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The Black Panthers at the de Young Museum, 1968 – 1969
In 1968 – 1969, the exhibition A Photographic Essay on the Black Panthers drew 100,000 visitors.
By Lauren Palmor
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Séances And Spiritualism: The Visions of James Tissot
Tissot’s most personally meaningful work was as a visionary religious artist.
By Melissa Buron
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The Impresario: Degas ‒ Or Tissot?
James Tissot: Fashion + Faith is the first major reassessment of Tissot’s career in over 20 years.
By Anthea Callen
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Tissot’s Fascination with Fashion
James Tissot grew up in a household attuned to fashion.
By Justine De Young
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Q+A with Artist Lisa Reihana
The experiential video allows visitors to reflect upon notions about Pacific culture and history.
By Claudia Schmuckli
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A Panoramic Wallpaper of the Peoples of the Pacific
The wallpaper’s subject imagined a perceived idyllic way of life in the South Pacific.
By Martin Chapman and Eve Rosekind
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Rubens in the Royal Menagerie
Rubens’s painting Daniel in the Lions’ Den is a favorite of visitors.
By Alexandra Libby
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A Tarantino-Like Taste for the Macabre
Rubens’s interest in dark subject matter is evident in his riveting Head of Medusa.
By Corrinne Chong with Petr Tomášek
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Transits: A Wife and Husband Reunited
In this edition of Transits, a series that looks at the movement of art in the Museums’ galleries, we’re highlighting three paintings by Peter Paul Rubens.
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The Salon Doré at the Legion of Honor
This magnificent salon is one of the finest examples of French neoclassical interior architecture in a museum.
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Sun Bleaching Morris Louis’s “No. 11”
Learn more about the conservation treatment of Morris Louis’s painting “No. 11” (1961).
By Tricia O’Regan
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Modest Momentum
In the past decade, modest fashion has become one of the most pervasive international fashion stories.
By Jill D’Alessandro
