KOREAN STONEWARE DESIGN: WHAT’S OLD IS NEW AGAIN During a press conference this week to unveil the Museum’s spiffy new logo I slipped away to enjoy a self guided tour of the latest exhibition, “Poetry in Clay”. This well rounded collection comprised of Korean buncheong ceramics is from the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art. Full…
Yiddish jive?! Cab Calloway was the king. “If I Were a Rich Man” remade into a gospel reverie?! The Temptations did it in 1969. This fall, the Contemporary Jewish Museum invites you to sit down and relax or sing along and dance as you experience its newest exhibition, “Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of…
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is hosting a new exhibit displaying the ever changing culture of one of the biggest metropolitan areas in China. Shanghai explores the violent history created one of the most influential cities in the world. This artistic collection features more than 130 oil paintings, Shanghai Deco furniture and rugs, revolutionary posters,…
Summer is a time to relax and enjoy yourself. But why not spend your lazy summer days learning something new? Three museums throughout California are hosting new exhibits that will entertain and educate you throughout the summer. So, take the afternoon off work, grab the kids and hit up these local hot spots: Explore the…
Bizarre, fun, colorful; there are so many words to describe Maira Kalman’s exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Entitled “Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World),” nothing is lost on Kalman for whom the everyday charm of a nicely wrapped package holds as much interest as the state of democracy in America today….