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A simple art that connects generations.
By Natalia Salinas Yanez, textile arts intern
The only American invited to join the French Impressionists and the most celebrated woman artist of her time.
By Antonia Smith, digital project manager
Meet the Art Deco icon and Hollywood favorite.
By Magnolia Molcan, interim associate director of digital content
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
Staying focused on sustainability.
By Christopher Dawe, associate director of facilities and operations
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
An interview on the photographer and designer’s collaboration over 13 years and 250+ garments.
By Cawaii Factory, in conversation with Midori Kitamura, chairperson of the Miyake Design Studio and the Miyake Issey Foundation
Learn how traditional woodcuts were made and create your own.
By Josephine Jenks, paper conservation graduate intern
