from the Andrés Blaisten Collection The Andrés Blaisten Collection is one of the premiere collections of 20th-century Mexican art. Assembled over the last 25 years, the collection normally resides at its permanent home at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco.  This exhibition features a selection of 80 paintings dated between 1907 and 1962 from this renowned collection as part of a…

Huichol Art on Wheels Vochol: Huichol Art on Wheels offers the Museum an opportunity to highlight the artistic ingenuity of one of the many indigenous cultures of Mexico. The Huichol culture includes approximately 26,000 people who live in the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango, and Zacatecas. They have traditionally been a nomadic culture, but in more recent times they have…

Photographs of Southern California by scott b. davis While davis (who uses a specialized shorthand in which he forgoes capitalization) is inspired by the topography of various parts of the United States, he frequently uses Southern California as his muse. Taken at night with a large-format camera, certain photographs of Southern California document iconic aspects of the region including the…

This thematic installation of still-life paintings presents highlights from the Museum’s 20th-century galleries, which are currently undergoing renovation. Pictorial arrangements of objects from nature and daily life have not, traditionally, enjoyed the same status as religious or historical subjects. The still-life, however, has remained a pillar of painting since its establishment as an independent genre in the 17th century. One…

Asian Modernism and the Art of Kūboku and Hisako Takaku The artist Kuboku Takaku (1908–1993) perfected the ancient Japanese technique of wax-resist dyeing to create textile paintings on obi, kimono, and screens. His works merged Japanese subjects with cubist and modernist styles, and he was the only textile artist who effectively transitioned from the Fine Arts circles of the 1930s…

This winter, an important group of Modern French paintings from a local collection will be juxtaposed with the highlights of the Gluck Collection, which has long been part of the Museum’s permanent collection. The loans will include paintings by Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Paul Serusier, Fernand Leger, Édouard Vuillard, and Pierre Bonnard, which will be shown alongside other Post-Impressionist and…

The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan Majestic 6th-century Chinese Buddhist sculpture is combined with 21st century 3D-imaging technology in this exploration of one of the most important groups of Buddhist devotional sites in early medieval China. A video installation, touch screens, and research kiosks enable visitors to digitally envision some of the caves as they appeared before their tragic despoliation….

Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries The Pastrana Tapestries are among the finest surviving Gothic tapestries. The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries will feature the recently restored set of four monumental tapestries that commemorate the deeds of Afonso V, King of Portugal. Woven in the late 1400s, these monumental tapestries, each measuring 12 by 36 feet,…

Works by Yinka Shonibare, MBE The power and whimsy inherent in Yinka Shonibare’s work from the past two decades are as nuanced as the complex topics he investigates-namely those of colonialism and its lasting impacts. An argument with a professor at Goldsmith’s College in the 1980s forced the artist to defend whether or not he should be making “authentic” African…

German Expressionism at The San Diego Museum of Art Highlighting the recent bequest of 48 German Expressionist paintings, drawings, and prints from the estate of Vance E. Kondon and Elisabeth Giesberger, the Museum presents this exhibition dedicated to the modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria in the first decades of the 20th century. German Expressionism was not the…