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A Testimony to These Times: “The de Young Open” Art Acquisitions
The three American art curators describe why they find these acquisitions personally meaningful.
By Timothy Anglin Burgard, Emma Acker, and Lauren Palmor
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Writing American History: The Poetic Jars of David Drake
The Fine Arts Museums have acquired the “Catination” Storage Jar (April 12, 1836).
By Timothy Anglin Burgard
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New Interpretive Lenses and Updating In-Gallery Texts
We at the Fine Arts Museums are engaged in the ongoing work of personal reflection and dialogue.
By Melissa Buron, Lauren Palmor, Thomas Wu, and Isabella Holland
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February aka “African American–Black–Afro–Negro–Colored History Month”
February is known as Black History Month, an observance that originated in the U.S.
By Nashormeh Lindo
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Art and Anti-Racism: An Interview with Jen Bloomer
An interview with Jen Bloomer, of Radici Studios, facilitator for the Museums’ family workshop series, Doing the Work Together: Becoming an Anti-Racist Family.
By Ariana Bayer
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Q+A with “The de Young Open” Artist Daniel Miramontes
Meet Daniel Miramontes, filmmaker and multimedia visual creator, and one of the 762 artists featured in the exhibition, The de Young Open.
By Maria Egoavil
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“The de Young Open”: An Insider Story
While most art exhibitions take years to come together, The de Young Open was engineered in a matter of months.
By Lindsay Ganter and Shaquille Heath
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Animal-Shaped Ewers and Ritual Hand Washing
Never has the ritual of washing our hands been more critical than today.
By Thomas Wu
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Winter 2020 Organ Concert
Listen to the Legion of Honor’s winter 2020 organ music, and take a closer look at the concert’s featured artworks.
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Generations of Power: The Mason Children
This portrait illustrates how elite families telegraphed status and power through their children.
By Lauren Palmor
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The Power of Fashion in Colonial America
Both John Singleton Copley and his patrons wanted to present themselves in a certain way through portraiture.
By Lauren Palmor
