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Sam Lefebvre (@Lefebvre_Sam) is a freelance writer in Oakland whose journalism and criticism have appeared in publications including the Guardian, the New York Times, the Wire, Pitchfork, the Believer, the Fader, and SFMOMA's Open Space. His accountability reporting has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, and in 2020 he won a Rabkin Prize for Arts Writers.

Plan to Sell Diego Rivera Mural at San Francisco Art Institute Draws Backlash

by Sam Lefebvre January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

What the board calls the San Francisco Art Institute’s “most liquid asset” is “not a commodity,” the adjunct faculty union says.

Teachers, Staff Block Traffic in Escalating Labor Dispute at California College of the Arts

by Sam Lefebvre November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Tense union contract talks come during a precarious transition for the leading Bay Area art school.

Artist Ronnie Goodman, Who Channeled Experiences of Houselessness and Incarceration

by Sam Lefebvre October 12, 2020November 5, 2020

The unhoused artist died in San Francisco this August, just as his work was beginning to find new outlets in museums and scholarship.

After SFMOMA Cuts Salaries by 20%, Employees Call Out Major Loans Granted to Executives

by Sam Lefebvre September 3, 2020November 5, 2020

Many SFMOMA salaries have barely kept pace with the city’s minimum wage, while executive salaries have multiplied.

Debt Destabilized the San Francisco Art Institute. Could Your College Be Next?

by Sam Lefebvre August 19, 2020November 5, 2020

Most assumed exceptionally bad decisions were made. But what if the decisions were actually commonplace among college administrations nationwide?

Former SFMOMA Staffers Demand “Radical Reexamination” of Board of Trustees

by Sam Lefebvre July 16, 2020November 5, 2020

Former workers published a letter asserting that the 75 museum trustees are responsible for “the continued development of a white supremacist exhibition and collecting program.”

Senior SFMOMA Curator Resigns Amid Reckoning With Institutional Racism

by Sam Lefebvre July 13, 2020November 5, 2020

The announcement on Saturday came less than 24 hours after a petition launched calling for Gary Garrels’s resignation.

SFMOMA Official Who Defended Censorship of Black Former Employee Steps Down

by Sam Lefebvre July 1, 2020November 5, 2020

Nan Keeton, Deputy Director of External Relations, resigned weeks after the museum came under public scrutiny for censoring the comments of Taylor Brandon.

UC Berkeley Has Only Returned 20% of Its Native American Artifacts and Remains

by Sam Lefebvre June 17, 2020November 5, 2020

The University of California and campuses, including Berkeley, failed to comply with laws for returning stolen objects and remains, according to a new California auditor report.

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