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building, connecting to it by
way of a sculptural staircase.
On the third floor, the vertical
garden—with over 19,000
plants, including 24 native
species, all maintained with
recycled water—is a true
work of art. One of the many
terraces offers stunning views
of San Francisco, integrating the museum
into the urban landscape and highlighting its
relationship with the city.
Today, SFMOMA's collection comprises over
47,000 artworks by masters such as Alexander
Calder, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Gerhard
Richter and Cindy Sherman, among others.
Furniture, product and graphic design,
architecture, video, film, paintings, sculptures,
works on paper and live performances can all
be discovered in the museum. At the same time
as its 2016 reopening, SFMOMA launched
the new Pritzker Center for Photography, a
15,000-square-foot gallery that is the largest
space in any U.S art museum permanently
devoted to photography.
THE NEW SFMOMA
WAS CREATED BY
ARCHITECTURE
FIRM SNØHETTA.
IT INTEGRATES A
10-STORY EXPANSION
WITH THE EXISTING
MARIO BOTTA-
DESIGNED BUILDING.
From May 19-Sept. 2—Andy Warhol – From
A to B and Back Again—the first retrospective of
the artist organized in the U.S. since 1989—will
feature more than 300 works of art that were first
on display at the Whitney Museum of American
Art. Opening May 23, JR: e Chronicles of San
Francisco will present the outcome of a project
led by internationally acclaimed artist JR who,
during two months in early 2018, filmed,
photographed and interviewed over 1,200 people
from different communities all over the city.
And this October to February 2020, Soft Power
will showcase new works and commissions by 20
artists from around the world who understand
themselves as social actors. Better connected to
the city, the welcoming, expanded building by
Snøhetta provides a new experience. "No longer
an inward looking shrine to the art object,
a museum today must engage with its local
conditions and communities in a proactive way,"
the architects say.
sfmoma.org
location
San Francisco, California
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Snøhetta
snohetta.com
PHOTOGRAPHS:
(CLOCKWISE
FROM
LEFT)
BY
HENRIK
KAM,
IWAN
BAAN
AND
MATTHEW
MILLMAN,
COURTESY
OF
MOMA
