Meditate: Chiura Obata and The Restorative Powers of “Great Nature”
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One of the Bay Area’s most influential, respected, and beloved artists, throughout his life Obata found inspiration in what he termed “Great Nature.”
Explore: Ruth Asawa, A Working Life
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Her sculptures achieve a transcendent blend of complexity and simplicity, light and shadow, form and space.
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Spark: Curiosity Resources
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Resources focused on essential skills such as observation, wonder, analysis, and reflection.
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Watch: Sun Bleaching Morris Louis’s “No. 11”
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See how this large Color Field painting was restored using a garden hose, sunshine, and some patience.
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Rediscover: “Late Monet”
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Monet: The Late Years tells the story of the tenacity, obsession, and unmatched productivity that define the last two decades of the artist’s career.
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Read: Japanese Propaganda Kimonos
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Political messaging on clothing and accessories is everywhere these days, but it was rare in the first half of the twentieth century—except in Japan.
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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
lynn hershman leeson - hero
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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
TIMELINE
1976
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
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