Crafting Radicality: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift
Crafting Radicality: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift
An opening night reception at the de Young Museum took place on July 20th, 2023. Crafting Radicality: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift launched a series of exhibitions drawn from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s unprecedented Svane Family Foundation acquisition. In 2022, the Svane acquisition brought 42 artworks by 30 emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists and collectives into the Museums’ permanent collection. Demetri Broxton, Angela Hennessy, Koak, Christiane Lyons, Ramekon O’Arwisters, Muzae Sesay, Rupy Tut, were the artists who attended and celebrated the opening.
Claudia Schmuckli and Christiane Lyons Shirley Parks and Christine Suppes Jessica Silverman and Sarah ThorntonCheryl Ward and Monetta WhiteRamekon O’Arwister and Patricia Sweeto Hannah Waiters, Emily Beany and David Soward Paul Henderson, Andrea Broxton, Demetri Broxton and Kumasi Aron Roman Gronkowski, Danielle St. Germain and Heide Betz Brock Brake and Angela Hennessy Orin Carpenter, Mickele Carpenter, Rupy Tut and Raj Tut Zahra McIntosh and Mika Smith Kumasi Aron, Marvin K. White, Andrè Bloodstone Singleton and Akilah Cadet Koak Matty Goodrich, Kelsey Issel, Arisa Rhoades and Claire O’Shaughnessy Muzae Sesay and Alicia Hougey Cheryl Ward Claudia Schmuckli Rupy Tut Marvin K. White and Ramekon O’Arwister