The ''Walter and McBean Galleries'' are located at in

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, as part of the former

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's Chestnut campus. It has presented an influential program of exhibitions highlighting innovative work by emerging artists and experimental work by more established artists, from throughout the United States and abroad.

Directors

* Philip E. Linhares (from 1967 to 1972, and 1973 to 1977) he curated "important and often experimental shows during his ten-year tenure, including ..solo exhibitions of

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Carlos Villa Carlos Villa (December 11, 1936 – March 23, 2013) was a Filipino-American visual artist, curator and faculty member in the Painting Department at the San Francisco Art Institute. His work often explored the meaning of cultural diversity and ...

, and

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." Linhares went on to work with

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, and became Chief Curator at the

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in 1990. * Helene Fried (in the 1980s) * Karen Moss (from 1999 to 2004) * Hou Hanrou (from 2006 to 2012) * Andrew McClintock (interim director from August 2012 to September 2013), he co-curated the

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exhibition in 2013. * Hesse McGraw (from June 2013 to August 2017) * Katie Hood Morgan (from 2017 to September 2018)

References

External links

San Francisco Art Institute WebsiteReview of Geography of Transterritories Exhibition on Art PracticalSF Gate Interview with Andrew McClintockGutai at San Francisco Art Institute
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