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SAN FRANCISCO.- The de Young Museum in San Francisco opened Balenciaga and Spain, an exhibition curated by Hamish Bowles, European editor at large of Vogue, featuring 120 haute couture garments, hats, and headdresses designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972). In this image: Opening gallery of Balenciaga and Spain at the de Young Museum in San Francisco through July 4, 2011. SAN FRANCISCO.- You can feel the pulse of Spain beat in every garment in Balenciaga and Spain. A dress ruffle inspired by the flourish of a flamenco... [Lire la suite]

Cristobal Balenciaga. Detail of cocktail dress of fuchsia silk shantung and black lace with black silk satin ribbons, summer 1966 SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- You can feel the pulse of Spain beat in every garment in Balenciaga and Spain. A dress ruffle inspired by the flourish of a flamenco dancer’s bata de cola skirt; paillette-studded embroidery that glitters on a bolero jacket conjuring a nineteenth-century traje de luces (suit of lights) worn by a matador; clean, simple, and technically perfect lines that extrapolate the minimalist... [Lire la suite]

Oscar de la Renta, Trench coat, 2005. Coat: Silk; warp-faced plain weave, warp-resist dyeing (ikat). Belt: synthetic raffia, leather; crocheted. Gift of Mr. Thomas L. Kempner SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- This season, fashion designers all over the world are presenting tie-dye inspired collections on the runway as something new and fresh. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) investigates the trend by exploring its history, which has been honed for centuries by cultures spanning the globe. From pre-historic to modern times, the... [Lire la suite]

Portrait of Maya Lin. Photograph by Walter Smith SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Recent sculptures, drawings, and installations by the celebrated artist Maya Lin are on view at the de Young Museum through January 18, 2009. Lin (b. 1959) came to prominence in 1981 with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has since achieved a high degree of recognition for a body of work that includes monuments, buildings, earthworks, sculpture, and installations. Systematic Landscapes is Lin’s second nationally-traveling exhibition in ten... [Lire la suite]