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Ruth Asawa: Retrospective

Ruth Asawa: Retrospective
Portrait of RUTH ASAWA making wire sculptures, California, 1954. Photo by Nat Farbman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. and David Zwirner.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Comprising more than 300 works, “Ruth Asawa: Retrospective,” which began its two-year tour at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in April, explored six decades of the artist’s groundbreaking practice. It also told—through onsite didactics and a multi-author catalog—the quietly compelling story of the artist’s life.