This year's pop-ups are un-bud-lievable!.🌺@native_poppy.📍Otay Ranch Town Center

Featured:.George Wesley Bellows, “Self-portrait,” 1921. Lithograph on wove paper. Museum purchase with fund provided by Kevin and Tamara Kinsella, 2005.96.

How I stare at myself in the mirror after falling for an April Fool's joke.

Simply iris-istible! Our second #ArtAlive2025 Petal Pop-Up is here!.🌸@Native_Poppy.📍Del Mar Plaza

Our favorite petal-icious pastime is upon us as we take the blooms on the road once again with Petal Pop-Ups for #ArtAlive2025!.🌸@Native_Poppy.📍Liberty Station Public Market

“You don’t have to go all out for St. Patrick’s Day.”.My outfit….Featured:.Sofonisba Anguissola, “Portrait of a Spanish Price (probably Philip II),” ca. 1573. Oil on canvas. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1936.58. #SanDiegoMuseumofArt #SDMA #StPatricksDay #GreenArt

Coming soon & poppin’ up in a location near you!.Art Alive Petal Pop-Ups will be blooming at surprise locations around San Diego County on four consecutive weekends:.🌷March 21-23.🌷March 28-30.🌷April 4-6.🌷April 11-13

Featured:.James-Jacques-Jospeh Tissot, “Lovers Quarrel,” 1876. Etching. Museum purchase, 1990.55.

Now that Valentine’s Day is OVER, this “Lover’s Quarrel” seems to be in fashion. I wonder if he forgot to ask her to be his Valentine, or maybe he forgot about Valentine’s in general…. Sincerely,.The Valentine’s Day Grinch (SDMA Social Media Manager)

Happy Lunar New Year!.Celebrate the #YearOfTheSnake with bold strength and transformation. May your year be filled with luck and abundance!.Featured:.“A cobra (Maja tripudians) with hood spread,” 1785-1789. Opaque watercolor on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.1361.

#FridaysAreForFlowers 💐. A charming bouquet of peonies, white carnations, and roses—perfectly capturing timeless beauty. Featured:.Henri Fantin-Latour, “Peonies, White Carnations and Roses.” 1874. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Maxwell H. Gluck, 1989.13. #SDMA #VisitBalboaPark

Not all hair can serve Dyson Air Wrap blow-out…sometimes they’re bowls cuts, baby bangs, or powdered wigs. Here is some hair-spo for your End-of-the-Year salon appointment or your “New Year, New Me” haircut. #SDMA #HairTrends #ArtHumor #VisitBalboaPark

✨SDMA 2024 Wrapped✨. This year we welcomed 502,113 visitors, here are some UNOFFICIAL stats for 2024!. #SanDiegoMusuemofArt #SDMA #SpotifyWrapped #VisitSDMA

Can someone point us to the Tom Holland Look Alike Contest? We think we have a contender. Featured:.John Opie, “Portrait of a Young Man,” ca. 1800. Oil on canvas. Gift of Bella Mabury in memory of Paul R. Mabury, 1939.45. #SDMA #LookAlikeContest #TomHolland #ArtHumor

A Wicked good color combo in the Land of Oz!.These abstract colored flowers by Franz Marc sure do remind us of a trip down the yellow brick road!.Feat:.Franz Marc, “Colored Flowers,” 1913-1914. Tempera over graphite on paper. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton S. Walbridge, 1976.206.

RT @HSMOxford: Our Director Silke Ackermann recently spoke at the symposium for the Wonders of Creation exhibition at @SDMA. Joined by @o….

Featured: Astrolabe. Iraq, Baghdad, 315 AH (927–28). Brass; cast and engraved. The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait, LNS 36 M. #SanDiegoMuseumofArt #SDMA #WondersOfCreation #IslamicArt #ArtAndScience #NationalSTEMDay.

Happy National STEM Day!.Today, we honor the innovative minds throughout history whose work laid the foundation for STEM as we know it. Among these achievements is the “astrolabe,” a groundbreaking tool that combined scientific precision with craftsmanship!

Charles Reiffel, “In the San Felipe Valley,” 1927. Oil on canvas. Purchase by the Fine Arts Society: Purchase Prize, 2nd Annual Southern California Exhibition, 1927.41. #SDMA #SanDiegoMuseumofArt #Halloween #SkeletonAtTheMuseum #SpookySeason #VisitSDMA.

Featured:.Giulio Cesare Procaccini, “The Penitent Magdalene,” ca.1620. Oil on panel. Museum purchase with funds provided anonymously by a trustee in honor of John B. and Mary C. Zolezzi, 2001.11.