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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
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554
cell: 310.592.5238
Press Releases:
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
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554
cell: 310.592.5238
Press Releases:
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
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554
cell: 310.592.5238
Press Releases:
Claudia Schmuckli to join Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco as Curator-in-Charge, Contemporary Art and Programming
Tue, 07/05/2016
Claudia Schmuckli, photo courtesy of dabfoto
SAN FRANCISCO (July 6, 2016)—The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to announce the appointment of Claudia Schmuckli as Curator-in-Charge, Contemporary Art and Programming. Ms. Schmuckli joins the Fine Arts Museums from the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, where she is Director and Chief Curator.
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554
cell: 310.592.5238
Press Releases:
Legion of Honor Launches Official App
Thu, 01/21/2016
Legion of Honor app
App uses Interactive 3D Mapping & Indoor Positioning Technology
SAN FRANCISCO (January 21, 2016) – The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to unveil the official app for the Legion of Honor. Taking advantage of Apple’s latest developments in indoor positioning, the app serves as a personal tour guide for museum-goers, allowing visitors to wander the galleries as if on a private curatorial tour. This is the first app for the Legion of Honor.
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554
cell: 310.592.5238
Bouquets to Art 2016
Mon, 01/11/2016
de Young
April 5–10, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (January 7, 2016) – More than 125 of the Bay Area’s most innovative and sought after floral designers return to the de Young for Bouquets to Art 2016, the annual week-long exhibition in which local designers create spectacular works of floral art in response to pieces in the museum’s permanent collection and the architecture of the building.
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554
cell: 310.592.5238
Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective
Thu, 12/17/2015
Oscar de la Renta, Evening dress, Spring 2012. Emerald-green silk taffeta, black Battenburg lace. Oscar de la Renta. (Peter Michael Dills/Getty Images)
World Premiere
de Young, San Francisco | March 12 – May 30, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO – The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to present the world premiere retrospective of Oscar de la Renta’s work – the first major survey celebrating the life and career of one of fashion’s most influential designers. The exhibition is organized in close collaboration with the House of Oscar de la Renta and the designer’s family, and is curated by André Leon Talley, former American editor-at-large for Vogue and a lifelong friend of de la Renta.
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554
cell: 310.592.5238
Permission to Photograph, Copy or Sketch at the de Young or the Legion of Honor
Photography
- Photography is allowed in the permanent galleries without flash, artificial light and hand-held only, during public hours. Objects that are on loan or in a special exhibition cannot be photographed. Loan items have a “T” or “L” before the accession number.
- The Marketing Department handles requests for commercial photography and filming.
Program Support
To support our mission, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco offer an extensive array of education and public programs for audiences of all ages that complement our special exhibitions and permanent collections. The Museums are further committed to caring for and preserving our holdings, conducting and presenting in-depth collections-based research, training and mentoring young conservators, and providing greater access to the collection for scholars, students, and the general public.
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