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.
San Francisco
Art
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.
Art
The Studio Museum Conceives Its Future in a Traveling Exhibition
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem first brings highlights from the iconic New York institution's collection to the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.
News
Protesters Accuse SF Contemporary Jewish Museum of Pinkwashing
They urge the museum to align itself with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Books
Politicize Your Bookshelf with Colorful, Codified Stickers
Shelf Life, a take-home exercise, makes you think more deeply about the paradigms you might be absorbing, perhaps unconsciously, from your own book collection.
Art
Refashioning the Kimono, from Fine Art to Pop Culture
Kimono Refashioned asks what it is about the kimono that has captivated designers worldwide, for well over a century.
Art
How the Re-Opening of the Public Domain "Has Allowed Us to Have Our Culture Back”
In 2019, thousands of artworks from 1923 entered the public domain. Speakers from Creative Commons, the Internet Archive, and other places share why this matters.
Art
A 1960s Sustainable Community Outside San Francisco and Its Struggle to Survive
Designers wanted to create a community that was equitable, affordable, and open-minded. But over the years developers began courting wealthy weekenders, and today units sell at stratospheric prices.
Art
A Choreographer Bills His Dances as "Services"
Adam Linder stresses the labor of dance whenever he offers up his "choreographic services" to museums.
Announcement
Joan Jonas's They Come to Us without a Word at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
San Francisco's Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture will host the US Premiere of They Come to Us without a Word. On view through March 10, 2019.
Art
Photos Reveal How San Francisco and LA Dramatically Grew After 1850
An exhibition documents how California and photography grew up together, and how photos influenced the rest of the country’s perception of the state’s two leading cities.
Art
Stream 15 Independent Chinese Documentaries Selected by Ai Weiwei
SFMOMA has partnered with Kanopy to stream the films screening at the museum.