Art
“It Makes One Speechless”: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans
Dana King’s sculptures surround a plinth in San Francisco that formerly held a statue of Francis Scott Key, an anti-abolitionist.
San Francisco
Art
Revel in the First Pride Flag, Long-assumed Lost, in San Francisco
The first Rainbow Flag, designed by artist and activist Gilbert Baker, was raised in 1978.
Art
After Pregnancy, an Artist’s Work Changes Course
“You turn inward because you’re focused on this new life that’s housed inside of you,” said Kimia Ferdowsi Kline.
News
After Five Decades in San Francisco, Two Lintels Repatriated to Thailand
The 1,500-pound lintels from the ninth and 10th centuries hail from protected religious sanctuaries in northeastern Thailand.
News
San Francisco’s Program to Pay Artists $1K Per Month Has Been Extended and Expanded
Launched in March, the Guaranteed Income Pilot was set to provide recurring payments over six months to 130 San Franciscan artists.
Art
In This Show, “Queerness Becomes Something You Cannot Ignore”
WOMEN我們: From Her to Here features Asian diasporic LGBTQ+ artists from New York, the Bay Area, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
News
10 Artists Will Collaborate on Racial Equity and Climate Justice Projects in the Bay Area
Each member of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts cohort will receive $50,000 and additional funding for materials to realize their projects.
News
Curators at San Francisco Art Institute Challenge “Same Old History” of “White Painter Dudes”
"A Spirit of Disruption" hopes to “archive a new history,” said curator Leila Weefur.
Film
“Looking for Hope and Clinging to Hope”: Short Films for Our Times
The Asian Art Museum shares with Hyperallergic some of the short films featured in its forthcoming exhibition "After Hope: Videos of Resistance."
Film
Filmmakers Team Up With SF Public Defenders to Broadcast Stories of Injustice
Defender, which launched online this week, tells the stories that get buried in the news.
News
SFMOMA Director to Step Down After a Tumultuous Year at Museum
The museum has been criticized for its sweeping layoffs and furloughs during the coronavirus pandemic and accused of fostering a culture of racism and structural inequities.
News
Why Is the California Attorney General Investigating the San Francisco Art Institute?
Hyperallergic acquired documents raising questions about board member self-interest and tax-exempt bond misuse at the crisis-stricken art college under investigation.