SFMOMA

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has been closed for renovations for the past three years, so I was excited it finally reopened in mid-May and that I would get a chance to check it out while visiting the Bay Area. The building itself is beautiful, and there are seven floors with multiple exhibitions around certain themes on each level to explore. Needless to say, I spent most of my day there.

There are many highlights and must sees when visiting SFMOMA. Alexander Calder: Motion Lab showcases his pieces from the late 1920s to late 1960s both inside a gallery and outside on a terrace.

Alexander Calder

Many different pop artists are featured in Pop, Minimal and Figurative Art including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Chuck Close and Sol LeWitt among others.

Andy Warhol

Roy Lichtenstein

Chuck Close

Sol LeWitt

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen; George Segal

Another interesting exhibition is Typeface to Interface which explores graphic design since 1950. It features posters and other visual communication tools (including the 1984 prototype of the Apple touch-screen tablet), as well as computer programed drawings being done on a chalkboard wall.

SFMOMA also has an extensive collection of paintings and sculptures on display in Open Ended, which features masterworks and experimental pieces from some of the world's most famous artists all in one place.

Matisse, Picasso, Mondrian and O'Keeffe

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

Dali, Magritte, Duchamp and Rothko