Cover
Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015. Single channel high definition video, environment, luminescent LE grid, beach chairs, 23 minutes. Purchased jointly by San José Museum of Art with funds provided by the Lipman Family Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Fund. Installation view from San José Museum of Art, 2021. Image courtesy of the Artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin. Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.
Director's Letter
Todd Hosfelt, founder of Hosfelt Gallery; Rory Padeken, curator; Jean Conner; Kathryn Wade, curator; Robert Conway of the Jean Conner Trust; and S. Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director at the opening of Jean Conner: Collage. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Exhibitions
Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun (video still), 2015. Single channel high definition video, environment, luminescent LE grid, beach chairs, 23 minutes. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl. San José Museum of Art. Purchased jointly by San José Museum of Art with funds provided by the Lipman Family Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Fund, 2017.08. Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin.
Hito Steyerl: Factory of the Sun
Still from The Identity Factory.
Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun (video still), 2015. Single channel high definition video, environment, luminescent LE grid, beach chairs, 23 minutes. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl. San José Museum of Art. Purchased jointly by San José Museum of Art with funds provided by the Lipman Family Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Fund, 2017.08. Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin.
Wayfinder: Clare Rojas
Clare Rojas, Wayfinder. Installation photo of 40 streetlight banners in downtown San José by Clare Rojas. Commissioned by the San José Museum of Art, 2021. © Clare Rojas. Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.
Limited edition tote bag created from recycled banners featuring Clare Rojas design. For sale in SJMA store. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Our whole, unruly selves
Installation image of Our whole, unruly selves on view at San José Museum of Art through June 26, 2022. Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.
Jean Conner: Collage
Installation image of Jean Conner: Collage. Photo by J. Arnold, Impart Photography.
Hulda Guzmán's Higüero
Hulda Guzmán's Higüero, 2020 installed at SJMA as part of Art + Climate Action change, with For Freedoms for Art into acres. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Beta Space: Trevor Paglen
Photo by Frederick Liang.
Public Programs
Visitors attend the program Boundless Spontaneity: Jazz Responses to Figurative Traditions, created in conversation with Our whole, unruly selves. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Skyline Hot Club performs at First Friday with San Jose Jazz on April 1, 2022. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Special Projects
Rashaad Newsome, Build or Destroy, (video still), 2021. Video with sound, 5:27 minutes. Commissioned by San José Museum of Art for the 2021 Gala + Auction.
Jean Conner catalog. Photo by Frederick Liang.
Education
Let's Look at Art celebrates their 50th Anniversary. Photo by Jeremy Waldorph.
Gabriella Elise Olavarria, Together in Isolation, 2021. Inaugural winner of the Dr. Jerry Hiura Next Gen Visual Artist Award.
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Collections
Candida Alvarez, It was so dark, I could see the stars, 2019. Acrylic on linen, 84 × 72 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Lipman Acquisitions Fund, 2021.11. Courtesy of the Artist and GAVLAK Gallery Los Angeles | Palm Beach. Photo by Ed Mumford.
Felipe Baeza, Emerging in difference, 2022. Ink, graphite, glitter, interference powder, twine, acrylic and cut paper collage on paper, 78 ¾ × 51 ½ inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by Kimberly and Patrick Lin, Geraldine and Marco Magarelli, and Yvonne and Mike Nevens, 2022.11. © Felipe Baeza. Courtesy Maureen Paley, London.
Huma Bhabha, Receiver, 2019. Bronze and paint, 98 3/4 × 18 × 25 inches. Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation, 2022.06. © Huma Bhabha. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.
Jean Conner, WHAT?, 1958. Cut and pasted printed paper, 8 × 9 1/8 inches. Gift of a private collection, 2022.08. © Conner Family Trust, San Francisco, and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
rafa esparza, Yosi con Abuela, 2021. Acrylic on adobe, 72 × 57 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisitions Committee. 2021.12.
David Huffman, AHMAUD, 2021. Acrylic, oil, spray paint, color pencil, glitter, and collage on panel, 96 × 99 ½ inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Lipman Acquisitions Fund, 2022.03. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York. Photo: Francis Baker.
Liliana Porter, Actualidades / Breaking News, 2016. Digital video with sound, 22 min. 46 sec. Museum purchase with funds provided by Tad Freese and Brook Hartzell in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Hosfelt Gallery, 2022.01. Courtesy of the artist and Hosfelt Gallery. © Liliana Porter.
Development
Nestor Gutierrez, development and finance assistant + Jessica Kwong, membership manager at CityDance Cumbia on August 18, 2022.
Mary Mocas and Marv Tseu attend San José Museum of Art's 2021 Gala + Auction Watch Party at a private residence in San Mateo, CA. 9.18.21. Photo by Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography.
Hung Liu as the artist honoree at SJMA's 2018 Gala + Auction Photo by Drew Altizer Photography.
Operations
SJMA staff. Photo by Frederick Liang.
SJMA educators Zartashia Shah, Roan Bontempo, and Kayt Smith at Community day. Photo by Frederick Liang.