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CURRENT EXHIBITION

James Balog: Photographs from the Anthropocene


Now through March 10

Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron

 current - Through September 3

Video Portraits Robert Wilson

 current - Through September 24

The Water Holds Me Photographs By Suda House

 current - Through October 15

Magic & Myth: 16th Annual Juried Youth Exhibition

 current - Through February 26

Karl Blossfeldt: Nature In Focus

 current - Through October 8

Aaron Siskind: Mid Century Modern

 current - Through May 1

Beyond The Boundaries: Photographs By Norman Seeff

 current - Through March 6

Nick Brandt: This Empty World

 current - Through October 2

Beginnings, Forever: From the Collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts / Shinnyo-en

 current - Through September 19

Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography

 current - Through March 28

Illusion: The Magic of Motion

 current - Through May 16

The Stories They Tell: A Hundred Years of Photography

 current - Through February 17

Nagasaki Journey Archive: The Photographs of Yosuke Yamahata

 current - Through September 1

Facing the Past: Portraits by Edward S. Curtis

 current
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Coming Soon to the Theater

San Diego Italian Film Festival

 Film Screenings October 5 @ 7:00 pm - October 5 @ 9:30 pm

San Diego Italian Film Festival

 Film Screenings October 6 @ 7:00 pm - October 6 @ 9:30 pm

Coming Soon to the Galleries

Explorations: 17th Annual Juried Youth Exhibition

 October 21 - April 21

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MOPA is now MOPA@SDMA!

Welcome to the Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art!

As of July 1, 2023, the Museum of Photographic Arts and The San Diego Museum of Art have merged to become one unified institution. The Museum of Photographic Arts is now the Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art (MOPA@SDMA).

MOPA@SDMA remains a pay-what-you wish museum open Thursdays through Sundays 11:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you soon!