Samia Halaby: Kinetic Paintings

24 Jan 2026 — 19 May 2026 at SFMOMA · San Francisco

Samia Halaby

Pioneering digital artist Samia Halaby explores the visual language of abstraction in these colorful kinetic paintings.

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About the artist

Samia Halaby

1936

Samia A. Halaby is a Palestinian-American visual artist, activist, educator, and scholar. Halaby is recognized as a pioneer of abstract painting and Computer art. Since beginning her artistic career in the late 1950s, she has exhibited in museums, galleries, and art fairs throughout Europe, Asia…

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SFMOMA · San Francisco

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over…

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