WelcomeVisitor Guide | Fall/Winter 2018–19

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Floor 1Julie MehretuHOWL, eon (I, II)Ongoing

A commission comprising two large-scale abstract paintings that explore the transformations of the Western landscape, from manifest destiny to the rise of global technology.

Floor 3Susan MeiselasMediationsThrough Oct 21, 2018

From her iconic portraits of carnival strippers to vivid color photographs of the conflicts in Central America, Meiselas’s powerful work explores subjects ranging from the personal to the geopolitical.

Louis StettnerTraveling LightOct 27, 2018–May 27, 2019

A retrospective of American photographer Louis Stettner’s remarkable career and his unique ability to unite American street photography’s boldness with French humanism’s gentler gaze.

Johannes BrusOct 27, 2018–May 27, 2019

The first U.S. solo presentation of German artist Johannes Brus, this exhibition introduces his photographic experiments from the 1970s.

Select Exhibitions

BrassaïNov 17, 2018–Feb 18, 2019

This survey of the photographer’s work focuses on 1930s Paris, his renowned nighttime scenes and his powerful portraits of artists and writers.

Floor 4René Magritte The Fifth SeasonThrough Oct 28, 2018

Featuring more than 70 artworks in nine immersive, thematic galleries, this exhibition explores how the Belgian surrealist balanced irony and conviction, philosophy and fantasy, to illuminate the gaps between what we see and what we know.

New WorkEtel AdnanThrough Jan 6, 2019

A selection of new paintings by writer and artist Etel Adnan, who lived in the Bay Area for over 40 years, is juxtaposed with tapestries from the 1960s and today.

Vija CelminsTo Fix the Image in MemoryDec 15, 2018–Mar 31, 2019

Vija Celmins’s subtle, exquisitely detailed “redescrip-tions” of the physical world—including oceans, desert floors, and night skies—distill vast, expansive distances into mesmerizing small-scale artworks.

New WorkRodney McMillianFeb 9–June 9, 2019

A new installation by Los Angeles–based artist Rodney McMillian, whose work addresses issues of class, race, and gender in American political and social history.

Floor 5Louise Bourgeois Spiders Ongoing

Dark and compelling spider sculptures from intimate to monumental in scale. Includes works from the Fisher Collection.

Floor 6Donald JuddSpecific FurnitureThrough Nov 4, 2018

An exhibition of furniture by artist and architect Donald Judd, together with chairs he collected and admired, and newly fabricated Judd designs that visitors may sit on.

The Sea RanchArchitecture, Environment, and Idealism Dec 22, 2018–Apr 28, 2019

A beacon of 1960s Northern California Modernism, The Sea Ranch’s idealistic principles of architectural excellence, economy of space, and land stewardship continue to inspire.

Floor 7Art and China after 1989Theater of the WorldNov 10, 2018–Feb 24, 2019

This exhibition presents works that anticipated, chronicled, and agitated for the sweeping social transformation that placed China at the center of the conversation on globalization.

Exhibition details are subject to change. For more information, visit sfmoma.org/exhibitions-events.

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Gallery Guidelines+ Please do not touch the art.+ Personal, noncommercial photography/video recording is allowed

(except where marked). No flashes, tripods, or selfie sticks. + No eating, drinking, or cell phone conversations in the galleries.+ All bags and backpacks must be carried below the waist or worn

on the front of the body.+ No smoking or vaping in the museum or on the outdoor terraces.+ Lost and Found: Visit the Information Desk on Floor 2.

Accessibility Ask us about accessibility services. On-loan wheelchairs, strollers, and cane seats are available at Coat Check on Floor 1 on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Printed on paper made with 100% postconsumer waste. Artwork illustrations: Adam Simpson.

Select exhibition image credits (by floor): 1) Julie Mehretu, HOWL, eon (I,II), 2017 (detail); collection SFMOMA, gift of Helen and Charles Schwab; photo Tom Powel Imaging, Inc. 3) Susan Meiselas, Traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza to conceal identity, Masaya, Nicaragua, 1978; courtesy Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos; and Louis Stettner, Woman with White Glove, Penn Station, 1958; courtesy Janet Stettner; and Johannes Brus, Untitled, 1971; collection SFMOMA; photo: Mick Vincenz; and Brassaï, Billiard Player, boulevard Rochechouart, 1932–33; Estate Brassaï Succession, Paris. 4) René Magritte, The Son of Man, 1964; private collection; and Etel Adnan, Untitled, 2017; photo: Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg; and Vija

Celmins, Untitled (Big Sea #2), 1969; collection of Helen and Charles Schwab; and Rodney McMillian, 44.8617° N, 93.5606° W: coordinates to an ascension (detail), 2018; Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, and Maccarone, New York; photo: Colin Doyle, courtesy Rodney McMillian. 5) Louise Bourgeois, Spider, 2003; gift of Helen and Charles Schwab through The Art Supporting Foundation; photo: Christopher Burke. 6) Donald Judd, Armchair, designed 1984, fabricated 1998; collection SFMOMA, gift of Byron R. Meyer; photo: Katherine Du Tiel; and Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Sea Ranch printed material, ca. 1965; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gift of The Sea Ranch Archives. 7) Liu Wei, Two Drunk Painters, 1990; collection SFMOMA, gift of Vicki and Kent Logan.

SFMOMA Audio is generously supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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In SituFine Dining

SFMOMA Garage(No access from museum)

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Bike Parking

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Richard Serra, Sequence

Wayne Thiebaud Artist’s ChoiceSept 29, 2018–Mar 10, 2019

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Public Knowledge LibraryOngoing

Wayne ThiebaudPaintings and DrawingsSept 29, 2018–Apr 28, 2019

Open Ended Painting and Sculpture, 1900 to NowOngoing

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MembershipDesk

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Education Center

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Paul Klee Gallery

Permanent Collection Galleries

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Susan Meiselas MediationsThrough Oct 21, 2018

BrassaïNov 17, 2018–Feb 18, 2019

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Louis StettnerTraveling LightOct 27, 2018–May 27, 2019

Johannes BrusOct 27, 2018–May 27, 2019

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Living Wall

Center for Photography

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René MagritteThe Fifth SeasonThrough Oct 28, 2018

New WorkEtel AdnanThrough Jan 6, 2019

New WorkRodney McMillianFeb 9–June 9, 2019

Vija CelminsTo Fix the Image in MemoryDec 15, 2018–Mar 31, 2019

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Approaching American AbstractionOngoing

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White BoxEvent Space

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Agnes Martin Gallery

Ellsworth KellyGalleries

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Pop, Minimal, and Figurative ArtOngoing

Richard ArtschwagerThrough Jan 13, 2019

Sol LeWittThrough Jan 27, 2019

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Andy WarholGalleries

Dan FlavinGallery

Cafe 5Restaurant

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German Art after 1960Ongoing

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The Sea Ranch Architecture, Environment, and Idealism Dec 22, 2018–Apr 28, 2019

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Gerhard RichterGalleries

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Art and China after 1989 Theater of the WorldNov 10, 2018–Feb 24, 2019

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Conservation By Appointment

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