San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Major modern and contemporary art museum and San...

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

(SFMOMA)•Major modern and

contemporary art museum and San Francisco landmark.

-By Jovani Euribe & Paul Vang

Whereabouts & History• Opened in 1935• Located in California San Francisco Bay Area• First museum on the West Coast devoted to

20th Century Modern Art• This museum has collect many famous art

work that has traveled around the world• Also rated as one of the best museum in San

Francisco

(SFMOMA) Collections• The museum has in its collection: Important

works by Henri Matisse, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp, René Magritte, Mark Rothko, Eva Hesse, Louise Bourgeois

• Major holdings of Paul Klee, Clyfford Still, Philp Guston, Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly

• Post-minimalists; photographers ranging from Fox Talbot and Watkins through Stieglitz, Weston, and Adams to contemporary work; and important collections of architecture and design and media arts.

Work Cited• "San Francisco Museum of Modern Art." Web log

post. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Web. 20 Oct. 2011. <http://museums.wikia.com/wiki/San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art>.

• "SFMOMA: The Building of a Modern Museum - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 20 Oct. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKahBe4lzQU>.