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Saturday, July 26, 2008

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	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Room for Thought at SFMOMA (10am - 5:45pm, open till 7:45pm on Thu & Sun) Computer-generated video installations by Alexander Hahn and Yves Netzhammer. Computer-generated video installations by Swiss artists Alexander Hahn... More

	SoMa, Museums The Art of Lee Miller at SFMOMA (10am - 5:45pm, open till 7:45pm on Thu & Sun) Exhibit showcases the greatest photographs, some never seen before, of Lee Miller and her unconventional life. One of the most unconventional female... More

	Oakland (Millsmont/Bancroft), Museums, Cultural Museums, Modern Art Museums Birth of the Cool at Oakland Museum of California (10am-5pm) The Oakland Museum of California goes from retro to metro in its 1950s-era Birth of the Cool and contemporary Cool Remixed exhibitions, opening May 17... More		510.238.2200

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Crafts Museums, Fine Arts Museums Chihuly at the de Young at de Young Museum (9:30am–5:15pm) New, site-specific installations by glass artist Dale Chihuly. Chihuly at the de Young takes a comprehensive view of the artist’s dramatic, colorful,... More

	Berkeley, Museums, Modern Art Museums Trevor Paglen: The Other Night Sky / MATRIX 225 at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (11am-5pm) Photography is an act of concentrated seeing, and by extension an act of knowing. Its origins are intrinsically linked to the idea of the “document,”... More		(510) 643-9989

	Bernal Heights, Museums, Art Festivals Urban Youth Arts Festival at Precita Park (1:00 - 6:00pm) Youth, neighbors, family and friends are invited to come to Precita Park for the afternoon and be a part of positive and creative expression at the Twelfth... More		415.285.2287

	Downtown/Financial District, Museums, Other Art Events Let Us Now Praise San Francisco at Marx & Zavattero (Tue-Fri 10:30-5:30; Sat 11-5) Join us July 12 - August 16 for our summer group show co-curated by San Francisco author, filmmaker, and raconteur Robert Mailer Anderson. The show... More		415-627-9111

	Civic Center, Museums, Art Organizations, Cultural Organizations, Cultural Museums ..., Fine Arts Museums ^ Power & Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty at Asian Art Museum (10 am to 5 pm, Until 9 pm on Thurs) Why are Ming vases cherished as exquisite artworks of majestic perfection? Find out at this unique exhibition of more than 200 Ming treasures from China’s... More		415-581-3500 Buy Tickets

	SoMa, Museums Frida Kahlo at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) Exhibit showcases 50 paintings from the beginning of Frida Kahlo's career in 1926 to her death in 1954. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo began painting in... More

	Presidio, Museums Superstition Obstacle Course at Exploratorium (10am – 5pm, Close Mondays) For many people, Friday the 13th suggests bad luck -- but is it really tempting fate or taking a risk to break a mirror? Are you Breaking a Mirror courting... 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

	Mission, Museums, Cultural Organizations Gay Shame Meetings at Modern Times Bookstore (5:30pm - 7pm) Gay Shame is a Virus in the System. We are committed to a queer extravaganza that brings direct action to astounding levels of theatricality. We will... More

	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

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums 246 and Counting at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:45pm on Thu) Exhibit showcases books, posters, furniture and other objects acquired since Henry Urbach joined the museum staff. This unorthodox exhibition showcases... 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–5pm) 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

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Crafts Museums For Tent and Trade: Masterpieces of Turkmen Weaving at de Young Museum (9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday) Selected works from the museum's collection of Turkman carpets and textiles. This exhibition features selected masterpieces from the Fine Arts Museums'... More		415.750.3600

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Crafts Museums Timothy Horn: Bitter Sweet at de Young Museum (9:30am–5:15pm) The Australian artist uses sugar, scale and the legend of Alma Spreckels as materials for three large-scale works. Australian artist Timothy Horn plays... More		415.750.3600

	Richmond (Outer), Museums, Fine Arts Museums Vollard, Editeur: Illustrated Books Published by the Legendary French Art Dealer at Legion of Honor (9:30am-5:15pm) Vollard, Editeur is the second in a series of exhibitions that focus on legendary publishers who were primarily art dealers. Ambroise Vollard (1865-1939)... More

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