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San Antonio Museum of Art

Originally built in 1884 as the Lone Star Brewery, the San Antonio Museum of Art is one of the most impressive art museums in Texas. Its permanent collection contains Asian Art, European and American paintings, and antiquities from the Greek and Roman era. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art presents the museum’s extenisve collections of pre-Columbian art, Latin American Folk art, Spanish Colonial art, and Contemporary Latin American art.

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    San Antonio Museum of Art

    200 W. Jones Ave.
    San Antonio, TX 78215

    Phone: 210/978-8100   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    03/24/12- 07/01/12

    Exhibition Opening: San Antonio Collects: Contemporary San Antonio Museum of Art Exhibition Opening: San Antonio Collects: Contemporary Presented by San Antonio Museum of Art at San Antonio Museum of Art March 24-July 1, 2012 Beginning March 24, SAMA is proud to present San Antonio Collects: Contemporary, an exhibition that recognizes the role that San Antonio collectors have played in the city’s evolution towards becoming recognized as a premier art destination.

    03/02/12- 05/20/12

    San Antonio Collects: Theodore Gentilz & Mission Life of San Antonio and Northern Mexico San Antonio Collects: Theodore Gentilz & Mission Life of San Antonio and Northern Mexico Presented by San Antonio Museum of Art March 2-May 20, 2012 Exhibition Openings: San Antonio Collects: Theodore Gentilz and Mission Life of San Antonio and Northern Mexico SAMA celebrates the second exhibition in its three -part San Antonio Collects exhibition series. The sketching and paintings of French-born Theodore Gentilz provide and important and fascinating window on the rich tapestry of life in South Texas and Northern Mexico during the second half of the 19th century. The paintings from this exhibition were all graciously...

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  • Current Events

    03/24/12- 07/01/12

    Exhibition Opening: San Antonio Collects: Contemporary San Antonio Museum of Art Exhibition Opening: San Antonio Collects: Contemporary Presented by San Antonio Museum of Art at San Antonio Museum of Art March 24-July 1, 2012 Beginning March 24, SAMA is proud to present San Antonio Collects: Contemporary, an exhibition that recognizes the role that San Antonio collectors have played in the city’s evolution towards becoming recognized as a premier art destination.

    03/02/12- 05/20/12

    San Antonio Collects: Theodore Gentilz & Mission Life of San Antonio and Northern Mexico San Antonio Collects: Theodore Gentilz & Mission Life of San Antonio and Northern Mexico Presented by San Antonio Museum of Art March 2-May 20, 2012 Exhibition Openings: San Antonio Collects: Theodore Gentilz and Mission Life of San Antonio and Northern Mexico SAMA celebrates the second exhibition in its three -part San Antonio Collects exhibition series. The sketching and paintings of French-born Theodore Gentilz provide and important and fascinating window on the rich tapestry of life in South Texas and Northern Mexico during the second half of the 19th century. The paintings from this exhibition were all graciously...

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  • Past Events

    04/24/12	Opportunities for Artists: Public Art at the University Health System San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/22/12	Film: Global Lens 2012: Fat, Bald, Short Man (Gordo, Calvo y Bajito) San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/20/12	Film: Global Lens 2012: Fat, Bald, Short Man (Gordo, Calvo y Bajito) San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/17/12	Lecture: Remembering Linda Pace San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/15/12	Wagner Lecture Series: Ariadne's Thread: Antiquity Reawakened in Modern Art San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/14/12	Class: Introduction to Plein Air Drawing at Mission San Juan San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/13/12	Wagner Lecture: Theodore Gentilz and the Discovery of Place San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/13/12	Second Friday ‘Scene at SAMA’ Happy Hour San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/27/12- 02/27/12	Artist Conversation: Alex Rubio San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/26/12	Music on the Move San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/25/12	Global Lens 2012: Craft (Riscado), 2010, 85 min San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/24/12	Walking Tour of Mission San Jose and Mission San Juan: Mission Conservation and Renewal San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/18/12	Lecture: The Mid-Nineteenth Century Paintings of Theodore Gentilz San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/09/12	Second Friday “Scene at SAMA” Happy Hour San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/04/12	First Sundays for Families: It's a Mod World! San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/02/12	Documentary: Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s San Antonio Museum of Art
    02/21/12	Lecture: "The Chinese Art of Cricket- Keeping" San Antonio Museum of Art
    02/12/12	Global Lens 2012: Tollbooth (2010, 96 minutes) San Antonio Museum of Art
    02/05/12	First Sundays for Families: Celebrate Black History Month San Antonio Museum of Art
    10/01/11- 02/19/12	5,000 Years of Chinese Jade San Antonio Museum of Art
    09/02/11- 02/19/12	FOTOSEPTIEMBRE: Animal Instinct : The Photographs Of Daniel Lee San Antonio Museum of Art
    06/04/11	Meditation in the Japanese Galleries San Antonio Museum of Art
    05/17/11- 05/31/11	Public Tour: Museum Highlights San Antonio Museum of Art
    05/03/11- 05/31/11	Sketching in SAMA's Galleries San Antonio Museum of Art
    04/23/11	Meditation in the Japanese Galleries San Antonio Museum of Art
    03/12/11- 07/31/11	The Missing Peace San Antonio Museum of Art
    10/16/10- 01/09/11	To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum San Antonio Museum of Art

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    • Event Name: The Missing Peace
      Article: Exhibit inspired by the Dalai Lama
      San Antonio Express News - Mar 11, 2011
      By Elda Silva

      At each of the venues where “The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama” has been on display, different works in the traveling exhibition have resonated with viewers. Expand

      At each of the venues where “The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama” has been on display, different works in the traveling exhibition have resonated with viewers. Collapse

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