Best Art Exhibits Coming to San Francisco in 2016

The De Young Museum hosts Oscar de la Renta's fashion evolution beginning in the 1950's through the 2000's. The collection follows de la Renta's rise in fashion from humble beginnings as a sketcher for magazines and newspapers in Madrid to a fashion icon. There are over 130 fashion ensembles that extenuate female beauty and form. Oscar de la Renta,The works are displayed in themed sections representing outside influences, ball gowns, evening and day wear. The Retrospective runs from through May 30, 2016.

The much anticipated re-opening of SF MOMA is May 14, 2016.  To kick off the opening, the fourth floor will host modern and contemporary art showcasing painting, sculpture, photography, media arts, architecture and design. Works by renowned artists Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Dian Arbus, Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg and Nam June Paik are all included. The Campaign for Art runs from May 14 through Sept. 18, 2016.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will exhibit a new commission by Samara Golden that is the artist's largest to date. Golden is known for creating surreal immersive environments that feel more like a dream than reality. This new work gives an illusion of a sixth dimension where the past, present and future all co-exist. The exhibit will take up most of the museum and uses sound, video, sculpture and mirrors to lure the viewer's senses. A Trap in Soft Division runs through May 29, 2016.

The Asian Art Museum will be exhibiting Chinese art from the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The collection includes various emperors' possessions and treasures that were passed down through each dynasty. There are more than 150 objects that range from jades, ceramics and paintings. Each ruler influenced the collection with their own personal taste that helped shape the direction of Chinese art. Emperors' Treasures runs from June 17 through Sept. 18, 2016.

The Contemporary Jewish Museum will highlight the director Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick is known for his meticulous artistic control he commanded with his films. Scripts, photography, set models, props, costumes and cameras will represent his directional contributions, including two incomplete projects. "Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition" runs from June 30 through Oct. 30, 2016.

The Legion of Honor is featuring an exhibit where modern medicine and ancient Egypt intersect. The focus of the exhibit are two mummies — Irethorrou, an Egyptian priest who lived 2,600 years ago, and a woman named Hatason who lived 3,100 years ago. Modern technology is used to learn more about the life, death and preparation for the afterlife for these two mummies. Highlights include an interactive dissection table, tomb furnishings and amulets.