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SFMOMA's {{convert|14400|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} rooftop garden, designed by Jensen Architects in collaboration with Conger Moss Guillard Landscape Architecture, opened in 2009. The space serves as an indoor/outdoor sculpture gallery and is connected to the museum's fifth-floor galleries by a glass-enclosed bridge.<ref>[http://www.sfmoma.org/pages/build_rooftop Rooftop Garden: An Urban Oasis at SFMOMA] at sfmoma.org.</ref> |
SFMOMA's {{convert|14400|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} rooftop garden, designed by Jensen Architects in collaboration with Conger Moss Guillard Landscape Architecture, opened in 2009. The space serves as an indoor/outdoor sculpture gallery and is connected to the museum's fifth-floor galleries by a glass-enclosed bridge.<ref>[http://www.sfmoma.org/pages/build_rooftop Rooftop Garden: An Urban Oasis at SFMOMA] at sfmoma.org.</ref> |
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SFMOMA is currently in the planning phase of an expansion project set to be completed in 2016. In July 2010 the museum selected Norwegian architecture firm [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]] to design the new wing.<ref>[http://www.sfmoma.org/press/releases/news/848],SFMOMA Selects Snøhetta to Work with Museum on Design of Expansion.</ref> The expansion will triple the size of SFMOMA's galleries, which currently measure 65,000 square feet.<ref>[http://www.sfmoma.org/press/releases/news/843], SFMOMA Announces Finalists for Design of Expansion.</ref> |
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| Established | 1935 |
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| Location | 151 Third Street San Francisco, California |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Neal Benezra |
| President | Charles R. Schwab, Chairman |
| Website | www.sfmoma.org |
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. Established in 1935 under director Grace L. McCann Morley as the San Francisco Museum of Art, SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art. The museum’s current collection includes over 26,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture and design, and media arts.[1]
History
Grace Morley served as director for 23 years, until 1958. Subsequent directors were George D. Culler (1958–65), Gerald Nordland (1966–72), Henry T. Hopkins (1974–86), John R. Lane (1987–1997), David A. Ross (1998–2001). Neal Benezra is the current director, having taken up the post in 2002.[2]
The museum established an international reputation under director Henry T. Hopkins, adding "Modern" to its title in 1975.[3]
Collections, Exhibitions, and Programs
A gift of 36 artworks from Albert M. Bender, including The Flower Carrier, 1935, by Diego Rivera, established the nucleus of the permanent collection. Bender, a trustee of the museum, proceeded to donate more than 1,100 objects to the museum and endow its first purchase fund before his death in 1941.
The museum has in its collection important works by Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Richard Diebenkorn, Clyfford Still, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Marcel Duchamp and Ansel Adams, among others. The cinema series Art in Cinema was started at SFMOMA in 1946 by filmmaker Frank Stauffacher. Annually, the museum hosts more than twenty exhibitions and over three hundred educational programs. Also in 2009, the museum gained a custodial relationship for the important contemporary art collection of Doris and Donald Fisher of The Gap.[4]
In 2008, the museum launched a re-designed website which enables users to browse the museum's permanent collection.
Building and Expansion
For its first sixty years, the museum occupied the upper floors of the War Memorial Veterans Building on Van Ness Avenue in the Civic Center. In 1995 the museum moved to its current location at 151 Third Street, adjacent to Yerba Buena Gardens in the SOMA district. The new US$60 million facility was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta.[5]
SFMOMA's 14,400 sq ft (1,340 m2) rooftop garden, designed by Jensen Architects in collaboration with Conger Moss Guillard Landscape Architecture, opened in 2009. The space serves as an indoor/outdoor sculpture gallery and is connected to the museum's fifth-floor galleries by a glass-enclosed bridge.[6]
SFMOMA is currently in the planning phase of an expansion project set to be completed in 2016. In July 2010 the museum selected Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta to design the new wing.[7] The expansion will triple the size of SFMOMA's galleries, which currently measure 65,000 square feet.[8]
Curators
- Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture
- Janet C. Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture
- Rudolf Frieling, Curator of Media Arts
- Sandra S. Phillips, Senior Curator of Photography
- Henry Urbach, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design
- Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs
Officers and Board of Trustees
- Chairman - Charles R. Schwab
- President - Robert J. Fisher
- Vice Chairs - Richard L. Greene, Robin M. Wright
- Secretary/Treasurer - Dennis J. Wong
See also
References
- ^ Collection, at sfmoma.org.
- ^ History + Staff, at sfmoma.org.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (Thursday, 1 October 2009). "Henry T. Hopkins Dies, Put 'Modern' in SFMOMA". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Littlejohn, David (Wednesday, 7 July 2010). "SFMOMA Fills in Some Blanks". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
- ^ Rooftop Garden: An Urban Oasis at SFMOMA at sfmoma.org.
- ^ [1],SFMOMA Selects Snøhetta to Work with Museum on Design of Expansion.
- ^ [2], SFMOMA Announces Finalists for Design of Expansion.
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