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Nob Hill Gazette
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Raise a Record-Breaking Sum for Exhibitions and Education
At the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Annual Gala on April 10, $1.7 million were raised the largest sum ever for a single FAMSF event, all to benefit exhibition and educational programming for the de Young and Legion of Honor. This includes the de Young’s most recent exhibition, I Dream a World, a multimedia collection from…
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CBC
Video games are spotty at getting Black hair right. Black artists are forging ahead to fix that
Normalizing Black hair fosters ‘a better ecosystem,’ says game designer
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Lookout Santa Cruz
Ahead of Earth Day, peek inside the living laboratory where redwoods meet modern science
Environmental Studies Professor Greg Gilbert uses a technology called sonic tomography to look inside redwoods for signs of a fungus that has been infecting them since the CZU fire. The technology uses sound waves to create a picture of the inside of a tree.
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San Francisco Examiner
SF nonprofits feel the squeeze in second Trump term
During Trump’s first term, “rage giving” was an outlet for dissent. Sociology Professor Juan Pedroza used IRS data to show how organizations providing legal aid to immigrants grew their financial resources significantly between 2016 and 2019.
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Space.com
Ghostly galaxy without dark matter baffles astronomers
A team, led by astronomer Yimeng Tang at the University of California, Santa Cruz, compared FCC 224’s properties to other galaxies that seemingly lack dark matter, focusing on two ghostly objects within the NGC 1052 group about 65 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. Tang and his colleagues propose that FCC 224, like those…
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KQED
Isaac Julien Dreams Up a Beautiful and Urgent World at the de Young
This review of Sir Isaac Julien’s newest exhibition, I Dream a World, at the de Young highlights his innovative use of video for multimedia story telling. The distinguished professor of art uses this exhibition as a culmination of his work over several decades.
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Observer
MASP’s Expansion Opens the Floor to Curatorial Experimentation
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo recently finished renovations which doubled the size of the structure. Included in an upcoming exhibition is work by Sir Isaac Julien, a distinguished professor of art. Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement, Julien’s multi-media piece from 2019 honors the original architect (Bardi) of the museum.
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Mongabay
Diverse forests and forest rewilding offer resilience against climate change
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl says there will always be trade-offs among benefits when conducting specific reforestation projects. “We can’t do it all at once,” she said. “If your goal is maximizing biodiversity, then reintroducing all the fauna and natural processes makes a lot of sense. If you’re trying to maximize timber production, it’s probably…
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Artforum
Donna Haraway and Italo Rota Receive Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement
Donna Haraway, a distinguished professor emeritus in the History of Consciousness Department, was recently awarded a Golden Lion for Life Time Achievement. Given at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, this award honors Harawy’s philosophical work centering on science fiction and technology.