Diego Rivera Gallery
The Diego Rivera Gallery is a building, formerly a student-directed art gallery and exhibition space for works by San Francisco Art Institute students.
History
The gallery provided an opportunity for BFA, MFA and Post-Baccalaureate students to present their work in a gallery setting, to use the space for large-scale installations, or to experiment with artistic concepts and concerns in a public venue. Exhibitions changed weekly and were open on Tuesdays. About 40 shows per year were scheduled, and close to 200 students were exhibited each year.[1]
In ex-faculty member Charles Boone's time at SFAI, he attended nearly every opening reception.
Following the closure of San Francisco Art Institute in 2022, the gallery was permanently closed.[2]
Mural
The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City (1931) is one of four fresco murals in the San Francisco Bay Area painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera.[3] Rivera's mural seems to be painted for and about a working class audience.[4]
References
- ↑ "About the Diego Rivera Gallery." Archived June 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "San Francisco Art Institute to Close After 151 Years". Artforum. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
- ↑ Diego Rivera Gallery Website Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lee, Anthony W. "The Making of a Fresco". Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1996), pp. 72-82