Contemporary art

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

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Sculptures by Leilah Babirye in a de Young African art gallery

How Leilah Babirye’s Sculptures Celebrate African Art + Queer Identity

Bay Area artists and art historians on Leilah Babirye: We Have a History.

By Kristen Stain, artist and designer; Ivy Mills, lecturer in the history of art, UC Berkeley; Salimatu Amabebe, chef and multimedia artist

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    Sculpture of a woman with a beehive for a head in a garden

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