If I stand facing the mirror holding Bob Dylan’s self-portrait over my own face, do I not, in a sense, become him? If this is how Bob Dylan painted himself, then through this gesture am I not more like him than if I merely sang one of his songs out loud?

Read it all: SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE 

Have you completed any Super Going missions yet?! You can play at SFMOMA (as part of ArtGameLab) or at home. Why not try this egg artwork challenge? It’s inspired by Nam June Paik’s Egg Grows. If you complete this challenge, document and share on Tumblr w/ the tag #ArtGameLab so we can reblog you! :)

Acclaimed photographer Stephen Shore speaks at SFMOMA tonight at 7pm! Tix are free (and will be available starting at 5pm). If you hope to attend, get here EARLY— these tix are gonna get scooped up like hot cakes!

Pictured here: Shore’s 1974 photograph, Michael and Sandy Marsh, Amarillo, Texas, from the series Uncommon Places

Art history with a Barbie twist: Jocelyn Grivaud uses Barbie to pay tribute to Barbie and old masters

This is a great list! Take risks, don’t give up, SKETCH, and have fun… oh, and finish something. Super advice :)

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WHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: Few contemporary artists have been able to capture the vulnerable and volatile nature of teenagers like Rineke Dijkstra, who is to be given her first mid-career retrospective in the United States at SFMOMA.

(via Slideshow: Images from Rineke Dijkstra’s Retrospective at SFMOMA | Artinfo)

Flashback to 1974, when SFMOMA sponsored 6 artists on a life changing trip from San Francisco to the Baja desert. Read the whole blog post: SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE

For Ansel Adams’s birthday: “Clouds, New Mexico” (1933)

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Kenneth Baker on Mark Bradford: “Mark Bradford review: Paper pieces at 2 museums”

Couldn’t resist posting this for Valentine’s Day…

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Happy Valentine’s Day from SFMOMA! Check out the explanation for how we picked the winning love letter (pictured here) for our Valentine’s Day project, and see who received an honorable mention on OPEN SPACE. <3