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The best art exhibits in San Francisco


The Art of Eyvind Earle” This magical retrospective showcases the life and work of Earle, the illustrator, artist and printmaker best known as the lead stylist for Sleeping Beauty (1959) and for concept art that shaped other Disney favorites such as Lady and the Tramp (1955) and Peter Pan (1953). à The Walt Disney Family Museum, 104 Montgomery St (415-345-6800, waltdisney.org). Through Jan 8.


“Awaking Beauty:


the Clock and the Bed” Including landmark compositions about art, love, mortality and the ravages of time, this reappraisal uses Munch’s late paintings as a starting point from which to reevaluate his entire career. à San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third St (415-357-4000, sfmoma.com). Through Oct 9.


“Edvard Munch: Between “Liu Jianhua:


Collected Letters” One of China’s foremost installation artists transforms the second floor of the museum with thousands of porcelain letters and fragments of Chinese characters suspended in midair. Each of the installation’s 1,600 pieces was handmade by Liu and a team of ceramic artists over five months; A special steel grid is required to hold them up. àAsian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St (415-581- 3500, asianart.org). Through 2020.


Nightly Illumination Every evening, as part of the


city’s Summer of Love 50th anniversary, projections onto the


Time Out San Francisco July 26–October 10, 2017


Conservatory of Flowers facade illuminate scenes inspired by the greenhouse’s rare tropical flora as well as by the legacy of the city’s flower children. à Conservatory of Flowers, 100 John F Kennedy Dr (415-831-2090, conservatory offlowers.org). Through Oct 21.


“Of Dogs and Other People: The Art of Roy


De Forest” De Forest’s first career retrospective is filled with dreamlike colors and quirky characters. Listening stations


throughout the exhibit feature an array of voices—from a dog trainer to a sword swallower—to help your imagination wander. àOakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St, Oakland (510-318-8400, museumca.org). Through Aug 20.


Precita Eyes Muralists


40th Anniversary Tour Admire four decades of visual storytelling during this new walking tour of the Mission’s oldest murals, and learn the stories behind the neighborhood street art. à Precita Eyes Art Studio, 348 Precita Ave (415-285-2287, precitaeyes.org). July 15, Aug 19, Sept 16.


“Revelations: Art from the


African American South” This major acquisition from Souls Grown Deep Foundation in Atlanta encompasses 62 works by contemporary African- American artists from the southern United States. Included in the exhibit are paintings, sculptures, drawings and quilts by 22 acclaimed artists. à De Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr (415-750-3600, deyoung.famsf.org). Through Apr 1.


Memoirs” The New Yorker’s beloved cartoonist of quirk and gloom gets her own exhibit, featuring art and archives from her 2014 graphic memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? à Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St (415-655-7800, thecjm.org). Through Sept 3.


“Roz Chast: Cartoon


“Soundtracks” Centered on the role of sound


in contemporary art, this large- scale group exhibition from more than 20 artists spans sculpture, audio and video installation, and performance pieces to visualize the unique relationship between sound and space. à San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third St (415-357-4000, sfmoma.com). Through Jan 1.


“Tania Bruguera: Talking to Power /


Hablándole al Poder” Political artist Bruguera works at the intersection of activism and performance art. This survey exhibition presents all of her socially engaged art projects to date. Bruguera also teaches weekly classes on systems of power and creative dissent. à Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St (415-978-2700, ybca.org). Through Oct 29.


“Ugo Rondinone: the world


“Degas, Impressionism and the Paris Millinery Trade”


These 60 paintings and pastels reveal just how enthralled Edgar Degas was by Paris’s high-fashion hats and the women who created them. Also on display are works by Pierre-


Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as 40 exquisite examples of period hats.


à Legion of Honor Museum, 100 34th Ave (415-750-3600, legionofhonor.famsf.org). Through Sept 24.


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just makes me laugh” The Swiss-born mixed-media artist’s first solo exhibition in the Bay Area centers on his acclaimed sculpture series, “Vocabulary of Solitude.” The show includes 45 life-size, highly realistic clown sculptures. à Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center St, Berkeley (510-642- 0808, bampfa.berkeley.edu). Through Aug 27.


Walker Evans Evans’s documentarylike style


influenced generations of photographers and artists. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is the only U.S. venue to show this retrospective that examines the photographer’s fascination with vernacular culture. à San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third St (415-357-4000, sfmoma.com). Sept 30–Feb 4.


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