Mario Botta designed the SFMOMA in San Francisco, completed in 1995. With artworks by Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp, Ansel Adams, and Andy Warhol, this is one of the world's leading modern art museums. It has five floors of galleries with 15,000 pieces of artwork. The $65-million project includes a back sculpture garden by Jensen Architects and landscaping by CMG Landscape. The intricate brick work...
Mark Feeney in the Boston Chronicle: Robert Frank’s “The Americans’’ certainly is a book, one that consists of 83 photographs taken during 1955 and 1956. But to say it’s “just’’ a book is like saying the same thing about “Moby-Dick.’’...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The first U.S. retrospective of the work of Belgian contemporary artist Luc Tuymans—and the most comprehensive presentation of his work to date—will be on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) from February 6 through May 2, 2010, in its only West Coast presentation. Jointly organized by SFMOMA and the Wexner Center for the Arts, Luc Tuymans features...
What Ansel Adams did with his landscape photographs, what made him a genius, was: He showed us Heaven. The photographer is celebrated in a show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and in a new book called "Ansel Adams at 100." Here in "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" he strives for classical purity, order and finality. Illustrates ANSEL (category e), by Henry Allen (c) 2001,...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From January 16 to June 27, 2010, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present "Ewan Gibbs: San Francisco". Made up of works commissioned for the museum's 75th anniversary, the exhibition premieres 18 of Gibbs's urban portraits—drawn by hand—that depict views of the city familiar to visitors and residents alike. Using his signature visual language...
-- Worth a fortune: Andy Warhol's 1962 painting "200 One Dollar Bills" has sold for $43.8 million at a Sotheby's auction, helping the auction house to beat estimates for the evening. (Art Info) -- Moving up: Penelope Curtis has been...
On a recent stroll through the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, I was struck by a photograph of two men napping on the paint-spattered floor beneath a collection of Van Gogh paintings. These men, it turns out, are two...
COLUMBUS, OH - The first U.S. retrospective of the work of Belgian contemporary artist Luc Tuymans, and the most comprehensive presentation of the his work to date; will debut at the Wexner Center for the Arts, in Columbus, Ohio (September 17, 2009 to January 3, 2010). Jointly organized by the Wexner Center and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Luc Tuymans spans every phase of the artist’s...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Evolution of a Painter: A good reminder that the poet is also a painter. This solo exhibition takes the first retrospective view of the writer's development as a visual artist over six decades. The show includes his paintings and...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art assistant curator Lisa Sutcliffe has two new exhibits at the museum, "The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography" and Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea." We asked curator Lisa Sutcliffe a few questions about the exhibits. Related posts: Provoke in San Francisco The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s The Provoke Era:... Interview with Marc...
Night Theater, 35.5” x 50”, pastel on paper Almaraz / Legacy, an exhibition of over 80 works selected from the Estate of Carlos Almaraz, opens Sunday November 8, 2009 with an opening reception from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the Fremont Gallery in South Pasadena. Curated by Patrick Ela and Elsa Flores Almaraz, the exhibition celebrates the [...]
PICK D'Amelio Terras 525 West 22nd Street, 212-352-9460 Chelsea November 7 - December 23, 2009 Opening: Saturday, November 7, 6 - 8 PM Web Site D’Amelio Terras is pleased to present “Blossom,” the debut of a new sculpture in five examples by Tony Feher. This fan-fold sculpture marks the artist’s latest venture with a familiar material in a new form as well as a shift in scale...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) MuseumStore is featuring a special product series designed by local artist Martin Venezky. Venezky kicks off the second series of artist-designed products with an array of items that highlight his intricate and surprising collage, typography, and illustration. Products include tee shirts, tote bags, journals, mugs, and letterpress...
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