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The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll

Wed, 04/05/2017

Artist: Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley Publisher: Family Dog. Printer: The Bindweed Press. “Skeleton and Roses,” Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, September 16 & 17, Avalon Ballroom, 1966. Color offset lithograph poster, 50.7 x 35.6 cm (19 15/16 x 14 in). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, 1974.13.100

April 8–August 20, 2017 | de Young

Press Releases: 
Promoted
Francisco Rosas
Public Relations Coordinator
tel: 415.750.8906
FRosas@famsf.org
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554 cell: 310.592.5238
MNewcomer@famsf.org

Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade

Wed, 05/03/2017

Edgar Degas, "The Millinery Shop," 1879–1886. Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 43 5/8 in. (100 x 110.7 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, 1933.428. Bridgeman Images

June 24–September 24, 2017 | Legion of Honor

Press Releases: 
Promoted
Francisco Rosas
Public Relations Coordinator
tel: 415.750.8906
FRosas@famsf.org
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554 cell: 310.592.5238
MNewcomer@famsf.org

Legion of Honor Launches Official App

Thu, 01/21/2016

Legion of Honor app

App uses Interactive 3D Mapping & Indoor Positioning Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (January 21, 2016) – The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to unveil the official app for the Legion of Honor. Taking advantage of Apple’s latest developments in indoor positioning, the app serves as a personal tour guide for museum-goers, allowing visitors to wander the galleries as if on a private curatorial tour. This is the first app for the Legion of Honor.

Francisco Rosas
Public Relations Coordinator
tel: 415.750.8906
FRosas@famsf.org
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554 cell: 310.592.5238
MNewcomer@famsf.org

Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective

Thu, 12/17/2015
Oscar de la Renta, Evening dress, Spring 2012. Emerald-green silk taffeta, black Battenburg lace. Oscar de la Renta. (Peter Michael Dills/Getty Images)

World Premiere
de Young, San Francisco | March 12 – May 30, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO – The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to present the world premiere retrospective of Oscar de la Renta’s work – the first major survey celebrating the life and career of one of fashion’s most influential designers. The exhibition is organized in close collaboration with the House of Oscar de la Renta and the designer’s family, and is curated by André Leon Talley, former American editor-at-large for Vogue and a lifelong friend of de la Renta.

Francisco Rosas
Public Relations Coordinator
tel: 415.750.8906
FRosas@famsf.org
Miriam Newcomer
Director of Public Relations
tel: 415.750.3554 cell: 310.592.5238
MNewcomer@famsf.org

The Book and the Binding

Reva and David Logan Gallery of Illustrated Books
November 17, 2012 – March 24, 2013

It was not until the emergence of the artist book in the 20th century that book bindings—a book’s front and back covers and spine—came to be appreciated as more than merely protective or decorative. In the early 1900s, any deluxe artist book—with original print illustrations by a well-known artist, printed on fine papers, and issued unbound in limited quantity—fairly cried out for a creative binding. Collectors of these elegant books often commissioned bookbinders to fabricate unique leather covers with original designs that evoked the spirit or mood of the book’s text or illustrations.

Location: 
Legion
Related Collection: 
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books
The Book and the Binding

Paul Bonet, binding design for the book Nuits de Paris, by Francis Carco (Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1927), 1927. Onlays of leather with gold tooling. FAMSF, gift of Earl M. Collier Jr. in honor of Ann and Bill Anderson

Artful Animals, Part 1

November 17, 2012 – April 28, 2013

Since the dawn of time, human beings have been fascinated with the animal world. Depictions of animals are some of the earliest known artistic efforts, dating back to the Paleolithic Era. And this interest has never abated. From sustenance to companionship, animals play a variety of roles in our lives and inspire a range of emotions—fear, love, awe—as well as a host of symbolic associations.

Location: 
Legion
Related Collection: 
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
composite camel

Anonymous Indian artist. Composite Camel, 19th century. Miniature. Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. 1963.24.694 

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  • Photography is allowed in the permanent galleries without flash, artificial light and hand-held only, during public hours. Objects that are on loan or in a special exhibition cannot be photographed. Loan items have a “T” or “L” before the accession number. 
  • The Marketing Department handles requests for commercial photography and filming.

Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette

EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 31
November 17, 2012 – March 31, 2013

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco present an unparalleled collection of decorative arts from the Musée du Louvre, Paris, including some of the most exquisite treasures of the French monarchy from the time of Louis XIV until the Revolution of 1789.

Location: 
Legion
Ticket Information: 

Adults $20, Seniors 65+ $17, Students with current ID $16, Youths 13-17 $10 and Members and Children 12 and under are free.

Order tickets online

Groups of 10 or more have access to priority booking and private tours. Contact the group sales office at groupsales@famsf.org or 415.750.3620.

Press Release: 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Musée de Louvre Announce Major Accord
Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette
Related Collection: 
European Decorative Arts & Sculpture

Sponsors

Louvre
Exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre.

Grand Patrons
Cynthia Fry Gunn and John A. Gunn

Major Patron
San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums

Louvre Circle
Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, Jr.
Stephanie Ejabat
Richard B. Gump Trust
Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Lynch

The luxury hotel sponsor is Taj Campton Place.

The catalogue is published with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Endowment for Publications.

Royal Treasures from the Louvre

L: Portrait of Louis XIV, 17th century. Goldsmith-jeweler: Laurent Tessier Montarsy (?–1684). Miniature painting, silver, and diamond. Inv.: OA12280. Photo: Jean-Gilles Berizzi. C: Agate ewer. Paris, c. 1650. Enamelled gold mount. Entered the collection of Louis XIV before 1673. Inv.: MR231. Photo: Jean-Gilles Berizzi. R: Bust of Marie-Antoinette. Commissioned by Prince Alexandre Kourakine. 1782. Hard-paste porcelain. Inv.: OA10898. Photo: Peter Harholdt.

René Bouché: Letters from Post-War Paris

July 14, 2012 – October 14, 2012

In 1940, art director and fashion illustrator René Bouché (1905-1963) left war-torn Paris for New York and became a regular contributor to Vogue magazine. In 1945, Vogue commissioned Bouché, who was an art director and fashion illustrator in Paris before World War II, to cover the first post-war couture shows in Paris. The trip to Europe was traumatic for the artist, who discovered a people struggling to regain normalcy after the war.

Location: 
Legion
Related Collection: 
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
René Bouché

L: René Robert Bouché, “La Parisienne,” from The Morning After, Paris, 1945. Pen, ink, and color wash. Gift of Denise B. Fitch in memory of my late husband, René Robert Bouché (1905–1963). 2010.61.2.13. R: René Robert Bouché, "5 o'clock beer—cherchez la femme, never mind where and how" from The Morning After, Paris, 1945. Pen, ink and color wash on paper  Gift of Denise B. Fitch in memory of my late husband, René Robert Bouché (1905–1963). 2010.61.2.15

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