Édouard Manet "Boating," 1874/1879 Oil on canvas, 38 1/4 x 51 1/4 in. (97.2 x 130.2 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 ...

Canaletto. View of the Arch of Constantine and Environs, Rome (recto); Architectural sketch (verso) At the Legion of Honor, Gallery 22. Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment ...

At San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum, the funny papers are a serious business. Situated a block from Ghirardelli Square, it’s one of the few museums in the western United States dedicated to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The San Francisco Asian Art Museum on Monday gave back four religious sculptures stolen from Thailand that ended up in San Francisco for 50 years. “They will be cared for, and ...

Foundations that support architectural and design efforts are facing budget shortfalls but are trying to maintain ambitious programs, says the Architectural Record. “What these architectural ...

Bay Area philanthropist Diane “Dede” Wilsey, long a fixture in the leadership of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, is stepping down as the institution’s chief executive and board chair in the ...

After years of research revealed they had been illegally removed in the 1960s, four ancient bronze sculptures were transferred from San Francisco's Asian Art Museum to their original home in Thailand ...

One exhibit opening Thursday in San Francisco features imagery born from the rebellion of the Black Panthers, thanks to a ...