October 21, 2006-January 7, 2007
Personal Views Dinner Package at The Prado
Culminating a year-long celebration of the Museum's 80th Anniversary, this diverse display features
25 of the finest private collections to be found in the San Diego area.
Personal Views represents a wide range of artistic practices, bringing together high-quality examples
of African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, South Asian, Ancient Mediterranean, Old Master, European Modernist,
American, and Latin American art, as well as an international selection of contemporary art.
The exhibition includes works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Georgia O'Keeffe, Claude Monet, Willem de Kooning,
Frida Kahlo, and Nan Goldingiving museum visitors an inside look into what otherwise might never be
seen in a public setting. Personal Views reveals the sophisticated tastes of the many
participating collectors from
throughout San Diego County who have generously opened up
their homes for museum visitors.
Personal Views: Regarding Private Collections in San Diego is organized by the San Diego Museum of Art. The exhibition
is made possible by the generous support of the DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Northern Trust Bank, the City of San Diego
Commission for Arts and Culture, the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program, and members of the San Diego
Museum of Art. Further support for the associated catalogue was made possible by a generous donation from the African
Arts Council of the San Diego Museum of Art.
Major support for the 80th Anniversary at SDMA is provided by Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Audrey S. Geisel, Wells
Fargo Bank, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary H. Clark, the office of San Diego County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and the
Docent Council of the San Diego Museum of Art.