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Search for press releases and announcements from the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, as well as coverage of past and current exhibitions and events. Press and media are welcome to visit MFA during regular gallery hours. For press images, media kits, or to join our press list, please contact press@mcevoyarts.org.

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Announcement

McEvoy Arts to Close Temporarily

McEvoy Foundation for the Arts prioritizes the health and safety of its visitors. Please read on for the full statement.

Mar 16, 2020 Read More

Preproduction image made by director Sally Potter to help secure funding for the film Orlando, spring 1988. Courtesy the artist

In the News / San Francisco Chronicle

‘Orlando’ art exhibition showcases ongoing fascination with Woolf’s gender-change novel

One of the most famous scenes in Sally Potter’s 1992 film, “Orlando,” contains many of the themes that have kept the story relevant for generations of

Mar 6, 2020 Read More

In the News / Squarecylinder.com

Review: ‘Orlando’ at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts

I first read Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando when I was in my twenties. Sinking into text for hours at a time was a normal way for a bookish sociophobe to pass the

Feb 21, 2020 Read More

In the News / SF Weekly

‘Orlando’ Celebrates Virginia Woolf’s Novel About Identity and Gender

At last week’s invitation-only opening of the “Orlando” art exhibit in San Francisco, people were murmuring about Tilda Swinton, wondering if the star actress

Feb 12, 2020 Read More

In the News / Bay Area Reporter

Orlando’s odyssey across time & gender

“Orlando: A Biography,” Virginia Woolf’s slender, remarkably enduring 1928 novel inspired by the writer’s love affair with the glamorous

Feb 11, 2020 Read More