San Francisco
First major show of Sandro Botticelli’s drawings to include five newly attributed works
Exhibition at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor will bring together 27 drawings and reunite Uffizi’s Adoration of the Magi with its preparatory designs for the first time
San Francisco gallerist filmed spraying unhoused woman with hose arrested and charged with battery
Shannon Collier Gwin could face up to six months in prison if convicted
Moving the needle: San Francisco to unveil Hiroshi Sugimoto's towering sundial monument
The 70ft-high public art commission expresses "humanity's yearning for the infinite"
The rediscovery of Abstract Expressionist Bernice Bing
The Chinese American artist, who died at age 62 in relative obscurity, is the subject of an illuminating exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
San Francisco museums will waive admissions for a weekend thanks to anonymous donation
Twenty-one museums across the city will be free during the inaugural San Francisco Free Museum Weekend on 3-4 December
Is Alice Rahon the next Surrealist rediscovery?
San Francisco dealer Wendi Norris is giving Rahon the royal treatment, with a new exhibition and online archive
Artists fail to win lawsuit over erased murals at San Francisco queer bar
The property owner has been cleared of whitewashing LGBTQ art works at the Stud Bar
San Francisco artists will receive $1,000 per month as part of a guaranteed income pilot programme
The initiative, now in its second round and organised by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, aims to create a stable economic foundation for artists with few or no social safety net protections
Ruth Asawa made hundreds of masks of her San Francisco community—now a local museum is putting them on permanent display
Representing one of the artist’s least known but most ambitious works, "The Faces of Ruth Asawa" is going on show at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center
Reversing course after shakeup, San Francisco school board votes to keep controversial George Washington murals on view
Previously destined to be painted over, then simply covered up, the WPA frescoes have been at the centre of debates about US history, education and representation for four years
Artworks from Ukrainian museum appear as monumental projections in California
The partnership between a Bay Area nonprofit and a museum in Kyiv began shortly before the Russian invasion has taken on new urgency in the days since
San Francisco’s Fog art fair returns with rapid sales of tangible works and rising interest in the digital
The fair, which was canceled in 2021 due to Covid-19, has seen strong participation from local galleries and collectors, as well as institutions
‘More is more’: San Francisco’s new contemporary art centre reveals latest hires and inaugural programmes
The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco makes four key hires ahead of a series of pop-up events and exhibitions starting in January
The Big Review: Judy Chicago at De Young Museum
The retrospective of the legendary feminist offers some familiar pleasures and a chance to re-evaluate her recent work
San Francisco will greet a new Institute of Contemporary Art
Nascent museum proclaims a commitment to economic justice and expansion of the art canon
‘Athletic prowess and great ambition’: major Joan Mitchell survey begins its three-stop tour
Exhibition on the Abstract Expressionist includes little-known paintings and explores the influence of poetry on her work
William T. Wiley, a founder of the Bay Area Funk Art movement and influential art teacher, has died, aged 83
A dedicated mentor, he also delighted in provocative enigmas in wide-ranging mediums
Two non-profits team up to offer $100,000 grants to artists in the San Francisco Bay Area
Annual stipends will benefit creators struggling with an astronomical cost of living in the region, which is facing an artistic exodus
After San Francisco loses Gagosian, the city's galleries are collaborating to survive
Mega-gallery's closure will not affect Californian city's small but vibrant art scene, local dealers say—this is "not a place that responds to grandiose braggadoci"
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, and founder of San Francisco’s City Lights bookstore, has died, aged 101
Throughout his life, he continued to paint and write books, showing his literature-infused art in New York just last year
Robert Bechtle, Bay Area photorealist whose work captured the magic of everyday moments, has died, aged 88
The painter created hyper realistic images based on photographs he took in his Bay Area neighbourhood
San Francisco Art Institute says it is reinstating degree programmes
Decision follows the resolution of contract disputes with tenured faculty and an infusion of funds
San Francisco university in talks with US government about preserving New Deal-era murals slated for destruction
The General Services Administration considers paintings by Bernard Zakheim federal property on loan to the school, it says
Suspected arson damages Andy Goldsworthy’s Spire in San Francisco’s Presidio park
The 100ft-tall sculpture is still standing after a major blaze, but crews will determine if it can remain in place
Mayors of major US cities urge Congress to provide additional support for the arts and culture sector
Spearheaded by the San Francisco Arts Alliance, more than 20 mayors have signed a letter requesting additional aid in its next relief package
Artists explore the dark side of AI in Silicon Valley's backyard
The exhibition of 13 artists, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, will include works about automation and machine bias
Championing African American abstraction: inside the collection of Pamela Joyner
The San Francisco-based philanthropist tells us what she's bought and why
San Francisco fairs reflect the Bay Area's widening wealth gap
While Fog Design+Art and Untitled continue to draw established dealers, younger galleries opt out due to concerns over the wider cultural economy
Street artist paints ginormous portrait of eco warrior Greta Thunberg in San Francisco
Cobre defends use of spray paint in creating eight-storey mural, saying his materials are environmentally friendly
Postcommodity plays the soundtrack of destruction in San Francisco
The city’s Millennium Tower is sinking, so the arts collective created an ASMR record from data recording the skyscraper’s plunge to be played until the building is fixed or torn down