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Docent Lecture: "Yua: Art of the Arctic," Jill LeCrone

March 6, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Mask, ca. 1915. Alaska, Nunivak Island, Eskimo, Cup'ik. Wood, cormorant feathers, sinew, and pigment. Bequest of Thomas G. Fowler

Eskimo and Inuit people believe all living things, even inanimate objects, possess yua, a spirit or soul. Carved masks, sculptures, and everyday objects reflect not only their time-honored beliefs and traditions, but also their gratitude and respect for the spirits, animals, land, and sea.

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Docent Lecture: "Clearly Creative: Dale Chihuly and Contemporary Glass Masters," Doris Chun

March 4, 2012 - 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Dale Chihuly, Ultramarine Stemmed Form with Orange, 1988. Blown glass. Partial gift of Dorothy and George Saxe to the Fine Arts Museums Foundation

The craft and art of glass developed into a studio movement in the mid-20th century. Today, glass artists are clearly visible in the mainstream art world—and at the de Young, thanks to gifts from the collection of George and Dorothy Saxe.

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Docent Lecture: "The Subject Is Art!," Marsha Holm

March 4, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Jasper Johns, Figure 7, from the Color Numeral Series, 1969. Color lithograph on Arjomari paper. Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, gift of the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation

From the ancient to the contemporary worlds, artists have looked to their fellow artists and the art world that surrounds them as sources of inspirations and as points of departure for new ideas and works. See how artists have used art-world sources to stimulate new works of art.

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Arthur Tress in Conversation with Curator James Ganz

March 3, 2012 - 2:00pm
Arthur Tress

Arthur Tress, Untitled (Coit Tower), 1964

Join curator James A. Ganz for a conversation with Arthur Tress, followed by a book signing.

A short film, Trespassing: A Portrait of Arthur Tress by Raleigh Souther, will begin the event. Tress and peers discuss the artist's thought process while offering a brief glimpse through his life and work. Raleigh Souther, director and producer; Amy Rosner, editor; Arthur Tress, photography. 

 

 

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Art History Lecture: "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk," Jill D'Alessandro

March 1, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Jean Paul Gaulter fishnet tights

Jean Paul Gaultier, fishnet tights, Parisiennes collection, haute couture fall/winter 2010-2011. © Patrice Stable/Jean Paul Gaultier 

 

 

 

 

 

Museum purchase, Dr. Leland A. and Gladys K. Barber Fund and American Art Trust Fund  Lecturer: Jill D'Alessandro, curator of the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts, FAMSF , FAMAS

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco present the first major exhibition devoted to the celebrated French designer Jean Paul Gaultier. Dubbed fashion's enfant terrible, Gaultier catapulted into the fashion scene of the late 1970s, upending the status quo with his unconventional approach and deriving inspiration from television, film, music, and street culture.

March 24–August 19, 2012
de Young Museum, Herbst Exhibition Galleries

 

 

 

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Art History Lecture: "Native North American Art: Southwestern Pottery and California Baskets," Russell Hartman

March 1, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Storage jar (olla), ca. 1890-1910. New Mexico, Acoma Pueblo. Earthenware and pigment. Gift of Paul E. and Barbara H. Weiss

Museum purchase, Dr. Leland A. and Gladys K. Barber Fund and American Art Trust Fund  Lecturer: Russell Hartman, Senior Collections Manager, Department of Anthropology, California Academy of Sciences 

 

Join the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; the Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art; the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts; and a panel of experts for

 

Museum Fakes, Forgeries, and the Quest for Authenticity: A Mini-Symposium

Thursday, February 9, 2012

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Docent Lecture: "Sculpture in the Bay Area: Construction and Deconstruction," Clara Morrissey

February 26, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
February 27, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Stephen De Staebler, Thorax Figure, 2008. Pigmented stoneware, porcelain, and earthenware, with surface oxides, fire brick, and stone. Courtesy of Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco. Artwork © Estate of Stephen De Staebler

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Docent Lecture: "Visions of Elegance: John Singer Sargent, Artist Extraordinaire," Kay Payne

February 26, 2012 - 2:15pm - 3:00pm

 

John Singer Sargent, Caroline de Bassano, Marquise d'Espeuilles, 1884. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd

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Docent Lecture: "Sculpture in the Bay Area: Construction and Deconstruction," Clara Morrissey

February 26, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
February 27, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Stephen De Staebler, Thorax Figure, 2008. Pigmented stoneware, porcelain, and earthenware, with surface oxides, fire brick, and stone. Courtesy of Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco. Artwork © Estate of Stephen De Staebler

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Special Panel Discussion on the Artist Stephen De Staebler (1933–2011)

February 25, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm

The Center for the Arts, Religion and Education (CARE) announces a panel discussion on the artist Stephen De Staebler (1933–2011) at the de Young Museum, in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition Matter + Spirit: The Sculpture of Stephen De Staebler.

The panel will include Timothy Anglin Burgard, Ednah Root Curator in Charge of American Art for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Nancy M. Servis, Executive Director of the Richmond Art Center; and John Toki, a noted Bay Area sculptor and former assistant to Stephen De Staebler. The discussion will be moderated by John Handley, a doctoral candidate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.

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