The de Young is open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 1/19.
Open Tuesday – Sunday 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
Women regularly used fans to convey emotions, flick away suitors, and keep themselves cool, causing the fans to tear and break.
By Anisha Gupta, Anne Getts, and Colleen O’Shea
How Muslims define themselves — and are defined — by their dress.
Truth and Beauty features armor and stained glass from the Museums’ collections.
There were golden treasures on display in Truth and Beauty.
By Madison Brockman
The Textile Conservation Lab had two fascinating examples of the weaving technique “double weave.”
By Sarah Gates
Our museums host a unique collection of Genthe’s photographs of the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Eleventh-graders from Oakland School for the Arts created their own paintings inspired by Cult of the Machine.
Many of the works in our collections from Africa and the Americas are imbued with transformative properties.
In the first half of the 20th century, political messaging was rare in most places — except in Japan.
How two women sought to reveal the allure of steel mills through highly personal images.
By Lauren Palmor
We are excited to unveil the refresh of our brand.
In any discussion of the pre-war artistic milieu of Paris, there is no more acute observer than Marjorie Perloff.
