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Select Press Coverage: Sanctuary

About Sanctuary

Jori Finkel, “A ‘Sanctuary’ of Prayer Rugs That Respond to the Refugee Crisis,” New York Times, July 18, 2017. Read online or download PDF

Victoria Stapley-Brown, “Artists Including Mona Hatoum Transform Muslim Prayer Rugs for San Francisco Show,” The Art Newspaper, July 21, 2017. Read online or download PDF

Sarah Cascone, “Fall Art Preview: 30 of the Most Important Museum Exhibitions to See Around the Globe This Season,” artnet, August 23, 2017. Read online or download PDF

Ian Stewart, “How 36 Artists Are Making a Sanctuary Out of Rugs,” San Francisco Magazine, September 28, 2017. Read online or download PDF

Min Chen, “36 Artists Find Sanctuary in a Rug,” Surface Magazine, October 3, 2017. Read online or download PDF

Anna Furman, “How an Exhibition of Prayer Rugs Aims to Stand Up Against Trump’s Travel Ban,” The Guardian, December 15, 2017. Read online or download PDF

Cy Musiker, “Tales of Seeking Sanctuary Woven into 36 Rugs at Fort Mason,” KQED, February 14, 2018. Read online or download PDF

Jonathan Curiel, “Woven Resistance, In ‘Sanctuary’ at Fort Mason,” SF Weekly, February 22, 2018. Read online or download PDF

Leslie Camhi, “Some of the Most Provocative Political Art is Made With Fibers,” T Magazine, March 14, 2018. Read online or download PDF

Malin Lonnberg, “Finding Sanctuary,” Cover Magazine, Spring 2018. Download PDF

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AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY - Official Trailer

AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY - Official Trailer

Official trailer for the documentary feature film AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY Artist and activist Ai Weiwei invites audiences to send postcards to prisoners of ...

Cheryl Haines videochats with John Kiriakou

Cheryl Haines videochats with John Kiriakou

FOR-SITE Foundation Executive Director Cheryl Haines videochats with prisoner of conscience John Kiriakou during the @Large installation on Alcatraz by Ai ...

@Large: postcard for Reeyot Alemu

@Large: postcard for Reeyot Alemu

Ethopian journalist Reeyot Alemu became a prisoner of conscience when her government sentenced her to five years in prison. As part of Ai Weiwei's @Large ...

Ai Weiwei's inspiration for his @Large postcard campaign

Ai Weiwei's inspiration for his @Large postcard campaign

Excerpt from the documentary film AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY, which screens on Saturday, June 2 at the Mendocino Film Festival in California More information: ...

Sanctuary Salon (February 23, 2018)

Sanctuary Salon (February 23, 2018)

Echoing Sanctuary's ethos of plurality, the "Sanctuary Salon" series weaves together the voices of artists whose practices span creative disciplines, including ...

Brendan Fernandes: Safely (2017)

Brendan Fernandes: Safely (2017)

As part of his commission for "Sanctuary," Brendan Fernandes presented a site-specific durational performance that explored themes of reverence and sacred ...

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