Jonathan Carver Moore has enjoyed a meteoric rise in San Francisco’s art world for championing Black and queer artists. Now, more than a dozen are claiming unpaid debts.

A man stands in front of a gallery wall.

Jonathan Carver Moore has helped the city’s art scene lift itself off the mat but struggled to meet some of his own obligations. | Source: Jen Siska for The Standard

Published Aug. 19, 2026at6:00am