What the board calls the San Francisco Art Institute’s “most liquid asset” is “not a commodity,” the adjunct faculty union says.
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Debt Destabilized the San Francisco Art Institute. Could Your College Be Next?
Most assumed exceptionally bad decisions were made. But what if the decisions were actually commonplace among college administrations nationwide?
After Securing $4M in Donations, San Francisco Art Institute Will Remain Operational
After SFAI announced its likely closure, the school will retain all tenured faculty and plans to return to online instruction this fall.
As San Francisco Art Institute Faces Likely Closure, This Gallery Is a Time Capsule of Student Work
As the future of art in San Francisco feels ever more precarious, Darryl Smith’s collection is a striking window into a different time.
As San Francisco Art Institute Faces Potential Closure, Its MFA Show Might Be Its Last
Coverage of SFAI’s graduating class is part of a series on virtual MFA presentations across the country.
Renowned San Francisco Art Institute Is Closing Due to Rocky Finances
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, students learned that the institution does not plan to reopen in the fall.
Drawing Attention to a Sinking High-Rise in San Francisco
Postcommodity’s sound piece will play every day in San Francisco until the Millennium Tower is fixed or torn down.
Contemporary Artists Contextualize the Work of Black Panther Photographers
Vanguard Revisited: Poetic Politics & Black Futures highlights Bay Area artists and artist collectives whose work contextualizes the lasting impact of BPP ideology and activism, and the photographs of Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones.
Why San Francisco Art Institute?
SFAI is the nation’s only art school dedicated to contemporary art. Notable past faculty and alumni include Ansel Adams, Kathryn Bigelow, Angela Davis, Richard Diebenkorn, Paul Kos, Annie Leibovitz, Barry McGee, and Kehinde Wiley.
An Artist’s Plot to Unlock Luis Barragán’s Archive with a Diamond Made from His Ashes
MEXICO CITY — In a multiyear project that has exploded beyond any one gallery space, New York’s Jill Magid has reactivated the legacy of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán.
New Exhibition at San Francisco Art Institute Draws Inspiration from Mayan Archeology and John Cage
Berlin-based artist Mariana Castillo Deball reveals gaps in the often unquestioned narratives of museology and archaeology in a new exhibition at San Francisco Art Institute’s (SFAI) Walter and McBean Galleries. 
From Black Performance to Stuff on a Shelf, a Visit to Five Shows in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s summer in the USA, and that means it’s group-show season on both coasts.