Museum of Modern Art

museum, San Francisco, California, United States

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  • California
    • California
      In California: Cultural institutions

      …in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1935). The Music Center of Los Angeles County is a concert and theatre complex that was constructed during the 1960s by private contributions. Tax-supported state institutions, most prominently the University of California and its extension program, are active in…

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  • design of museums
    • National Gallery of Art
      In museum: Building design and function

      …massive cylindrical light at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s original building (1995), designed by Mario Botta, reflects the architect’s belief that a museum has a role analogous to a cathedral. In contrast, the designs of Kisho Kurokawa for the Ehime Prefectural Science Museum in Niihama and the Shiga…

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work of

    • Arbus
      • Diane Arbus
        In Diane Arbus

        …her work opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and later traveled throughout the United States and Europe. An accompanying book, Diane Arbus Revelations (2003), contained some 200 photographs as well as excerpts from her letters and notebooks. In 2007 Arbus’s estate gifted her complete archives—including photographic equipment,…

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    • Bleckner
      • In Ross Bleckner

        …in solo shows at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1988) and at a mid-career retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum (1995), New York.

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    • Chicago
      • Judy Chicago
        In Judy Chicago

        …shown at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1979, the installation was exhibited to great acclaim and considerable controversy throughout the United States and abroad. After many years out of public view, The Dinner Party was acquired by the Brooklyn Museum in 2002. Chicago continued to use large…

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