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Western Museums
Association
Current
Exhibitions in California
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African American Museum and Library at
Oakland, Oakland |
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Asian Art Museum, San Francisco |
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Autry
Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles |
| Ongoing |
Powerful Images: Portrayals of
Native America |
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November
10, 2006 - April 22, 2007 |
Yosemite: Art of an American Icon, Part
II, 1970 - present |
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Banning Residence Museum,
Wilmington |
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Barnsdall Art Park,
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles.
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The Beat
Museum, San Francisco. |
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Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek.
Berkeley Art Museum. see
UC/Berkeley Art
Museum
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Blackhawk Museum, Danville |
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Ongoing |
International Automotive Treasures |
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Bolinas Museum, Bolinas. |
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Ongoing |
Shipwrecks: Photographs by Gertrude Southworth
and New Artifacts |
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Bowers
Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana |
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Ongoing |
Contemporary Netsuke:
Miniature Sculpture from Japan and Beyond |
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California
Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Escondido |
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California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica.
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California
Historical Society, San Francisco. |
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February 7 - August 30, 2008 |
The Chinese of
California: A Struggle for Community |
California Museum of Photography,
Riverside; see UCR/California
Museum of Photography.
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California
Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco |
| Ongoing |
The Triumph of Prudence and The Triumph
of Fortitude |
| Ongoing |
Flora and Pomona |
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California
Science Center, Los Angeles |
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Ongoing |
World of Life Gallery – life sciences
Creative World Gallery – human innovation
SKETCH Foundation Gallery – air & space
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California
Museum of Women, History, and the Arts, Sacramento |
| Permanent |
California Hall of Fame |
| Ongoing
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Uprooted: Japanese
Americans During World War II |
| Ongoing
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Latina’s: The Spirit of
California |
| Ongoing
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California’s Remarkable
Women
| Through
April 13, 2008 |
Treasures From Hearst
Castle |
| Through
June 30, 2008 |
Treasures from
the Trunk: California Pioneer Quilts and Textiles
| Through
November 2008 |
2007 California Hall of
Fame |
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California
State University Long Beach, University Art Museum, Long Beach |
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California
State University, Janet Turner Print Collection & Gallery,Chico |
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California State University,
Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles.
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California
State University, Fullerton. Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana |
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Catalina
Island Museum, Avalon |
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Chaffey College, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga |
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Claremont
Museum of Art, Claremont |
| Permanent |
Building a Legacy:
Founding a Museum, Building a Collection |
| May 18 - August
31, 2008 |
Vexing:
Female Voices from East LA Punk |
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September 21 – December 28, 2008 |
Multiverse |
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September 21 – December 28, 2008 |
The Passerby
Museum |
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Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County,
Yuba. |
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Coronado Historical Museum, Coronado.
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Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County,
Yuba. |
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The
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco |
| June 8, 2008 -January 4,
2009 |
In the Beginning: Artists Respond to
Genesis |
| June 8, 2008 - |
From The
New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig |
| June 8, 2008 - |
John
Zorn Presents the Aleph-Bet Project |
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fall 2008 |
Warhol’s
Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered |
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Craft and Folk Art Museum. Los Angeles |
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Crocker
Art Museum, Sacramento |
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Ongoing
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Chinese Porcelain
| Northern California Art Since 1945 |
| European Paintings from the
Collection |
Early California Painting Collection
White Gold: The Kathy
and Ron Gillmeister Collection of Early Meissen Porcelain
| May 10 - July 27, 2008 | The Language of the Nude: Four Centuries of Drawing the Human Body |
| August 16 - November 2, 2008 | American Pop: Featuring Andy Warhol’s Athletes from the Richard Weisman Collection |
| November 14, 2008 - January 11, 2009 | The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| January 30 - April 19, 2009 | Buddha |
| May 8 - July 19, 2009 | Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield
Parrish and the Art of the Print
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| August 7 - October 18, 2009 | Soaring Voices: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists |
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de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara |
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Edward-Dean Museum of
Decorative Arts, Cherry Valley |
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Effie
Yeaw Nature Center, Carmichael. |
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Falkirk
Cultural Center, San Raphael. |
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Fashion Institute of Design
& Merchandising |
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco. See
M.H.
De Young Memorial Museum and
California
Palace of the Legion of Honor .
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Folsom History Museum, Folsom |
| April 26 - July 14, 2008 | Play Ball: A History of the
Giants |
| August 1 - September 30, 2008 | 28th Annual Antique Quilt and Vintage Clothing Show |
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Fort Crook
Museum, Fall River Mills |
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Fullerton
Museum Center, Fullerton
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles.
See UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art. See Pepperdine
University
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Fresno Art
Museum, Fresno |
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Getty
Museum, Los Angeles |
| Ongoing | A Renaissance Cabinet
Rediscovered
| July 11, 2006 -
March 25, 2007 | Casting Nature;
Francois-Thomas Germain's Machine d'Argent
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Golden
State Museum, Sacramento |
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Grace
Hudson Museum, Ukiah. |
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Grier Musser Museum, Los Angeles |
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Hearst
Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga |
| Ongoing | Frank Lobdell, Master Artist |
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. See UCB Phoebe A. Hearst Museum
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Hollywood Entertainment Museum, Hollywood | Homestead Museum, City of Industry.
Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach.
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino |
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Ongoing |
Reflecting Glass |
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Ongoing | Who Needs a Title Anyway? TAG exhibition |
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Feb. 15–May 12, 2008 |
Smith on Wry: Jack Smith, Columnist for Our Times |
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May 24 - September 14, 2008 | D.J. Hall: Thirty-Five Year Retrospective |
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June 14, 2008 – Sept. 15, 2008 |
This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs |
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Through October 19, 2008 | From Picasso to Moore: Modern Sculpture from the Weiner Collection |
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Oct. 18, 2008–Jan. 5, 2009 | A New and Native Beauty: The Art and Craft of Charles and Henry |
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Oct. 2008 – Jan. 2009 | Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure |
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International Surfing Museum, Huntington Beach |
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Surfing Walk of Fame |
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Endless Summer |
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Local Legends |
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts: see
Stanford
University
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Japanese
American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles |
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Japanese
American National Museum, Los Angeles |
| Ongoing | Common
Ground: The Heart of Community |
| A Process of Reflection: Paintings
by Hisako Hibi |
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Judah l. Magnes Museum, Berkeley |
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Kala Art Institute, Berkeley,
Korean American Museum, Los Angeles.
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La
Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles |
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Latino Museum of History, Art & Culture, Los Angeles.
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek. See Bedford
Gallery
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Long
Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach. |
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Los
Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles |
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Los
Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles |
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The
Harriet & Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at California State
University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
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M.H.
de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco |
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November 2007 - April 2008 |
Louise Nevelson: A Story in Sculpture |
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The
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley |
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Marin
History Museum, San Raphael |
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Louise Arner Boyd: Marin's Artic
Explorer |
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Mills
College Art Museum, Oakland |
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Monterey
Bay Aquarium, Monterey |
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Monterey
Museum of Art, Monterey |
| Ongoing |
La Mirada:
Restless Seas: Works by Armin Hansen |
| Ongoing |
La Mirada: Charles M.
Russell Bronzes |
| Ongoing |
La Mirada: The Art and
Craft of Japanese Packaging: Gifts from Robert H. Skiles |
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La Mirada: William F. Ritschel: Views of the Sea |
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Pacific Street: MMA Biennial Awards |
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Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz. |
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Museum
of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. |
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Museum
of Contemporary Art, San Diego |
| Permanent | La Jolla: The Garden
Gallery |
| Permanent | La Jolla: West Coast
Cairn: Andrew Goldsworthy |
| Ongoing | Downtown: Luis Jimenez, Cruzando El Rio Bravo (Border Crossing) |
| Through April 13, 2008 | Downtown: Rober Irwin:
Primaries and Secondaries |
| Through May 4, 2008 | La Jolla: Erwin Redl:
Matrix II |
| Through May 4, 2008 | Soundwaves: The Art of
Samplilng |
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Museum
of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco |
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Museum of Miniatures
(The Carole and Barry Kaye Museum of Miniatures), Los Angeles.
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Museum
of Neon Art, Los Angeles. |
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Museum of Performance &
Design, San Francisco |
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March 15 - August 30, 2008 |
Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at
San Francisco Ballet |
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Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles |
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Napa Valley
Museum, Yountville |
| Ongoing | The Land and People of Napa Valley
and Jews of the Napa Valley |
| Ongoing | California Wine: The Science of an Art |
| February 23 - May 4,
2008 | Pirkle Jones - Berryessa
Valley: the Last Year |
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Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland |
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Oakland
Museum of California, Oakland |
| Ongoing | California: A Place, A
People, A Dream |
| Ongoing | Gallery of California
Art |
| Ongoing | Walk Across California |
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December 1, 2007 - June 2009 | The Art and History of Early
California |
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Through March 30, 2008 |
Told From A Totem:
Student Sculptures |
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January 19 - April 6, 2008 | Trading Traditions: California's New
Cultures |
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March 15 - October 12, 2008 | In Our Own Backyard: A Celebration
of the East Bay Regional Parks |
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April 19 &l 20 ,
2008 | Wildflower Show |
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May 17-August 17, 2008 |
Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury |
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May 17-August 17, 2008 |
Cool Remixed |
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Pacific
Asia Museum, Pasadena |
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Ongoing | Rarely Seen Objects from the
Permanent Collection Including Ceramics from the Lydman, Snukal and Otto
Collections |
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Ongoing | The Margot and Hans Ries
Collection of Southeast Asian Ceramics |
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Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove.
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Permanent | Rollo Beck taxidermied specimens |
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Page
Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles |
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Ongoing | Fossils from the Rancho La Brea
Tar Pits |
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Palm
Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs |
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October 17 - December 23, 2008 |
Bill Viola: the Crossing |
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February 15 - May 4, 2008 |
Julius Shulman: Palm Springs |
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Through October 19, 2008 |
Picasso to Moore: Modern Sculpture from the Weiner Collection | Pardee
Home, Oakland, CA.
Parks California, State Museum Resource Center, West Sacramento.
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Pasadena Museum of California
Art, Pasadena |
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Peninsula Museum of
Art, Belmont |
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Pepperdine University,
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu |
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May 17 – August 3, 2008
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Reflections from the Artist's Eye: Contemporary Art from the Frederick
R. Weisman Art Foundation | Petersen
Automotive Museum, Los Angeles.
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Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont |
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Presidio Officers’ Club Exhibition
Hall, San Francisco |
| May 4 - June 15, 2008 |
Transforming Art: The Art of Chris Hardman |
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Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site, Long Beach |
| Ongoing | Satellite Museum: Easing Her Burden: 19th Century Innovations for
the Home |
Richard
Nixon Library & Birthplace, Yorba Linda.
San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.
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San
Diego Museum of Art, San Diego |
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Ongoing | American Art: Selections from the
Collection |
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Ongoing |
Backs |
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Ongoing |
La Jolla: Garden Gallery |
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February 2–April 27, 2008 |
Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and American Landscape Painting |
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February 2–April 27, 2008 |
Plein Air Past and Present: A
Collaboration Between SDMA and the Lux Art Institute |
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February 23–May 18, 2008 |
Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose (1883–1966) |
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Through June 15, 2008 |
Designs on Each Other: Indian Paintings and European Prints |
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Through July 13, 2008 |
Tastes in Asian Art |
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March 8–June 22, 2008 |
Inside the Wave: Six San Diego/Tijuana Artists Construct Social Art |
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March 15–June 15, 2008 |
Mexico: Promise and Possibility |
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May 24–September 28, 2008 |
Georgia O’Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle |
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San
Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego |
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San Dieguito Heritage Museum, Encinitas |
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S.F.Camerawork, San Francisco |
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San
Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco |
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San Francisco State University Museum of
Ancient Civilizations, San Francisco |
| April 7 - May 2, 2008 | Dynasty: The Ancestral Arts of China |
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San Francisco State University,
International Center for the
Arts , San Francisco |
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San Jose State University,
Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose |
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara. |
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Undersea Mysteries: The Secret Life of
Ocean Creatures |
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Classifying Nature: The World of Carl
Linnaeus |
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Early Navajo Weavings from the
Anthropology collection |
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara. |
| Behind the Scenes | Early Navajo Weavings from the
Anthropology Collection |
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Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa
Barbara |
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Santa Monica Museum of
Art, Santa Monica |
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Seymour Pioneer Museum, San Francisco |
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Sonoma
County Museum, Santa Rosa |
| Permanent | Sonoma
County: The Chosen Spot of All the Earth
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Obsession: Art and Artifacts from
Sonoma County Private Collections |
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Rob Keller: Be(e)ing |
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Stanford University, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor
Center for Visual Arts., Stanford |
| Ongoing | The Life
and Legacy of the Stanford Family
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| Ongoing |
African Art in
Context |
| Ongoing |
Auguste Rodin
Collection |
| Ongoing | Living
Traditions: Arts of the Americas |
| April 30 -
August 17, 2008 | Experiments
in Navigation: The Art of Charles Hobson |
| June 4 -
October 5, 2008 | Spared from
the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art |
| July 23 -
November 9, 2008 | Richard
Diebenkorn, Artist, and Carey Stanton, Collector: Their Stanford
Connection |
| July 23 -
November 9, 2008 | Richard
Diebenkorn: Abstractions on Paper |
| November 5,
2008 - August 16, 2009 | A Decade of
Collecting |
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Triton
Museum of Art, and Rose Shenson Community
Art Gallery, Santa Clara. |
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Ongoing | Austen D. Warburton
Collection of American Indian Art and Artifacts |
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Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding |
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UC/Berkeley
Art Museum, Berkeley |
| Through May
2008 | Gay Outlaw: Black Hose
Mountain |
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Through June 27,
2008 |
James Lee Byars:
The Perfect Audience |
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Through July,
2008 |
Parting the
Curtain: Asian Art Revealed |
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Through July,
2008 |
Selections from
the Collection |
| October 13,
2007 - July 20, 2008 | Joan Jonas: The Shape,
the Scent, the Feel of Things |
| February 13 -
May 18, 2008 | Enrique Chagoya:
Borderlandia |
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March 9 – May
18, 2008 |
MATRIX/REDUX |
| March 12 - June 1, 2008 | Protest in Paris 1968: The Photographs
of Serge Hambourg |
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March 12 – June
27, 2008 |
Held Rectangles |
| June 1 - September 14,
2008 | Trevor Paglen |
| June 4 - July 20, 2008 | Bruce Conner |
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UCB Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, Berkeley |
| February
1, 2007 - |
From the Land of the
Rajas: Creativity in Rajasthan |
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UC Davis, Richard L. Nelson Gallery |
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UCLA at the Armand Hammer
Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
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UCLA
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles |
| Ongoing | Reflecting
Culture: the Francis E. Fowler, Jr. Collection of Silver |
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February 23 - June 15, 2008 |
Make Art/Stop AIDS |
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UCR/California
Museum of Photography, Riverside |
| Ongoing | Zeiss
Cameras |
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UCR Sweeny Art Gallery,
Riverside |
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University of Southern California, Fisher
Gallery, Los Angeles |
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USS Pampanito, National Maritime Museum Association, San Francisco |
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Ongoing | Voices of the Silent Service |
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Vacaville
Museum, Vacaville |
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Vallejo Naval and Historical
Museum, Vallejo |
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Ventura
County Museum of History & Art, Ventura |
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Ongoing | Ventura County in the New West |
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Watts
Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles |
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William Grant Still Arts Center |
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco |
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