There was a long line. Some of it was because of the early Picasso exhibit, but mostly it was because the SFMOMA is open late on Thursday night (to 2030!) and it's half price starting at 1800.
The SFMOMA is in the middle of the block and there were two queues one off to the left and the other off to the right...
Unlike many of the other museums I've been to (Tate Modern, Louvre, MOMA, Musee d'Orsay), the SFMOMA forbids photography in the main galleries. WTF? I guess they REALLY want you to buy an overpriced exhibition catalogue. As a result, there won't be a lot of pix in this post.
See the line that goes up the stairs? That's for the Picasso exhibit. We're looking at floor 2 and the exhibition is on floor 5
As with the other "modern art" museums I've visited in the past, much thought was put into the design of the building. SFMOMA is no exception to that. When you first enter the museum, your senses are assaulted by both a bright airy space and a very shiny patterened floor. It works.
The entrance from three floors above
It's a nice building, the permanent exhibits are interesting and it's half a block down from the W San Francisco and its XYZ bar. What more do you need?
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