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Projects Ever Goldis an exhibitions program of; Owner, Mid-Career Artists Under the Direction of; in 2009, rew McClintock Founded in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco; of 2016, the gallery relocated to the
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Jenny Odell's desk during her residency at Recology SF
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