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50 Hagiwara Tea Garden (at JFK, in Golden Gate Park) San Francisco, CA 94118

415-750-3600

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Best Place to See Ruth Asawa's Art for Free
Award Winner 2012

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Friday Nights at the de Young

5:00 p.m. every Fri.

An art-focused happy hour, with special performances and hands-on activities plus cheap admission.

2012 | Best Place to See Ruth Asawa's Art for Free

In November of 2006, not long after reopening in its newly designed building, the de Young Museum organized what it called the first complete retrospective of Ruth Asawa's career. It was a perfect match of equals -- a San Francisco institution (the de Young) reborn in a world-class structure, and another San Francisco institution (Asawa) reconsidered in her 80th year. It's easy to take Asawa for granted, but there's still no one quite like her. Her life-size wire sculptures stop you in... More »
2008 | Best First Date

Treat your newest flame(s) to Friday nights at the de Young. You'll get free music, a cash bar, and plenty of opportunities to show what a serious and thoughtful person you are before trying to get into his/her/their pants. Observe! Let's say you begin in the Haight and stroll over to the museum while sharing your delicately positioned likes and dislikes. You marvel aloud at how much you have in common with him/her/them. (Yes, I agree that Fail Dogs is the new LOLcats. OMG, soulmate!). Then... More »
2006 | Best Free View

When you climb to the top of the 144-foot tower of the new de Young Museum and make your way around its panoramas of the bay, the Pacific Ocean, Twin Peaks, Mount Sutro, and Downtown, it's useful to think of this stunning view of San Francisco as the one that almost got away. Years of fighting between boosters and neighbors and other interest groups made the museum project a drawn-out drama until the grand reopening last October. The tower, which pokes out of the park's tree canopy like an... More »

Jean Paul Gaultier and Dita Von Teese Talk Couture, Tattoos, Vintage Shopping in S.F.

By Kate Conger | Mon, March 26, 2012

Known in the fashion world as the enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier maintains his exuberantly youthful attitude after nearly 40 years as an haute couture designer. It's apparent in his abundant enth... More »
Metal Corsets and Talking Mannequins: Gaultier Exhibit Opens This Weekend at the de Young

By Stephanie Echeveste | Fri, March 23, 2012

Rarely does one get access to the magical creations of haute couture, fashion works of art that by definition are handmade and shown in Paris exclusively. Which is why we are still freaking out about ... More »
"Matter + Spirit": Stephen De Staebler's Angels Don't Fly

By Jonathan Curiel | Wed, February 15, 2012

From the dark and mangled Stephen De Staebler sculpture that stands at attention near 251 Third St., just 20 seconds of walking will bring you to the Keith Haring dancers on the opposite corner of Howard Street. Haring's work lifts people. On a re... More »
Painters of Passion

By | Wed, October 26, 2011

Continuing the de Young’s recent series of strong “loaner exhibits” from overseas, the museum showcases works from Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum – the gilded palace that houses some of Europe’s most impressive art. A Who’s Who of Renaissance p... More »
A Life Story on Canvas

By Jonathan Curiel | Wed, July 13, 2011

For seven decades, Pablo Picasso set the standard for what art could be. Cubism and abstract figuratives were born through his canvases. African motifs entered Western art via his avid experimentation. He helped create genres that others imitated... More »
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sfweeklybestof | San Francisco, CA | 74 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

Treat your newest flame(s) to Friday nights at the de Young. You'll get free music, a cash bar, and plenty of opportunities to show what a serious and thoughtful person you are before trying to get into his/her/their pants. Observe! Let's say you begin in the Haight and stroll over to the museum while sharing your delicately positioned likes and dislikes. You marvel aloud at how much you have in common with him/her/them. (Yes, I agree that Fail Dogs is the new LOLcats. OMG, soulmate!). Then after downing some gin while listening to whatever live band is playing � oh, you love Latin jazz, too? OMG! � you take an excursion up the museum's fabled tower, where you attempt to demonstrate your mastery of all things San Francisco by correctly identifying the structures that only local pedants would recognize. If you can't score after all that, then there's just no help for you.

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de Young Museum

50 Hagiwara Tea Garden (at JFK, in Golden Gate Park) San Francisco, CA 94118

415-750-3600

Description

Friday Nights at the de Young

5:00 p.m. every Fri.

2012 | Best Place to See Ruth Asawa's Art for Free

2008 | Best First Date

2006 | Best Free View

Jean Paul Gaultier and Dita Von Teese Talk Couture, Tattoos, Vintage Shopping in S.F.

By Kate Conger | Mon, March 26, 2012

Metal Corsets and Talking Mannequins: Gaultier Exhibit Opens This Weekend at the de Young

By Stephanie Echeveste | Fri, March 23, 2012

"Matter + Spirit": Stephen De Staebler's Angels Don't Fly

By Jonathan Curiel | Wed, February 15, 2012

Painters of Passion

By | Wed, October 26, 2011

A Life Story on Canvas

By Jonathan Curiel | Wed, July 13, 2011

sfweeklybestof | San Francisco, CA | 74 Reviews

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