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Photo: Museum Of Capitalism. \u00a0<\/span>Dread Scott\u2019s \u201cPoll Dance\u201d (2010) is on exhibit at the new Museum of Capitalism in Oakland\u2019s Jack London Square.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n You may not have heard, so under the radar have things been thus far, but the Bay Area got its newest museum this week. Situated in Oakland\u2019s Jack London Square, at the intersection of Politics and Art, the Museum of Capitalism opened Sunday, June 18.<\/p>\n The culmination of several years of planning, the startup cultural institution is a formidable effort. Featuring more than 80 artists and artist teams, the first exhibition at the 10,000-square-foot museum is supported by a $215,000 grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.<\/p>\n Organizers say the museum is \u201cthe first of its kind in the United States.\u201d As a pop-up, it\u2019s anybody\u2019s guess how long it might continue past the Aug. 20 closing of the first show.<\/p>\n Among the artists participating are such long-established figures as Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, Chip Lord and Bruce Nauman. Most of the works, however, come from artists whose work has seen acceptance in this century, including UC Santa Cruz film and media professor Sharon Daniel, Stanford lecturer Jenny Odell and Bakersfield artist Jesse Sugarman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n