Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Nearly 60 years after The Beatles performed their final concert at Candlestick Park, Beatlemania is back in the Bay 🎸 We are so excited to announce that “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm” will be coming to the de Young! “Eyes of the Storm” will present more than 250 personal photos by Paul McCartney, along with video clips and archival materials. These images capture a period from December 1963 through February 1964 when The Beatles performed in concert halls across England and toured in the United States. McCartney’s images reveal the intensity of life on tour and highlight the humor and individuality of the band members on their days off, offering a behind-the-scenes look into the meteoric rise of the world’s most celebrated band. “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm,” is organized by the @nationalportraitgallery and opens at the de Young, March 1, 2025 through July 6, 2025. https://lnkd.in/ec9YUekn See The Beatles as you never have before, but as they were through the eyes of Paul McCartney. SF Beatlemania, anyone? Let us know below 💫 [Paul McCartney. Self-portrait. London, 1963. © 1963 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP] #EyesOfTheStorm #PaulMcCartney #TheBeatles

We're waving goodbye to "Japanese Prints" this weekend... [Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), "Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)," from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji," ca. 1830–1832] #Ukiyoe #Hokusai #JapanesePrints

Guess what? We're turning 100 and plan to celebrate that for a YEAR! 🥂 Join us in November for an opening weekend extravaganza and return throughout the year to explore all the amazing exhibitions, stories and art we have in store for you. 100 never looked so good. Highlights will include: "Mary Cassatt at Work," opening Oct 5, 2024 "Celebrating 100 Years at the Legion of Honor," opening Nov 9, 2024 "Dress Rehearsal: The Art of Theatrical Design," opening Nov 9, 2024 "Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art," opening March 22, 2025 "Radiant Impressions: Chiaroscuro to Screenprint," opening Spring 2025 "A Gift From France: Biscuit de Sèvres Porcelain," opening Spring 2025 "Yinka Shonibare," opening Nov 15, 2025 A new free multilingual audio tour in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and English with support from Google. A Centennial Weekend of celebrations, with performances and weekend-long complimentary admission generously underwritten by Bank of America. AND... "A Closer Look," our new curatorial speaker series, beginning with "Collecting European Paintings for San Francisco" from our Chief Curator of the Legion of Honor, Emily A. Beeny 🖼️ #Legion100 #Centennial #WeAreOld [Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, "Feeling Free Like a Bird," 2023] [French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915] [Wayne Thiebaud, "Confections," 1962, © Wayne Thiebaud Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photograph: Katherine Du Tiel] [Auguste Rodin, "The Thinker,' ca. 1880, cast ca. 1904 in the Court of Honor] [Mary Cassatt, "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair," 1877–1878] [Emanuel Fremiet, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Ernest Astruc, "Jeanne d'Arc a genoux (Jeanne d'Arc praying)," 1920]

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Curious about Irving Penn or any of the 175 photographs in our Penn exhibition? The Met's Jeff Rosenheim, curator of the exhibition, is ready for all of your questions! Pop them in the comments below and check back later for answers 💭 Come visit Irving Penn's work, on view until July 21 📸 #IrvingPenn #Photography #Curator

📹 "To create our own families that we can accept as LGBT+ persons. Happy people." --Leilah Babirye shares her experience being LGBTQIA+ in Uganda and its impact on her life and work. Experience the power of Leilah Babirye's work in her exhibition "Leilah Babirye: We Have a History," on view through June 6, 2025. #LeilahBabirye #LGBTQ #LGBTArtist #ContemporarySculpture #ContemporaryArt

Lee Mingwei sees the role of art as bringing people together in difficult times, and we couldn't agree more. Thank you, Suhanya Raffel and Claudia Schmuckli, for sharing your words with us! Experience the connective power of Lee Mingwei's "The Mending Project" before it closes on July 7. #LeeMingwei #TheMendingProject #RitualsOfCare

Contemporary artist Leilah Babirye talks practice and process before her upcoming show "Leilah Babirye: We Have a History," opening THIS Saturday, June 22. Follow the link below to watch the full film exploring Babirye’s work and practice on our Youtube page 📺 https://bit.ly/45I2MQX AND, join us in celebrating the opening of Leilah Babirye's exhibition tomorrow by listening to the artist talk about her work in conversation with our Curator of African Art Natasha Becker. Thank you to everyone who made this fantastic project and film possible! #LeilahBabirye #ContemporarySculpture #ContemporaryArt

Everything is drag, everything is fashion. D'Arcy and Laura continue their conversation on fashion, history, and drag. Thank you again to the talented team and collaborators that brought this project to life! #DragArtHistory #FashioningSF #DragFashion #FashionHistory https://lnkd.in/gVjwbtbX

Turn on, tune in, drop out. Michael Rozendal, an associate professor in the Rhetoric and Language department at the University of San Francisco, talks about San Francisco’s Summer of Love: the liberation and disillusionment. And the hopefulness that can be felt in Irving Penn’s portraits from the summer of 1967. Penn made a series of photographs for "Look" magazine of people participating in San Francisco's Summer of Love. He photographed everyone from hippies and avant-garde dancers to Hells Angels and rock bands. Penn wanted to memorialize the epicenter of the counterculture movement on film and "look into the faces of these new San Francisco people.” See these portraits of San Francisco history for yourself in “Irving Penn,” on view through July 21. Can you guess where Penn's studio was located during the Summer of Love? Hint: It wasn't in San Francisco! #IrvingPenn #SummerOfLove #SanFrancisco #Hippie #Photography