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Designing a museum figures nowadays as a rite of passage in the careers of many celebrity architects. New York's Bernard Tschumi faced an unusually stern test in this vein after winning a competition in 2001 to build the New Acropolis Museum.
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What's up with Tut "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibit opens | 10 things not to miss at King Tut | "King Tut" gala opening | Baker: 'Tutankhamun' and the bottom line. |
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Street beat Joey Plaster spent two years collecting oral histories on Polk Street for "Polk Street: Lives in Transition." |
Warrior lessons
There is much to be learned from the samurai, who strove to balance truculence with culture.
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Quite the Impressionism The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum will showcase more than 200 works from Paris' celebrated Musee d'Orsay. |
A network of imagery
Cassandra C. Jones' art isn't just digital photos but, rather, the links between them.
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Geological collage Artist Leslie Shows creates a sense of time and fluidity in her works as part of "Wallworks." |
Free art!
All kinds of art can be seen for free at the many commercial galleries throughout the Bay Area.
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3,350 in 50 Pacifica exhibit "The 50/50 Challenge" is a creative version of an ultramarathon. |
A conversation in art
Group show "Buddy System" is inspired by the nurturing friendships and networks that sustain makers when they're tempted to just chuck it in.
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Stimulating the arts Dozens of S.F. arts groups have won stimulus grants. |
Shot by Avedon
"Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004" is the U.S.'s first major retrospective of the photographer since his death in 2004. Plus: Read Kenneth Baker's review.
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Freshly vivid Susan Hiller's "The J. Street Project" is the search for every street and place name containing the prefix Juden- in Germany. |
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Keeping it empty "Wallworks," which marks the debut of YBCA's new visual arts director, serves the center well by keeping it uncluttered. |
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More than pictures Chris Gentile's photos at Gregory Lind document ephemeral projects done in his studio. |
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Art, the brain teaser "Puzzles as Art" showcases puzzles from local and international collectors. |
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Bemused and nimble Alice Shaw seldom overworks an idea and never exaggerates her originality. |
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A substantial show "Stockholm," a 1967 print by Kenneth Josephson, is one of his many works on view at the Koch Gallery. |
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Guardians of civil order "Lords of the Samurai" evokes a martial ethos completely antithetical to the remote-controlled carnage of today's high-tech warfare. |
