Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Mary Cassatt’s “Set of Ten” prints are considered some of the most inventive in the history of modern printmaking. Using two to three metal plates, and a combination of soft ground, drypoint, and aquatint techniques, Cassatt created 25 copies of each scene in the set. Follow along with Christina Taylor, conservator of works of art on paper at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to learn how Cassatt made her iconic color print, "The Letter" and click the link below for more information. https://lnkd.in/gS2gUCsP #MaryCassatt #Impressionism #Printmaking #PhiladelphiaMuseumOfArt #LegionOfHonor

Watch as curator Furio Rinaldi and @marisadelempicka, Tamara de Lempicka's great-granddaughter and manager of her estate, explain how the watershed moment of the Russian Revolution changed the course of Lempicka's life forever. Watch our new documentary to learn more about this genre-defining artist and her pioneering art practice. You can find it in full on our FAMSF YouTube page or by clicking the link: https://bit.ly/4epJdzC "Tamara de Lempicka" is on view now. Come and explore the world of Lempicka for yourself. #TamaraDeLempicka #ArtDeco #deYoung

What do Rembrandt, ballet, screen printing, live music, and cake all have in common? The Legion of Honor 100 opening weekend! 🎂 Join us tomorrow for the first in our new lecture series, "A Closer Look," from curator Emily A. Beeny, as she takes us on a historical tour of our European paintings collection. Think: the history of the collection, artwork highlights, and the colorful characters who brought them to San Francisco. Thank you to all our fantastic collaborators and community. Preparations are almost complete! ✨ Find a full schedule for tomorrow below: @smartbomb_oakland musical performances: 9:30 am – 3 pm, Court of Honor + Galleries 6 + 14 100 years, 100 portraits with @lexmexart: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, Court of Honor Centennial Remarks + Cake Cutting Ceremony: 11 – 11:30am, Court of Honor Cake picnic with @cakepicnictour: 10 am – 2:30 pm, Front lawn (at capacity) Community Stitches + Patches with @sewfrisco: 11:30 am – 3:30 pm, Court of Honor Screen printing with ARTivate @citystudiosf: 11:30 am – 3:30 pm, Front lawn Sketching in the Galleries: 11:30 am – 3:30 pm, Galleries 4 + 18 @oddity Musical Performances: Noon + 2 pm, Court of Honor Pop up by @tartsdefeybasse: 1 – 3:30 pm, Court of Honor A Closer Look: Collecting European Paintings for San Francisco: 1 pm, Gunn Theater Organ Concert with the @sfballet School: 4 – 5 pm, Galleries 8, 10, 12 + Court of Honor All programs are free and open to the public. Entry to the permanent collection galleries and the special exhibition “Mary Cassatt at Work” is free. Exhibition tickets are limited, first come, first served 🔥 [Rembrandt van Rijn, "Portrait of Joris de Caullery," 1632] #Legion100 #LegionOfHonor #BayArea

"By turns swaggering, Sapphic and sensational, the 100 paintings and drawings deliver every inch of Lempicka’s luxuriant rigor, and they show us where the life pumps through it all." Read as New York Times art critic, Walker Mimms, reviews our new exhibition, "Tamara de Lempicka," the first major U.S. survey of the artist's work.

DYK our new exhibition, “Tamara de Lempicka,” is the first major museum retrospective of Lempicka in the US? 💌 Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) was once a star of 1920s Paris and has been appreciated in Europe since the 1980s. She came to the United States in 1939, fleeing Europe just before the Nazi invasion because of her Jewish heritage. Although Lempicka remained in America, eventually moving to Mexico, the Art Deco style of her paintings fell out of fashion and she never achieved the same recognition as she did in Paris. See her striking and rarely publicly displayed work for yourself at our new exhibition, "Tamara de Lempicka," on view now through February 9, 2025. [Tamara de Lempicka, "Wisdom (La Sagesse)," 1940-1941, © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. © 2019 Christie’s Images Limited] [Tamara de Lempicka, "Le chapeau de paille," 1930, © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Image courtesy of the Tamara de Lempicka Estate] [Tamara de Lempicka, Portrait of Ira P., 1930, © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY, © 1998 Christie’s Images Limited] #TamaraDeLempicka #ArtDeco #GreatWomenArtists

“We’ve talked about doing some kind of collaboration with SFJazz for a long time,” said Maria Egoavil, the de Young’s public programs project manager. “We’re always looking for ways to let people experience art in new ways, and this was a perfect opportunity. You can see the art and now listen to the art and experience an interpretation of the work.” Read to learn more the collaboration between SFJAZZ and our local artists exhibition, "About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift," ahead of its 21st season run at the SFJazz Center this weekend!

Drag Art History Ep. 3 | Join the "Ladiest of Ladies" Lady Camden and curator Furio Rinaldi as they spill the tea on Hollywood’s favorite Art Deco darling: Tamara de Lempicka. Watch them raise a glass in San Francisco’s historic Redwood Room as they revisit iconic Lempicka moments in pop culture. Find the video in full on our FAMSF YouTube channel or by clicking the link: https://bit.ly/4fgxp3n Thank you to the incredible team who worked so hard to put this episode together. And, of course, a very special thank you to our fabulous guest star, Lady Camden 🌟 "Tamara de Lempicka" is on view now through February 9, 2025. [All archival photographs © Tamara de Lempicka Estate; Collection of the Tamara de Lempicka Estate] [All artworks by Tamara de Lempicka © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY] #TamaraDeLempicka #ArtDeco #deYoung #DragArtHistory

Bringing back a favorite in honor of the Marie Antoinette canapé going back on view! Find it in Gallery 7 and see the finished conservation work for yourself. Thank you to all our amazing conservators that brought this beauty back to life! And, learn more about the canapé's conservation journey by following the link: https://bit.ly/3A2j4sF ["Canapé a la turque" (sofa), designed by Jacques Gondoin, 1779] #MarieAntoinette #Neoclassical #ArtConservation #Legion100

Join our director, renowned tapestry scholar Thomas Campbell, on October 17 for an exhilarating first look at The Battle of Pavia Tapestries on view in the exhibition. For more info, click the link below. https://lnkd.in/ggcGRHiV [Bernard van Orley, woven in the workshop of Willem and Jan Dermoyen, "The Invasion of the French Camp and the Flight of the Ladies and Servants (detail)," ca. 1528–1531. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy]

"We arrived in Paris with nothing. I decided I was going to become the most important painter in Paris. And after every painting I would sell, I would buy myself a diamond bracelet. And I would paint day and night until I had diamond bracelets from here to here." —Tamara de Lempicka, as told to her great-granddaughter, @marisadelempicka 💎 Watch our new documentary to learn more about this fascinating artist, as seen through the eyes of her great-granddaughter and manager of her estate, Marisa de Lempicka, and curator Furio Rinaldi. Find it in full on our FAMSF YouTube page or by clicking the link: https://bit.ly/3U77GCy "Tamara de Lempicka" opens to the public tomorrow, Saturday, October 12! Join us for a very special opening program, and explore the world of Lempicka for yourself 💫 #TamaraDeLempicka #ArtDeco #deYoung