Deep Cuts: Nancy Lim on Jerome Caja

Discover hidden gems and diverse voices from our collection. Each month, we highlight works that push boundaries, defy expectations, and inspire deep thinking. You might find a new favorite!

This month, join Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture Nancy Lim as she highlights the work of Jerome Caja, a legendary drag go-go dancer who fashioned gems out of mass-produced items.

Nancy Lim is an Assistant Curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the Department of Painting and Sculpture, where she organizes and contributes to temporary and permanent collection exhibitions of California art, including the forthcoming retrospective of Vija Celmins. Previously she was a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Asian Art Curatorial Fellow at the Guggenheim Museum, New York. She did doctoral work at Northwestern University and received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.