SFMOMA Recreates Robert Kennedy's Funeral Train, 50 Years Later

On June 8, 1968, three days after he was assassinated, a funeral train carried the remains of senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy from New York City to Washington, DC. A new exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents works by three artists who captured images of the mourners, gathered accounts from eyewitnesses and recreated the train’s journey on film from “the dead man’s point of view.” We discuss ‘The Train: RFK’s Last Journey‘ with its curators.

Guests:

Clément Chéroux, senior curator of photography, SFMOMA

Linde Lehtinen, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA

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SFMOMA has set up a call-in line at (415) 915-1731 for people to share their memories of the funeral train and listen to those of others.