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Thursday, May 22, 2008

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	SoMa, Museums Vito Acconci, William Wegman, and Lawrence Weiner at SFMOMA (Daily (except Wednesdays), 4pm) Total running time: 70 min. Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:30 p.m. Koret Visitor Education Center Program includes Home Movies (Vito Acconci, 1973, 33... More

	San Francisco, Museums, Cultural Organizations Joy Luck Club at Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center (3pm - 6pm) Living Well Network (LWN) * Is for HIV+ Asian & Pacific Islanders to come together in friendship and mutual respect. LWN supports the growth of an individu... More		415.292.3420 ext. 371

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Cut: Revealing the Section at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) This dynamic selection drawn from the SFMOMA collection highlights the vital architectural concept of the section, a cross section of a building or object... More

	Downtown/Financial District, Museums, Other Art Events The 5 Year Anniversary Show at Varnish Fine Art Studio (11am to 11pm (ish)) The 5 Year Anniversary Show celebrates 5 years of contemporary fine art at Varnish with new works by over 40 returning artists. This group exhibit of... More		415.222.6131

	Berkeley, Museums, Fine Arts Museums, Photography Exhibits Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Wednesday-Sunday 11a-5p) “While I was a journalist, I had always worked as a documentary reporter, but at the same time as a photographer seeking to make personal creative work.... More		Buy Tickets

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Modern Masterworks from the Elise S. Haas Bequest at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) It would be hard to overestimate the significance of the Elise S. Haas collection for SFMOMA. Made up of some 35 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper,... More

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Natural History Museums The Butterfly Zone: The Conservatory of Flowers’ exhibition of live butterflies at Conservatory of Flowers (9 AM- 5 PM Closed Mondays) Fly on over to the Conservatory of Flowers this spring because the butterflies are back, and there are more than ever. The popular exhibit “The Butterfly... More		415-666-7001 Buy Tickets

	Richmond (Outer), Museums Annie Leibovitz at Legion of Honor (Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30am – 5:15pm) For decades, Annie Leibovitz has artistically captured the icons of popular culture with her award-winning photography. Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s... More

	Civic Center, Museums, Art Organizations, Cultural Museums, Fine Arts Museums On Gold Mountain at Asian Art Museum (Tues - Sun 10 am to 5 pm, Thurs until 9 pm) Zhan Wang is among the most respected artists in China, having become world-renown for his stainless steel sculptures of “scholars' rocks,” the graceful,... More		415-581-3500 Buy Tickets

	Berkeley, Museums Parting the Curtain: Asian Art Revealed at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (W - Su 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Th 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.) “Asian art” is not one but many diverse expressions of culture, religion, and aesthetics. The broad geographical range of Asia, from the subcontinent... More

	Oakland (Millsmont/Bancroft), Museums, Modern Art Museums In Our Own Backyard at Oakland Museum of California (10 am - 5 pm, opens at 12noon on Sun) The exhibition offers visitors a virtual tour through the East Bay's most scenic parks and open spaces, following the flow of water from snow-capped Mt.... More

	Civic Center, Museums, Cultural Museums In a New Light at Asian Art Museum (10am–9pm) More than 2500 extraordinary works from the museum’s collection are displayed in the museum’s permanent galleries. Artworks on view include monumental... More		415.581.3500

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Fine Arts Museums Jane Hammond: Paper Work at de Young Museum (9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday) Featuring 35 unique paper objects, drawings and prints. For nearly two decades, New York artist Jane Hammond has been using a fixed lexicon of 276... More		415.750.3600

	San Jose, Museums, Cultural Museums Vietnamese Museum at History Park (call for details ) Artifacts, art created for the museum, photographs and collections of newspapers and magazines, oral and written histories and more focusing on the history... More

	Stanford, Museums Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia at Cantor Arts Center (11am-8pm) More than 100 makishi, or mask characters, from the "Three Corners" region of Africa.		650.723.4177

	Stanford, Museums Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas at Cantor Arts Center (11am-8pm)		650.723.4177

	Civic Center, Museums, Cultural Museums Later Chinese Jades at Asian Art Museum (10am–9pm) Jades from the Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century.		415.581.3500

	San Jose (Downtown), Museums, Science Museums Technology Exhibits at The Tech Museum of Innovation (10am-5pm) Museum hosts "Life Tech," "Innovation" and "Exploration."		408.294.8324

	Stanford, Museums Studio Practices at Cantor Arts Center (10am–8pm) Prints from the 16th through 18th centuries of artist mock-ups.		650.723.4177

	Stanford, Museums Recent acquisitions in the Early Modern Gallery at Cantor Arts Center (11am-8pm) Including loans from Stuart Davis and Albert Gleizes.		650.723.4177

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