Exhibitions Articles
Jun 26, 2012
De Young Artist Fellows Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth are artists-in-residence this month in the Artist Studio. They are working on completing the third monumental tapestry in their triptych entitled The Conflicts...
Jun 22, 2012
The influence of a variety of non-western cultures can be seen throughout the collections featured in The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. Tonight at Friday Nights at the de...
Jun 20, 2012
This weekend San Francisco (and the world) celebrates gay pride with rainbows, parades, love, and equality. What better way to ring in the revelry than with a visit to The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the...
Jun 13, 2012
This is the last week to see
The Cult of Beauty: The
Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900, which closes on Sunday, June 17, at the Legion of Honor. San Francisco has been the
perfect host city in...
Jun 11, 2012
Since its invention in the mid 19th century, photography has been at the forefront of progressive art making traditions—so its presence in The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860–1900 is no surprise. By...
Jun 7, 2012
The corset looms large in special exhibitions at both the de Young and the Legion of Honor. Jean Paul Gaultier, the subject of the de Young's The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk...
Jun 6, 2012
In the special exhibition
Making the Modern Picture Book: Children’s Books from the Victorian Era
(on view at the Legion of Honor through June 17), the intimate art of 19th-century story...
Jun 5, 2012
Will Work for Art introduces you to the people who make the Fine Arts Museums work. Today, we visit the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts where we meet Mark Garrett, a senior museum technician. Originally from Tennessee...
Jun 1, 2012
Tonight,
Friday Nights at the de Young celebrates the history of the dandy from
Oscar Wilde to Jean Paul Gaultier. Whereas
Oscar Wilde’s aesthetic style was derided as too feminine,
Jean Paul Gaultier...
May 31, 2012
This weekend marks your last chance to experience the special exhibition
Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964
, on view at the de Young until June 3. As book designer and guest blogger Martin...