Joo had joined the museum in 2017 as its first contemporary art curator and most recently organised an ambitious project by Kara Walker

Museum leaders cited persistently low attendance and support coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reasons for the “reimagining and rebuilding”

While California law prevents SFMoMA from wagering the loan of a work on the outcome of the NFL’s championship game, officials there and at the Nelson-Atkins Museum have found a creative solution

The museum says its visitor numbers are just 65% of what they were pre-Covid

The acquisitions mark a new partnership between the museum and Bay Area non-profit Creative Growth Art Center; the museum also acquired works from Creativity Explored and Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development

The Bay Area institution is increasing its ticket prices 20% just in time for a blockbuster Yayoi Kusama show

Architect Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower was demolished last year, but 23 of its distinctive pods were preserved

The new position, created by SFMoMA and the Museum of the African Diaspora, will involve the development of exhibitions and other programmes at both institutions

The museum is one of the most prominent to date to acquire a blockchain-backed digital artwork for its permanent collection

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The anonymous group took inspiration from a similar action last month, organised by a different collective, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York

Neri Oxman’s exhibition at SFMOMA features two versions of a sculpture made with bio-composite materials, one of which will decompose over the course of show

The donation includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Jeff Koons, Ai Weiwei and others from the collection of the late philanthropists Norah and Norman Stone

Seven staff will also lose their jobs as tightened budgets and low attendance impact operations

The museums of Modern art in New York and San Francisco are leading the way on promoting digital content on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

While Fog Design+Art and Untitled continue to draw established dealers, younger galleries opt out due to concerns over the wider cultural economy