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A Probing Look at How We Perform and Present the Self

by Harry Tafoya March 15, 2019March 15, 2019

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

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson January 17, 2018January 18, 2018

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

by Clayton Schuster December 11, 2017December 11, 2017

With varying degrees of success, a show at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco looks at how storytelling can help us access spirituality.

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A Visit to the CIA’s “Secret” Abstract Art Collection

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne October 20, 2016October 26, 2016

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

by Gabrielle Selz January 5, 2016January 7, 2016

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?

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne December 29, 2015May 5, 2016

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

by AX Mina March 12, 2014March 11, 2014

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?

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