Reflections on labor. In-depth interviews. Explorations near and far, including within the museum. Our collaborators respond to age-old subjects and pressing current events, to their communities, and to one another: click any of the category names to find out more.
Columnists In Residence
Our columnists are free to write and publish without editorial oversight from Open Space or SFMOMA. The program, which grants lifelong access to our site, is, so far as we know, a unique publishing experiment among major art institutions.
Conversations
Interviews, exchanges; in-depth dialogue, debate, discussion.
Field Notes
Critical observations on the cultural landscape; musings in and on the field; explorations on the road.
Impermanent Collection
Undiluted perspectives on SFMOMA’s collection and program, from creative practitioners of all stripes. Includes online exhibitions and one-on-one engagements with artworks.
Miscellany
Project Space
Special projects commissioned for Open Space. All downloadable. All free.
Series
Compilations and unfurling sequences of contributions – some from our archive, some freshly assembled.
Work on Work
Meditations on and confrontations with labor, ethics, and money in the culture industry.