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Posted inArt

The Art World “Darling” Who Went Rogue

Avatar photo by Bridget Quinn February 12, 2023February 10, 2023

Joan Brown resented the easy commodification of her work, and the incessant demand for her to create something just so others could own it.

Posted inNews

Iranian Artists Decry “Lack of Action” in SFMOMA Protest

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

An anonymous collective unfurled banners with the words “woman, life, freedom” in an act of solidarity with Iranian protesters and “to keep the message alive.”

Posted inArt

The Tricky Role of Humor in Activist Art and Design

Avatar photo by Elizabeth S. Hawley October 25, 2021October 25, 2021

An SFMOMA exhibition raises questions about what it means when museum board members have ties to politicians who support border wall policies.

Posted inArt

Joan Mitchell, a Brilliant Painter and Contrarian at Heart

Avatar photo by Bridget Quinn October 11, 2021October 14, 2021

If painting was Mitchell’s sickness, it was also her salvation.

Posted inNews

SFMOMA Cuts Beloved Film Program and More, Leaving Many in Shock

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson July 27, 2021July 30, 2021

Artists, art lovers, and employees expressed disbelief and outrage, saying the programs were ones that genuinely included the community.

Posted inArt

Diego Rivera’s Largest Portable Fresco Mural Is Now at SFMOMA

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

The museum has 76 of Rivera’s works, and next summer, many will be on display when it hosts the show Diego Rivera’s America.

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SFMOMA Presents US Exclusive Retrospective of Visionary Artist Nam June Paik

Avatar photo by SFMOMA May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Immersive exhibition brings together over 200 works from Paik’s five-decade career combining art and technology.

Posted inBooks

Joan Mitchell, More Like a Poet

Avatar photo by Tim Keane April 9, 2021November 23, 2022

Curators and scholars have increasingly highlighted the importance of poetry to Mitchell’s art, though usually with so much circumspection that the link still remains obscure.

Posted inNews

SFMOMA Workers Call for Major Reform During Public Board Meeting

by Hakim Bishara September 4, 2020November 5, 2020

“My experiences at SFMOMA made me never want to work at a museum ever again,” a former worker said in a meeting with the museum’s trustees.

Posted inNews

After SFMOMA Cuts Salaries by 20%, Employees Call Out Major Loans Granted to Executives

Avatar photo by Sam Lefebvre September 3, 2020November 5, 2020

Many SFMOMA salaries have barely kept pace with the city’s minimum wage, while executive salaries have multiplied.

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

Avatar photo by Sam Lefebvre July 16, 2020November 5, 2020

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

Avatar photo by Sam Lefebvre July 13, 2020November 5, 2020

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

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