May 18, 2017

Brush and Ink: Chinese Paintings

Brush and Ink: Chinese Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art Selected by Pan Gongkai, April 29, 2016 through September 05, 2016 More than 40 works from the Museum’s broad holdings of Chinese paintings are showcased in this exhibition. Recent scholarly studies, including an assessment, have renewed interest in the Museum’s rarely exhibited Chinese treasures. In presenting Brush and Ink: Chinese Paintings…
painting of watermelon

May 18, 2017

Young Art 2017: Beyond the Ordinary

Among the many art education initiatives at The San Diego Museum of Art, no program has as long a history as Young Art, the Museum’s biennial youth art exhibition. Young Art recognizes the talents of San Diego County K-12 students and in its 44th presentation, Young Art 2017: Beyond the Ordinary, invites students to create their own unique interpretation of…
Japanese woodblock of Lovers by a painted screen by Ikeda Eisen

May 1, 2017

Visible Vaults

An insider’s look at hidden masterpieces. The Visible Vaults recreates part of The San Diego Museum of Art’s most carefully guarded area, a place that is invisible to most visitors—the vaults—where the thousands of works of art in the collection are stored. An insider’s look at hidden masterpieces, visitors are invited to peek into virtual storerooms. Often curators cannot put…

August 6, 2016

Venetian Views

Venetian Views looks at Venice, the oft-flooded city of canals that has captivated artists and writers for centuries. Shakespeare, Lord Byron, J. M. W. Turner, and John Singer Sargent, among others, have fallen under her spell. In its Renaissance heyday, Venice gave rise to great masters such as Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and Tintoretto. Two centuries later, Venice enjoyed a second artistic highpoint, led…

December 5, 2009

From Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol

From Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol focuses on printmaking in Rembrandt’s Holland and documents the efforts of the Dutch painter and printmaker Ferdinand Bol to arrive at his own style while working with Rembrandt, the greatest artist of his time. The exhibit is part of a joint effort with the J. Paul Getty Museum, among other museums in…