Please note: the de Young’s Hamon Observation Tower is closed today, 3/18.
Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
Learn about Mary Cassatt’s life and work in our short film.
Meet the Art Deco icon and Hollywood favorite.
By Magnolia Molcan, interim associate director of digital content
The only American invited to join the French Impressionists and the most celebrated woman artist of her time.
By Antonia Smith, digital project manager
Bay Area artists and art historians on Leilah Babirye: We Have a History.
By Kristen Stain, artist and designer; Ivy Mills, lecturer in the history of art, UC Berkeley; Salimatu Amabebe, chef and multimedia artist
Bible story, but make it a wedding in a Dutch country house.
By Isabella Lores-Chavez, associate curator, European paintings
The artist on her love of San Francisco, how she communicates through art, and how painting never goes as planned (but that’s what makes it exciting).
By Shaquille Heath, writer
Taking a closer look at some of the animals in our artworks.
By Jack Dumbacher, curator of birds and mammals, California Academy of Sciences
Learn about Leilah Babirye’s artistic practice and journey as an artist.
Staying focused on sustainability.
By Christopher Dawe, associate director of facilities and operations
Are y’all ready to dish?
Stars are crossed, gender is performed, and sexuality is fluid in Bol’s The Crowning of Mirtillo.
How Japanese printmakers created texture, sparkle, and shine.
By Allison Brewer, Josephine Jenks, and Cyntia Karnes, paper conservators
