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Visitor Guide | Fall/Winter 2018–19

Visit for Free! Become a member today, and enjoy free admission all year. See inside for details. Select Exhibitions

Floor 1 Julie Mehretu HOWL, eon (I, II) Ongoing

A commission comprising two large-scale abstract paintings that explore the transformations of the Western landscape, from manifest destiny to the rise of global technology.

Floor 3 Susan Meiselas Mediations Through Oct 21, 2018

From her iconic portraits of carnival strippers to vivid color photographs of the conflicts in Central America, Meiselas’s powerful work explores subjects ranging from the personal to the geopolitical.

Louis Stettner Traveling Light Oct 27, 2018–May 27, 2019

A retrospective of American photographer Louis Stettner’s remarkable career and his unique ability to unite American street photography’s boldness with French humanism’s gentler gaze.

Johannes Brus Oct 27, 2018–May 27, 2019

The first U.S. solo presentation of German artist Johannes Brus, this exhibition introduces his photographic experiments from the 1970s. Brassaï Nov 17, 2018–Feb 18, 2019

This survey of the photographer’s work focuses on 1930s Paris, his renowned nighttime scenes and his powerful portraits of artists and writers.

Floor 4 René Magritte The Fifth Season Through Oct 28, 2018

Featuring more than 70 artworks in nine immersive, thematic galleries, this exhibition explores how the Belgian surrealist balanced irony and conviction, philosophy and fantasy, to illuminate the gaps between what we see and what we know.

New Work Etel Adnan Through Jan 6, 2019

A selection of new paintings by writer and artist Etel Adnan, who lived in the Bay Area for over 40 years, is juxtaposed with tapestries from the 1960s and today.

Vija Celmins To Fix the Image in Memory Dec 15, 2018–Mar 31, 2019

Vija Celmins’s subtle, exquisitely detailed “redescrip- tions” of the physical world—including oceans, desert floors, and night skies—distill vast, expansive distances into mesmerizing small-scale artworks.

New Work Rodney McMillian Feb 9–June 9, 2019

A new installation by Los Angeles–based artist Rodney McMillian, whose work addresses issues of class, race, and gender in American political and social history.

Floor 5 Louise Bourgeois Spiders Ongoing

Dark and compelling spider sculptures from intimate to monumental in scale. Includes works from the Fisher Collection.

Floor 6 Donald Judd Specific Furniture Through Nov 4, 2018

An exhibition of furniture by artist and architect Donald Judd, together with chairs he collected and admired, and newly fabricated Judd designs that visitors may sit on.

The Sea Ranch Architecture, Environment, and Idealism Dec 22, 2018–Apr 28, 2019

A beacon of 1960s Northern California Modernism, The Sea Ranch’s idealistic principles of architectural excellence, economy of space, and land stewardship continue to inspire.

Floor 7 Art and China after 1989 Theater of the World Nov 10, 2018–Feb 24, 2019

This exhibition presents works that anticipated, chronicled, and agitated for the sweeping social transformation that placed China at the center of the conversation on globalization.

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Select exhibition image credits (by floor): 1) Julie Mehretu, Celmins, Untitled (Big Sea #2), 1969; collection of Helen and HOWL, eon (I,II), 2017 (detail); collection SFMOMA, gift of Helen Charles Schwab; and Rodney McMillian, 44.8617° N, 93.5606° W: and Charles Schwab; photo Tom Powel Imaging, Inc. 3) Susan coordinates to an ascension (detail), 2018; Susanne Vielmetter Meiselas, Traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Los Angeles Projects, and Maccarone, New York; photo: Colin Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza Doyle, courtesy Rodney McMillian. 5) Louise Bourgeois, Spider, to conceal identity, Masaya, Nicaragua, 1978; courtesy Susan 2003; gift of Helen and Charles Schwab through The Art Meiselas / Magnum Photos; and Louis Stettner, Woman with Supporting Foundation; photo: Christopher Burke. 6) Donald White Glove, Penn Station, 1958; courtesy Janet Stettner; and Judd, Armchair, designed 1984, fabricated 1998; collection Johannes Brus, Untitled, 1971; collection SFMOMA; photo: Mick SFMOMA, gift of Byron R. Meyer; photo: Katherine Du Tiel; Vincenz; and Brassaï, Billiard Player, boulevard Rochechouart, and Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Sea Ranch printed material, 1932–33; Estate Brassaï Succession, Paris. 4) René Magritte, ca. 1965; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gift of The Sea The Son of Man, 1964; private collection; and Etel Adnan, Untitled, Ranch Archives. 7) Liu Wei, Two Drunk Painters, 1990; collection 2017; photo: Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg; and Vija SFMOMA, gift of Vicki and Kent Logan.

Printed on paper made with 100% postconsumer waste. Artwork illustrations: Adam Simpson.

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To Fix the Image in Memory Dec 15, 2018–Mar 31, 2019

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