San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has one of the most extensive collections of art in the country, which has made it a thriving hub of culture that includes modern and contemporary art. The Museum's collection of over 33,000 works of art includes major holdings of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and new media by artists from around the world in a LEED Gold-certified structure created by architects Snhetta and Mario Botta. SFMOMA features 45,000 square feet of free, art-filled public space in addition to the seven gallery floors. Visitors can explore the Museum's exhibitions and programs through a variety of public tours, educational talks and lectures, films, performances, and other special events.
The Museum is located within San Francisco, CA, in the heart of San Francisco's cultural district in the SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood. The Museum's campus includes three buildings: the Main Museum, which houses the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions; the Koret Visitor Education Center, which provides educational resources and public programming space; and the Museum Store.
History of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art was established in 1935 and was the first museum on the West Coast dedicated to modern and contemporary art. The Museum's founding directors, Gabriel Moure and Grace L. McCann Morley, originally envisioned a small institution devoted to contemporary art from Europe and North America. Since then, it has grown into an internationally renowned institution with a collection that encompasses a wide range of art from the mid-twentieth century to the present day.
Exhibitions Scheduled at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Nature × Humanity
The artist Neri Oxman has questioned if architectural materials, methods, and buildings are sustainable in the future. The designs upend the architectural tradition of a human-centered built environment by imagining a drastically changed future with nature as the principal customer.
Art of California
Many of the pieces in this exhibition include ordinary things, such as cardboard boxes found on the sidewalks, encyclopedias bought online, and treasured heirlooms passed down from grandparents. The paintings in this show, which are drawn from the museum's permanent collection, emphasize the materiality of the objects around us.
New Work: Wu Tsang Presents Moved by the Motion
Wu Tsang has been collaborating with Moved by the Motion since 2013, a collective of multidisciplinary artists that operate fluidly between language, movement, picture, and sound. This exhibition furthers their focus on sound's emotive power and the gravitational forces that draw people together.
Drawing the Line
Much like the laws and terrain that determine it, the borders between Mexico and the United States are changing. Drawing the Line: Political Subversion Via Design was conceived in part as experiments in social disruption through design. Rael San Fratello at the US-Mexico Border answers to the cultural and community effects of allegedly stable borders with changeable histories along the border.