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.
San Francisco
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.
News
San Francisco Art Scene Rallies In Support of Curator Laid Off from 500 Capp Street
The decision to lay off Bob Linder outraged many members of the Bay Area arts community, sparking a petition encouraging 500 Capp Street to rehire the curator and leading two artists to withdraw work from exhibitions.
In Brief
Gallerist Accused of Dumping Water on Homeless Woman in San Francisco
San Francisco gallerist Don Soker is defending himself from allegations made over the weekend that he poured a bucket of water onto a homeless woman and her belongings from the roof of his contemporary art venue.
In Brief
Gallerist Accused of Dumping Water on Homeless Woman in San Francisco
San Francisco gallerist Don Soker is defending himself from allegations made over the weekend that he poured a bucket of water onto a homeless woman and her belongings from the roof of his contemporary art venue.
News
A San Francisco Art Nonprofit Is Trying to Save Its Building From Developers
The Lab, a veteran experimental art space, is raising money to buy the historical Redstone Labor Temple in the city's trendy Mission District before it's turned into corporate offices.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: M Eifler Works to Give Disabled People Access to the Visual World
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
Art
Sadie Barnette's Homage to Her Father and the First Black-Owned Gay Bar in San Francisco
Sadie Barnette mines memories to turn them into glittering, physical spaces. Her latest installation, The New Eagle Creek Saloon, is a recreation of the gay bar her father ran in the early '90s.
Art
Rethinking the Physical Limits of Photography
A dual exhibition of works by Jennifer Brandon and Andréanne Michon destabilizes comfortable perceptions of the photographic medium, its physical limits, and relationship to time.
In Brief
This Summer, Public Benefits Recipients Can Visit San Francisco Museums for Free
From June 1 to September 2, San Francisco residents who are EBT or Medi-Cal cardholders will receive free admission to over 15 of the city's museums and cultural institutions.