SFMOMA Archives - 48 hills

Art

Fan Warren’s weighty works evoke the Black Madonna in all her glory

Mary Corbin - October 17, 2024

Oakland artist pulls from folk art, her ancestors' journey, and our need for maternal love in times of strife.

Art

A South African photographer captures colorful Tenderloin souls

Emily Wilson - October 15, 2024

Pieter Hugo dropped everything to wander the neighborhood for months, documenting the pathos and playfulness of its denizens.

Music

Sylvester peaks again at SFMOMA

Tamara Palmer - August 8, 2024

SF disco legend's 'Live at the Opera House' concert album world-premiered in 'Art of Noise' exhibit.

Art Review

Zanele Mulholi pictures queer South Africa in all its joy and tragedy

Genevieve Quick - June 17, 2024

The photographer's bold show at SFMOMA turns their camera toward LGTBQ+ friends and community members.

Movies

Hot-topic CAAMFest 2024 kicks off with dive into affirmative action fight

Dennis Harvey - May 7, 2024

In features and docs, Asian American film fest also tackles Filipino elections, Islamic revival groups, sexual harrassment in India

Art

Striking probe of colorism leads to artist’s first solo show—at MoAD, no less

Emily Wilson - May 1, 2024

CCA grad Mary Graham's 'Value Test: Brown Paper' locates universal story through Black past.

Art

Sticking to it: The packing tape art of Pablo Manga

Mary Corbin - April 2, 2024

A chance encounter with the medium outside a Mexico City metro station changed the Oakland artist's trajectory.

Art

Tabitha Soren, beloved former MTV News reporter, on life as a Bay Area photographer

Mary Corbin - February 29, 2024

Motherhood has changed things for the award-winning journalist, who is now taking things a frame at a time.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: The cool, clear eye of Wolfgang Tillmans

Marke B. - February 28, 2024

Plus: Flatstock, Afrolicious, Conrad Tao, Luis Miguel Garcia-Mispireta, Branford Marsalis, Chiquimamani-Condori, more

Art

In a globalized art world, why does SF need its own fairs? The answer lies in FOG

Emily Wilson - January 21, 2024

Smaller galleries like Jonathan Carver Moore, Schlomer Haus, CULT Aimee Friberg welcomed far-flung visitors to local excellence

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