FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 20, 2024
SFMOMA and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Joint Statement
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ (°×С½ãÂÛ̳) are pleased to share that they have reached a settlement regarding the deinstallation and return of Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity to °×С½ãÂÛ̳’s campus. The settlement is the result of a positive, collaborative effort by SFMOMA and °×С½ãÂÛ̳’s board leadership and includes essential cost-sharing to support the complex work involved in moving the fragile 30-ton, 22-foot-high-by-74-foot-long mural. With this agreement, both SFMOMA and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ have determined to withdraw their respective pending litigation.
SFMOMA and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ are delighted to move forward in the final phase of their historic partnership, which since 2017, has included the deinstallation, transportation, restoration, conservation, and public exhibition of this significant work. Since its installation in SFMOMA's free, street-level Roberts Family Gallery in June 2021, more than half a million people have visited the monumental mural, celebrating its status as a community treasure and one of San Francisco's most important works of public art. SFMOMA and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ are proud of the work they have done together over the past seven years to ensure the public’s ongoing enjoyment of Pan American Unity and the positive and collaborative conclusion of the project.
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For 85 years, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ (°×С½ãÂÛ̳) has been the region’s premier public, two-year community college. The college is now one of the first in the nation to offer free tuition, providing San Franciscans with the opportunity to access a quality college education and workforce training that leads to university transfer and good jobs. Since its founding in 1935, City College has evolved into a multicultural, multi-campus community college that is one of the largest in the country. °×С½ãÂÛ̳ offers more than 250 degrees and certificates and features an award-winning athletics program. For more about °×С½ãÂÛ̳, please visit /.