Craft and Folk Art has moved
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art has moved from Ft. Mason to the downtown museum cluster (across from Yerba Buena Gardens, next to the future Mexican & Jewish museums, if they ever raise enough money to get their new buildings built.) It's a single, small room - I thought it was smaller than the old space, but they say it's bigger. In any case, it's in a dynamite location. The current show is "Folk Art for the Soul, from Bay Area Collections." It must have been fun to curate. The work is from all over the world, ancient and contemporary. The art may be for the soul, but the craft is for the body: coffins seem to be popular among local collectors, and they have one that's shaped like an elephant. Speaking of bodies, how about this wonderfully voluptuous female figure, covered in cowrie shells? The museum is located about mid-way down Yerba Buena Lane, which is that new walkway between Market and Mission, alongside the Four Seasons on Market and St. Patrick...