A visit to SAMA takes you around the world and through five thousand years of art in a complex of buildings that once housed the Lone Star Brewery.
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SAMA is pleased to welcome Christine C. Brindza as the Museum’s new Marie and Hugh Halff, Jr., Curator of American Art.
Learn more: samuseum.org/press/press-rel…
📸 Photo courtesy of Christine C. Brindza
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Brindza joins us from the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, where she served as the Senior Curator and James and Louise Glasser Curator from 2018-2026. She will start her new role on July 27, 2026.
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Join us at SAMA for a night of art, history, and culture!🎨
✅Scan QR to register
✅Don´t forget your University ID
⏰March 26 | 6-8 pm
📍San Antonio Museum of Art
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17 Dec 2025
Give the gift of dynamic and meaningful art experiences to all of San Antonio, South and Central Texas, and beyond. Please consider making a special year-end contribution to SAMA at the link below and support our artful mission this holiday season. 🎁✨
bit.ly/4pGZM0e
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
16 Dec 2025
A central figure in California’s Light and Space movement, Larry Bell is, at eighty-five, having a landmark moment with three concurrent exhibitions: two in New York and one at the San Antonio Museum of Art through January 4, 2026.
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
14 Nov 2025
✨Located right along the Museum Reach section of the river, @SAMAart is a must visit✨
Explore Larry Bell: Improvisations — from collages to iconic glass cubes, experience how the LA artist transforms light, surface, and space into pure magic. ✨
📅 Now - Jan. 4, 2026
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
8 Oct 2025
Eye-catching installation has some San Antonio Museum of Art visitors dancing expressnews.com/entertainmen…
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
22 Sep 2025
✨NEW ✨
Explore Larry Bell: Improvisations — from collages to iconic glass cubes, experience how the LA artist transforms light, surface, and space into pure magic. ✨
📅 Now through January 4, 2026
📍 @SAMAart
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
30 Jun 2025
Free admission. $1.30 ride. Endless summer inspiration. ☀️🎨🚌
Looking for something fun (and free) to do this summer? Ride VIA to some of San Antonio’s best museums offering no-cost entry for Bexar County residents:
🖼️ San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA)
🎟️ Free for Bexar County residents on Tuesdays & Sundays
🚌 Route 8
🦖 Witte Museum
🎟️ Free on Tuesdays for Bexar County residents
🚌 Routes 9, 14
🎨 McNay Art Museum
🎟️ Free on Thursdays & the 1st Sunday of each month
🚌 Routes 8, 14, 509
VIA fare: $1.30 one way | $0.65 for reduced fare
Explore local culture for less this summer! Plan your trip at VIAinfo.net/how-to-ride/
📸 Photo credits:
San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA)
McNay Art Museum
Witte Museum
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2 Jul 2025
Check out the July/August issue of @ArtsCultureTX to read a great article about our exhibition "Readymade Remix: New Approaches to Familiar Objects"! 👀 Or read it online here 🔗 tinyurl.com/mrxbbud5
2 Jul 2025
The July/August 2025 issue is here! Our cover features Magenta Ernst by Francesca Fuchs. See more from her at @MenilCollection through November 2, 2025.
Find a copy of this issue in all the usual places and online of course 🩷.
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12 Jun 2025
Thank you @ArtsCultureTX for this feature on "Readymade Remix: New Approaches to Familiar Objects" 🙌
On view until April 12, 2026!
artsandculturetx.com/everyda…
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12 Jun 2025
Our special exhibition "Envisioning the Hindu Divine: Expanding Darshan and Manjari Sharma" has been featured in @Glasstire ✍️
Less than one month left to see it at SAMA. On view until July 6!
glasstire.com/2025/06/10/man…
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22 Apr 2025
Happy Earth Day! 🌺🐦🌎
Celebrate the beauty of nature today with a close look at Martin Johnson Heade’s “Passion Flowers with Three Hummingbirds.”
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22 Apr 2025
Heade became fascinated with hummingbirds, which he depicted feeding from exotic flowers in misty settings.
This work is unique among Heade’s fifty-some scenes in the series. It is not only one of the largest, but also the only one to feature three birds.
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Martin Johnson Heade, American, 1819–1904, “Passion Flowers with Three Hummingbirds”, circa 1875, Oil on canvas, h. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm.); w. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm.), Purchased with funds provided by the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, 82.77
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
15 Apr 2025
We ❤️ @SAMAart!
Explore our world-class museums:
bit.ly/3NB848X
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2 Apr 2025
It's #MarchMadness ! 🏀
After a visit from the Charles Barkley blimp and Men's Final Four Trophy, Marcus is ready for the #MFinalFour ! 🏆
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San Antonio Museum of Art retweeted
11 Mar 2025
Art museum hires prize-winning architects to plan for future trib.al/PIzITJH
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