de Youngsters Studio: Imaginative Hats Inspired by Nick Cave’s Soundsuits
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Travel: to Mexico CIty with our Director of Exhibitions
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Krista Brugnara shares how a fateful trip, preparing for our 2017 Teotihuacan exhibition, led to the Frida Kahlo show we have been waiting to share with visitors.
Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving to Premiere to West Coast Audiences at the de Young
Wed, 07/01/2020
Nickolas Muray, "Frida with Olmeca Figurine, Coyoacán", 1939.
Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving
de Young museum / Through May 2, 2021
Relationship Between the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
Wed, 06/28/2017
Feathered Serpents and Flowering Trees mural (Feathered Serpent 1), 500–550. Earthen aggregate, stucco, and mineral pigments, 22 1/4 x 160 1/4 in (56.5 x 407 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Bequest of Harald J. Wagner, 1985.104a
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FAMSF receives an unexpected bequest of over 70 wall mural fragments from the archeological site of Teotihuacan from the estate of Harald Wagner.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Announce a Major Exhibition of Artifacts from the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Many Recently Excavated or Never Before Seen in the U.S.
Tue, 09/05/2017
Circular relief, 300–450. Stone, 49 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (125 x 103 x 25 cm). Museo Nacional de Antropología / INAH, 10-81807. Archivo Digital de las Colecciones del Museo Nacional de Antropología / INAH-CANON
Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire
de Young | September 30, 2017 – February 11, 2018
Why Funding for the NEA Matters
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Art is Like a Bright Star
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The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll
Wed, 04/05/2017
Artist: Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley Publisher: Family Dog. Printer: The Bindweed Press. “Skeleton and Roses,” Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, September 16 & 17, Avalon Ballroom, 1966. Color offset lithograph poster, 50.7 x 35.6 cm (19 15/16 x 14 in). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, 1974.13.100
April 8–August 20, 2017 | de Young
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Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade
Wed, 05/03/2017
Edgar Degas, "The Millinery Shop," 1879–1886. Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 43 5/8 in. (100 x 110.7 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, 1933.428. Bridgeman Images
June 24–September 24, 2017 | Legion of Honor
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Monet: The Early Years
Thu, 02/23/2017
Claude Monet, "Luncheon on the Grass, Central Panel," 1865–66. Oil on canvas, 248 x 217 cm (97 5/8 x 85 3/8 in.). Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
February 25 – May 29, 2017
Legion of Honor
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