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Thieves Rob 1,000 Collection Items From California Museum
Native American artifacts and jewelry were among the objects taken from the Oakland Museum of California’s off-site facility.
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A Major New Exhibition on Afrofuturism Touches Down Right on Time
This rich history is undercut with urgency, as gentrification is displacing Oakland’s Black population at a staggering rate.
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The Black Power Movement Gets a Permanent Display at the Oakland Museum
The museum has opened a permanent exhibition about Black activism in the Bay Area, which, contrary to public perception, was not always an accepting, progressive place.
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Roy De Forest’s Search for Paradise Did Not Always Go Well
De Forest is part of a group of artists working in Northern California in the late 1950s who rejected New York and what they regarded as mainstream art and thinking. This group included Joan Brown, Jay De Feo, Bruce Conner, William T. Wiley, Jess, Wally Hedrick, and others.
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The Idiosyncratic Oeuvre of a 1970s Nut Artist
A retrospective of Roy De Forest, who described what he and his colleagues at UC Davis were making in the 1960s as "Nut Art," is fun, innovative, and ambitious.
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Revisiting the Radical Energy of 1968
Currently on view at the Oakland Museum of California is The 1968 Exhibit, which focuses on the culture of that unforgettable year. Organized by the Minnesota History Center, the Atlanta History Center, the Chicago History Museum, and the Oakland Museum, this expansive show explores the tumultuous y