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Museums play bank to enterprising landlords. Trustees get paid.

May 9

Tenants in Oakland and San Francisco have more rights and protections under the law than in most cities in the country. Yet landlords retain the power…

Apr 1

Introducing: 'A Generous Grift: Museums, Finance Capital, and the Clash of Cultural Workers and Collector-Trustees.'

Mar 21

On the politics of public space in Oakland during the pandemic and uprising.

Jun 8, 2021

How museum collector-trustees recapture charitable donations.

Feb 15, 2021

Terrain: Art & Crisis in Downtown Oakland, Dragged Through the Garden, Some Poems

Jan 21, 2021

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May 9, 2020

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