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Lords of the Samurai at the Asian: http://www.asianart.org/
On July 5th, they are showing two films by Akira Kurosawa which show the seamier side of samurai life. Both films are in black and white with English subtitles
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Asian Art Museum
Yojimbo 11:00 am:
The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars) and Walter Hill (Last Man Standing), this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential films ever produced.
Sanjuro: 2:00 pm
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa’s tightly paced Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece to Yojimbo, the jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan’s evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a “proper” samurai on its ear.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
This will be your last chance to the see the Nick Cave exhibit as it ends July 5th. I reviewed the show on my blog: http://cheznamastenancy.blogspot.com/2009/04/fashion-at-yerba-buena.html
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: http://www.famsf.org/
de Young: Of course, there will be lines to see the Tut exhibit but don't let that stop you from enjoying their permanent collections of American, African and Oceanic art.
Legion of Honor: Max Klinger: Drawn from the collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Waking Dreams highlights the dream-like etchings of Max Klinger (1857–1920), the German Symbolist artist best known for his enigmatic portfolio Paraphrases About the Finding of a Glove (1881).
Museum of the African Diaspora
MoAD's permanent exhibitions allow visitors of all ages to explore cultural traditions in an immersive, interactive environment. Organized both geographically and thematically, the exhibits are designed to raise curiosity and bring recognition to the genius of Africa and the civilizations, which arose from it.
The current show “American Icons: Bay Area” honors the accomplishments of two legendary San Franciscans: Willie Mays and Willie Brown.
http://www.moadsf.org
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art : Georgia O'Keefe: Black Mesa
The show featuring affinities between Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keefe is still up along with the Kerry Marshall mural in the atrium and an on-going small but exquisite show of Paul Klee in the permanent collection.
http://www.sfmoma.org/
Introduction to the Jewish Theater, 1920, tempera, gouache, and opaque white on canvas. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
The Contemporary Jewish Museum is showing “Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theatre (up till September 7, 2009). http://www.thecjm.org/
University Art Museum, Berkeley
Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet
Can art inspire conservation? Can conservation inspire art? Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet began six years ago in the form of these questions, triggering an unusual collaboration and an extraordinary and circuitous journey. BAM/PFA, in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) and the international conservation organization Rare, commissioned eight of the world’s most thoughtful and innovative artists to travel to eight UNESCO-designated World Heritage sites and to create new works of art in response to their travels and experiences there. http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/
If (or when) you’ve had enough of “high” culture, you can always visit the Wax Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf with a new tribute to Michael Jackson
E-mail Nancy Ewart @ namastenancy@hotmail.com
Most museums will be closed July 4th:
http://cheznamastenancy.blogspot.com/
Information from various museum websites
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