SF Photo Gallery Pier 24 to Close, Collection acquired by Glenstone

[bjorke]

The final exhibit is on the theme of photo books: "Turning the Page"

The collection will move to Maryland's Glenstone

 

[Sirius Glass]

We visited San Francisco last December and were shocked and disappointed to see the COVID caused:

• The Union Square area to be deserted. With people not coming to work, and buy things during their lunch breaks, the store went out of business.
• Pier 39 had many stores shut down for the same reason, but not as badly as the Union Square area.
• Many of the historic and famous Fishermans' Wharf restaurants went out of business. People were not allowed to get in the area so the restaurants could not serve meals and there was no way for people to order out since the area was not reachable.

Thus it is expected that many of the photo and art galleries have shut down or have problems attracting artists and photographers to want to sent their works to be shown,

 

[qqphot]

The gallery had been by appointment only for years, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Roger Thoms]

The gallery had been by appointment only for years, if I'm not mistaken.

Always by appointment, for a 2 hour window, which is to control the number of people in the gallery so that it is never too crowded. My Understanding is that they are closing because they couldn’t negotiate a favorable lease. I’ll certainly miss Pier 24, but am also grateful for all the exhibits I’ve seen there. Definitely a first class act.

Roger

 

[Adam W]

This is sad. I loved taking my students there. It was free and they were very welcoming to a bunch of teenagers.

 

[bjorke]

... artists and photographers to want to sent their works to be shown,

Not how it works. The Foundation buys the works via dealers like Fraenkl, Koch, etc. The works shown at 24 have always been from the foundation's collection.

Pier 24 is not near Fisherman's Wharf btw. It's well-south of the Ferry Building.

 

[images39]

I'm in SF often, and have always wanted to visit this place. Looks like a very nice venue.

Dale

 

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Pilara Foundation Changing Philanthropic Focus - Pier 24

Chris McCaw, Sunburned GSP#455 (San Francisco), 2010. Ⓒ Chris McCaw, courtesy the artist San Francisco—The Foundation that runs the highly acclaimed photography museum Pier 24 Photography on the San Francisco Embarcadero announced today it is changing its philanthropic focus and will close the...

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