Visible Vaults Offers Inside Look at The San Diego Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection New galleries to showcase nearly 300 rarely viewed works from the Museum vaults  SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Museum of Art is revealing hundreds of hidden masterpieces and cultural treasures with the opening of Visible Vaults, an interactive exhibition that brings works of art from the Museum’s vaults to the public eye, many for the first time. Featuring nearly 300 culturally diverse works, Visible Vaults highlights the breadth of the Museum’s permanent collection. This new installation will occupy two galleries at The San Diego Museum of Art starting November 12, 2016. Visible Vaults is designed to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the Museum’s vast permanent collection, connect art from across the world and increase the…

The San Diego Museum of Art’s Collection of Indian Paintings Embarks on Nationwide Tour in Major New Exhibition San Diego – The San Diego Museum of Art will premiere 91 works of art from its world-renowned Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Indian paintings in an exhibition titled Epic Tales from Ancient India: Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art at the Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, N.J. This is the first stop for this landmark exhibition, where it will be on view November 19, 2016 through February 5, 2017. Epic Tales from Ancient India will introduce viewers to the world of South Asian paintings and their original narrative context by explaining the classics of literature that they illustrate. The exhibition will feature four sections arranged by book or…

The San Diego Museum of Art Welcomes Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture San Diego – The San Diego Museum of Art welcomes Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture, the first retrospective of the American architect’s work in two decades. On view November 5, 2016 through January 31, 2017, the exhibition presents over 200 objects related to Louis Kahn’s selected buildings and projects in the form of architectural models, plans, original drawings, photographs, films and more. The late Louis Kahn is regarded as one of the leading architects of the 20th century. With complex spatial compositions and a mastery of light, Kahn created buildings of dignified beauty and powerful universal symbolism, believing buildings should be monumental and spiritually inspiring. Among his most famous architectural works are the Salk Institute in…

The San Diego Museum of Art Appoints Diana Chou As Associate Curator of East Asian Art SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Museum of Art has hired Diana Y. Chou, Ph.D., as the Museum’s Associate Curator of East Asian Art. Chou will begin her role on June 29, 2016. Working with the Museum’s world-renowned permanent collection of East Asian art, Chou will oversee approximately 7,000 works, a selection of which is currently on view in Brush and Ink: Chinese Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art Selected by Pan Gongkai. She will also manage the development of installations and related exhibitions, and contribute to the Museum’s provenance research and art acquisition programs. Chou brings more than 15 years of museum curatorial and academic teaching experience, with expertise spanning Chinese…

Grant-funded Program from The San Diego Museum of Art Brings Public Art to Four San Diego Communities SAN DIEGO, CA – The San Diego Museum of Art is pleased to announce the completion of public art projects for Open Spaces, the public art program funded by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation’s Exploring Engagement Fund. Open Spaces worked with residents and artists in four San Diego communities and their surrounding areas – Lemon Grove, Lincoln Park, Logan Heights and National City – to conceptualize, plan and create works of art. The mission of Open Spaces, which began working in communities in June 2013, was to cultivate and strengthen relationships with diverse local neighborhoods through art, and to support The San Diego Museum of Art to share art beyond its…