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Sunday, March 02, 2008

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	Berkeley (Cal Campus), Museums, Cultural Museums @60.art.israel.world at Judah L. Magnes Museum (Sunday-Wednesday 11am-4pm Thursday 11am-8pm) The Magnes presents @60.art.israel.world, a survey of recent work by over 20 contemporary Israeli artists, including Barry Frydlender, Ori Gersht, Sigalit... More		510.549.6950

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Anna Halprin: At the Origin of Performance at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) (12noon – 5 pm, Thu till 8pm) Pioneer of postmodern dance and performance, Halprin is known for blurring boundaries: between art forms, professional and amateur, performer and audience.... More

	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

	Oakland (Millsmont/Bancroft), Museums Artists of Invention at Oakland Museum of California (12 noon - 5 pm) The exhibition features more than 120 works—paintings, ceramics, photography, video, sculpture, mixed media, installations, textiles, wood, and works... More

	San Jose (College Park), Museums, Natural History Museums Becoming American: Teenagers & Immigration at History Park (11 am - 4 pm) The City of San José takes pride in being one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country. The topic of immigration is a timely and topical one,... More		408.287.2290

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Natural History Museums Color: A Winter Carnivale at Conservatory of Flowers (9 AM to 5 PM) A dazzling display of floral color at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers treats visitors to one of the greatest shows on earth. If the gray days... More		415.666.7001 Buy Tickets

	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

	Civic Center, Museums, Art Organizations, Cultural Museums, Fine Arts Museums Drama and Desire at Asian Art Museum (Tues -Sun 10 am to 5 pm, Thurs until 9 pm) They lived for the moment: beautiful geisha, flamboyant actors, seductive courtesans. Meet the denizens of the "Floating World" -- the theater an... More		415-581-3500 Buy Tickets

	Berkeley, Museums, Modern Art Museums Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (W - Su 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Th 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.) Mickey Mouse, Aztec gods, and Superman among the icons featured in this first comprehensive exhibition of the lively satirical work by Mexican-born, San... More		510-642-0808

	Oakland (West), Museums, Arts & Crafts Education Explore New Crafts with Daytime and Evening Adult Classes at The Crucible (daytime and evening) Learn to make your own mandolin or ukulele in just four days! This class runs over the course of two weekends, starting March 8th. Learn how to make... More		510.444.0919

	SoMa, Museums, Photography Exhibits Friedlander at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) Among photography's most prolific practitioners, Lee Friedlander is also heralded as one of the United States' finest. This retrospective assembles the... More

	SoMa, Museums, Photography Exhibits Gabriele Basilico at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) Italian photographer Gabriele Basilico creates beautiful, often haunting portraits of urban environments that favor areas of transition and transformation.... More

	Berkeley, Museums Goya: The Disasters of War at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (W - Su 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Th 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.) Fatal consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte, and other emphatic caprices; invented, drawn, and engraved by the original painter, Don... More

	San Jose (Downtown), Museums, Modern Art Museums GOYA’S CAPRICHOS: DREAMS OF REASON AND MADNESS at San Jose Museum of Art (11am - 5pm) Utilizing satire and a dark imagination, Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya published Los Caprichos, a series of 80 etchings in 1799. Goya... More

	Berkeley, Museums Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (W - Su 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Th 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.) One of the most ancient and revered of Hopi traditions is the snake dance, an intense and magical ritual performed at the close of a sixteen-day community... More

	Oakland, Museums, Art Organizations, Fine Arts Museums Metals in Motion at The Collectors Gallery of the Oakland Museum of California (Wednesday through Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m) Treat yourself to a unique experience viewing the work of over 50 studio jewelers, metal artists and sculptors of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild. Talented... More		510-834-2296

	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

	Fremont, Museums, Art Organizations Outdoor Artists Celebrate Nature at Visitor Center of the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge (10-5 PM Tues-Sunday)		510-792-0222

	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

	San Jose (Downtown), Museums, Modern Art Museums PICASSO: ETCHINGS OF LOVE AND DESIRE at San Jose Museum of Art (11am - 5pm ) Love and desire are themes that fascinated the twentieth-century master Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973). Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso studied art in Barcelona... More

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