Mike Henderson and David Simpson
Museum Exhibition

Opening at the de Young in Spring 2027, Made in San Francisco is a major survey of post–World War II art created in the Bay Area. As part of the upcoming Further Triennial, the exhibition celebrates the region’s cultural heritage and examines the rich legacy of the California School of Fine Arts, later renamed the San Francisco Art Institute in 1961. Central to the Bay Area art scene, Mike Henderson and David Simpson, both attended San Francisco Art Institute. Made in San Francisco features more than 100 works by over 70 artists, half of which are drawn from the Fine Arts Museums’ permanent collection. The exhibition demonstrates how San Francisco shaped a generation of artists—and how that generation shaped the art world.

 

“The de Young and the Legion of Honor, the two museums that make up the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, have deep historic ties to the California School of Fine Arts and San Francisco Art Institute. We are honored to organize this major exhibition, which tells the story of the school's significant role in the development of postwar art in the Bay Area," said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Mike Henderson's The Scream (1966) and David Simpson's Raybow (1966) will be on display in the exhibition. 

 

Learn more at famsf.org.