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  • Founder and Executive Editor, Mission Local
  • Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
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What’s on now at San Francisco museums, August 2026

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By Lydia Chávez Verified
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“Treasures of the Pharaohs ” on Aug. 1 at the de Young Museum. “Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California,” Aug. 2 at the de Young. “New Work: Sheila Hicks,” Aug. 9 at SFMOMA. “Video Craft” Aug. 16 at Museum of Craft and Design. MoAD and BEM | books & more’s “Sips & Soul: Lowcountry Legacies“ Diaspora Dinner on Saturday, August 15 at the St. Regis Hotel from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Objects USA” Sept. 5, Museum of Craft and Design. “Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective” on Sept 25 at the Asian Art Museum.
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What’s on now at San Francisco museums, July 2026 Original

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By Lydia Chávez Verified
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At MoAD: “Demetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes – Crops of Empire” is open through August 16, 2026. It is the first museum show for the Oakland-based mixed-media artist. At 500 Capp Street: The Constance Lewallen Legacy Series of talks begins with Bay Area curators Renny Pritikin and Mark Johnson on June 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The curators will present their latest research in “Toward A History of Bay Area Contemporary Art 1969-2004.” Register here.
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A son untangles the secrets behind the gift of his father’s 1930s painting “China Boy” Original

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By Julie Zigoris Verified, Lydia Chávez Verified
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Growing up in San Francisco’s Miraloma neighborhood, Kelvin Yee always wondered if the stories his father told him about the oil painting hanging in his family’s home were true. The unsigned and undated portrait depicts a young Chinese boy in rough brushstrokes. “It has a rudely hewn, unfinished, Rodin quality,” Kelvin Yee said. His father, Kong Yee, called the artwork “China Boy” and said it was by a well-known artist whose work hung in museums.
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