OPEN SPACE

Flight 401 was the plane I mentioned that went down in the Florida Everglades in 1972.
There were human survivors of that crash, but also parts of the plane itself were salvaged and reused.
In 1974, Airport 1975 was released (pictured below). This was the first sequel to the successful 1970 film Airport. It starred Karen Black as... More

SFMOMA’s Schwab Room was to the gills with representatives of San Francisco’s culinary pioneers this past Friday, May 31, for The Kitchen Sisters’ The Making of a Charitable Food Movement, coordinated by Mission Chinese Food and Sharetable.org, and featuring presentations and sample bites from La Cocina, Tartine, and Flour + Water, among othe... More

It’s 5:45 p.m. In 24 hours we’ll close the doors! Let’s spend the [last] night together—we’re open now and will be up all night, with a 24-hour live art variety show and our last 24-hour screening of Christian Marclay’s The Clock. At 5:30 p.m. tomorrow artist Desiree Holman conducts a farewell processional from the rooftop to our atrium to the street—and SFMOMA will be On the Go.

It’s 5:45 p.m. on May 31, which means there are only two days left until we close the doors at 5:45 p.m. THIS SUNDAY. Don’t miss our ongoing Countdown Celebration this weekend—the museum is FREE to all!

We hope you’ll come count down with us, but you can always follow my countdown series here.

Bringing you stories of Bay Area craftspeople and pioneers, from the makers of violins to jars of jam to the queer car service, Homobile, The Kitchen Sisters are Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, radio producers and collaborators since they first met in 1979. The pair are currently hosting The Making Of… at SFMOMA, part of the museum’s four-day... More

Founded in 2011 by Bay Area arts patron Ann Hatch, The Workshop Residence is based in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood and hosts eight individual artists—four local, four international—per year. The for-profit program pairs its resident artists with local factories or visiting artisans in order to design and make locally manufactured, af... More

It’s 5:45 p.m., and there are only three days left until we close the doors . . . at 5:45 p.m. THIS SUNDAY. Our four-day-long Countdown Celebration is under way—the museum is FREE to all. We hope you can join us!

Follow my countdown series here.

The Treatbot Ice Cream Karaoke Truck trades in—yup!—ice cream and karaoke. Based in the San Jose area, they’ll serve you up a scoop of Eastside Horchata or Mango Ice and throw in the opportunity to belt out your tune of choice to whoever’s listening. Today, Thursday, May 30, and tomorrow, Friday, May 31, they’re parked outside SFMOMA on T... More

The Elise S. Haas Bequest: Modern Art from Matisse to Marini is on view at SFMOMA till June 2. Open Space is pleased to host a series of posts highlighting Mrs. Haas’s network of personal connections, from SFMOMA Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture Caitlin Haskell, and featuring graphics by designer Adam Machacek.

Sarah Stein diagram by ... More