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Nature surrounds and permeates the de Young, from its lush greenery to its architectural design.
Earth Day reminds us that the natural world is a powerful source of wonder and delight.
By Furio Rinaldi
This rag merchant’s bag offers a window into Japanese history that can teach us valuable lessons about sustainability today.
By Ana Matsubara with Jill D’Alessandro
Thiebaud’s Ponds and Streams offers a disorienting, aerial view of a patchwork of intensely cultivated fields and bending waterways spread across farmland in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.
By Lauren Palmor
Learn about the ecological inspirations behind the textile “Paradise Valley, Mount Rainer.”
By Laura L. Camerlengo, in conversation with Madelyn Shaw and Michael Fehr
Read about four porcelain pieces in the Museums’ collection that exemplify the imaginatively themed porcelain services produced during the eighteenth century and that offer little windows onto the Bay of Naples.
By Thomas Wu
Given the striking visual similarity of Fog over San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California to nineteenth-century American landscapes, viewers may be surprised to learn that the painting was created in the twenty-first century.
By Emma Acker
Learn about Robert Bechtle’s Sunset Intersection and how Bechtle's Outer Sunset compares to the present day neighborhood.
By Karin Breuer
Examining the power and purpose of the volcano image.
By Healoha Johnston
How women carpet artists are envisioning new ecological futures.
By Minoo Moallem
This short film examines the impact of Ansel Adams’s photography in the Bay Area and beyond.
Can photography save the environment?
By C. Zane Heard
