Join NEXT for a day at the museum!
We have a special docent-led tour of
Tamara de Lempicka at the de Young. This event is free for members, but space is limited, and members receive priority. Wheelchairs will be available. There are two tours, this one at 12:30 and a second at 12:45.
Click here to register for the 12:45 tour.
Enjoy reduced crowds, discounted fees
, and accessible features
, including:
- The pay garage will be open and you may enter on 10th and Fulton Avenue.
- Parking maps and public transportation information
- Extra seating inside and outside the exhibition
- Large print editions of the exhibition labels
Exhibit Description: With works that exuded cool elegance and transgressive sensuality, Tamara de Lempicka (ca. 1894–1980) helped define Art Deco. Her paintings captured the glamour and vitality of postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity. This exhibition — the first major museum retrospective of Lempicka in the United States — explores the artist’s distinctive style and unconventional life through four major chapters. The approximately 100 artworks on display range from her post-Cubist work in 1920s Paris to her most famous nudes and portraits to the melancholic still lifes and interiors of her final days in the United States and Mexico. Including an in-depth look at the artist’s drawings and studies, this exhibition reveals the creative process behind her iconic paintings.