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"The Cinema of Lights," with Jan Wahl

July 31, 2010 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Inspired by Impressionist art from the Musée d’Orsay, film critic and historian Jan Wahl presents the best of scenes of Paris in the movies. In her career as San Francisco’s favorite movie reviewer and film historian, Jan Wahl has interviewed them all from Gregory Peck to Ben Affleck and Meryl Streep to Renee Zellweger.
Emmy winning producer, entertainment reporter and film critic, Jan Wahl wears many hats. San Francisco turns to Wahl for the scoop on Hollywood, celebrities and film lore and history. Jan’s hilarious, Mae West-ish delivery and her exhaustive knowledge of films and Hollywood insider information make Jan the most sought-after speaker in her field. 

Join artist Javier Manrique for a demonstration of printmaking. Click here for more information.

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One Hundred Years of Landscape Art in Northern California

July 18, 2010 - 1:00pm
This talk explores the rich landscape tradition in Northern California through the eyes of visual artists, from Arthur Mathews and William Keith to Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley. Docent Lecturer: Ellen Harden

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Docent Lecture: California Palace of the Legion of Honor: The Rest of the Story

July 6, 2010 - 1:00pm
Learn what makes our very own California Palace of the Legion of Honor the most beautifully situated museum in the country; the story behind the museum’s benefactress Alma de Bretteville Spreckels; and how this building and its collections reflect Spreckels’s love of France.

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Curator Lecture: The Elephant and the Eiffel Tower

June 26, 2010 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lecture by Jim Ganz, "The Elephant and the Eiffel Tower." Ganz will discuss the museum's newly acquired sepia print, Éléphantaisie, by Pierre Dubreuil, on view in the special exhibition, Impressionist Paris: City of Light, as well as the cultural icons featured in the print. Ganz is Curator for the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts and curator of the special exhibition.

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Docent Lecture: "Impressionist Paris: City of Light"

June 19, 2010 - 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Docent Lecturer: Jim Kohn. This illustrated art history lecture will cover pieces from the special exhibition.

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