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We invite writers from all over the Bay Area, and the world, to contribute in various ways to Open Space. Artists, poets, musicians, curators, educators, visitors to the museum, filmmakers, SFMOMA staff, chefs, gardeners, journalists, critics, cranks….

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Currents Within a Collection: Elise S. Haas
May 21, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Currents Within a Collection: An Alternative History of the Elise S. Haas Bequest
May 21, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

The Boxer
May 20, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd | 0 Comments »

Lebbeus Woods, Architect: Mr. Woods, Be My Valentine
May 16, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Lebbeus Woods, Architect: Daryl McCurdy
May 9, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Lebbeus Woods, Architect: Jennifer Dunlop-Fletcher
May 2, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Lebbeus Woods, Architect: Dwayne Oyler
April 25, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Lebbeus Woods, Architect: Kiki Smith
April 18, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Lebbeus Woods, Architect: Sketchbook
April 11, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Lebbeus Woods, Architect
April 4, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Collection Rotation: George Chen
March 25, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Matthew Harrison Tedford on Carleton E. Watkins
March 6, 2013  |  By | Filed under One on One | 6 Comments »

Emily Jain Wilson on Piet Mondrian
February 25, 2013  |  By | Filed under One on One | 5 Comments »

Collection Rotation: Kerry Laitala
February 20, 2013  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 4 Comments »

Maria Porges on Juan Muñoz
December 5, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 5 Comments »

Jonn Herschend on Philip Guston
December 3, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 6 Comments »

Location & Practice: Amy Franceschini, Dominic Willsdon, Apsara DiQuinzio
November 30, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Conversations, Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Reimagining the Civic
November 29, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes | 0 Comments »

Six Lines of Flight International Playlist – Thanks, Chris Dixon
November 28, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes | 0 Comments »

Erica Gangsei on Story Board
November 21, 2012  |  By | Filed under Field Notes, One on One | 0 Comments »

Christian L. Frock on Doris Salcedo
November 19, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

Miranda Mellis on Richard Diebenkorn
November 14, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

Collection Rotation: Jason Fulford
November 12, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Gestures of Love, or L’insurrection qui vient?
November 8, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Tim Svenonius on Petah Coyne
November 5, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, One on One | 1 Comment »

“It’s Hideous and It’s Eloquent” (A Bucket of Blood)
October 31, 2012  |  By | Filed under Back Page | 1 Comment »

FIELD CONDITIONS
October 30, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Essay, Field Notes | 0 Comments »

Collection Rotation: Anne Bast Davis
October 29, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Me Voy Pa’ Cali: Reclaiming a Regional Identity and Practice
October 25, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes, Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Lisa Sutcliffe on Naoya Hatakeyama’s A BIRD/Blast #130
October 22, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, One on One | 1 Comment »

Bay Area Art and the (Counter) Culture of Silicon Valley
October 18, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Zachary Royer Scholz on Mario Botta
October 15, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 1 Comment »

Culture ’45 and the Rise of Beirut’s Contemporary Art Scene
October 4, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes, Projects/Series | 4 Comments »

Corset Salesmen: Corina Copp on Tom Howard’s The Electrocution of Ruth Snyder
October 3, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 4 Comments »

Xe Ôm Drivers Of The Mind: The Journey Of Sàn Art
September 27, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Willa Koerner on Janet Cardiff’s The Telephone Call
September 26, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, One on One | 0 Comments »

Vanessa Place on Andy Warhol
September 24, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 4 Comments »

Location & Practice: A Roundtable Discussion
September 20, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Provisional Horizons (Six Lines of Flight)
September 19, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Robert Glück on Jess’s The Mouse’s Tale
September 12, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, One on One | 1 Comment »

Collection Rotation: Tammy Fortin – New Covers for Old Classics
September 10, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Robert Adams
August 16, 2012  |  By | Filed under Conversations, Field Notes | 2 Comments »

Naoya Hatakeyama: Lime Hills (Quarry Series)
July 30, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd | 1 Comment »

STAGE PRESENCE TONIGHT: ANN MAGNUSON, ANDREA FRASER, CINDY SHERMAN, THE MUDD CLUB
July 13, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd | 4 Comments »

The Whole Earth on a Page: Jessica Brier on Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog
July 9, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd | 0 Comments »

Los Jaichackers: A collaboration between Eamon Ore-Giron and Julio Cesar Morales
May 29, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd | 1 Comment »

Hughen/Starkweather: Traverse V
May 28, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Stacy Szymaszek: The Bridge
May 28, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Hughen/Starkweather: Traverse IV
May 27, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Nora Ortiz: Untitled (Bridge)
May 27, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Hughen/Starkweather: Traverse III
May 26, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Christian Fernandez: The Web Bridge
May 26, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Victoria Gannon: Jasper Johns’s Bridge
May 26, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 3 Comments »

Hughen/Starkweather: Traverse II
May 25, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Hughen/Starkweather: Traverse I
May 25, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Jeannene Przyblyski: Here and There, Now and Then at the Golden Gate
May 25, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Highway ’71 Revisited
May 7, 2012  |  By | Filed under Essay | 1 Comment »

Collection Rotation: Jaime Cortez
April 23, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 4 Comments »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist-on-Artist Talks: Hung Liu on Rosanna Castrillo Díaz
April 4, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist on Artist Talks: Rebeca Bollinger on Giorgio Morandi
March 28, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist-on-Artist Talks: Jordan Kantor on On Kawara
March 21, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist-on-Artist Talks: Josephine Taylor on Mitzi Pederson
March 14, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

The Spirit in the Air
March 11, 2012  |  By | Filed under Essay | 2 Comments »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist on Artist Talks: Chris Finley on Vija Celmins
March 7, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist-on-Artist Talks: Shaun O’Dell on Kamau Amu Patton
February 29, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist-on-Artist Talks: Maria Porges on Janine Antoni
February 22, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 1 Comment »

Gerald Gooch, Richard Lowenberg, and Robert Moon on Baja (1974)
February 21, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Field Notes | 3 Comments »

Curators Corey Keller and Julian Cox discuss Francesca Woodman and Ralph Eugene Meatyard
February 16, 2012  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Conversations | 1 Comment »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist-on-Artist Talks: Kathryn VanDyke on Agnes Martin
February 15, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 2 Comments »

Congratulations to Nick Vossbrink, winner of our Facebook “love letter to art” contest!
February 14, 2012  |  By | Filed under Back Page | 7 Comments »

Collection Rotation: Matt Borruso
February 13, 2012  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist on Artist Talks: Squeak Carnwath on Vija Celmins
February 8, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 0 Comments »

Karen Fiss on Ana Mendieta
February 6, 2012  |  By | Filed under Essay, One on One | 1 Comment »

SECA 50th Anniversary Artist on Artist Talks: David Best on Joan Brown
February 1, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 2 Comments »

One on One: Erin Hyman on Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
January 30, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Victoria Gannon on Francesca Woodman
January 23, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 5 Comments »

Beauty/Youth: Francesca Woodman on the Cusp
January 9, 2012  |  By | Filed under One on One | 3 Comments »

The Lunch Break Times
December 14, 2011  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 3 Comments »

Collection Rotation: Bruno Fazzolari
December 12, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 4 Comments »

The Lunch Break Times
December 7, 2011  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Chris Vitiello on Adrien Majewski
December 5, 2011  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

The Lunch Break Times
November 30, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Thom Donovan on Matt Mullican
November 28, 2011  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

The Lunch Break Times
November 23, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

The Lunch Break Times
November 16, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Abigail Child on Loretta Lux
November 14, 2011  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

The Lunch Break Times
November 9, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Manitoba Museum of Finds Art: Interview with Alberta Mayo
November 7, 2011  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Conversations, Field Notes | 21 Comments »

The Lunch Break Times
November 2, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

The Lunch Break Times
October 26, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 2 Comments »

Janet Bishop: A Few More Stein Stories
October 25, 2011  |  By | Filed under Essay | 3 Comments »

Paris en photos: Erin O’Toole
October 19, 2011  |  By | Filed under Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Alli Warren on Ann Hamilton
October 17, 2011  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 1 Comment »

Skype Artist Interviews: Tiago Carneiro da Cunha and Klara Kristalova
October 3, 2011  |  By | Filed under Conversations | 1 Comment »

Images in Dialogue: Paul Klee and Andrew Schoultz
September 26, 2011  |  By | Filed under Essay | 1 Comment »

Anne Boyer on Julia Margaret Cameron’s Photograph of Her Grandchild, Archie Cameron, Aged Two Years, Three Months
September 12, 2011  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 2 Comments »

Wayne Koestenbaum: The Desire to Write (II)
August 29, 2011  |  By | Filed under Essay | 2 Comments »

Wayne Koestenbaum: The Desire to Write
August 22, 2011  |  By | Filed under Essay | 0 Comments »

The Personalities of Paint in The Steins Collect
July 25, 2011  |  By | Filed under 151 3rd, Essay | 2 Comments »

Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher: The State of “Things”
July 18, 2011  |  By | Filed under Essay | 0 Comments »

On Bill Fontana’s “Sonic Shadows”
July 11, 2011  |  By | Filed under Essay, One on One | 0 Comments »

Sitting with Alice Toklas
June 20, 2011  |  By | Filed under One on One | 6 Comments »

Juliana Spahr and Stephanie Young on Nicholas Nixon’s The Brown Sisters
November 29, 2010  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Dana Ward on Cory Arcangel
November 8, 2010  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 2 Comments »

Darrin Alfred on Fernando and Humberto Campana’s Favela Chair
October 25, 2010  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Lindsey Westbrook on, well, Foster City
October 4, 2010  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 0 Comments »

Patricia Maloney on Nicola Tyson’s Red Self-Portrait
September 27, 2010  |  By | Filed under One on One, Projects/Series | 2 Comments »

As If: Visionary Architecture in the Modern Museum
January 11, 2010  |  By | Filed under Essay | 1 Comment »