Note: the de Young will open at 10 am on Saturday, 5/4.
Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
A Q+A with the San Francisco artist on being part of Lee Mingwei’s project.
By Magnolia Molcan, senior web managing editor, in conversation with artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong
When your hairstyle is literally fire.
By Emanuele Lugli, assistant professor, Stanford University
A 10-step guide for starting your letter, what to write, and what to do with it when you’re done.
By Frish Brandt, letter midwife
Photographs of hippies, Hells Angels, and rock bands.
By Emma Acker, curator, American art
What is art conservation, how to become a conservator, weird substances found on artworks, and more.
By our conservation team
What cultural appropriation is, and what we can do about it.
By Abram Jackson, director of interpretation
See how woodblock prints have evolved from the Edo period to today.
By Magnolia Molcan, senior web managing editor
Read (and hear) a poem inspired by our Ibis coffin.
By Ben Bernthal, poet
Read (and hear) poems inspired by Nevelson’s Sky Cathedral's Presence I.
Get to know paintings by American artists from Georgia O’Keeffe to William Merritt Chase.