http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00:18 -0700 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:31 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d20-De-Young-Amish-Abstraction?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown Born out of the bloody religious wars of the 16th century, the people who would become the Amish looked to the New Testament as a literal guide for life. Their rejection of infant baptism,... women artists Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d20-De-Young-Amish-Abstraction?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d20-De-Young-Museum-Holiday-Artisan-Fair?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner The third annual Holiday Artisan Fair takes place November 20 and 21 at the de Young Museum. This seasonal event celebrates art and craft with distinctive pieces from tabletop to textiles. The fair features the work of seventeen of the Bay Area&rs... Bay Area Museums Holiday Gifts Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:56:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d20-De-Young-Museum-Holiday-Artisan-Fair?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Asian-Art-Museum-Tibetan-Arts-and-Crafts-Trunk-Show-this-weekend-Nov-2021?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Do your Christmas shopping early and help a good cause. The Asian Art Museum is having a Trunk Show and Sale of Traditional Tibetan Crafts: Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21 10:00 am–5:00 pm The Asian Art Museum store welco... Asian Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:41:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Asian-Art-Museum-Tibetan-Arts-and-Crafts-Trunk-Show-this-weekend-Nov-2021?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Tacoma-Art-Museum-Speaking-Parts?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner There has been a lot of controversy lately about museum policies - what gets sold, what gets bought, who curates a show and who provides oversight. In Modern Art Notes, Tyler Green posts a response from New York-based critic Ken Johnson via Jerry ... Event museum policies Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:26:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Tacoma-Art-Museum-Speaking-Parts?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d13-SF-Intersection-for-the-Arts-One-Day-In-The-Life-A-Collective-Narrative-of-Tehran?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Founded in the 1960’s, during one of the more tumultuous decades in American history, The Intersection for the Arts continues to showcase works that question the existing zeitgeist. One aspect of the current political discourse is to demoniz... exhibits Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:06:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d13-SF-Intersection-for-the-Arts-One-Day-In-The-Life-A-Collective-Narrative-of-Tehran?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d10-San-Jose-Institute-of-Contemporary-Art-ICA-shows-Afterlife-Discarded-Materials-As-Works-of-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner On the heels of its recent show, Next New:Green that featured the works of emerging Bay Area artists exploring issues related to conservation,the environment and global warming; the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) presents "After... commentary Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:48:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d10-San-Jose-Institute-of-Contemporary-Art-ICA-shows-Afterlife-Discarded-Materials-As-Works-of-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Upcoming-for-the-week-of-November-12th--tea-quilts-and-Martin-Lubner?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Asian Art Museum: The last tea ceremony for 2009 The tea programs on Nov. 14 feature presentations by members of the Omotesenke tradition of tea.  The tea is apparently whisked gently, not stirred into a froth so the blog writer is conc... Bay Area Museums Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:45:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Upcoming-for-the-week-of-November-12th--tea-quilts-and-Martin-Lubner?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Open-Studios-the-last-weekend?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner By the time the last weekend of Open Studios came around, I was exhausted. Doing my own open studios the week before had been exhilarating but the drain on my energy was enormous. Still, I was given a chance of a ride to Hunter's Point, thanks... Open Studios Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:57:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Open-Studios-the-last-weekend?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Leonardo-in-San-Francisco?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner NEW YORK, NY, (AP).- Cities around the country are in da Vinci mode with shows about Leonardo da Vinci's art and inventions. In New York, "Leonardo Da Vinci's Workshop: Inventor + Artist + Dreamer," opens Nov. 20 at the Discovery... Bay Area Museums Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:28:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Leonardo-in-San-Francisco?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Gorky-in-Philadelphia?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner There's a knock out exhibit of Gorky in Philly which should cause a radical revision of his importance in modern art. In the past, he's always been seen as an artist who was only truly innovative toward the end of his tragic life but this ... artists Modern Art Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:42:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Gorky-in-Philadelphia?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Happy-Halloween?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner More great "scary" images vis this thread at the Asian Art Museum blog which shows just a few of the beautiful objects on display: http://www.asianart.org/blog/ Of course, what is scary to us is not scary in other cultures. The... Bay Area Museums Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:55:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Happy-Halloween?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Asian-Art-Museum-Burma-and-Siam-or-Thailand?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner The current exhibit up at the Asian is different in many ways from the preceding exhibit - different countries naturally, different histories (especially during the crucial 19th century) and completely different artistic aesthetic. But here's ... Asian Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:26:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Asian-Art-Museum-Burma-and-Siam-or-Thailand?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Opening-today-at-the-Asian-Emerald-Cities-Arts-of-Thailand-and-Burma?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner In the 19th-century Siam and Burma—two neighboring kingdoms in Southeast Asia—were renowned for their golden-roofed temples, lush gardens, and handsomely adorned palaces. Emerald Cities is the first major exhibition in the West to... Asian Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:24:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Opening-today-at-the-Asian-Emerald-Cities-Arts-of-Thailand-and-Burma?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Nancy-Spero-RIP-1926--2009?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner It's really unfortunate that none of San Francisco's museums have any of her pieces, or at least, none that I have been able to find. This is even more puzzling as Spero's work dealt with issues of feminism, anti-war, torture and power... Women's art women artists Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:49:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Nancy-Spero-RIP-1926--2009?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Lettering-and-Type-Exhibits-in-SF?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner As It Is Written: Project 304,805: At the Contemporary Jewish Museum “In (a) beginning filled God the heavens and the earth.” These are the beginning lines of the Torah, written in a script over 3000 years old that is still used... artists Calligraphy Typography Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:51:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Lettering-and-Type-Exhibits-in-SF?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Van-Gogh-Letters-on-Line?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Van Gogh MuseumThe van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam recently launched "Vincent van Gogh: The Letters," a comprehensive website that includes images and text of all van Gogh's correspondence, annotated with paintings on sketches. The archive, s... artists Van Gogh Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:57:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Van-Gogh-Letters-on-Line?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Portland-Museum-of-Art-New-documentary-on-John-Marin?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner PORTLAND, ME.- 217 Films and independent filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of Ashford, Connecticut announced the following regarding the premiere of their new film about American master John Marin. On Friday, December 11 at 6:30pm, John... artists Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:08:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Portland-Museum-of-Art-New-documentary-on-John-Marin?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Dia-De-Los-Muertos-at-Bakersfield-Museum-of-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Gage Opdenbrouw, La Muerta (courtesy of the artist)The Day of the Dead or El Dia De Los Muertos is one that is celebrated in many cultures. Usually held in early November, the holiday is for friends and family to remember those who have died, not onl... artists Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:49:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Dia-De-Los-Muertos-at-Bakersfield-Museum-of-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Open-Studios-First-Weekend-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Tracy Grubbs, Landscape (courtesy Caldwell-Snyder Gallery)When I picked up the Art Span guide, I went looking for the listings for Belcher Street, one of my favorite places to visit, only to find that the building has been sold and the artists b... Open Studios Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:48:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Open-Studios-First-Weekend-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Upcoming-at-the-Asian-Emerald-Cities-Opening-October-23-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner Mythical bird-man. Approx. 1775–1850. Central Thailand. Wood with remnants of lacquer, gilding, and mirrored-glass inlay. Gift from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Southeast Asian Art Collection, 2006.27.24 (courtesy of the Asian)... Asian Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:06:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Upcoming-at-the-Asian-Emerald-Cities-Opening-October-23-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Museum-Examiner