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On display are seminal paintings, drawings, sculptures, videos, photographs, design objects, and archival resources by a diverse range of artists including Paul Klee, Frida Kahlo, Jeff Koons, and the videos of Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol.

The installation show the time-frame of the museum's exhibitions such as Jackson Pollock's first solo museum exhibition in 1945, the story of 1941's Alexander Calder show, and 1952's acquisitions from the estate of Alfred Stieglitz, include his photographs juxtaposed with Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.

The show opens with many renditions of San Francisco from painting to poster, features the California School of Fine Arts' faculty and students, such as Mark Rothko, the Mission School, and local Beat artists like Bruce Conner. Highlights from the museum's American Pop Art group include key works by Robert Rauschenberg, the Rouen Cathedral Set V (1969) by Roy Lichtenstein and Land's End (1963) by Jasper Johns.

A complete view of early modern European artists shows works by Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Constantin Brancusi, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and more recent acquisition by Yves Tanguy, Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Piet Mondrian, and Man Ray.

A special three-day weekend festival, January 16-18, offers free admission and features the debut of a new multimedia tour, performances, family activities, and film screenings. In the Backstory and Overlook Lounges are demonstrations on how exhibitions are installed. Each day, 75 gallery talks relate personal 7.5-minute stories about desired artworks in the museum.

On May 14, a gala party is intended with artists, patrons, and enthusiasts, from a rooftop garden dinner followed by a birthday party of live performances, cocktails, dessert, and surprises.