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This portrait illustrates how elite families telegraphed status and power through their children.
By Lauren Palmor
Evolving the Fine Arts Museums into an anti-racist institution is our top objective.
By Thomas P. Campbell
Listen to the Legion of Honor’s winter 2020 organ music, and take a closer look at the concert’s featured artworks.
The subject of power is all around us.
By devorah major
Create a portrait inspired by Andrea McCoy Harvey’s Afro Goddess, included in The de Young Open exhibition.
By Andrea McCoy Harvey, artist and art teacher
Make an illustrated book to capture moments of your life.
By Jennie Smith, senior teaching artist
Never has the ritual of washing our hands been more critical than today.
By Thomas Wu
What do your beliefs mean to you? How do objects represent your beliefs?
How does visual density affect how you look at an artwork?
What do you see? What do you feel? Art can make us experience a range of emotions.
Materials used in art can give us clues to the artist’s process, techniques, and ways of thinking. They can also spark our understanding of the artwork.
How do objects represent wealth, power, and privilege?