If you’re an art curator who believes in the importance of location, location, location, Fort Point is impossible to pass up as a gallery. Despite being the Golden Gate Bridge’s senior by 80 years, the 45-feet-tall brick and mortar fort with seven-feet-thick walls seems constructed to fit snugly under the bridge’s south tower. But indeed, the Fort came first—and it’s now packed with art calling back to Californian history that serves as impressive counterpart to the soaring international orange span overhead.

The fort is currently providing a home for Black Gold: Stories Untold (runs through November 2), an exhibition that features 17 contemporary artists reflecting on the African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush through Reconstruction (1849–1877).

The show offers ple

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