1.0SFMOMAhttps://www.sfmoma.orgJulie Lambhttps://www.sfmoma.org/author/jlamb/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="y6NbUvA2dY"><a href="https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/rose-b-simpson-behold/">Rose B. Simpson: Behold</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/rose-b-simpson-behold/embed/#?secret=y6NbUvA2dY" width="600" height="338" title="“Rose B. Simpson: Behold” — SFMOMA" data-secret="y6NbUvA2dY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net/www-media/2025/12/23113215/US1687_Simpson_SFMoma_Patina_Check_251219-7_header6-4.jpg20781356Rose B. Simpson’s Behold stands 24 feet tall and features two figures majestically presiding over the museum’s façade — a parent and child attached together at the hip and connected by beaded necklaces and an ornamental ladder. Rather than commemorating individuals, the sculpture honors relationships, intergenerational connection, and spiritual witnessing. The work is deeply site-specific: […]