Sam Whiting January 6, 2021Updated: January 19, 2021, 11:04 am
The Diego Rivera mural, titled “The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City,” at the San Francisco Art Institute on Russian Hill. Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
The San Francisco Art Institute is not “strongly pushing” to sell its famed Diego Rivera mural, as has been reported, in order to help the school out of its financial hole, board chair Pam Rorke Levy told The Chronicle on Wednesday. But Levy also said that the 1931 fresco is the most valuable asset at the 150-year old school and that all scenarios are being analyzed as it faces massive financial challenges.