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Art for Your Zoom Background

Liven up your Zoom background with an artwork from the de Young and Legion of Honor collection!

By Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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The Culinary World of Pompeii

The bustling city of Pompeii was halted in its tracks in the autumn of 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted, crushing the city under tons of ash and rubble.

By Sally Grainger

Article Ancient art
Wangechi Mutu: I am Speaking, Are you Listening?

This film is a poetic and intimate exploration of Wangechi Mutu’s exhibition, I Am Speaking, Are you Listening?

Video Contemporary art Women in art
de Youngsters Studio: Texture Tiles

Explore the sculptural properties of modeling dough, considering texture, pattern, and form.

By Hannah Freeman, senior teaching artist

Video Kids + families
One, Two, Us: Images of Male Intimacy

Learn about works in our collection that shed light on private moments of male same-sex intimacy.

By Furio Rinaldi

Article Works on paper LGBTQ+
Spring 2021 Organ Concert

Listen to the Legion of Honor’s spring 2021 organ music, and take a closer look at the concert’s featured artworks.

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Juneteenth: A Bittersweet Love Letter

What does it mean to celebrate “freedom” when so much has been stolen in the process?

By Yétúndé Olagbaju

Article Community Black voices
de Youngsters Studio: Painting Petunias and Poppies

Create a flower painting in close detail, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Petunias (1925).

By Jill McLennan, senior teaching artist

Video Kids + families
Q+A: Queer Representation + Museums

Q+A with GLBT Historical Society Director, Terry Beswick.

By Francisco Rosas

Article Community LGBTQ+
Local Voices S3 E8: Lava Thomas

Join us for the last episode of Season 3 with multidisciplinary artist Lava Thomas.

Audio Community Black voices
San Francisco and Pompeii: Cities of Pleasure

Carol Queen, San Francisco sexologist and sociologist, was invited to comment on the Legion of Honor’s Last Supper in Pompeii.

By Carol Queen, PhD

Article Ancient art LGBTQ+
Local Voices S3 E7: See Black Womxn

Hear from Angela Hennessy and Tahirah Rasheed, co-founders of the Bay Area artist collective See Black Womxn.

Audio Black voices

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