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SF’s Contemporary Jewish Museum Announces Temporary Closure
The institution said it is facing a “challenging financial landscape” and will begin reducing staff before shuttering for at least one year.
Contemporary Jewish Museum
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Artist Breaks Her Sculpture in Protest at San Francisco Jewish Museum
Anti-Zionist Jewish artists withdrew their work from the Contemporary Jewish Museum earlier this month, demanding divestment from entities affiliated with Israel.
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Jewish Anti-Zionist Artists Withdraw From Contemporary Jewish Museum Show
The group asked for the ability to modify or remove their works and for the SF institution to divest from “Israeli governmental and pro-Zionist foundation funding.”
Art
A Probing Look at How We Perform and Present the Self
Show Me As I Want to Be Seen resists imposed and idealized models of being by probing the self — the unstable, performative essence of humanity — and bringing it to life with art.
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How a Blind Professor Is Helping Other Sight-Impaired Museum Visitors Experience Art
Most recently, Georgina Kleege led tours at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, where visitors handled materials that artists had used in their work.
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How a Jewish Storytelling Tradition Is Reflected in Contemporary Art
With varying degrees of success, a show at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco looks at how storytelling can help us access spirituality.
Art
A Visit to the CIA's "Secret" Abstract Art Collection
The CIA’s abstract art collection isn’t as “secret” as a series of articles made it seem—but it’s more politically significant than it appears, and there are still unanswered questions. Here, photographs of the collection are accessible to the public for the first time.
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In San Francisco, Closing the Gap Between Art and Tech
SAN FRANCISCO — In an exhibition on view at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, nine Bay Area artists play with robotics, sculpture, lights, sound, video, and digital technologies to alternately engage, critique, and embrace our present-day entanglement with the digital world.
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Why Does the CIA Keep Its Art Collection Secret?
Twenty-nine abstract Washington Color School paintings hang in the halls of the CIA’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. But unless you’re one of the CIA’s undisclosed number of employees, your chances of ever seeing these paintings, or even digital images of them, are pretty slim.
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Behind the Scenes with a Beloved Children's Book Illustrator
SAN FRANCISCO — Anyone who's read Arnold Lobel's iconic Frog and Toad series may wonder: why pick a frog and a toad? And what's the difference between a frog and a toad anyway?