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Tania Katan: "Creative Trespassing"

Parallel Stories

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Building a House with Cellophane Bricks: A Reading and Conversation with Jonathan Lethem

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Allure of the Amalfi Coast

Discovering Italy’s Coastal Beauty, A Value Tour

October 29 – November 6, 2025

Cruising the Adriatic

~ Slovenia & Croatia aboard Queen Eleganza with Eric Frank

May 23 – June 3, 2026

Art, Arboreta, and Estates of England's East Anglia Region

~ Cambridge and Norfolk ~ with Oliver Gerrish

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Proscenium: Elliott Hundley

Through August 31, 2025

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By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity @ SBMA 

Through February 22, 2026

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Math + Art

March 30 – August 24, 2025

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Guides to Enlightenment: Tibetan Paintings from the Museum’s Collection

Through August 17, 2025

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Modern Life: A Global Artworld, 1850-1950

An exhibition of the permanent collection at SBMA

Ongoing

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Dario Robleto: The Signal

Exhibition co-organized and film co-commissioned with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

December 8, 2024 – May 25, 2025

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Allure of the Amalfi Coast: Discovering Italy’s Coastal Beauty, A Value Tour

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October 29 – November 6, 2025

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Tania Katan: "Creative Trespassing"

Parallel Stories

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
5 – 7 pm

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Building a House with Cellophane Bricks: A Reading and Conversation with Jonathan Lethem

Parallel Stories

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
5 pm

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"The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art" and "Encore: 19th Century French Art at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art"

May 2, 2025

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Thursday, June 5, 2025
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