Young, dynamic San Francisco–based gallerist Jonathan Carver Moore secured an institutional placement on preview day for a monumental work by Cameroonian artist Sesse Elangwe. The piece is part of a series inspired by Elangwe’s time in San Francisco as the gallery’s fourth artist in residence. Guided by a mission to support and create opportunities for LGBTQ and BIPOC communities, Carver Moore’s integration of a residency program into the gallery’s core business has fostered deeper, more human connections with artists—connections that extend to collectors, many of whom arrive at the fair already knowing exactly whom they want to support. A second, medium-sized work was placed with another prominent San Francisco–based collector.

