De Young Museum – Unhealed Wound

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Keith Haring (1958-1990): The Political Line (November 8-February 16, 2015)

Written by diana on December 1, 2014. Posted in Art. Leave a Comment

Many of the works in this comprehensive exhibit at the De Young Museum (San Francisco) are being publicly presented for the first time, several on loan from the Keith Haring Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, [In March 2012, a retrospective exhibit of Haring’s work, Keith Haring: 1978-1982, opened at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. See my May 2012 review ] The imagery of Haring remains vital to the universally recognized visual language of the late 20th century. His enduring vision and critique of global problems is as relevant today as it was almost a quarter of a century ago. More than...

Picasso–Multiple Images of the Master

Written by diana on August 30, 2011. Posted in Art, Unhealed Wound. 5 Comments

Opening on June 11 and closing on October 9, the deYoung Museum in San Francisco continues to host an exhibition of more than 100 masterpieces of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) from Paris’s world-renowned Musée National Picasso. The Bay Area exhibition is made possible only because of the Musée’s temporary closing for extensive remodeling. I have seen the collection in Paris, of which there are more than 5000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and collages, an almost overwhelming experience. About two percent of that collection is now on view at the deYoung, demonstrating some but...

Tag: De Young Museum

Keith Haring (1958-1990): The Political Line (November 8-February 16, 2015)

Picasso–Multiple Images of the Master

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