The SFMOMA Artcasts began in September 2005 and are archived and available for download below.
APRIL 2008
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Exhibition Highlights: Photographer An-My Lê explains her ideas behind Small Wars and 29 Palms, evocative bodies of work which delve into Americans' complex relationship with war, on view through May 04, 2008. |
| Voices from the Collection: Sculptor Janine Antoni discusses her use of non-traditional materials and the process of creating Lick and Lather (1993-94), featured on the museum's second floor. |
| Vox Pop: Visitors share their insights and questions about An-My Lê's socially charged photographs and Janine Antoni's feminist twist on the self-portrait bust. |
| Guest Take: New York-based performance artist Daniel Isengart muses on the artistic and cultural revival of cabaret in Berlin, New York City, and San Francisco, and he performs a translated piece from 1930s-era Weimar Germany, recorded at the Weimar New York cabaret gala held at SFMOMA. |
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FEBRUARY 2008
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Exhibition Highlights: Scottish video artist Douglas Gordon recounts filming an elephant in the middle of the night for his work Play Dead; Real Time. Also, local photographers Richard Misrach and Lukas Felzmann share their perspectives on the unique style of Lee Friedlander, whose retrospective is featured on the fourth floor until May 18, 2008. |
| Guest Take: Cellist Erik Friedlander performs an original composition from his new album, Block Ice and Propane, inspired by family road trips with his father, photographer Lee Friedlander. |
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DECEMBER 2007
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OCTOBER 2007
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Voices from the Collection: Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson contemplates the act of taking one's time in museums. |
| Vox Pop: SFMOMA visitors share their experiences of Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, currently on view in the galleries. |
| Exhibition Highlights: Curator Lynda Roscoe Hartigan of the Peabody Essex Museum discusses the rarely seen films of Joseph Cornell, which screen at SFMOMA in conjunction with the exhibition Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination. |
| Guest Take: Author Joyce Carol Oates reads from “The Box Artist,” a story inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell. |
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AUGUST 2007
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| Voices from the Collection: Media Arts Curator Rudolf Frieling offers insights on installation artist and filmmaker Anthony McCall, whose solid-light films create the illusion of light as a three-dimensional experience. |
| Vox Pop: SFMOMA visitors share their thoughts about works currently on view in the galleries: the "explosive" new work by German artist Felix Schramm, Matisse: Painter as Sculptor, and Anthony McCall's You and I, Horizontal (2005). |
| Exhibition Highlights: Art historian Jay Fisher discusses Matisse’s paper collages and Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, introduces New Work: Felix Schramm. |
| Guest Take: Young writers from 826 Valencia take on two works from the Museum's collection: Matisse's Femme au chapeau (1905) and Jim Dine's Blue Clamp (1981). |
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JUNE 2007
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Voices from the Collection: Artist Ann Hamilton and SFMOMA staff give a behind-the-scenes look at bringing Hamilton's indigo blue (1991/2007) to SFMOMA. |
| Vox Pop: SFMOMA visitors comment on Ann Hamilton's indigo blue. |
| Exhibition Highlights: Exhibition co-organizer Carol Squiers discusses the photographs of Martin Munkacsi. |
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MAY 2007
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Exhibition Highlights: Art historian Pepe Karmel comments on Jackson Pollock's reaction to the work of Pablo Picasso, and Bay Area artists Leonie Guyer and Enrique Chagoya talk about Picasso's continuing legacy for American art. |
| Voices from the Collection: Art conservator Will Shank shares insights on the discovery of a hidden Picasso painting. |
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Guest Take: Violinist-composer Aenea Mizushima Keyes presents "Still Life," one of six new works in her Picasso Suite, and a student from the after-school writing program at 826 Valencia shares his perspective on a Picasso sculpture. |
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Gallery Exploration: Download the Picasso Suite, six new musical pieces by Aenea Mizushima Keyes, written to accompany the exhibition Picasso and American Art. |
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MARCH 2007
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Exhibition Highlights: Amy Franceschini and Sarah Cain, two recipients of SFMOMA’s 2006 SECA Art Award, talk about their recent projects. |
| Voices from the Collection: Video artist Sylvie Blocher discusses Living Pictures/Men in Gold (2007), her New Work commission featuring candid interviews with Silicon Valley moguls. |
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Vox Pop: Visitors take on the work of Sylvie Blocher. |
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Guest Takes: Los Angeles-based band Hecuba shares a musical performance in conjunction with SECA awardee Sarah Cain's Show and Tell program. |
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FEBRUARY 2007
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Exhibition Highlights: Kota Ezawa and Leslie Shows, two recipients of SFMOMA’s 2006 SECA Art Award. |
| Voices from the Collection: Henry Wessel, with lessons learned from three decades of photographic work. |
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Guest Takes: Poet and art critic Bill Berkson introduces pianist Sarah Cahill's rendition of Morton Feldman's For Philip Guston. |
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DECEMBER 2006
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NOVEMBER 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: In conjunction with the exhibition Imposing Order, photographer Deborah Luster discusses her intimate portraits of those incarcerated in Louisiana’s prison system. |
| Exhibition Highlights: Exhibition curator Michael Auping introduces Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth. |
| SFMOMA Scavenger: Enjoy a whirlwind recap of SFMOMA Scavengers, the city-wide scavenger hunt and exhibition that took place at SFMOMA September 30 through October 3. |
| Guest Takes: Poets from San Francisco’s Youth Speaks reinterpret the art of Jeff Koons and Phil Collins. |
| Gallery Exploration: Curator Michael Auping of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth leads a tour of Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth. |
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SEPTEMBER 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: Kevin Conger and Mark Jensen of Jensen & Macy Architects discuss their winning design for the SFMOMA Sculpture Garden competition, and sculptor Robert Arneson talks about his love affair with clay. |
| Exhibition Highlights: Art historian Patricia Albers shares the story of Tina Modotti and Edward Weston’s partnership, and British artist Joshua Sofaer previews SFMOMA Scavengers, a city-wide scavenger hunt and its subsequent exhibition. |
| Guest Takes: San Francisco–based recording artists Matmos offer a creative response to the work of Matthew Barney. |
| Gallery Exploration: Art historian and Tina Modotti biographer Patricia Albers narrates a companion audio guide for Mexico as Muse: Tina Modotti and Edward Weston. |
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AUGUST 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: Explore two different visions of postwar Japan: those of Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu and American conceptual artist Matthew Barney. |
| Exhibition Highlights: British artist Joshua Sofaer previews SFMOMA Scavengers, a city-wide scavenger hunt taking place on September 30 and its subsequent exhibition. |
| Guest Takes: Jazz musician Dmitri Matheny performs an original composition inspired by a recent trip to Japan. Also, author Dave Eggers introduces new writing from the students in the youth literary program at 826 Valencia. |
| Vox Pop: Hear what visitors have to say about the work of Matthew Barney. |
| Gallery Exploration: Experience the Matthew Barney: DRAWING RESTRAINT audio tour, narrated by the artist and curators. |
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JUNE 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: Artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney talks about the creation of his multifaceted project DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 |
| Guest Takes: In conjunction with Matthew Barney: DRAWING RESTRAINT, singer-songwriter Will Oldham performs “Rolling Down to Old Maui,” a folk song on whaling. Plus, Dave Eggers introduces new writing from the students in the youth literary program at 826 Valencia. |
| Vox Pop: Hear what visitors have to say about the work of Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu. |
| Gallery Exploration: Experience the Matthew Barney: DRAWING RESTRAINT audio tour, narrated by the artist and curators. |
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MAY 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu’s writings on the Americans and Americanization in postwar Japan come to life. |
| Guest Take: Bay Area storyteller and performer Brenda Wong-Aoki reflects on the Japanese American experience. |
| Exhibition Highlights: In conjunction with Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections, art historian and San Francisco State professor Whitney Chadwick tells the little-known story of the women of the Surrealist movement. |
| Vox Pop: Visitors respond to the supernatural designs of Hernán Díaz Alonso’s Los Angeles-based architectural firm, Xefirotarch. |
| Gallery Exploration: Exhibition co-curator Leo Rubinfien narrates a companion audio guide to Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation. |
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MARCH 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: South African artist William Kentridge (whose work is currently on view in Between Art and Life) discusses his charcoal-based animated films. |
| Exhibition Highlights: SFMOMA Curator Corey Keller comments on 1906 Earthquake: A Disaster in Pictures, an exhibition of photographs and albums produced in the aftermath of the great earthquake and fire. |
| Artcast Invitational: Our first Artcast Invitational winner, Nan Choate, offers an imaginative recreation of the minutes after the earthquake struck on April 18, 1906. |
| Guest Take: Writer, musician, and spoken-word performer Beth Lisick in an imagined conversation with Alexander Calder. |
| Vox Pop: Visitors react to 1906 Earthquake: A Disaster in Pictures. |
| Gallery Exploration: A downloadable companion audio guide to Richard Long: The Path Is the Place Is the Line offers insights into the art on view, narrated by the artist himself. |
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FEBRUARY 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: Canadian media artist Janet Cardiff comments on the creation of her audio walks and multimedia installations. |
| Guest Take: Sound artist, composer, and performer Pamela Z presents a new piece inspired by the SFMOMA building. Plus, San Francisco's own JT LeRoy shares new writing inspired by what's on view. |
| Exhibition Highlights: Kenyan-born, New York-based artist Wangechi Mutu gives a brief overview of her fifth-floor New Work exhibition. |
| Vox Pop: Visitors respond to Wangechi Mutu's gallery installation. |
| Gallery Exploration: A downloadable companion audio guide to New Work: Wangechi Mutu offers insights into the art on view, narrated by the artist herself. |
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DECEMBER 2005 - JANUARY 2006
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| Voices from the Collection: Filmmaker and visual artist Bruce Conner comments on his inkblot drawings |
| Guest Take: Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, formerly of the Kronos Quartet, performs an original composition inspired by the artwork of Bruce Conner. |
| Exhibition Highlights: Media artist Peter Sarkisian talks about Dusted (1998), his five-channel video projection currently on view in the exhibition Double Feature. |
| Vox Pop: Visitors respond to Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967–2005 and offer their own takes on what they see in a Close self-portrait. |
| Gallery Exploration: Artists Chuck Close and Kiki Smith lead listeners through Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 and Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005, offering insights on their working methods. |
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NOVEMBER 2005
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SEPTEMBER 2005
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34.7 MB Zip file, for photo-capable iPods only, contains 11 audio tracks with accompanying images, 37 min. running time |
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30.2 MB Zip file, contains 11 audio tracks, 37 min. running time |
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SFMOMA’s first podcast featured gallery-by-gallery commentary on The Art of Richard Tuttle from exhibition organizer Madeleine Grynsztejn, SFMOMA’s Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture.
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