Chase.

By Magnolia Molcan, senior web managing editor

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Strangers’ Poems: Louise Nevelson

Read (and hear) poems inspired by Nevelson's Sky Cathedral's Presence I.

By Ben Bernthal, poet

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Meet the Artists: The de Young Open 2023

Hear from seven Bay Area artists featured in our community art exhibition.

By artists Jennifer Jang, Robert Hightower, Subha Joshi, Celise, Beverly Patterson, Mathilda LaZelle Moore, and Liz Boeder

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