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"The word “impossible” doesn’t exist for me... I love it when things don’t work; it leaves room for something else that’s going to happen next. I live my whole life that way." — Amy Sherald Read Sherald's CULTURED Magazine interview with Jon Batiste: https://lnkd.in/gub-fxDK Come see her first mid-career survey, "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" now on view at SFMOMA. #AmySherald #CultureddMagazine #SanFrancisco #BayArea #Museums

Tickets for #FOGFair2025 are now on sale! Join us at Fort Mason Center on January 23–26 to experience 59 exhibitors from all over the world, including 13 galleries presenting in the second edition of FOG FOCUS. Want to get an early look? Get your tickets to our Preview Gala on January 22: https://lnkd.in/gH9f5BGm All proceeds benefit education and exhibition programs at the museum! Photos by Drew Altizer Photography #SanFrancisco #BayArea #SanFranciscoEvents #SFEvents

Happy birthday to our museum's founding director, Grace McCann Morley! 🎂 A determined supporter of avant-garde art and artists, Morley also believed passionately that art should be available to everyone. “If art of today is today overlooked, or misunderstood, the loss is serious," she wrote. "Art fails, then, to give its full value to daily life." Fun fact: When Morley presented a retrospective of Picasso's work in 1940, the exhibition was met with such great interest that on the last day of its run, thirteen hundred visitors sat down in the galleries and refused to leave “until they had had their fill.” The event was reported in more than fifty newspapers across the country! Photo 1: Morley with Henri Matisse’s “Young Sailor II” (1906). Photo 2: Portait of Morley, ca. 1935. Photo 3: Grace McCann Morley; Mario Illanes, Chilean Consul; Jose Perotti Exhibition Commissioner; and Mrs. Illanes at the opening of the exhibition Chilean Contemporary Art, 1942. Painting by Jorge Cattellero. #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoHistory #SFHistory #BayArea #ArtMuseum

"We are really thinking more about broad audiences and how do we make art meaningful to more people, and to make it matter in the world in the way that sports matters to people.” — Katy Siegel, SFMOMA's Research Director and co-curator of "Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture" Spanning more than 13,000 feet in the museum, learn more about what's on the lineup for you in "Get in the Game"—our largest exhibition yet! https://lnkd.in/gYrrzgZx #ArtMuseum #Museum #Sports #Athletes #SanFrancisco #BayArea

🏀 Come behind the scenes with Paige Bueckers! Watch as the UConn basketball star plays the lead in the "Night at the Museum" video for our upcoming exhibition "Get in the Game" and answers a few of our questions along the way. Produced by Cash Studios. Song: Ball Out by Jumbo #PaigeBueckers #Basketball #Uconn #BehindtheScenes #SanFrancisco #SFMOMA #Museums #ArtMuseums

🌃 You rarely get to see our museum in this light. Thank you to everyone involved in creating this short film for our expansive exhibition "Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture," from our wonderful staff, to the brilliant creatives at Cash Studios, and wildly talented Paige Bueckers and her amazing team. Starting with this film, experience the excitement, passion, and intensity that unite the worlds of sports and art. Opening October 19, "Get in the Game" explores the powerful role of sports in contemporary culture. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3SX7cya

"[Amy Sherald's] optimism is rare and sails against the winds of contemporary culture. It is evident in her current work."—Nancy Princenthal, The New York Times Writer Read more about Sherald's practice and her upcoming exhibition at SFMOMA, "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" opening on November 16, 2024. https://lnkd.in/gjzkJzME

"[Amy Sherald's] optimism is rare and sails against the winds of contemporary culture. It is evident in her current work." —Nancy Princenthal, The New York Times Read more about Sherald's practice and her upcoming exhibition at SFMOMA, "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" opening on November 16, 2024.

Are you a K–12 educator? On Saturday, September 14, Bay Area teachers are invited to spend a special day at the museum exploring the galleries! Enjoy a reception with light refreshments in the White Box on Floor 4 and explore our galleries. P.S. Make sure to stop by Steps Coffee on Floor 2 to spend time with the phenomenal SFUSD student exhibition, "We Exist Too, Periodt." Educators, reserve your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/ghiWTRxe

Hey artists! We are looking for YOUR fan art👀 In conjunction with the upcoming exhibition "Get in the Game" we are looking for fan-made artworks that reflect on, reimagine, and celebrate the people and culture of Bay Area sports. On Sunday, Sept 1, we invite artists to bring their works to share during a one-day display in SFMOMA’s Koret Education Center. Youth artists: we especially hope to see your work! At 3 p.m., artist David Huffman will select up to fifteen works as finalists for possible presentation in Steps Coffee on Floor 2. *Please note that we will not accept sports memorabilia—we will only accept fan-made artworks* For more information and important entry details, visit our website: https://bit.ly/46Y4pdW #SanFrancisco #FanArt #SportsArt #BayArea #Sports