Airport art named best public projects in the nation
Two recently commissioned artworks displayed in the new Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport were recognized as some of the best public art projects in the country over the weekend. Local...
View ArticleArts Commission seeks contracters for help with strategic plan
The San Francisco Arts Commission is looking to pay consultants $150,000 to $200,000 to help plan a long-term strategy for the agency, less than a year after it came under fire for mismanagement and...
View ArticleAlejandro Murguia named new poet laureate
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee named Alejandro Murguía the city’s sixth poet laureate Thursday. “I am thrilled to announce Alejandro Murguía as the new San Francisco poet laureate, a position that...
View ArticleNeighbors unhappy with high-rise condos at Mexican Museum
Residents of a tower full of multi-million-dollar condominiums complained loudly to the Planning Commission Thursday about plans for a 47-story tower that’s likely to be home to more...
View ArticleSF Museum workers move closer to strike
A picket line could soon become the newest attraction at San Francisco’s two fine arts museums if a contract dispute between some museum employees and management continues. Workers in the union that...
View ArticleMaltese Falcon to gain feathered friend at John’s Grill
Maltese Falcon, meet the Maltese Eagle. San Francisco’s most famous bird of prey, a replica of the statue seen in Humphrey Bogart’s 1941 film noir, will be joined on its perch at John’s Grill this...
View ArticleRed Vic Movie House to rise again, sort of
Haight Street’s much-loved Red Vic Movie House will be getting a new lease on life, more than a year after it was forced to shut its doors after 31 years as a cultural landmark. A plan to reimagine the...
View ArticleFinalist chosen in libary card contest
“The Flying Library Squid.” “Alien Over Golden Gate Bridge With Sharks.” “Batman Is My Mom.” No, these aren’t the names of Michael Bay disaster movies in the works, just some of the Insider’s favorite...
View ArticleWinning library card designs announced
There was no deciding between the lesser of evils in this race – San Franciscans have voted for penguins, butterflies and sunshine to grace their library cards. The five winning designs in the San...
View ArticleAvalos skips SFJazz opening over labor dispute
The glitzy grand opening of the SFJazz Center in Hayes Valley on Monday was not music to one elected official’s ears. Citing a contract dispute between the SFJazz and a union representing those who...
View ArticleProposed Mexican Museum development clears hurdle
The Mexican Museum has been looking to move to a new location downtown for years and inched one step closer to that goal last week, but many are upset about the new neighbors it would bring. Plans call...
View ArticleDe Young Oceanic art collection once again center of dispute
The city’s fine arts museums are in a new fight over its world-renowned collection of Oceanic art, with the donor of the multi-million dollar collection outraged over plans to sell some of the artwork...
View ArticleBART’s monstrous macrame may bite the dust
It’s not unusual that a piece of public art spurs controversy, but in the case of Legs, a huge piece of macrame — that oh-so-hip art form from the 70′s — in the Embarcadero BART Station, the dispute...
View ArticlePop culture poetry display from youth at Main Library
The public art pieces at San Francisco’s Main Library featuring murals of Latino American authors and gay and lesbian history have been joined by the Kardashian’s, Spongebob Squarepants and goats on...
View ArticleCoit Tower making headway on renovations
San Franciscans approved a measure last year intended to protect the Depression-era murals inside Coit Tower that have been showing their age. So has it helped? That depends on who you ask. Even before...
View ArticleNew app to guide tourists through waterfront art installations
The throngs of tourists that are sure to descend on San Francisco for the America’s Cup will no longer have to wander the waterfront wondering about the 10 tons of painted metal sticking out of the...
View ArticleBayview to host 3rd on Third art celebration
The Bayview is gearing up for a big party as businesses and residents get ready for 3rd on Third, the neighborhood’s first of its kind arts and culture celebration. Pop-up galleries, food trucks and a...
View ArticleTwo SF art installations among nation’s best
A few prominent public art installations in San Francisco were chosen for top honors at the Public Art Network Year in Review conference in Pittsburgh last month. Firefly, designed by Macarthur...
View ArticleBayview 3rd on Third festival receives two-year funding
Last month’s 3rd on Third art festival in the Bayview was originally billed as a one-off event, but after an impressive turnout, Supervisor Malia Cohen was able to secure funding to keep the monthly...
View ArticlePalace Hotel announces return of Pied Piper painting
After a boisterous outcry from the public following its removal, the Pied Piper of Hamelin will be returning to the Palace Hotel. The painting by Maxfield Parrish, valued by the hotel at somewhere...
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