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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

Article Contemporary art African art LGBTQ+
Modern Marriage: A 17th-Century Dutch Seek + Find

Bible story, but make it a wedding in a Dutch country house.

By Isabella Lores-Chavez, associate curator, European paintings

Article European paintings
Meet Bay Area Artist Clare Rojas

The artist on her love of San Francisco, how she communicates through art, and how painting never goes as planned (but that’s what makes it exciting).

By Shaquille Heath, writer

Article Contemporary art
Curator Crossover: So a Scientist Walks into an Art Museum . . .

Taking a closer look at some of the animals in our artworks.

By Jack Dumbacher, curator of birds and mammals, California Academy of Sciences

Article American art Oceanic art
The Fearless Art Practice of Leilah Babirye

Learn about Leilah Babirye’s artistic practice and journey as an artist.

Video African art Contemporary art LGBTQ+
How Do You Recycle a 15,000 Lb. Sand Painting?

Staying focused on sustainability.

By Christopher Dawe, associate director of facilities and operations

Article Environment Behind the scenes
Drag Art History: San Francisco Fashions That Slay the House Down (Boots)

Are y’all ready to dish?

Video Fashion LGBTQ+
Painting Forbidden Love + Hidden Desire

Stars are crossed, gender is performed, and sexuality is fluid in Bol’s The Crowning of Mirtillo.

By Isabella Lores-Chavez, associate curator, European paintings

Article European paintings LGBTQ+
Special Effects in Japanese Prints

How Japanese printmakers created texture, sparkle, and shine.

By Allison Brewer, Josephine Jenks, and Cyntia Karnes, paper conservators

Article Works on paper Making Conservation
Irving Penn + Issey Miyake: Design Meets Photography

An interview on the photographer and designer’s collaboration over 13 years and 250+ garments.

By Cawaii Factory, in conversation with Midori Kitamura, chairperson of the Miyake Design Studio and the Miyake Issey Foundation

Article Works on paper Fashion Photography
How-To with the Conservators: Making a Woodcut Print

Learn how traditional woodcuts were made and create your own.

By Josephine Jenks, paper conservation graduate intern

Article Works on paper Making Conservation
Art in Short: Lavinia Fontana, Renaissance Woman

Meet one of the greatest women artists of the Italian Renaissance.

By Magnolia Molcan, senior web managing editor

Article European paintings New to collection Women in art

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