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San Francisco Giants Buy SF’s Historic 103-Year-Old Curran Theatre
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, San Francisco Downtown San Francisco is getting a new cultural twist thanks to the Giants. The team has officially purchased the historic Curran Theatre, a 1,600-seat venue just two blocks from Union Square. While BroadwaySF will keep running shows and ATG remains in charge of operations, the move signals the Giants are more...
Historic SF Bank Building to Become New Global HQ for Empire Records
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco Empire Records, the independent music label behind artists like Kendrick Lamar, has received city approval to turn a long-vacant historic bank building into its global headquarters in downtown San Francisco. The company plans to move about 150 local employees into One Montgomery Street, a 1908 Financial District landmark it purchased more...
Help Decorate SF’s First Rose Parade Float in Nearly 50 Years
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, San Francisco, Support the Bay San Francisco is gearing up for a big return to the 2026 Rose Parade with a brand new float that will roll through Pasadena on New Year’s Day. It is the city’s first official float entry in nearly five decades, and the public is invited to help build it. From December more...
Huge New Lighted Garden Trail Coming to SF (Winter 2025)
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Get Out: Events, Holiday Lights, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Wow San Francisco Botanical Garden will transform into a glowing after-dark wonderland this winter with Lightscape, an immersive holiday light and music trail that has wowed crowds in London, Chicago, Melbourne, and New York. From November 21, 2025 through January 4, 2026, visitors can wander a one-mile path with more than one more...
Free SF Art Museum Exits “The Cube” After Less Than 1 Year
Artsy Fartsy The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is making an abrupt exit from its “Cube” space in the Financial District at the end of the year. The Cube was always meant to be temporary and was originally planned as a two-year, rent-free home. ICA SF moved there from Dogpatch in more...
SF Has a Rave-Themed Art Exhibit at Asian Art Museum
Artsy Fartsy The Asian Art Museum is turning up the volume with Rave into the Future, a new exhibition on view through January 12, 2025. Instead of quiet galleries, expect pounding beats, flashing lights, and a giant copper dance floor you can actually move on. The show highlights women and queer artists more...
SF’s “Big Art Loop” w/ 34 Miles + 100 Large Sculptures
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Outdoorsy, San Francisco San Francisco just got a brand-new way to explore the city: the Big Art Loop, a 34-mile open-air gallery featuring up to 100 large-scale sculptures across neighborhoods, parks, and the waterfront. And the best part? It’s completely free. The Big Art Loop is designed for walking or biking, whether you want more...
Giant 36-Ft KAWS Inflatable Sculpture Coming to SFMOMA Rooftop
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Wow San Francisco’s skyline is about to get a playful upgrade. Starting November 15, 2025, SFMOMA will host a massive 36-foot-tall inflatable sculpture by KAWS on its rooftop. Part of his global HOLIDAY project, the free-to-view COMPANION sculpture lets everyone enjoy his iconic characters from downtown or Yerba Buena Gardens. At the more...
Union Square’s $40 Million Makeover Coming to Powell Street
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco Union Square is planning a $40 million makeover for the three blocks of Powell Street between Market Street and Union Square. The redesign includes a giant suspended “golden lantern” of hundreds of programmable LED bulbs above the cable car turnaround, plus rows of glowing globe lights strung in a zigzag pattern more...
Check Out SF’s Wild New “Banana” Bench at Union Square
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Fun & Games Union Square’s cable car turnaround just got a little more… a-peeling. The second of four rotating public art installations has landed, and it’s a bright yellow banana sculpture that doubles as a bench. Curb-A-Peel officially debuted Friday, August 29, 2025 at the Cable Car Turnaround Arts, right at Powell & more...
Two 16-Ton “Whales” Return to SF After 20+ Years in Storage
Artsy Fartsy After decades in storage, Robert B. Howard’s iconic Whales sculpture, featuring two playful orcas, has a new permanent home at City College of San Francisco’s Ocean Campus Student Success Center at Ocean Ave and Frida Kahlo Way. The Whales sculpture is hard to miss. Standing roughly 10 feet tall, 14 feet more...
Alamo Square “Painted Lady” Hosts Rare Pop-up Museum
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Get Out: Events, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco For the first time ever, one of San Francisco’s iconic “Painted Ladies” on Alamo Square is opening its doors to the public – and it’s housing a rare pop-up art museum from local street artist fnnch. Inside you’ll find street artist fnnch’s Honey Bear paintings over the last 10 years. There more...
New 120-Foot Glass Artwork Just Debuted at SF’s Chinatown Muni Station
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Transportation A new glass art installation is now on view at San Francisco’s Chinatown-Rose Pak Muni Station. Created by New York-based artist Tomie Arai, the 700-square-foot piece called Arrival spans the station’s parapet façade along Stockton and Washington streets. The large-scale glass mural blends historical and contemporary imagery tied to Chinatown’s past, more...
Golden Gate Park’s New Huge Tire Art Sculptures
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New A new public art installation has been added to Golden Gate Park’s JFK Promenade, bringing a fresh set of large-scale sculptures to the popular pedestrian space. Six sculptures by acclaimed Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero are now on display along the car-free stretch of JFK, between Conservatory Drive East and West. The more...
Ultimate Guide to SF’s Grateful Dead Summer Takeover
Artsy Fartsy, Local Icons, San Francisco, Wow San Francisco is going full psychedelic to honor the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, the iconic band born right here in 1965. In the lead-up to Dead & Company’s sold-out three-night run in Golden Gate Park (August 1-3), the city is paying tribute with art exhibits, live shows, and more...
