Contemporary art

Our youngest collecting area covers all media and geographies, reflecting the diversity of global contemporary art practices.

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Remembering as Liberation: Hung Liu’s Work in Dialogue

Bay Area Chinese American artists revisit history to move toward healing.

By Hoi Leung

Judy Chicago and the Teaneck Seven: The Needlepoint Artists Behind “Birth Trinity”

Artist Susan Bloomenstein describes working on Judy Chicago's Birth Project (1980–1985).

By Susan Bloomenstein, Janna Keegan, and Laura Camerlengo

Article Contemporary art Making Women in art
Her Own Route: How Judy Chicago Turned Car Hoods into Art

Learn about Judy Chicago's Birth Hood.

By Jena Hirschbein

Article Conservation Contemporary art Making
On Urgency and Belonging: A Q+A with Wangechi Mutu

Read an interview with Wangechi Mutu about her exhibition I Am Speaking, Are You Listening?

By Claudia Schmuckli and Wangechi Mutu

Article Contemporary art Women in art

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