Note: the Legion of Honor is opening at 10:30 am on 6/11, due to the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon.
Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
We write today in solidarity with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and join those condemning the appalling acts of racism, violence, and discrimination committed against these communities across the nation.
By Thomas P. Campbell and Meghan McCauley
Introducing works by two Bay Area artists.
By Jill D’Alessandro
The three American art curators describe why they find these acquisitions personally meaningful.
By Timothy Anglin Burgard, Emma Acker, and Lauren Palmor
The Fine Arts Museums have acquired the “Catination” Storage Jar (April 12, 1836).
By Timothy Anglin Burgard
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
February is known as Black History Month, an observance that originated in the U.S.
By Nashormeh Lindo
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
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
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
We are sharing the results of our annual staff demographics reporting.
By Lindsay Ganter and Francisco Rosas, with Christine Moss and Megan Chin
Never has the ritual of washing our hands been more critical than today.
By Thomas Wu
The subject of power is all around us.
By devorah major