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

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.”

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Senior SFMOMA Curator Resigns Amid Reckoning With Institutional Racism

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

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SFMOMA Official Who Defended Censorship of Black Former Employee Steps Down

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

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SFMOMA Official Who Defended Censorship of Black Former Employee Steps Down

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

Art

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.

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A User-Friendly Website Offers Support for Artists Seeking COVID-19 Relief

The Artist Power Center, created by the Yerba Center for the Arts, provides one-on-one guidance on applications and a community forum where artists can discuss subjects like health and wellness.

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SFMOMA Announces Second Wave of Layoffs, Impacting 55 Additional Workers

This follows March’s announcement that the museum would lay off 131 on-call (contracted or freelance) employees and furlough around 200 regular staffers.

Art

Queer Art Workers Reflect: Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera Is Honoring Anti-colonial Practices Through Design

LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.

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A New iOS Shortcut Blurs Faces and Wipes Metadata for Protest Images

The solution, innovated by software developer Noah Conk and a cohort of anonymous programmers, allows iPhone photographs to be published without revealing information about when and where they were taken.

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SFMOMA Accused of Censoring Black Voices After Removing Comment by Former Employee

Taylor Brandon commented under the museum’s Instagram post in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and said, “Having black people on your homepage/feed is not enough.” Artists and SFMOMA employees have spoken out in agreement.

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AIDS Memorial Quilt Volunteers Repurpose Fabric to Sew Masks for Essential Workers

Gert McMullin, one of the founders of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, has been using fabric from the historic quilt to create protective masks for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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.