1900 to Now: SFMOMA's Collection

Exhibition
Ongoing
Floor 2
Tickets
Entry to this exhibition is included with general admission.

This presentation of masterworks and experimental pieces from SFMOMA’s collection of painting and sculpture explores themes that have shaped the history of modern art from the early twentieth century to our own time. Organized as a series of chapters, the exhibition focuses on revolutionary ideas, geographical centers, individual artists, and relationships between artists.

Together, the works in 1900 to Now: SFMOMA’s Collection explore the complexities and even contradictions of modern and contemporary art, suggesting new interpretations of the museum’s collection, and examining the passions and beliefs that have spurred artists’ creativity in a rapidly changing world.

Exhibition Preview

A woman in a 1940s style swimsuit, seen from behind, looking out across a dramatic desert landscape
Diego Rivera, The Flower Carrier, 1935; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albert M. Bender Collection, gift of Albert M. Bender in memory of Caroline Walter; © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled, 1947-1949; collection SFMOMA, purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Peggy Guggenheim Copyright; © Estate of Luchita Hurtado

Dorothea Tanning, Self-Portrait, 1944; collection SFMOMA, purchase, by exchange, through a fractional gift of Shirley Ross Davis; © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn; photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Joan Brown, The Dancers in a City #2, 1972; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gift of Alfred E. Heller; © Estate of Joan Brown; photo: Katherine Du Tiel; courtesy San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Reinstallation of the painting and sculpture collection is supported in part by the Henry Luce Foundation and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.