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More than 12K miles traveled, 200 oz. of coffee, and 1 great attitude. 😎 Follow registrar Kelly Parady’s journey to pick up Mark Rothko’s “No. 14” (1960) from @fondationlv in Paris, including the parts you rarely get to hear about. Drop any questions you have for Kelly in the comments! Then, stop by to see “No. 14” on Floor 2. [Mark Rothko, No. 14, 1960; collection SFMOMA, Helen Crocker Russell Fund purchase; photo: Ben Blackwell; © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.] #MarkRothko #Rothko #Museum #MuseumLife #Conservation

What does music mean to you? @sfmoma ’s latest exhibition “Art of Noise” invites you to reflect on your experiences with music: What was your first listening device? Did you have a record player or an iPod? Who was the first artist you saw in concert? Do you still have the concert poster? From psychedelic rock posters to teenage engineering’s AI-generated choir, the exhibition maps the way design has altered the way we’ve experienced music over the last 100 years. Curious to learn more? “Art of Noise” is open through August 18, 2024! #SFMOMA #SanFrancisco #Music #ProductDesign #ListenRoom

"Amy Sherald: American Sublime" is coming to SFMOMA this fall. The exhibition will highlight the impact of Sherald’s work on American culture as she addresses the omission of Black figures from the history of figure painting. She has described her paintings as offering a resting place, an opportunity to see Black figures not in contention, not racialized or politicized, but simply being. The artist's iconic portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor will be joined by some of her earliest, rarely-seen works, as well as new works created specifically for the exhibition. Be the first to know more about Sherald's exhibition by joining our email list. @asherald [Amy Sherald, "For Love, and for Country," 2022; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Amy Sherald; photo: Joseph Hyde, courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth] #AmySherald #SanFrancisco #BayArea

For over two decades, Zanele Muholi has documented the lives of Black LGBTQ+ people in South Africa. For Muholi, art is a tool to document queer culture for present and future generations. In 2002, Muholi cofounded the Forum for the Empowerment of Women, an organization dedicated to providing access to health care, housing, and education for Black lesbians. They describe themselves as a “visual activist.” Muholi believes that it matters who stands behind the camera as well as in front of it. Whether their lens is focused on themselves, their friends, or other members of the LGBQT+ community, the individuals they photograph are participants and collaborators in the making of their portraits. While the visual representation of queer people is an act of defiance that comes with risk, it is ultimately an important statement of pride and an avenue toward acceptance by the wider community. Muholi’s self-portraits shown here are: - “Qiniso, The Sails, Durban” (2019) and “Bester, I, Mayotte (0093)” (2015) in @sfmoma ’s “Zanele Muholi: Eye Me” exhibition (on view through August 18) - “Miss (Black) Lesbian I and II” (2009) from @moadsf ’s past exhibition “Black Venus” - “Zazi II, ISGM, Boston,” (2019) and “Buhlalu I, The Decks, Cape Town,” (2019) in the @tate ’s exhibition. @muholizanele ’s works are also on view at the @southernguildgallery in Los Angeles and at the @tate in London.

You heard it here first: Plan your next date at SFMOMA! And, on every first Thursday of the month, admission is free to all Bay Area residents, meaning the only thing you’ll need to worry about are flowers 😉 #DateNight #DateNightIdeas #SF #SanFrancisco #BayArea

We walked 🌈 We celebrated As part of the annual #MuseumswithPride , our staff members walked alongside our fellow Bay Area museums and organizations at San Francisco’s Pride Parade. We are so proud to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community in the Bay Area and beyond! #SFPride #SanFranciscoPride #SanFrancisco #BayArea #museumspriation

All eyes on this new work: Kara Walker’s “Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)” opens Monday, July 1 in our free Roberts Family Gallery. Swipe to see a few photos taken as the artist developed this commission: 1. Walker sculpting one of the eight automatons in the exhibition 2. In Walker’s studio: her experimentation with the automatons’ hands and bodies 3. A preliminary sketch from Walker’s notes. In this work, she examines the fear and loss we experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma, and the objectives of technology and its effect on society. “I wanted to create a space for some kind of healing,” said Walker. Join us in celebrating the exhibition’s opening this Monday, July 1 from 4–6 p.m. Advanced tickets are sold out online; walk-ups welcome! Head to the link in bio for more information. _ @kara_walker_official [Kara Walker, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), work in progress, 2023-2024; © Kara Walker; photo: Ari Marcopoulos; Kara Walker; photo Ari Marcopoulos, courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co.; Kara Walker, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), work in progress, 2023-2024; © Kara Walker; photo: Ari Marcopoulos; Kara Walker, study for Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), 2023-2024; © Kara Walker] #KaraWalker #SanFrancisco #BayArea

Did you know that SFMOMA’s bathrooms are different colors on each floor? Talk about the perfect selfie spot 😉. Check it out and let us know which color is your favorite! #SanFrancisco #SF #BayArea #OnlyinSF

IT’S BAAAACK🤩 (and as part of general admission with no surcharge!) What’s back? Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room “Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love.” We’re excited this artwork is now part of our permanent collection and that everyone can experience its color and light through May 2025. Join @popinteractivo , @weiweiliao , @jeralynhitosis + @matthewjguterres , @brujapapi , @first_fig , and over 87,000 visitors in feeling the magic of this kaleidoscopic world 🔴🔵🟡🟢 _​ Yayoi Kusama, “Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love, 2023, installed in the exhibition “Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers,” David Zwirner, New York, May 11—July 21, 2023 © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy the artist, Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner @otafinearts @victoriamirogallery #YayoiKusama #Kusama #SanFrancisco #SF #BayArea

📢 VIP Table Giveaway! We've partnered with @sterngrovefestival to amp up your weekend, in the spirit of our exhibition "Art of Noise" 🎶 [6/25 Update: Our winner is @cel.ery123 !] Score a chance to win a VIP Reserved Table for @chicanobatman ’s sold out show on Sunday, June 30. Then, learn about how you can experience an explosion of color, music in high fidelity, and more at @sfmoma (peep the carousel for a preview). The giveaway includes: 🔹A reserved table for 10 people 🔹3 parking passes 🔹VIP entry 👇 TO ENTER 👇 1. Like this post 2. Follow @sfmoma & @sterngrovefestival 3. Comment with a band/musician from the '60s you wish you'd seen in concert, and tag the friend(s) you'd bring along! The giveaway ends 3pm Tuesday, June 25. The lucky winner will be announced and tagged in the comments. They must DM @sfmoma by June 26 at 3pm to claim the prize. 🤫 P.S. Bay Area locals can see "Art of Noise" for FREE at SFMOMA's next First Thursday, July 4. #SanFrancisco #DotheBay #OnlyinSF #SFEvents #BayArea

🌞Today is the first day of summer! Penelope Umbrico (@penelopeumbrico ) began her project "Suns from Sunsets from Flickr" in 2006 when she started looking for the most photographed subject on Flickr. "Perhaps part of the beauty of taking a picture of a sunset is that while you are doing it it’s likely that a million other people are doing it as well—at exactly the same time. I love this idea of collective practice, something we all engage in despite any artistic concern, knowing that there have been millions before and there will be millions after." — Umbrico Here's to capturing many more sunset photos this summer. _ [Penelope Umbrico, "5,377,183 Suns (from Sunsets) from Flickr (Partial) 4/28/09," 2009, Collection SFMOMA, Members of Foto Forum purchase © Penelope Umbrico] #Summer #SummerSolstice

Confident ✅ Daring ✅ Radiant ✅ Zanele Muholi’s (@muholizanele ) photo series “Brave Beauties (2014-ongoing) invites trans women, gender-nonconforming individuals, and nonbinary people to feel pride and comfort in their own skin. Many of the individuals depicted are contestants in queer beauty pageants, where individuals can be celebrated for their beauty outside of white, heteronormative spheres. These are spaces with which Muholi is personally familiar, having won second place in such a pageant in 1997. Seen here is @mellisa_mbambo —winner of Miss Trans South Africa in 2020/2021! She’s also a model, photographer, and trans activist. [Zanele Muholi “Mellissa Bambo, Durban South Beach,” from the series “Brave Beauties,” Courtesy the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Yancey Richardson, New York © Zanele Muholi] #ZaneleMuholi #Photography #Portrait #SanFrancisco