Courtesy of Jürg Lehni and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Jürg Lehni In Conversation With Joseph Becker
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Phyllis Wattis Theater)
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
October 20, 7 pm
Ned Kahn, Negev Wheel, 2016. Sand, steel, and motor, 20 feet in diameter. Courtesy of Ned Kahn Studios and The Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Ned Kahn In Conversation With Renny Pritikin
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
October 20, 6:30-8 pm
Study Center Viewing with John Held Jr.
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94720
October 21, 5:30 pm
Howard Fried, Condom (video still), 1979. Digital transfer from videocassette, 36 minutes. Courtesy of the artist, The BOX, and the San Francisco Art Institute.
Howard Fried In Conversation With Tony Labat
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
October 25, 7-8 pm
René Yañez photographed by Juan Garza, 2016. Courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
50 Artists: René Yañez on Frida Kahlo
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Floor 2, Open Ended: Painting and Sculpture since 1900)
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
October 28, 12 pm
Diana Shpungin, Drawing Of A House (Triptych) – daytime view, 2015. House, graphite pencil and nine-channel hand drawn video animation, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and the San Francisco Art Institute.
Diana Shpungin
Drawing From Empathy
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
October 28, 4:30-6 pm
Koki Tanaka, A Pottery Produced by 5 Potters at Once (Silent Attempt), 2013. Created in collaboration with Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou) and The Pavilion (Beijing). Courtesy of the artist, Vitamin Creative Space, Aoyama Meguro, and the San Francisco Art Institute.
Koki Tanaka
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
November 1, 7-9 pm
Viviane Sassen, Belladonna, 2010. Courtesy of Pier 24 Photography and California College of the Arts.
Viviane Sassen
California College of the Arts (Timken Lecture Hall)
1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
November 2, 7 pm
Frank Stella, Bonne Bay, from the Newfoundland Series, 1970. Color lithograph and screenprint, 38 x 70 in. Printed by Stuart Henderson and Ron McPherson (lithography) and Jeff Wasserman (screenprinting). Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles. Collection of FAMSF, Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, gift of the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, 1996.74.465. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the de Young Museum.
Dr. Jane Kinsman
Guest Lecture: Frank Stella: Saving Abstraction
de Young Museum (Koret Auditorium)
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
November 3, 10:30 am – 12 pm
Anthony Hernandez, Automotive Landscapes #35, 1978. Black Dog Collection, promised gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. © Anthony Hernandez. Courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Anthony Hernandez In Conversation With Jeff Wall
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Phyllis Wattis Theater)
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
November 3, 7 pm
Gallery Talk With Artist Stephanie Syjuco
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94720
November 4, 12:15 pm
Marie-Hélène Bourcier, Brice Dellsperger, and Lola Lafon
Gender in Translation: After Hours
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
November 4, 4:30-6 pm
Danny Lyon, Bill Sanders, Tattoo Artist, Houston, Texas, 1968. Gelatin silver print, Image: 8 3/16 x 8 3/16 inches; sheet: 14 x 11 inches. Collection of the artist, L170. © Danny Lyon. Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery and the de Young Museum.
An Evening with Danny Lyon
de Young Museum (Koret Auditorium)
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
November 4, 7 pm
Andrei Codrescu lying on the guest-bed of an art collector under a portrait of Mao by Andy Warhol.
Andrei Codrescu
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
November 8, 7-9 pm
Brice Marden, The Sisters, 1991–93. The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. © Brice Marden / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Brice Marden
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Phyllis Wattis Theater)
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
November 10, 7 pm
Cliff Hengst in Machine Projects’s production of Mr. Akita, a play written and directed by Asher Hartman. Courtesy of the artist and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
50 Artists: Cliff Hengst on Sol LeWitt
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Floor 2, Helen and Charles Schwab Hall)
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
November 11, 12 pm
Dara Birnbaum, Erwartung/Expenctancy, 2001. Video project, duraclear photo print, four suspended Plexiglas panels, 8 x 4 x 1 feet, 11:28 min. sex video. Courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, and San Francisco Art Institute.
Dara Birnbaum
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
November 15, 7-9 pm
Frank Stella, Harran II, 1967. Polymer and fluorescent polymer paint on canvas, 120 x 240 inches. Collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Gift of Mr. Irving Blum, 1982. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the de Young Museum.
Frank Stella In Conversation With Timothy Anglin Burgard
de Young Museum (Koret Auditorium)
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
November 18, 7:15 pm
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Exilee (slides), 1980. 13 black and white slides. Collection of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation. Courtesy of BAMPFA.
Lawrence Rinder on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
500 Capp Street Foundation
500 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA
November 17, 7 pm
Marina Abramović, The Artist Is Present, 2010. Photograph by Marco Anelli. © 2010 Marco Anelli. Courtesy of City Arts & Lectures.
Marina Abramović In Conversation With Maria Popova
City Arts & Lectures (Nourse Theater)
275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
November 17, 7:30 pm
Yung Jake, Jay Z., emoji.ink. Courtesy of the artist and the San Francisco Art Institute.
Yung Jake: A Lecture
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
November 18, 4:30-6 pm
Mike Tyka, Groovik’s Cube, 2009-2014. LED lights, re-usable scaffolding, recycled materials, and electronic componenets, 35 feet high. Installation view, Burning Man, Nevada, 2009.
Mike Tyka
Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination
UC Berkeley (Sutardja Dai Hall, Main Auditorium)
Berkeley, CA 94720
November 28, 6:30-8 pm
Tom Marioni, Business Card, 1972. Courtesy of Anglim Gilbert Gallery.
Gallery Talk With Artist Tom Marioni
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94720
December 2, 12:15 pm
Installation view, Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2014. Photograph by Brian Forrest. Courtesy of the Hammer Museum and the San Francisco Art Institute.
Johanna Burton
Atmosphere and Affect in Contemporary Exhibitions
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
December 2, 4:30-6 pm
Dr. Frank Summers
Truth and Beauty in Astronomy Visualization
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
December 5, 7:30 pm
Reuben Margolin, Yellow Spiral, 2009. 12,000 yellow beads, string, wire, aluminum, steel, and three motors, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Reuben Margolin
The Peaks and Valleys of Kinetic Sculpture
UC Berkeley (Sutardja Dai Hall, Main Auditorium)
Berkeley, CA 94720
December 5, 6:30-8 pm
Rebecca Solnit In Conversation With Maria Popova
City Arts & Lectures (Nourse Theater)
275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
December 12, 7:30 pm
