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"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.
California Mosaic Artists: Celebrating Diversity through Mosaics
Museums Ongoing510-437-9899
An ongoing group show.
Institute of Mosaic Art
3001 Chapman St., Oakland (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)
"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)
Friday Nights at the de Young
Museums Through Nov. 29415-750-3600
Friday Nights at the De Young enlivens the museum each week with a unique theme often tying in with the special exhibitions and permanent collections on view. The de Young Café offers a delicious Friday Nights menu and specialty cocktails, and the museum’s observation tower is open until 8 pm.
$10
de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., 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)
"Hard Times in the OC"
Museums Through April 27, 2014510-318-8400
This installation in the Gallery of California History co-curated with faculty and students at California State University Fullerton focuses on the effects of the 2008 recession in Orange County.
free with museum admission
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak St., Oakland (map)
Himalayan Pilgrimage: Journey to the Land of Snows
Museums Through June 30510-642-0808
Sculptures and paintings from Tibet.
Historic Pinball Exhibit
Museums Ongoing510-769-1349
With 15 woodrails and 20 wedgeheads from Larry Zartarian's collection, plus games representing early pinballs from the collections of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hasse, Dan Miller, and Michael Schiess.
$15, under 12 $7.50
Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St., Alameda (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)
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)
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.
"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)
Picturing Modernity: The Photography Collection
Museums Ongoing415-357-4000
From the museum's vast holdings, photos by Adams, Cunningham, Evans, Lange, Stieglitz, et al.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 3rd St., San Francisco (map)
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