Julie Zigoris

SFMOMA removes famed Diego Rivera mural. It could be gone for years

Culture

After being seen by more than half a million visitors to SFMOMA, the light on the mural will go dark for years. 


Christina Campodonico

What would you pay for a piece of San Francisco art history?

The Russian Hill campus of the San Francisco Art Institute is up for sale. The asking price remains a mystery.


Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera return to SF—across the street from where they were remarried in 1940

It’s a local premiere, and the first opera by a well-renowned Bay Area composer. 

Max Blue

With many works new to the public, Museum of Modern Art’s Diego Rivera exhibit ruminates on class in America

One thing Rivera’s work does—direct political commentary aside—is make the overarching statement that everyone deserves to be seen, every story deserves to be told, perhaps especially those who can’t afford to commission that telling.

San Francisco Art Institute will shutter after acquisition deal falls through

Months after the University of San Francisco signaled interest in taking over the 151-year-old school, USF and SFAI announced separately Friday the merger would not go through.