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WelcomeVisitor Guide | Fall/Winter 2019–20
Visit for Free! Enjoy free admission all year: become a member today. See inside for details.
Floor 1JRThe Chronicles of San FranciscoOngoing
On view in one of the museum’s free spaces, this soaring digital mural by artist JR depicts a cross-section of the daily life of nearly 1,200 people in San Francisco.
Experience this work for free in one of our art-filled public spaces on Floor 1.
Floor 2Open EndedPainting and Sculpture, 1900 to NowOngoing
Painting and sculpture from SFMOMA’s collection explore themes that have shaped the history of modern art from the early 20th century to our own time.
2019 SECA Art AwardNov 16, 2019–Apr 12, 2020
This exhibition features work by three contemporary Bay Area Artists selected for this year’s SECA Art Award: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Sahar Khoury, and Marlon Mullen.
Floor 3Signs and WondersThe Photographs of John Beasley GreeneThrough Jan 5, 2020
See North Africa through the eyes of 19th-century photographer and archaeologist John Beasley Greene in rarely seen photos of striking landscapes and ancient Egyptian and Algerian ruins.
Select Exhibitions
April Dawn AlisonThrough Dec 1, 2019
This exhibition of previously unseen photographs, made over the course of more than 30 years, features self-portraits that are beautiful, funny, enigmatic, and heartbreakingly sad, sometimes all at once.
Don’t! Photography and the Art of MistakesThrough Dec 1, 2019
Explore the dos and don’ts of “good” photography and discover the rule breakers who challenged those norms to create a more innovative medium.
Elad LassryJan 4–May 10, 2020
Elad Lassry renegotiates prescribed systems of looking through photographic images and objects, presenting a new body of work that questions how we experience and interpret pictures.
Thought Pieces1970s Photographs by Lew Thomas, Donna-Lee Phillips, and Hal FisherJan 4–Aug 9, 2020
Active in San Francisco in the 1970s and early ‘80s, the three artists featured in this exhibition explored the relationship between photography and language.
Floor 4New WorkErin ShirreffThrough Nov 10, 2019
The artist’s recent sculptures and photographic works explore the gap between our experience of an object in real space and its photographic representation.
Exhibition details are subject to change. For more information, visit sfmoma.org/exhibitions.
SOFT POWEROct 26, 2019–Feb 17, 2020This exhibition spans Floors 4 and 7
Featuring 15 new commissions and recent works by 20 international artists, SOFT POWER considers how artists explore their roles as citizens and social actors.
New WorkNevin AladağDec 7, 2019–June 7, 2020
In the latest work from the Berlin-based artist, encoun-ter a series of sculptures created with musical instru-ments from around the world.
Floor 6Far OutSuits, Habs, and Labs for Outer Space July 20, 2019–Jan 20, 2020
Presenting real and conceptual designs for space suits, habitats, and laboratories, this exhibition celebrates the visionary ideas from architects, artists, and designers who imagined life in outer space.
Floor 7Richard MosseIncomingOct 26, 2019–Feb 17, 2020
Filmed with a military-grade camera that detects and images body heat, this video installation and related pho-tographs powerfully document the mass displacement of people unfolding across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
SOFT POWEROct 26, 2019–Feb 17, 2020This exhibition spans Floors 4 and 7
Featuring 15 new commissions and recent works by 20 international artists, SOFT POWER considers how artists explore their roles as citizens and social actors.
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Gallery Guidelines + Please do not touch the art. + Personal, noncommercial photography/video recording is allowed
(except where marked). No flashes, tripods, or selfie sticks. + No eating, drinking, or cell phone conversations in the galleries. + All bags and backpacks must be carried below the waist or worn
on the front of the body. + No smoking or vaping in the museum or on the outdoor terraces. + Lost and Found: Visit the Information Desk on Floor 2.
Accessibility Ask us about accessibility services. On-loan wheelchairs, strollers, and cane seats are available at Coat Check on Floor 1 on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Printed on paper made with 100% postconsumer waste. Artwork illustrations: Adam Simpson.
Select exhibition image credits (by floor): 1) JR, The Chronicles of San Francisco, 2018 (detail); photo: courtesy JR-art.net. 2) Frida Kahlo, Frieda and Diego Rivera, 1931; collection SFMOMA, Albert M. Bender Collection, gift of Albert M. Bender; and Ken-yatta A.C. Hinkle, The Uprising, 2016; courtesy the artist. 3) John Beasley Greene, Giza. Pyramid of Cheops, or Khufu, 1853–54; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and April Dawn Alison, Untitled, n.d.; collection SFMOMA, gift of Andrew Masullo; and Sara Cwynar, Girl from Contact Sheet (Darkroom Manual), 2013, printed 2019; collection SFMOMA, courtesy the artist and Cole Gallery Inc; and Elad Lassry, Untitled (Assignment, Lavender 3), 2019; © Elad Lassry; courtesy the artist and 303 Gallery, New
York; and Donna-Lee Phillips, Fragments from a Visual Journal, 1977; Black Dog Collection. 4) Erin Shirreff, Bronze (Slivka, Burck-hardt, Busch, Laocoön), 2018; courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; and Tanya Lukin Linklater with Liz Lott, The treaty is in the body, 2017; courtesy the artist and Winnipeg Art Gallery; and Nevin Aladağ, Resonator, 2018; courtesy the artist. 6) Cristina de Middel, UMEKO from the series The Afro-nauts, 2012; courtesy the artist. 7) Richard Mosse, Incoming, 2017 (still); Kramlich Collection; photo: courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; and Nairy Baghramian, Re-tainer, 2012 (installation view 2015, Punta della Dogana, Venice); courtesy the artist.
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