SAM drew on a panel of community advisors, including Wa Na Wari's Inye Wokoma and Jake Prendez of the Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, for the reinstallation.
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Pan American Unity, a 30-ton, 74-foot-wide-by-22-foot mural by Diego Rivera, undergoes installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 16, 2021, where it will be on view starting Monday, June 28. A four-year, multimillion-dollar undertaking involving mechanical engineers, architects, art historians and handlers, fresco experts and riggers from the U.S. and Mexico will allow more people to see the monumental 10-panel fresco, long tucked away in the lobby of a theater at City College of San Francisco. Cayce Clifford/The New York Times.
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.- For decades the monumental 10-panel fresco by Diego Rivera depicting a continent linked by creativity has been mounted in the lobby of a theater at City College of San Francisco. There, somewhat tucked away from the art world, it has been cared for as a labor of love by a de facto guardian who has long dreamed of finding a way to allow more people to experie
Seattle Art Museum embarks on transformation of American art galleries
Two-year project initiates groundbreaking model for inclusive exhibition planning at the museum. Photo: Tim Aguero.
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.-The Seattle Art Museum has embarked on a two-year project to transform its American art galleries in an unprecedented collaboration among SAM curators and staff, artists, and advisors from the Seattle community. Funded primarily by a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the project deepens the museums commitment to inclusive exhibition-planning practices with a shared-authorship model that reflects and responds to community knowledge. The reimagined galleries will debut in October 2022.