This event is in the past.It took place on May 19, 2026 at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.








In the 1980s, Samia Halaby taught herself to code and birthed an entirely new art form. Her kinetic paintings bring abstract compositions to life: shapes bloom, colors shift, and lines dance across a monumental screen in the museum atrium.
kinetic digital art
abstract paintings
free installation
monumental screen
Tips
🎨free on Floor 1, no ticket needed
💻coded in BASIC on a Commodore Amiga
📺monumental screen in the atrium
Samia Halaby: Kinetic Paintings








In the 1980s, Samia Halaby taught herself to code and birthed an entirely new art form. Her kinetic paintings bring abstract compositions to life: shapes bloom, colors shift, and lines dance across a monumental screen in the museum atrium.
kinetic digital art
abstract paintings
free installation
monumental screen
Tips
🎨free on Floor 1, no ticket needed
💻coded in BASIC on a Commodore Amiga
📺monumental screen in the atrium
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