Learn more about the exhibition: Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style
About the Exhibition
Explore the history of San Francisco through fashion. Featuring one of the most iconic collections of 20th- and 21st-century women’s clothing in the United States, this exhibition includes 100 collection highlights, along with local loans of high fashion and haute couture. The first major presentation of our costume collection in over 35 years, it showcases designs from French couturiers, Japanese avant-garde designers, and other pillars of the fashion industry, including Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Christopher John Rogers, Comme des Garçons, and Rodarte. The designs on view, many never shown before, reflect San Francisco’s long-standing tradition of self-expression through fashion.
About Drag History
This humorous, fun video series gives audiences another way into art history. It highlights exhibitions and collection objects in a lighthearted way, and draws parallels between art history and the art of drag. San Francisco’s drag community is an essential part of our city’s culture, and at this moment when their rights are at risk, it is important to elevate their voices. Drag Art History provides a platform, highlighting the creativity and artistic expression of our drag community, while offering fresh perspectives on our exhibitions and collections.
Watch More:
Spilling the tea on the Tudor dynasty
In an art history lesson like no other, Curatorial Assistant Isabella Holland and local drag performer Per Sia share the stories behind our exhibition The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England and dish on all the dynasty drama.
Patrick Kelly: The American in Paris
Filmed in New York City, Paris, and the de Young museum, this short documentary celebrates the life, career, and legacy of Black fashion designer Patrick Kelly (1954–1990). Kelly’s evolution from “little young American from Mississippi to a grand master of fashion in Paris” is captured in vintage footage, as well as accounts of his friends and close collaborators.
How Lee Mingwei's art is mending the social fabric
Inspired by personal and world events, Lee Mingwei’s art aims to bring people together in difficult times, promoting healing through connection. This short documentary traces the artist’s journey from his formative years in Taipei to his artistic beginnings in the Bay Area to becoming the globally renowned contemporary artist he is today.
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