Art
Tattoo Artist Ed Hardy Enters Museum Doors
“It’s a terrific affirmation, not only for myself, but for a lot of the old bandits and pirates that helped me in the business.”
San Francisco
Art
The Relationship Between Landscape and Home for Palestinian Artists
Preoccupations: Palestinian Landscapes marshals seven artists’ passionate interpretations of Palestine.
In Brief
San Francisco Will Raise Maya Angelou Sculpture
Only two of the city's 87 public sculptures depict historical women. The Angelou monument will help begin to shift that balance.
Art
The Future of Conceptual, Immersive Art Hasn't Quite Arrived
The Gray Area Festival's attractions like Inferno and the ISM Hexadome drew upon images of hell and Thom Yorke to illustrate its vision of audience-participatory art, but the festival itself demonstrated that technology alone is not enough.
Art
A Caribbean Present Steeped in a Colonial Past
In Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold: A Postcolonial Paradox, ten artists explore the implications of colonialism's violent legacy.
Interview
Mediating the Consequences of a Former Filipino Dictator
Pio Abad’s exhibition, Kiss the Hand You Cannot Bite offers sculptures that monumentalize the political consequences of Ferdinand Marcos’s dictatorship in the Philippines.
Art
Suzanne Lacy's Powerful Legacy of Feminist Collaboration
What struck me most in moving through the arc of Lacy’s career is what varied and thoughtful work she’s produced decade after decade, no doubt the result of her preference for collaboration.
In Brief
ACLU Says Activist Was Detained After Reciting Poem Against US Immigration Policy
José Bello was arrested less than 36 hours after criticizing the immigration enforcement and detention practices of ICE in a poem titled "Dear America." His bond is set at $50,000.
Art
Building an Architecture for Climate Change
The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab evidences the importance of the artistic imagination for developing an architecture adequate to the planet’s climate future.
Opinion
A Controversial WPA Mural Is a Litmus Test for the Longevity of Public Art
Victor Arnautoff's "The Life of George Washington" was painted at George Washington High School in 1934 under the Works Progress Administration. Recently, the school board voted unanimously to paint over it, becoming a contentious topic on public art preservation.
Interview
JR's Digital Mural Features 1,200 San Franciscans, Telling a Story of a Diverse City
The artist says he wants the 107-feet-long mural at SFMOMA to get people to interact with one another.
Announcement
San Francisco Art Book Fair Returns For Its Fourth Year
The Bay Area art book fair will be held at Minnesota Street Project from Friday, July 19 to Sunday July 21. Admission is free.