Art Galleries

23+ hour, 27+ min ago   (229+ words) A new exhibition dedicated to legendary designers Charles and Ray Eames opens Saturday at the Napa Valley Museum of Art & Culture in St. Helena, bringing furniture, toys, paintings, and personal belongings from one of the 20th century's most influential design partnerships…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (327+ words) After its October 1969 debut at the Smithsonian's National Collection of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C., the show toured 22 American museums and 11 European venues, drawing more than 500,000 viewers, as Phaidon notes. The accompanying exhibition catalog, published in 1970, became a key reference work…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (202+ words) Art lovers across San Francisco have a few more weekends to wander into working studios, chat with painters and printmakers, and maybe walk out with something for the wall. San Francisco Open Studios, now in its 52nd year, is running neighborhood…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (513+ words) In the middle of the great lawn at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens, the artist Saype danced and bobbed as he employed an industrial sprayer to paint large swaths of color on the freshly mowed grass. The French-Swiss artist has…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (169+ words) A massive painted fresco of two interlocking arms will spread across the Great Lawn at Yerba Buena Gardens on Wednesday, and organizers are inviting up to 1,000 members of the public to form an unbroken human chain around it. The free…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (54+ words) From San Francisco to Napa to Santa Clara to Oakland and beyond, we research local businesses and practitioners to find the BEST for you. - /best/past-winners/ Best of Best of Bay Area Past Winners From arts & entertainment to dining and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (962+ words) After 18 months standing as a towering sentry at San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza, the 45-foot-tall wire mesh sculpture of a nude woman will leave its station across from the Ferry Building next week. The controversial artwork, titled "R-Evolution" and recently renamed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (156+ words) A hulking relic of San Francisco's shipbuilding past is about to become the city's most unlikely stage. The gantry crane towering over Hunters Point Naval Shipyard will be wrapped in projected video, original music and community voices this October as…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (204+ words) Photographer Travis Monson is celebrating San Francisco's color through a series of rainbow-inspired photo collages. He says the city's beauty pushed him to explore every corner and share his journey in a colorful way. Monson posted collages made from thousands…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (330+ words) If the steel lattice-clad façade is any indication, this sculptural residence in South Park, San Francisco, showcases a dramatic sense of place. Comprising 2 full and 2 half bathrooms over 5,580... If the steel lattice-clad façade is any indication, this sculptural residence in…...