SDMA | Exhibitions - San Diego Museum of Art

Alfred Eisenstaedt: Life and Legacy

Through July 14, 2019

Drawing from over 350 photographs by the famed photojournalist in The San Diego Museum of Art’s broad photographic collection, this exhibition explores Alfred Eisenstaedt’s observations on society from a variety of his assignments with Life magazine.

Spectacle & Satire

Through August 25, 2019

Whether portraying sideshow attractions or offering moral commentaries, for centuries artists have sought to capture the fascinating and the seemingly mundane with humor and wonder. With a keen eye and sharp wit, artists including William Hogarth (1697–1764) and Francisco Goya (1746–1828) used their talents to impart lessons of morality or to express political discontent while maintaining a playful, yet critical, undertone.

Women of the Southwest

Through August 25, 2019

This exhibition highlights the work of both well-known and lesser-known artists—women who, while often overshadowed by their male contemporaries, actively sought connections to the people, heritage, and landscape of the southwestern United States.

Visible Vaults

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 our collection are stored. See this insider’s look at hidden masterpieces, where visitors are invited to open drawers, peek into virtual storerooms, and take the time to sketch and observe some of the great treasures of the collection.

Bouguereau & America

November 9, 2019 through March 15, 2020

William Adolphe Bouguereau enjoyed a remarkable popularity in the United States, particularly during the late 1800s through the early twentieth century. Lauded and laureled by the French artistic establishment, and a dominant presence at the Parisian Salons, Bouguereau’s canvases offered American collectors the chance to bring Gallic sophistication and worldly…

Visible Vaults

Alfred Eisenstaedt: Life and Legacy

Spectacle & Satire

Women of the Southwest

Visible Vaults

Spectacle & Satire

On View

Alfred Eisenstaedt: Life and Legacy

American Art

Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain

Art of Devotion

Art of East Asia

Art of the 20th Century

Art of the Open Air

Art of the Portrait

Arts of Iran

Arts of South and Southeast Asia

German Expressionism

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

José-María Cano: Apostolate

Spectacle & Satire

Visible Vaults

Women of the Southwest

Future Exhibitions

Bouguereau & America

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