An SFMOMA Exclusive!

Designed by Kara Walker, a New York-based artist best known for her candid investigations of race, gender, sexuality, and violence through silhouetted figures that have appeared in numerous exhibitions worldwide.

You can interact with Kara's latest installation on view now for free in the Roberts Family Gallery on Floor 1 through Spring 2026.

Inspired by a wide range of sources, from antique dolls to Octavia Butler’s novel Parable of the Sower, Walker’s new commission, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)considers the memorialization of trauma, the objectives of technology, and the possibilities of transforming the negative energies that plague contemporary society.

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