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"Compound Vision"
Museums Through May 26510-430-2164
The Mills College MFA thesis exhibtion, featuring work by Evan Barbour, Claire Colette, Lauren Douglas, Keegan Luttrell, Nadja Miller, Barbara Obata, Meri Page, Simon Pyle, Jenny Sharaf, Kate Short, and Katy Warner.
free
Mills College Art Museum
5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland (map)
"Himalayan Pilgrimage: Sacred Space"
Museums Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through May 26510-642-0808
The third and final rotation of Himalayan Pilgrimage explores the theme of Sacred Space with a pair of large mandala paintings and depictions of historic Tibetan teachers.
$10, free for UC Berkeley students
"The World Stage: Israel"
Museums Through May 27415-655-7800
Celebrate the opening of Kehinde Wiley's new exhibit with world-class performances, gourmet bites inspired by the artwork, specialty cocktails, and a first look at the exhibition. Tickets are $100 for the special event. The exhibit, exploring the global Diaspora, will remain open until May 27.
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission St., San Francisco (map)
Modern Jewish History 101: The Art Files
Museums Through May 31510-643-2526
An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by prominent artists illustrating key historical moments in Jewish life, from the attacks on Jews in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to emigration and the Holocaust. In the Charles Michaels Gallery.
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley (map)
"The Clock"
Museums Through June 2415-357-4000
SFMOMA will present the San Francisco premiere of artist Christian Marclay's internationally heralded masterpiece The Clock (2010).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 3rd St., San Francisco (map)
Garry Winogrand
Museums Through June 2415-357-4000
The first retrospective in 25 years of work by artist Garry Winogrand (1928–1984)—the renowned photographer of New York City and of American life from the 1950s through the early 1980s.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 3rd St., San Francisco (map)
"Girl With a Pearl Earring"
Museums Through June 2415-750-3600
Johannes Vermeer’s enigmatic "Girl with a Pearl Earring" has intrigued art lovers for centuries. See the masterpiece and more than 30 others by artists of the Dutch Golden Age—including Rembrandt, Hals, and Steen—from the collection of the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis.
de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., San Francisco (map)
"Modern Jewish History 101"
Museums Through June 28510-643-2526
A panorama of Jewish life in the 20th century as told through images from the vast art collection at The Magnes.
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley (map)
Himalayan Pilgrimage: Journey to the Land of Snows
Museums Through June 30510-642-0808
Sculptures and paintings from Tibet.
"Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu"
Museums Through June 30510-318-8400
The first-ever retrospective of Hung Liu, one of the most significant Chinese contemporary artists working today.
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak St., Oakland (map)
"Suburban Dreams"
Museums Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through June 30510-318-8400
A new exhibit of 20 large-scale color photographs by Beth Yarnelle Edwards, focusing on the suburbs of Silicon Valley in 1997.
$12
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak St., Oakland (map)
Nicole Eisenman / MATRIX 248
Museums Through July 14510-642-0808
Showcasing the work of the New York-based artist, which ranges from eighties punk ephemera to canonical works from the history of art.
"Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection"
Museums Through Aug. 25510-642-0808
Bringing together paintings, sculptures, and works on paper that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art.
Women of the West & A World at War
Museums Through Sept. 1510-430-2164
Spanning the 17th to the 20th centuries, the objects in the exhibit relate to women in the workplace and the World Wars, with additional objects focused on health, education, or fashion in the Western world.
free
Mills College Art Museum
5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland (map)
"Objects of Belief"
Museums Through Sept. 13415-750-3600
The rarely seen holdings of the Vatican Ethnological Missionary Museum include 80,000 objects that represent artistic achievements by indigenous cultures from Asia, Oceania, Africa, and the Americas.
de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., San Francisco (map)
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