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Frank Smigiel
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Arts in San Francisco
now: Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture; then: SFMOMA; SFAI (RIP)

U Delaware English PhD who fell into the 20th c. art world — thanks U Arts (also RIP), Rosenbach + Whitney Museums
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Read this article about it by one of the founders of Art+Water, Dave Eggers.

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Story of Art + Water
For fifteen years or so, I’d been kicking around the idea of resurrecting the artist-apprentice model that reigned in the art world for hundreds of...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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wrote about the exhibit here. observer.com/2025/06/art-...
“The First Homosexuals” Is a Dazzlingly Overwhelming Chronicle of Queerness in Art
The curators wanted visitors to understand the vast scale of the contributions of queer and trans artists that art history has overlooked.
observer.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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RUPTURE is here. fortmason.org/event/rupture/
RUPTURE Performance Series & Workshops: DIASPORADICA - Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture presents the world premiere of DIASPORADICA, a three-hour immersive performance by the experimental collective RUPTURE.
fortmason.org
August 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Garth Grimball for SF Examiner: www.sfexaminer.com/culture/thea...
’DIASPORADICA‘ comes to Fort Mason
“Interactive odyssey of mutiny, belonging” follows contemporary Black experience.
www.sfexaminer.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM