46 days ago- The Bay Area’s legacy of activism, particularly politically-charged work by female artists, comes to the forefront in “The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics.”
61 days ago- Jay Jie Xu, 45, will become director of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum on June 15, according to an announcement Wednesday by board chair Dixon Doll. The position has been vacant since the beginning of the year with the retirement of Emily J. Sano, who held the position for 15 years. Xu (pronounced “shu”) has been with the Art Institute of Chicago, serving as Pritzker Chairman of the Department of Asian and Ancient Art since 2006. Previously, he has worked with the Seattle Art Museum, New York’s Metropolitan and the Shanghai Museum.
91 days ago- Now, with 4705 and the Year of the Rat in full swing, San Francisco's grand Asian Art Museum is offering some exceptional exhibits. Beginning this week, the Civic Center building will feature "Drama & Desire" and "On Gold Mountain," the former including some "adults only" examples of "shunga" erotic art.
319 days ago- The National Cryptologic Museum explores the complex history of code breaking and code making in the United States as the nation’s only public museum in the intelligence community.
340 days ago- Like Washington’s cherry tree and the Tecumseh curse, the barbaric reputation of Civil War doctors is little more than an American legend, says Ryan Rokicki, curator of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick.
347 days ago- The Havre de Grace Maritime Museum is planning a 4,800-square-foot expansion in the form of a large outdoor pavilion and display space overlooking the top of the Chesapeake Bay.
369 days ago- The staff of the Carroll County Farm Museum recently awarded Jerry Gottlick his “3,000 hours” pin for volunteering 3,000 hours during the past seven years.