West Coast premiere of Julian Schnabel`s monumental, transformative paintings
(Artdaily.org)

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco present an important and unusual exhibition by one of the most significant painters of our time. Julian Schnabel’s first exhibition at a US West Coast institution in over 30 years features new, large-scale paintings, occupying the Legion of Honor’s open-air courtyard. Inside, the museum`s neo-classical galleries play host to three series of paintings from the past three decades, rarely seen before by the public. The exhibition is part of FAMSF’s newly formed contemporary art program, which creates dialogues between living artists and the buildings, locations and collections of the Legion of Honor and de Young. Max Hollein, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and curator of the exhibition states: `Since 1978, Julian Schnabel has transformed what painting is, what a painting can be, and how paintings can