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    The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of 17th-Century France

    The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of 17th-Century France

    Through January 29, 2017, in the Rosekrans Court, Special Exhibition Galleries 20B-E at the Legion of Honor The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of 17th-Century France is the first major exhibition…

    Spirit Figure from New Guinea at the de Young

    Spirit Figure from New Guinea at the de Young

    Figures incorporating hook forms were part of an ancient New Guinea tradition extending from the upper reaches of the Sepik River to the Ramu River Valley, 1,000 miles to the…

    Two Decades of Art for AIDS

    Two Decades of Art for AIDS

    Art for AIDS Has Become an Invaluable Resource for HIV-Affected Clients at UCSF Alliance Health Project By dk haas Art for AIDS began in 1996 as a small community event…

    Art for AIDS Has Become an Invaluable Resource for HIV-Affected Clients at UCSF Alliance Health Project

    Art for AIDS Has Become an Invaluable Resource  for HIV-Affected Clients at UCSF Alliance Health Project

    By dk haas Art for AIDS began in 1996 as a small community event held by artists who felt powerless while watching their friends die of AIDS. The event was…

    SF Sketch

              By Randy Coleman Randy Coleman hails from New York, but has lived in San Francisco since 1975. Coleman shares that before moving to the Bay…

    A Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, Spain

    A Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, Spain

    Prior to Columbus’ explorations to the New World, Spain’s diverse cultures—Jews, Catholics, and Muslims—all lived together in a state of relative peace. From 711 to 1492, Moorish caliphates occupied the…

    The Harald Wagner Collection of Teotihuacan Murals at the de Young

    The Harald Wagner Collection of Teotihuacan Murals at the de Young

    The Harald Wagner collection of Teotihuacan murals is the largest and most important outside of Mexico. The murals are remarkable for their quality, condition and iconographic breadth. Secretly removed from…

    A Gift of Artists’ Books from the Reva and David Logan Foundation

    A Gift of Artists’ Books  from the Reva and David Logan Foundation

    This single-gallery exhibition celebrates the recent gift of an extraordinary group of 33 artist-illustrated books and additional prints from the collection of the late Reva and David Logan. The Chicago-based…

    Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

    Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

    The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to present Ed Ruscha and the Great American West, an exhibition that explores Ed Ruscha’s engagement with the American West and…

    19th Century Sculpture that Helped End Slavery in U.S. at de Young Now

    19th Century Sculpture that Helped End Slavery  in U.S. at de Young Now

    Now on view at the de Young is a two-thirds-scale marble version of the American sculptor Hiram Powers’ iconic masterpiece, Greek Slave (ca. 1873), the most famous sculpture of the…

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