SF Museum of Modern Art + Exploratorium
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Exhibition
9 May 2022 — 4 Sep 2022
From DNA to human emotions, Speculative Portraits explores how contemporary artists are drawing from technology and scientific research to expand on ideas of portraiture and identity. Spanning from digital animation to sculpture, this focused presentation brings together select works by Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Rhonda Holberton, Mika Tajima, and Gail...
From DNA to human emotions, Speculative Portraits explores how contemporary artists are drawing from technology and scientific research to expand on ideas of portraiture and identity. Spanning from digital animation to sculpture, this focused presentation brings together select works by Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Rhonda Holberton, Mika Tajima, and Gail Wight.
Installations include Tajima’s Human Synth (Los Angeles) (2019), a projected animation that mines social media feeds and displays the collective sentiment in the mesmerizing form of digital smoke, and Hershman Leeson’s Room #8 (2006–18), a major new acquisition that marks the culmination of the Bay Area artist’s investigation into custom antibodies and synthetic DNA.
The exhibition also marks the 20th anniversary of Hershman Leeson’s SFMOMA web project commission Agent Ruby (1998–2002), which invites us to chat online with an artificially intelligent character.
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A Living for Us All: Artists and the WPA (Until 23 July 2022)
Speculative Portraits (Until 4 September 2022)
Pan American Unity (Until 31 May 2023)
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The Snøhetta expansion (completed in 2016) doubled the amount of exhibition space at the SFMOMA. The seven-story structure also expanded the gallery areas and outdoor public spaces, giving a big injection of destination architecture to San Francisco's South of Market area. The SFMOMA's permanent collection is a whopping 33,000 works, and there are always temporary exhibitions as well. When in San Francisco's SoMa make time for the SFMOMA.
Friday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Saturday | 10:00 - 21:00 |
Sunday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Monday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Tuesday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Wednesday | Closed |
Thursday | 10:00 - 21:00 |