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multimedia features on the art, artists, and ideas of our time.
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Artist to Artist: Jarod Lew and Reagan Louie in Conversation
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Mapping a Life in Paint
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Personal Library: Frank Bowling’s Books
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Libations and Spirits for The New Eagle Creek Saloon
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Meet Nora Aoyagi, the San Francisco SPCA’s Artist-in-Residence
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An Interview with Raw Material Mixtape Podcaster-in-Residence Alice Wong
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Celebrating Artist Joan Brown by Plunging into the San Francisco Bay
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Handle with Care: Getting to the Heart of What Matters
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Activating Pierre Huyghe’s
Singing in the Rain
, 1996
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The Journey of Joan Brown in Six Spectacular Works
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SFMOMA’s Most Popular Stories of 2022
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SFMOMA 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
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Personal Library: Sadie’s Books
20 Books Selected by Sadie Barnette and Grant Williams-Yackel
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San Francisco or Nowhere: The Necessity of the Bay to Joan Brown's Art
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How San Francisco Became the Site of Diego Rivera’s First U.S. Mural
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Feminist Posters + Activist Graphics
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8 Questions on the Life + Work of Diego Rivera
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Across Space and Time: An Interview with Sadie Barnette
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Meditations from "Beyond All Polarities We Are ______"
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What’s It Like Soaring Down McLaren Park in a Derby Car? Well…
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For a Slate of Artists, The Soapbox Derby Treads Familiar Ground
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From the Top of the Hill, Artists Stare Down the Soapbox Derby
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Is Art Essential?
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Nature-Centric Design: An Interview with Neri Oxman
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The Life Cycle of an Idea
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Clean Air + Art: They Just Go Together
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Notes on
Getting Better Everyday a Color
(2021)
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Finding Kinship in the Archive: A Conversation with Babette Thomas
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Essays, Publications, and More
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Artworks (+ Advice) from SFAI's Class of 2021
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Mural Stories: The
Pan American Unity
Guestbook
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Quick Looks: 8 Vibrant Paintings in
Joan Mitchell
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Timely Lessons: Finding Inspiration in Political Posters
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Artist Reading List: Cauleen Smith's "Loaner Library"
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Film Threads: Expressions of LGBTQ+ Identity in Cinema
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Media Playlist: Queer Portraiture, San Francisco + More
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Nam June Paik:
Exhibition Guide + Curator Picks
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Film Threads: Our Film Curator's Must-See Flicks on Family Ties
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Erina Alejo's Mission Street Testimonies
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3 Can’t-Miss Events at Art Bash 2021
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It’s Not
Not
Art: An Interview with the Curators of
Nam June Paik
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COVID Artifacts
Chronicles Our Shared Crisis
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Off the Wall
: Photography Beyond the Frame
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Charles Gaines in Conversation with Eungie Joo
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Lessons Learned from Nearly 9,000 Art Kits
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A Conversation About Joan Mitchell
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A Delicate Dance
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Curator’s Picks: 7 Films on Closeness + Intimacy
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Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Artful Presents at Every Price Point
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Liz Hernández on Mural Making and Memories of Mexico City
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Collection Selections: 10 Pivotal Political Posters
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Behind The Scenes: Curating David Park’s Casual Drawing Sessions
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Keeping It Creative: Staff Projects During Shelter in Place
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Surrounded by Historical Gems, SFMOMA Archivists Record Our Present
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Closer Look: Aaron Siskind’s Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation
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Art and the Afterlife: Four Works that Explore Loss and Legacy
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Tamar Avishai on "The Beholder's Share," Stories and Art in the Time of COVID
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Racial Justice Reading List: Resources For Young Readers (And Caregivers)
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Aural Fixation: The Many Manifestations of Sound-Based Art
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Bay Area Inspiration: Artists Reflect on Local Landscapes
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The Reading List: Bay Area Authors on Racial Justice and Equity
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John Giorno's
Dial-a-Poem
Still Brings Poetry to the Masses
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Look Back: Pioneers of '90s Mission Arts Scene
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How Exhibitions Happen: Inside SFMOMA's Miniature Museum
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Personal Library: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle’s 21 Must-Reads
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Between Art and Quarantine: Our Favorite SFMOMA Art Recreations
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EASTER MORNING: Bruce Conner's Second Coming
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Behind the Scenes with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
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Feminist Publishing
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Redescribing the Periphery
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Artifacts of Presence: A Common Ungrounding
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A Conversation with Suzanne Lacy and the Curators Behind Her Retrospective
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In Conversation with Sean McFarland
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In Conversation with Lindsey White
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In Conversation with Alicia McCarthy
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Wayne Thiebaud: Hometown Hero
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Our Research and Publications
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Painting Under Crisis: Magritte and World War II
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No Two Sunsets are Alike: Reenvisioning Umbrico’s
Suns…
Nine Years Later
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Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.: Queer Takes on Another Girl
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An Interview with John Akomfrah
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Goodbye, Paul
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Eye of the Beholder: Paul Clipson (1965–2018)
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SFMOMA + Net Neutrality
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Panoramic Surrealism:
The Enchanted Domain
at SFMOMA
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Ali Fitzgerald’s Five Seasons of Magritte
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The Train: Three Views of Robert F. Kennedy’s Last Journey
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Finding the Fifth Season: A User’s Guide to Magritte
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The People’s View: Constructing History through Collective Memory
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Combing through the Collection: Showcasing the Unexpected in the Art of California Galleries
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Unpacking the Office: The Information Environments of Charles and Ray Eames
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Not a Typical Mud Bath: Robert Rauschenberg’s Love Affair with Technology
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The Art of Raging Against the Machine
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Leading the Way to LEED Gold
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Nam June Paik,
A Drawing Notebook
, 1996
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Nam June Paik,
A Drawing Notebook Large
, 1987
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Nam June Paik,
Untitled Notebook
, 1980
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Of Art and Baseball: Mike Mandel’s
Baseball-Photographer Trading Cards
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Through Diebenkorn’s Eyes: Curators Reflect on
Matisse/Diebenkorn
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Bruce and I
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The Soundtrack of TAKE THE 5:10 TO DREAMLAND
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Conserving Conner: Michelle Barger Prepares for
It’s All True
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Let’s Get Physical: Lucky Dragons and the Art of Conflict Resolution
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On Collaboration: SFMOMA and Adobe Rethink the Selfie
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Jürg Lehni and the Poetic Potential of Drawing Machines
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Keeping It Old-School: Resuscitating SFMOMA’s Vintage Selectric Typewriter
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There’s No App for That: Adventures in Conserving Old Tech
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We Go Way Back: Stanlee Gatti on the Modern Ball and More
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A Taxonomy of Communication
, drawn by Viktor
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Optimize, Optimize, Optimize: Museum Conservation in the LEED Era
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Starting an Artist Interview Program: Hard-Earned Lessons on Best Practices
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Site Imitates Art
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Made in the Bay Area
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Then and Now: Artist Janet Delaney revisits and rephotographs historic Flag Makers sign
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Our History
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Matters in Media Art
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How Do Institutional Philosophies Manifest in Online Collections?
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Etel Adnan: Excerpt from
Journey to Mount Tamalpais