The Bay Area’s beloved floral fundraiser, Bouquets to Art, returned this June for its 37th year with fresh summer blooms to seed new life into the de Young’s permanent collection.
Bouquets to Art Returned to the de Young
Calder-Picasso Exhibit at de Young Museum Feb 27-May 23, 2021
See selected works from the exhibit featuring artists Alexander Caldwell and Pablo Picasso at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, Feb. 27-May 23, 2021.
Letter to the Editor: Fine Arts Museums Should Not Support Observation Wheel
The Wheel is of little or no benefit to the de Young and I am disappointed to hear that staff are spending time calling in support of SkyStar, a private, for-profit vendor based in St. Louis, MO, with no transparency, and SF Parks Alliance, a private non-profit.
Press Release: De Young Museum Reopens March 6
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco announce the reopening of the de Young museum on Saturday, March 6, following their temporary closure under the shelter-in-place order mandated by the City of San Francisco.
GG Park’s Music Concourse Attractions Close Again
… But it has been a start-and-stop year. After the elation of having the attractions open again, they recently needed to close again due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the City.
Press Release: Legion of Honor and deYoung Museums Announce Plans to Reopen
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco announce the reopening of the de Young and Legion of Honor museums, following their temporary closure under the shelter-in-place order mandated by the City of San Francisco.
Music Concourse at the Heart of GG Park Draws Millions of Visitors Each Year
The heart of Golden Gate Park is the Music Concourse, an open-air plaza flanked by two state-of-the-art cultural institutions: the California Academy of Sciences and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum. It is also the site of the beloved Japanese Tea Garden.
The Promise and Peril of Tech
“Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI,” a new exhibit at the de Young museum, is an international group exhibition examining the effects of artificial intelligence.
Groundbreaking Exhibit at de Young Museum
“Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” is a new groundbreaking exhibition at the de Young Museum. It has just opened but is already stirring up widespread excitement.
Obituary: Joseph Bartlow, Sr.
Long-time SF resident and worker at the de Young Museum, Joseph Bartlow, Sr. died this past summer. His son, Jeb Bartlow, noted that his father passed away on Aug. 7, 2019.
