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Trout Stream in the Tyrol, John Singer Sargent, 1914

#art #art history #John Singer Sargent #landscape #landscape painting #Tyrol #Tyrolean #Impressionism #Impressionist art #American Impressionism #American art #20th century art #Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Art Sense Ep. 115: Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable

In April of this year, the Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable brought nearly two dozen museum directors from around the world together in Silicon Valley to discuss the evolving role of technology in museums. As dialogs between museum directors and technology leaders in Silicon Valley evolved, it became apparent that planning for the use of artificial intelligence had become a critical need.

On today’s episode, I’m honored to be joined by four museum executives who are an active part of these conversations about the future of museums:

Thomas P Campbell Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Seb Chan Director & CEO at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne, Australia

Amanda de la Garza Director General of Visual Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and head of its University Museum of Contemporary Art

Suhanya Raffel Executive Director, M+ Museum in Hong Kong

#2023 #Seb Chan #Suhanya Raffel #Amanda de la Garza #Thomas P Campbell #Australian Centre for the Moving Image #Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco #Visual Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico #M+

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campaignoutsider · 2 years

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Dead Blogging 'Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love' at PEM

Dead Blogging ‘Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love’ at PEM

Well the Missus and I trundled up to Salem yesterday to catch the Patrick Kelly exhibit (through November 6) at the Peabody Essex Museum and say, it was swellegant. Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love celebrates the career and legacy of fashion designer Patrick Kelly (born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1954–1990). Based in Paris from 1979, Kelly was primarily self-taught and fearlessly drew inspiration…

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#Coco Chanel #Elsa Schiaparelli #Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco #Madame Grès #Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love #Patrick Kelly: The American in Paris #Peabody Essex Museum #Yves St. Laurent

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Faith Ringgold: American People at the de Young

American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of Black Power, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum © 2022 Faith Ringgold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York.

A long overdue and incredible collection has been unveiled at the de Young Museum: the first retrospective of Faith Ringgold on the West Coast and the largest assessment of her work thus far. Just like the many layers and textures to explore in her famous story quilts, there’s a lot of different facets to marvel at in this collection that encapsulates work spanning her entire fifty year career.

Early Works #25: Self-Portrait, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum © Faith Ringgold / ARS, NY and DACS, London, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2022

To introduce this absolute treasure of an artist in a few words, Faith Ringgold is the kind of woman who never hesitates to change the narrative when she is denied a place in it. Ringgold is a passionate activist who has fought against every injustice of her time, working for free speech, women’s rights, civil rights, and prison reform. She has used her art to elevate and shine a light on the issues she fought against.

Left to Right: Freedom Woman Now, Women Free Angela, America Free Angela, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum.

Several of her protest posters are showcased in the collection, even a petition for a campaign she helmed for the Museum of Modern Art to create a wing dedicated to Black artists. You’ll also find a few details about how she was one of the leaders of a protest against the Whitney Museum in a campaign for the inclusion of more women artists in their Annual. While they didn’t reach their goal of fifty percent, there was an increase the next year. Whitney’s 1969 Annual featured eight women out of one hundred fifty one artists. 1970 featured twenty out of a hundred.

Black Light Series #9: The American Spectrum, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

In the first few rooms of the exhibit you’ll also find Ringgold’s Black Light Series. In these works, Ringgold entirely eliminated the use of white in her color palette, signifying her interpretation of Black Power through color theory. The canvases are primarily composed of rich shades of dark green, blue, red, and black.

Left: Black Light #3.1 Invisible Woman, Right: Black Light #3.2: Invisible Man, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

To ensure that two of the pieces, Black Light #3.1 Invisible Woman and Black Light #3.2: Invisible Man, are properly showcased, they’ve have been mounted on brightly colored walls, as Ringgold felt some of their nuance was lost when displayed against a white background. Both of the chosen colors also carry a meaning. The red is meant to be reminiscent of the American flag, a symbol Ringgold utilized across several of her paintings. The lilac is an homage to her Tar Beach story quilt and children’s book.

American People #18: The Flag is Bleeding, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

After viewing her protest posters and her powerful American People series that confronts race relations in the United States including works such as The Flag is Bleeding and U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of Black Power—both of which are as captivating as they are incredibly clever in their composition—you’ll find several beautiful pieces of a different focus as you move further into the gallery. You’ve been introduced to Ringgold the fighter, the iron-willed intellectual; now you get a glimpse at Ringgold the optimist through the representations of the future she was fighting for.

Black Light Series #12: Party Time, Faith Ringgold, photo © Faith Ringgold / ARS, NY and DACS, London, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2022

Black Light Series #12: Party Time is a joyful celebration of Black women, and her children’s book Tar Beach is a carefree tale of soaring through the stars. Ringgold often created art that spoke to children as her primary audience to remind them of their agency. To Ringgold, all children are agents of change and she seeks to inspire them.

Tar Beach Illustrations, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

Tar Beach is a lighthearted and very fun example. The book’s star, Cassie Louise Lightfoot, learns she can fly, and anything she flies over is hers to claim. Every page of the book is on display, as well as the story quilt that inspired it. I highly recommend spending a couple minutes to read the full story, it’s enjoyable and adorably sweet.

Photograph by Gary Sexton. Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

The last few rooms of the exhibit feature a gorgeous array of Ringgold’s story quilts. Her story quilts are often individual pieces of a full narrative or series. The French Collection has twelve quilts in total, including works such as Picasso’s Studio. This exhibit is a special treat, reuniting five of them in one room.

Wedding on the Seine: The French Collection Part 1, #2, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

Ringgold’s The French Collection details the life of Willia Marie Simone, her alter ego in this narrative, exploring her journey as an artist in a re-imagined Paris. This re-imagining challenges conventions, and expresses her disappointment in the lack of diversity found within European art history. For instance, in Jo Baker’s Birthday she includes a nod to a couple of famous paintings while switching up the narrative.

Wedding on the Seine: The French Collection Part 1, #2, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

Each of these story quilts has prose contained within their textured frames detailing the captured moment, such as Willia Marie Simone’s internal dilemma as she flees from her wedding. The full transcripts of each are available to read by scanning the qr code on the work’s label text. You’re also free to linger and read the whole of each one in her handwriting, I definitely did. Also, if you study the quilted frames closely you’ll catch the textures and specific fabrics she repeats across the different story quilts in a single series, adding an extra bit of aesthetically pleasing unity to each collection.

The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles: The French Collection Part 1 #4, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

The French Collection also features Willia Marie Simone’s visits to several prominent Black figures. Such as, The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles: The French Collection Part 1 #4, where notable Black women such as Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth are symbolically weaving together the bright future they’ve fought for in a quilt, while Van Gogh lingers uselessly in the background. The prose highlights the womens’ strengths and achievements through their chat, with a couple candid comments about wanting “the tormented little man” to go away.

The Bitter Nest, Part 1: Love in the School Yard, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

There’s many more story quilts to explore beyond The French Collection, including The American Collection, and The Bitter Nest. The three story quilts on display from The Bitter Nest are both beautiful to observe and heart-wrenching to read. A testament to her skill as a writer, that the words contained within her pieces alone are enough to inspire emotions that stick with you.

The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

There’s also a section containing the soft sculptures and masks Ringgold used for performances she did on tours, largely on college campuses. The most famous of them being The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro, which was her first use of soft sculpture in performance. These performances were known to evolve; students would sometimes take on the masks and be encouraged to share their own stories.

Born in a Cotton Field: The American #3, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

Be sure to scan the qr code on Born in a Cotton Field: The American #3. While there’s no words written on this story quilt, there’s a full fable attached for you to check out.

Sonny’s Bridge, Faith Ringgold, de Young Museum

Ringgold’s work resonates so powerfully and the textures of her story quilts are best explored in person, that pictures of them can’t fully compare. Venturing through her masterpieces is a unique journey that lingers with you, like a warm imprint on your senses inspiring you to keep picking apart her works in your mind. I was tempted to keep reading until they had to kick me out.

If you plan to attend the exhibition, which you should, it is free on Saturdays to all Bay Area residents. If you can't attend, be sure to check out the exhibition catalog.

"Faith Ringgold: American People" is on view through November 22, 2022 at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA. More information can be found here.

By: Danielle DeVeaux

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andallshallbewell · 2 years

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#palace of fine arts #san francisco #art #museum #architecture

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John Martin, The Assuaging of the Waters, 1840, Oil on canvas, 11/23/22 #legionofhonor #artmuseum by Sharon Mollerus

#fine art #Legion of Honor Museum #John Martin #1840 #San Francisco #Oil on canvas #The Assuaging of the Waters #CA #flickr

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Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy

Legion of Honor | San Francisco, CA

#guo pei #couture #couture fashion #legion of honor #fine arts museum #san francisco #artist life #museum date #art aesthetic #fashion lover

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retroboldphotography · 1 year

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#palace of fine arts #my photo #san francisco #california #2019 #history #architecture #former exploratorium science museum

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emersonmanandnature · 2 years

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July 30, 2022

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#Marina District #Art Galleries #Palace of Fine Art #architecture #museum #pillars #ornate carvings #San Francisco #photography #iconic #cjcorwinoriginal

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lionofchaeronea · 2 years

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Saint John the Baptist, El Greco, ca. 1600

#art #art history #El Greco #domenikos theotokopoulos #religious art #Christian art #imaginary portrait #John the Baptist #Spanish Renaissance #Spanish art #Cretan art #16th century art #17th century art #Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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santaclaralocalnews · 5 months

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Last month, San Francisco’s De Young Museum opened its triennial showcase for local artists, DeYoung Open. This year the museum received 7,766 submissions; of which 884 were chosen for the show, which runs through Jan. 7, 2024. So far, this sounds like a pretty typical art show. But it’s far from typical, says Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art Curator-in-Charge at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Read complete news at SVVOICE.

#San Francisco #Museum #local artists #Timothy Anglin Burgard #Am #american Art Curator #Fine Arts Museums #news #svvoice #local news

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rabbitcruiser · 2 years

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International Museum Day

Visit a local museum and learn about anything from art to ancient history to aerospace. Many museums also offer virtual tours online, if you can’t get out.

Few places in our world are more educational than museums. After all, where else could we hope to see so many pieces of actual history that tell so many stories about our ancestors? From prehistoric spears to Egyptian mummies, from ancient Greek sculptures to medieval armor, and from the first radio to the first planes used in war during WWI, museums have it all. Unfortunately, there are millions of people with direct access to museums that have never even visited one.

There are many possible reasons for this–perhaps they think just looking at old things would be boring, or perhaps they are unaware just how different the world was in the past and see no reason to take an interest. Whatever the reason for not taking advantage of the incredible amount of tangible knowledge museums offer, and regardless of age, International Museum Day is the time to invest in education in its most fascinating form.

Many people may ask why they would invest in something like International Museum Day when modern technology can give them all the answers that they may need. Well, to answer that fairly, all you need to do is a little Google search.

Nowadays, if you need to find an answer to something, you can surely just jump online and get it right? Well, yes, but what you need to realize is that the answer you get is quite possibly wrong.

A study conducted in 2016 on how many of the historical facts you find online were true, had some shocking results. It seems as of November 2016, over 48% of all available historical facts available online are inaccurate or downright wrong. So, taking this into account, you may want to place your fair elsewhere.

The truth is, education is important, so days like International Museum Day should be something to get yourself and your young ones excited for; after all, while there will be children filling their heads with nonsense, you have the ability to fill your children with knowledgey goodness.

History of International Museum Day

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) created International Museum Day in 1977. The organization chooses a different theme for the day and coordinates every year. Some of the themes include globalization, indigenous peoples, bridging cultural gaps, and caring for the environment.

Every year since 1977, all of the museums in the world are invited to participate in this day to promote the role of museums around the world, by organizing enjoyable and free activities around the year’s theme.

International Museum Day has become steadily more popular since its creation, with International Museum Day 2009 being participated in by 20,000 museums in over 90 countries. In 2012, the number of participating museums had jumped to 30,000 in 129 countries.

As the years have gone by, we have been blessed to live in a society where while technology seems to want to take over, there have been certain things that are now considered cool that were once reserved for a very target demographic.

While the numbers of participants were slowly climbing almost a decade ago, over the last five years, the numbers are climbing at an even more rapid rate. When we look at this, we may ask ourselves why, and the truth is simple, history is now something that is classed as cool.

Yes, we may live in a technology-driven society, but it seems that the more technology has reigned over the world, people have started to gravitate towards the things that connect them to a world they are scared of losing.

Today, there are more visitors to museums all over the world than ever before, and more than this, there are now more people studying history at degree level than at any point in history.

Now, it may be possible that this is just a point where geek chic is in, and students want to seem more cultural and in touch with the world, but if we stop for a brief moment, could it not be possible that International Museum Day has played a small role in helping entire new generations fall in love with history once again?

The truth may, in fact, be both, but one thing we must remember is that While it may not be as popular as some days, International Museum Day is something that should be held in high importance.

The further we move forward, the more we leave behind, and with all of the things that are now long behind us, we need something to help us remember where we have been, that way, we can take the journey ahead of us with more confidence.

How to celebrate International Museum Day

There is no better way to celebrate International Museum Day than to take a trip down to a nearby museum, either alone, with friends, or even your children if you feel they are old enough to appreciate the place. Depending on where you live, the museums you might be closest to could be ones connected with anything from farming to fashion, from astronomy to archaeology, from art to natural history. If it turns out that the museums in your immediate area are not ones that would interest you, maybe you could consider a day trip to a nearby city to visit a museum better suited to your interests? Carpooling with a friend or two will make the trip cheaper and very possibly more interesting.

Another thing to think about is how well you tolerate crowds. International Museum Day is an increasingly popular worldwide event, so it is quite probable that many of the larger and better-known museums will be pretty crowded on this day, especially since many museums do not charge an entrance fee then. If you do not feel like standing in long lines to see every single thing or having to maneuver your way through crowds of people, paying more attention to not stepping on anyone’s shoes than the objects on exhibition, you may want to visit the museum of your choice a few days before or after International Museum Day.

On weekdays, museums are often quiet places where one can come to study our ancestors’ lifestyles and contemplate what motivated them to behave and develop as they did. However you decide to celebrate Museum day, don’t let this opportunity to find out about the history of the human race go to waste!

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Museums play an important role in the preservation of both history and art, there are hundreds across the US, but which of them is the best? We are only allowing one per city to keep the list from just being DC and NYC

#polls #museums

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andallshallbewell · 2 years

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