From Baguettes to Bagels: How Taste in Art Changed

If you were an artist in the 20th century, you would have gravitated to Paris as the epicenter of art and culture. Together we’ll explore how war and other world events forced artists to leave their native lands to seek artistic freedom in the United States, specifically New York City.

Yes, the pizza was good, but there were so many other reasons that Manhattan became the hub of one of the most important movements in the art world. We’ll look at the creations of several seminal artists and concentrate on their works at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art so that you can view these works firsthand afterwards.   

Charlie Goldberg is a former Emergency Room physician, who in his retirement has been involved in talking about art. He is a docent at both the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD). He also presents courses on art and photography at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).