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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Wayne Thiebaud and the Art of Reinterpretation

10 artworks that illustrate Wayne Thiebaud’s passionate engagement with art history.

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

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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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