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Proscenium: Elliott Hundley

Through August 31, 2025

Math + Art

Through August 24, 2025

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Sunday, July 6
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Studio Sunday

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12 – 4 pm

"Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains"

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2:30 – 4:30 pm
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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

June 2026 (Dates TBD)
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Letter Forms

Through September 14

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Portraits Revealed

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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

detail of opaque watercolor on cotton of a Tibetan mandala of a goddess

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

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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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Summer Sets/Summer Steps: Art, Dance, and Music

Sunday, July 6, 2025
5 – 6 pm

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"Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains" Film Screening

Sunday, July 13. 2025
2:30 – 4:30 pm

Press release

"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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Parker Quartet

String Quartet Chamber Music Concert

Friday, October 24, 2025
7 – 8:30 pm

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