San Diego Museum of Art

SDMA at Play | Pigments

Learn about pigments, what they are made of, where they come from, and how to use them in this #SDMAatPlay #educational video! 🟡🔷🟥 What would you like to learn more about? 🤔 Comment below! #pigments #arthistory #medium #arteducation #artlesson #SDMA #SDMAatPlay #SanDiegoMuseumofArt #SDMuseumsAtHome #museumeducation #pigment #howto #mixingpigments #deerskinglue #paintmixing

ArtStop: Peter Paul Rubens

At the height of his career, #PeterPaulRubens created this #OilSketch on woodpanel for a much larger tapestry completed eight years later. 👼🏽 👨‍🎨 Did you know? The oil sketch and tapestry were reunited for the first time since the #tapestry's creation in 1633 in the #SDMA exhibition Art & Empire: The Golden Age of Spain. Learn why this work not only provides a glimpse into history 🔎📜 but #Ruben's working technique, in our latest published ArtStop with Michael Brown, Ph.D., #Curator of #EuropeanArt. ArtStops are 15 minute, staff-led tours of one to three works on view. Museum curators and educators present these brief, yet always enlightening and informative. We are publishing ArtStops from our archive to provide more educational Museum and art related content as part of our #VirtualSDMA initiative! Featured: Peter Paul Rubens. "Allegory of Eternity, the Succession of the Popes," 1622-1625. Oil on panel. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1947; funds for Nazi-era restitution settlement provided by the estate of Walter Fitch III, 2004. 1947.8. #SDMAcollection #VirtualSDMA #MuseumFromHome #MuseumAtHome #SDMuseumsAtHome #MuseumEducation #ArtEducation #ArtHistory #VirtualFieldTrip #GoldenAge #Baroque #FlemishArt

ArtStop: Edgar Degas

In Degas' entire working career he only exhibited one sculpture, the "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years" in 1881. The #SanDiegoMuseumofArt has a #Degas sculpture from circa 1885-1890. Learn more about "Dancer Fastening the String of her Tights" and why it may have never been exhibited during Degas' lifetime in our latest ArtStop! #ArtStops are 15-minute, staff-led tours of one to three works on view. Museum #curators and #educators present these brief, yet always enlightening and informative, talks every Thursday and third Tuesday at noon. Featured: Edgar Degas. "Dancer Fastening the String of her Tights," ca. 1885-1890. Bronze sculpture. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton S. Walbridge. 1991.12. #SDMA #SDMAYourWay #VisualSDMA #ArtHistory #ArtEducation #EdgarDegas #Sculpture #MuseumAtHome #MuseumFromHome #SDMuseumFromHome #BalboaPark #curator

ArtStop: Antioch Mosaic

⁣Who is depicted in this mosaic? Are they great historical figures from classical legends, gods, or everyday people? 🏺🏛️⠀ ⠀ Join James Grebl, Manager of Docent Programs, in the #SDMA Visible Vaults and learn about a #roman era mosaic in this never before seen ArtStop.⠀ ⠀ Featured: "Departure (from The House of Menander)," ca. 250. Mosaic. Museum purchase. 1945.19.⠀ ⠀ #RomanArt #Mosaic #ArtHistory #SDMuseumAtHome #MuseumAtHome #MuseumFromHome #SDMAYourWay #VirtualSDMA

BACC Confidential: The Case of the Mysterious Tree

What is Saint Jerome staring at? It's a nice tree 🌳 and all, but seriously, is it worth a gaze that intense?⠀ ⠀ Turn your sound on 🔊 and find out in BACC Confidential: The Case of the Mysterious Tree. ⠀ ⠀ Afterwards, join the conservators turned detectives 🕵️ over at the Balboa Art Conservation Center for a closer #BehindTheScenes look.⠀ ⠀⠀ Download the #SDMA App by Guru for exclusive videos, gallery tours, trivia, our Masterpiece Minute podcast, and more!⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Featured: Pietro Perugino (AKA Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci Perugino). "Saint Jerome in the Wilderness," ca. 1510-1515. Oil on panel. Gift of Mr. Jacob M. Heimann. 1944.20.⠀ ⠀⠀ #VirtualSDMA #SDMAYourWay #MuseumAtHome #MuseumFromHome #conservator #artmuseum #BalboaPark #SDMuseumatHome #ArtConservation

Flower Arranging Mini-Workshop with Native Poppy

What is #ArtAlive2020 without flowers? 🌷 Join the owners of Native Poppy for a virtual #StayAtHome online flower arranging mini-workshop 💐; using things that you can order for delivery from their shop (https://bit.ly/2XPLArU) or find in your own home garden. Welcome the Museum and #ArtAlive into your home! Learn pro tips and tricks on how to turn a wrap of flowers into an artful arrangement in a vase in this video tutorial. #floralarrangement #floraldesign #SDMuseumatHome #SDMA #SDMAYourWay #ArtAlive #VirtualArtAlive

Garden of Activities: Crepe Paper Flowers

Enjoy hands-on flower 💐 fun for all ages with Garden of Activities! The Garden of Activities 2020 activity worksheet 📃 and video tutorial are now available. Activity Worksheet: https://bit.ly/2Vt2vib Follow along ✂️ with our #educator, Nicole. Nicole will be available to answer questions, offer suggestions, and give helpful tips from noon – 1:00 PM. Our most important fundraiser for 39 years, Art Alive provides critical financial support for the Museum’s public programs, education, community outreach and exhibitions. We count on your support more than ever in this unprecedented time. Please DONATE today: https://bit.ly/2yk4dcz #ArtAlive #ArtAlive2020 #ArtActivities #ArtLesson #ArtEducation #ArtsAndCrafts #HandsOn #ArtMaking #SDMAYourWay #SDmuseumsathome

ArtStop | Arts of India

Learn how to read and interpret portrait imagery in the Museum's South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Persian Art galleries in this ArtStop led by Marika Sardar, Ph.D., former Associate Curator for Southern Asian and Islamic Art. ArtStops are lead by Museum curators and educators. These enlightened and informative 15-minute tours focus on up to three works of art on view in our galleries. View more on our YouTube Channel ▶️: https://www.youtube.com/user/SanDiegoMuseumofArt! Featured: Govardhan. "Shah Jahan accepts a falcon from Dara Shikoh," ca. 1630. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection. 1990.347. #SDMA #SDMAYourWay #MuseumFromHome #MuseumatHome #IndianArt #AsianArt #PersianArt #ArtHistory #curator #arteducation

A Vase of Flowers

We loved our #VirtualBouquet 💐 from the @timkenmuseumofart so much we decided to return the favor to our beloved neighbors and institutions in #BalboaPark! Dear San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego Art Institute, Museum of Photographic Arts, and Sandiegozoo. May you enjoy this #MuseumBouquet 🌼 as much as we do. Like Rembrandt, who also lived in the Netherlands during the 17th century, Rachel Ruysch had a long, successful career. Hailed as one of the greatest flower painters 👩🏼‍🎨 of her time, she is credited with creating a unique style of still-life painting 🎨. She developed her skill and keen eye for botanical rendering throughout her childhood. Her father, Frederik Ruysch, was a scientist and professor of anatomy and botany, whose collection of rare natural history specimens Rachel helped catalogue. In the Netherlands at this time, flowers were prized and became status symbols for the wealthy. Plants were previously valued almost exclusively for their use as herbs or medicine, but flowers began to be appreciated simply for their beauty and fragrance. Featured: Rachel Ruysch (AKA Rachel Ruysch; Mrs. Juriaen Pool). "A Vase of Flowers," 1689. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds from the Gerald and Inez Grant Parker Foundation. 1979.25. #museum #artmuseum #mopa #SDAI #sandiegozoo #thenat #SDMA #SDMAYourWay #SDMAVirtual #WomenArtist #womenwhopaint

BACC Confidential: The Case of the Kneeling Angel

Authentic or forgery? Find out in "BACC Confidential: The Case of the Kneeling Angel." 👼 Join the conservators turned detectives 🕵️ over at the Balboa Art Conservation Center for a #BehindTheScenes look at when the BACC is called upon to find fakes. Download the #SDMA App by Guru for exclusive videos, gallery tours, trivia, our Masterpiece Minute podcast, and more! Featured: Bernardo di Stefano Rosselli. "Kneeling Angel," ca. 1480. Oil on panel. Gift of Mr. Jacob M. Heimann. 1947.45. #VirtualSDMA #SDMAYourWay #MuseumAtHome #MuseumFromHome #conservator #artforgery #artmuseum #BalboaPark

Sculpture Garden | The San Diego Museum of Art

What makes viewing sculptures different from drawings or paintings? Step outside and into our sculpture garden with Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education Anita Feldman through #VirtualSDMA. Download the #SDMA App available in the App Store (https://apple.co/2TZ72rS) or Google Play (http://bit.ly/2WnIt9Q) for more exclusive videos! Link in bio. Courtesy of @YourGuruApp. #SDMAYourWay #sculpture #sculpturegarden #BalboaPark #contemporarysculpture #MuseumFromHome #MuseumAtHome

Any John Singer Sargent fans out there? Join the #MuseumFromHome with Manager of Docent Programs, James Grebl, PhD., as he shares the history behind one of the Museum’s recent acquisitions, “Portrait of John Alfred Parsons Millet" (1892) by John Singer Sargent. ArtStops are led by Museum curators and educators. These enlightening and informative 15-minute tours focus on up to three works on view in the galleries. Featured: John Singer Sargent. "John Alfred Parsons Millet," 1892. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds from The Jack Thomas Family Charitable Fund in memory of Patricia B. Thomas; Toni Bloomberg; Gene and Taffin Ray; Sheryl and Harvey White; and Mrs. John Burnham, by exchange. 2017.261. #sdma #sandiegomuseumofart #SDMAYourWay #johnsingersargent #arthistory #americanart

⁣Alice Neel lived much of her life as an artist working in obscurity. Why? Join the #MuseumFromHome on this ArtStop to find out!⠀ ⠀ Featured: Alice Neel (AKA Alice Hartley Neel). "Portrait of Mildred Myers Oldden," ca. 1937. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Stanley K. Oldden. 1991.98.⠀ ⠀ #AliceNeel #sdma #SDMAcollection #sandiegomuseumofart @womeninthearts' #5WomenArtists #WomensHistoryMonth #MuseumAtHome

Vishnu liberates Gajendra, king of the elephants

What salvation story does this painting depict? Turn your sound on 🔊 to find out. In Sanskrit poetry, people and elephants live harmoniously in a shared natural world, where elephants enhance the aesthetic pleasure of the landscape by augmenting almost all of the human senses. In fact, throughout the history of South Asia, elephants were valued profoundly for their might and majesty, embodying royal power and inspiring comparisons to kings and deities. In the earthly realm, elephants intimidated the enemy on the battlefield, terrified the condemned as executioners, and entertained courtiers in staged fights with each other. Revered as the elephant-headed god Ganesh or admired as the god Indra’s elegant white mount, elephants were also associated with rain and compared to kings and beautiful women. They simultaneously possessed a magnificent grandeur and quiet dignity to which all humans could aspire. Inspired by this inherent reverence for the elephant, an appreciation rooted in India’s rich literary traditions and folklore, artists at the courts of Muslim and Hindu rulers produced splendid paintings and studies of elephants, many of which were admired in albums, and others conceived as independent compositions or as designs for transfer to other media. With the exception of a portrait of an African elephant, this selection of works from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection features paintings and drawings of Asian elephants completed in India between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Representing a range of regional styles, skill, and subject matter, they share a cultural affinity and empathy for the massive yet graceful, powerful but noble elephant. Catch this painting and more elephants in Indian painting in the exhibition: The Elephant in the Room. Explore our collections online and virtually through our app! Links in bio. Featured: India, Karnataka, Mysore. "Vishnu liberates Gajendra, king of the elephants," ca. 1880. Ink, opaque watercolor, gesso. and go

⁣#MuzeumMomentofZen brought to you by the Museum's Nymph of the Spring: “I, nymph of the sacred spring, am resting; do not disturb my sleep.”⠀ ⠀ Did you know? The @MetMuseum has one of the other seventeen surviving "Nymph of the Spring" versions by Cranach the Younger. Check it out!⠀ ⠀ Lean in. On first glance, this painting might appear to be celebrating passion. After all, the nymph pictured is naked, her cheeks are flushed, and she’s using her dress as a pillow. But looking at clues in the painting, where it came from, and when, other layers of meaning emerge.⠀ ⠀ Small details in the painting tell a story. Above the nymph, hangs a bow, a shield, and a quiver of arrows--indication that the nymph belongs to the retinue of Diana, goddess of the hunt. The two rock partridges most likely symbolize lust. With only these details, we still might think that the painting is a celebration of desire. But, what does the Latin writing at the top say? It translates to, “I, nymph of the sacred spring, am resting; do not disturb my sleep.” This painting came out of the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, the father of the artist historians believed painted this work. The Cranach workshop has a few famous paintings that take classical subjects like this one and impose morality into them. After all, the Elder and the Younger Cranachs painted in Germany during the Reformation--a time of religious revolution that disturbed one thousand years of relative unity in the Western Christian world. In fact, both Cranachs worked extensively for Martin Luther, founder of the Protestant Reformation. Looking at where and when this painting was created illuminates its true message: obey the Latin phrase above and let passion and emotion sleep.⠀ ⠀ Join the #MuseumFromHome. Tour our galleries, explore exhibitions, and learn more about works of art like this one on our app! Link in bio.⠀ ⠀ Featured: Lucas Cranach the Younger. "Nymph of the Spring," ca. 1540. Oil on panel. Purchased with funds provi

⁣Can you name #5WomenArtists? 👩‍🎨 🎨Join us in this virtual ArtStop from the Museum to your home.⠀ ⠀ As a woman, Mary Cassatt was barred from pursuing her education at the École des Beaux Arts, so she studied individually under several established French painters, among them Edgar Degas who became extraordinarily influential in the development of her work. She focused on the intimate spaces of women’s lives, depicting scenes both of domestic and public life.⠀ ⠀ #SDMA #SDMAYourWay #WomensHistoryMonth #mesdelahistoriadelamujer #internationalwomensday #MuseumFromHome⠀ ⠀ Featured: Mary Cassatt. "Simone in a Blue Bonnet (No. 1)," ca. 1903. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett. 1938.20.

SDMA App Virtual 360 Tour

Our Museum doors may be temporarily closed, but our virtual collections, lectures, and galleries are here to provide respite during these anxious times. Visit our website 🖼 to browse through our collections, view detail photographs of works, signatures, and even the back of works of art. Visit our YouTube 🎥, link in bio, to join us on informative ArtStops, performances inspired by works of art, lectures, and collection highlights. Visit our App 📱, link in bio, to explore our galleries via 360, view insider stories and the Art Detective series, and listen or read about works in our collection. What would you like to see more? Tell us below! #SDMAYourWay #SDMA #sandiegomuseumofart

Bouguereau & America

Have you visited the "Bouguereau & America" exhibition? #BougAtSDMA

SDMA+ San Diego Opera: Bouguereau & America

San Diego Opera returns to the Museum this Friday, November 15 for an evening of art and opera. Here’s a teaser of the 15 minute sets you'll enjoy at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 p.m. at SDMA+ The San Diego Opera, featuring performances of romantic French-language songs inspired by our new exhibition “Bouguereau & America.” Free after Museum admission! You’re listening to tenor Humberto Borboa and pianist Ines Irawati as they perform "Après un Reve” by Gabriel Fauré inside our American Art galleries.

SDMA+ San Diego Youth Symphony

Tour the Museum through music! 🎵SDMA+ San Diego Youth Symphony presents 15-minute performances through the Museum this Sunday, November 3 at Musical Artstops, inspired by works of art on view. Tours meet in the Lower Rotunda at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Free after Museum admission. You’re watching violinist Dasha Zerboni play “Vieuxtemps Concerto No. 5, Cadenza” by Michael Tseitlin.

Happy Halloween!

Somebody is watching you... 👀 Halloween is the perfect time to experience the thrill of this new AR gem inside our galleries. Download the SDMA app and use our Augmented Reality feature to bring Diego Rivera’s “Mandrágora” (1939) to life. #HappyHalloween

SDMA+ San Diego Shakespeare Society

There’s something spooky in the air. 🦇 SDMA+ San Diego Shakespeare Society presents an evening of Spooky Artstops at the Museum tonight Friday, October 25 at 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. inspired by our most eerie works of art. You’re in for a treat! Performers from The San Diego Shakespeare Society will recite works from Macbeth, Hamlet, and Edgar Allan Poe. Free after Museum admission. You’re watching Julia Giolzetti perform "Act II, scene i" from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

See you soon at Culture & Cocktails: Abstract Revolution

Hot tip! Ticket prices for Culture & Cocktails: Abstract Revolution go up at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning on Thursday, October 17, which means there’s not much time left before our day-of pricing kicks in. It’s time to call up 📞 your friends and make your Thursday night plans. Design a bandanna, create spin art, sip on a signature cocktail, and so much more! 21+ only.⁣ Go to bit.ly/CCAbstractRevolution to get your tickets now.

Volver (2006)

Resourceful single mother Raimunda already has enough on her hands—a young daughter, a burgeoning business, and a pesky corpse hidden in a freezer chest—when her recently deceased mother decides to return to patch up some unfinished family business and lay to rest old secrets. Acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar infuses this tale of family, mystery, and unexpected ghostly visitations with his singular visual panache and ironic humor. Rated R. Spanish with English subtitles. Film Screening: Volver is this Friday, July 26 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the screening are $5-10 at http://bit.ly/32PtAha.

SDMA+ San Diego Opera: The Golden Age of Spain

Ready for an evening of opera at the Museum? Here’s a teaser of the 15 minute sets you'll enjoy this Friday, July 19 from 5:30–8:00 p.m. at SDMA+ The San Diego Opera: The Golden Age of Spain, a night of performances of Spanish-set operas by singers from San Diego Opera inspired by “Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain.” Free with Museum admission! You’re listening to tenor Humberto Borboa and pianist Ines Irawati as they perform “Paxarin Tu Que Vuelas” from “La Pícara Molinera” inside the Museum Rotunda.

Summer Kickoff with the Gallery Collective

Summer ☀️ is a great time to join the Museum as a Gallery Collective member. Members are invited to kick off the season with a festive affair in the East Village at IDEA1 Apartments, free and exclusively for IDEA1 residents and Gallery Collective Members on Thursday, June 20 from 6:00–9:00 p.m. The Gallery Collective brings together San Diego locals keen on discovering our vibrant art scene while supporting the arts. As a member, you'll receive invitations to exclusive parties, gallery visits, artist talks, and private tours. Membership is $300/year, or $25/month with an annual commitment. Upgrade your membership, or join the Gallery Collective today! Learn more at sdmart.org/the-gallery-collective/.

José-María Cano: Apostolate

Contemporary Spanish artist José-María Cano painted this group of 12 "portraits" of Christ’s disciples, inspired by his friends, family, and acquaintances. Cano launched his career as a musician and composer, most notably as a member of the best-selling Spanish pop band Mecano. In this resin series, begun in 2015 and completed in 2019 to coincide with "Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain," Cano offers a present-day collection of portraits of ordinary men, who become extraordinary in his paintings. "José-María Cano: Apostolate" is on view now thru November 11, 2019.

"Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain" is now open! Step inside to see more than 100 outstanding works produced by leading artists from Spain and its global territories from 1600-1750. This exhibition is on view through September 2, 2019. Please note that this exhibition requires an additional charge of $5 for ages 7+. Members receive free admission.

José-María Cano: Apostolate

"José-María Cano: Apostolate" features a group of 12 encaustic-on-canvas “portraits” of Christ’s disciples by contemporary Spanish artist José-María Cano. This exhibition opens May 18 in connection with "Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain." Cano launched his career as a musician and composer, most notably as a member of the Spanish pop band Mecano. For the past 20 years, he has devoted himself exclusively to painting and has gained acclaim for his encaustic technique. This is the first solo exhibition in the United States for Cano, whose works have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.