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newsNEW DETAILS OF SFMOMA EXPANSION DESIGN REVEAL MUSEUM’S BROADER VISION FOR VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND MORE PUBLIC ACCESS
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Release date: February 14, 2013
February 14, 2013 — The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced further details of its approximately 235,000-square-foot building expansion. When the new…
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newsSFMOMA ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF ITS MUSEUM STORE DURING EXPANSION CONSTRUCTION
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Release date: March 19, 2013
March 19, 2013 -- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today that its main MuseumStore will relocate to a nearby address, opening later this year, while the…
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newsSFMOMA’S 2013 ART AUCTION TO FEATURE WORK BY JASPER JOHNS, GERHARD RICHTER, CINDY SHERMAN, ANDY WARHOL, AND OTHER MAJOR ARTISTS
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Release date: January 9, 2013
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial art auction at the museum on April 24, 2013. Organized by SFMOMA’s Modern Art Council, the…
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newsSFMOMA ANNOUNCES 2012 SECA ART AWARD WINNERS
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Release date: December 13, 2012
San Francisco, December 13, 2012 —The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced that Zarouhie Abdalian, Josh Faught, Jonn Herschend, and David Wilson are…
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newsSFMOMA RECEIVES GIFTS THAT INCLUDE OVER 470 PHOTOGRAPHS
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Release date: November 28, 2012
November 28, 2012 — The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today promised gifts of 473 photographs from three separate collectors, adding significant new…
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newsSFMOMA ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR EXTENSIVE OFF-SITE PROGRAMMING BEGINNING SPRING 2013
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Release date: June 19, 2012
As part of the next phase of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)’s expansion project, the museum will go beyond its walls and directly into the community…
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newsSFMOMA LEADERSHIP HONORED BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR OUTSTANDING CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
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Release date: September 5, 2012
Ruth Berson, deputy director of curatorial affairs at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), was named Officer in the French Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Order of Arts and…
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exhibitionSFMOMA ACQUIRES ROBERT ARNESON’S FAMOUS BUST OF GEORGE MOSCONE
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Release date: May 31, 2012
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today the acquisition of noted artist Robert Arneson's Portrait of George (Moscone), 1981, a large-scale commemorative bust…
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newsNew SFMOMA iPad App Tells Story of a Year
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Release date: May 7, 2012
Using forward-looking technology to look back on a phenomenal year, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Story of a Year, a newly designed iPad app that…
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newsSFMOMA APPOINTS KATIE TAMONY AS NEW DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Release date: June 12, 2012
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced the appointment of Katie Tamony as the museum's new director of marketing and communications. Tamony started on June…
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newsSFMOMA Curator Authors First Publication on Vatican Library’s Photography Collection
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Release date: May 16, 2012
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), in cooperation with the Vatican Library, is pleased to announce the publication of a book on the previously unknown and major…
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newsSFMOMA Awarded Major Grant for Unprecedented Online Collection Catalogue
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Release date: April 19, 2012
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to announce that the museum has been awarded a $375,000 grant from the Getty Foundation for the implementation of its…
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newsSFMOMA ANNOUNCES NEW CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOAL AND UNVEILS DETAILS OF DESIGN AND EXPANDED BUILDING PROGRAM
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Release date: November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011—With 79 percent of the capital campaign goal raised two years ahead of the groundbreaking for the expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art…
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newsSFMOMA ACQUIRES MAJOR EDWARD HOPPER PAINTING
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Release date: March 22, 2012
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today the acquisition of Edward Hopper's Intermission (1963), among the artist's largest and most ambitious paintings, and…
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newsSFMOMA JOINS GOOGLE AND GLOBAL MUSEUM PARTNERS TO MAKE ART MORE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
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Release date: April 3, 2012
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is among several California museums included in the global expansion of Google's pioneering Art Project, originally launched in…
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newsNEW FAMILY MEMBERSHIP DEEPENS SFMOMA’S COMMITMENT TO FAMILIES
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Release date: September 29, 2011
On October 1, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will launch a new membership program designed to enhance opportunities for families to engage with the museum…
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newsSTATEMENT FROM DIRECTOR NEAL BENEZRA ON THE PASSING OF ELAINE MCKEON
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Release date: January 12, 2012
It is with great sadness that I share news of the death of Elaine McKeon (1925–2012), who passed away yesterday morning. A vital and unforgettable member of the San Francisco…
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newsSFMOMA MUSEUMSTORE ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES OF PRODUCTS DESIGNED BY JASON MUNN FOR ARTIST SERIES
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Release date: December 14, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) MuseumStore is pleased to feature a special product series designed by local artist Jason Munn. The SFMOMA Artists' Series works…
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newsSFMOMA ROOFTOP COFFEE BAR SERVES UP NEW ART-INSPIRED DESSERTS BY BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE CO. FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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Release date: November 28, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to offer some new art-inspired desserts at the museum's Rooftop Coffee Bar for the holidays. Baked and decorated by Blue…
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newsSFMOMA UNVEILS PRELIMINARY DESIGNS FOR ITS EXPANSION
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Release date: May 25, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today unveiled the preliminary design for its expansion that will double the museum's exhibition and education space while enhancing…
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newsSFMOMA AND GOOGLE PARTNER TO GIVE BAY AREA FAMILIES GREATER ACCESS TO ART EDUCATION
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Release date: May 4, 2011
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces a partnership with Bay Area–based technology company Google that will advance both institutions' shared vision to…
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newsSFMOMA LAUNCHES COLLECTIONS CAMPAIGN WITH 195 PROMISED GIFTS OF ART FROM BAY AREA COLLECTORS INCLUDING MAJOR WORKS BY POLLOCK, NAUMAN, SMITH, BEUYS, AND SHERMAN
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Release date: February 3, 2011
February 3, 2011—The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced that it has received an unprecedented 195 promised gifts of art from nine leading Bay Area…
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newsSFMOMA ANNOUNCES 2010 SECA ART AWARD WINNERS
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Release date: December 16, 2010
San Francisco, December 16, 2010 — The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced that Mauricio Ancalmo, Colter Jacobsen, Ruth Laskey, and Kamau Amu Patton…
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newsSFMOMA SELECTS SNØHETTA TO WORK WITH MUSEUM ON DESIGN OF EXPANSION
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Release date: September 15, 2010
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has selected the architecture firm Snøhetta to be its partner in developing an expansion that enhances the museum's services…
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