Tag Archives: SFMOMA

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Landscape and Inquiry

by Dennis Greenwell | Mar 20, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Landscape and Inquiry

by Dennis Greenwell | Mar 20, 2019

Art21 Educator Dennis Greenwell screened the “Extended Play” film “Julie Mehretu: Politicized Landscapes” and shares the inspiring classroom discussion and activity that ensued as a result.

Empathy in Training: Kerry Tribe’s “Standardized Patient”

by Rachel Heidenry | Dec 13, 2017

Empathy in Training: Kerry Tribe’s “Standardized Patient”

by Rachel Heidenry | Dec 13, 2017

Kerry Tribe’s new video installation “Standardized Patient,” examines the relationship between doctors and patients—or, more accurately, between medical students and actors playing patients.

This Week in Art 8.28-9.3: Trevor Paglen and Ai Weiwei Projects Hit Kickstarter

by Lindsey Davis | Aug 28, 2017

This Week in Art 8.28-9.3: Trevor Paglen and Ai Weiwei Projects Hit Kickstarter

by Lindsey Davis | Aug 28, 2017

A look at this week’s art news, including Ai Weiwei and Trevor Paglen’s new Kickstarter projects, and events and exhibitions from Venice to Mumbai.

Looking at Los Angeles

Anthony Hernandez’s Brilliantly Ordinary L.A.

by Rachel Heidenry | Sep 28, 2016

Looking at Los Angeles

Anthony Hernandez’s Brilliantly Ordinary L.A.

by Rachel Heidenry | Sep 28, 2016

Rachel Heidenry explores the work of Los Angeles photographer Anthony Hernandez, who in the 1970s began capturing the city in motion.

This Week in Art: 5.9-5.15

by Lindsey Davis | May 9, 2016

This Week in Art: 5.9-5.15

by Lindsey Davis | May 9, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including Mary Mattingly’s collaboration with MoMA teens and a special ART21 screening happening tomorrow night at Cooper Union.

Entropy and Growth: a Museum Reborn

by Tim Svenonius | Apr 8, 2016

Entropy and Growth: a Museum Reborn

by Tim Svenonius | Apr 8, 2016

SFMOMA’s Senior Content Strategist Tim Svenonius shares an inside look at San Francisco’s ever-changing landscape.

Mapping San Francisco

by Laura Mitchell | Apr 1, 2014

Mapping San Francisco

by Laura Mitchell | Apr 1, 2014

With its Google bus wars, start-up fever, and rapid gentrification, San Francisco has become a touchstone in conversations about money. Where do art and creativity fit into the shaping of the city?

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | A Fresh Path at the Met: A Discussion with Kendra E. Roth

by Richard McCoy | Nov 16, 2010

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | A Fresh Path at the Met: A Discussion with Kendra E. Roth

by Richard McCoy | Nov 16, 2010

Indianapolis Museum of Art conservator speaks with Metropolitan Museum conservator Kendra Roth about ancient chariots, fish, and kinetic sculptures, among other things.

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Prelude: A Discussion with Tara Donovan

by Richard McCoy | Apr 8, 2010

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Prelude: A Discussion with Tara Donovan

by Richard McCoy | Apr 8, 2010

IMA Conservator Richard McCoy and SFMoMA Conservator Jill Sterrett talk to Tara Donovan about her new exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Flash Points

Practical propaganda: Amy Franceschini reinvents the Victory Garden

by Paul Schmelzer | Mar 1, 2009

Flash Points

Practical propaganda: Amy Franceschini reinvents the Victory Garden

by Paul Schmelzer | Mar 1, 2009

Amy Franceschini is my favorite kind of propagandist: she creates enticing imagery you can’t help but rally around, but backs it up with dirt-under-the-fingernails pragmatism in service of a nearly …