Inside the Design Center
Ilse and Lloyd Ruocco’s Design Center, located in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, was a foundation for the modern design community of the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. Inside the Design ...
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Alfredo Castañeda: Beyond Surrealism
San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesAlfredo Castañeda: Beyond Surrealism brings together thirty-five paintings from outstanding private collections in North America and Spain for the first museum retrospective of the artist’s work in the United States. The ...
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Boundless
Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesBoundless: Reflections of the Southern California Landscapes in Midcentury Studio Ceramics explores how the physical, social, and political landscapes of the area shaped craft. Nearly 150 objects from Mingei’s permanent collection, ...
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Poetic Portraits: Allegory & Identity in Sixteenth-Century Europe
Timken Museum of ArtThe Timken Museum of Art unveils Poetic Portraits: Allegory and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Europe, a landmark exhibition exploring the rich interplay of art, literature, and identity during the Renaissance. On view from November ...
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Restitched
Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesOpening this fall, colorful quilts made from stitched feed sacks highlight the resourcefulness of early mid-twentieth century makers. In the 1930s and ‘40s, people affected by the Great Depression repurposed ...
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SDMA 100 Years
San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesOn February 28, 1926, the Fine Arts Gallery—now The San Diego Museum of Art—opened its doors to three-thousand visitors eager to experience the refined “plateresque” architecture of its façade and ...
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Make at Mingei
Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesJoin us on January 25 to learn about the design practices of San Diego-based designer Nicholas Pourfard. Participants in this workshop have a unique opportunity to work with wooden shapes, transforming them into ...
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Beyond the Grain: Explorations in Woodwork
Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesBeyond the Grain: Explorations in Woodwork celebrates the beauty of wood, the global craft traditions it inspires, and the artists who have transformed the medium. This entry-level installation largely draws ...
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Farm to Craft
Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesCurated from Mingei International Museum’s Permanent Collection, this Entry Level exhibition explores the global significance of grains as a source of sustenance and an inspiration to human creativity. Grains such ...
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Graciela Iturbide: Photographs from Colecciones Fundación MAPFRE
San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesArguably Latin America’s best-known living photographer, Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942) has spent five decades bringing a singular poetic eye to images of her native Mexico and abroad. This exhibition ...
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Fleet Accessibility Mornings
Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesEarly access to galleries at 9 a.m. On the third Saturday of every month, we open our doors one hour before the museum opens to the public and screen a ...
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Ruben Ulises Rodríguez Montoya: In the Garden of Earthly Delights: I Bend to Paradise
Institute of Contemporary Art Central 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United StatesRuben Ulises Rodríguez Montoya (b. 1989, Parral, Chihuahua, MX) is a multidisciplinary artist and myth-maker whose work centers around anthologies and social issues concerning border culture, abjection, adaptation, and mestizaje. ...
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