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SF’s Giant New Interactive Word Sculptures in Golden Gate Park
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s Golden Mile just got even more playful. Two new interactive public art sculptures, SMiLE and KiND, have been installed along Golden Gate Park’s famous Golden Mile stretch. Created by Bay Area artist Reuben Rude in collaboration with Illuminate and funded by The Big Art Loop, the oversized WordPlay sculptures more...
75,000 Hand-Built Kites Are Flying Into SFMOMA
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco 75,000 hand-built kites are coming to San Francisco and you can walk right under them for free. A massive new installation, Jacob Hashimoto: Giant Arc, is transforming the free public Roberts Family Gallery at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art into a floating canopy of color, pattern, and light. The more...
“The Bay Lights” Returns After 3 Years Dark
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Reopening, San Francisco After nearly three years of darkness, The Bay Lights are officially set to return to the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with a Grand Lighting scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2026. Arts nonprofit Illuminate just announced that the 1.8-mile installation by light artist Leo Villareal has been fully more...
Massive Free Downtown SF Festival Returns for 2026
Artsy Fartsy, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco Spend an evening exploring the ideas, art, and conversations shaping how we move forward collectively. Villa Albertine’s Night of Ideas returns in 2026 with an after-dark celebration of art, innovation, and culture across the U.S., landing in San Francisco at the Public Library and the Asian Art Museum. This year’s theme, more...
SF’s Brand New Massive City-Block-Sized Mural
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Wow The former Bloomingdale’s on Mission Street is getting a major makeover with a massive public mural, This Burning World, by Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson. Stretching 433 feet long and 66 feet high, the vinyl installation covers the building’s windows and brings a bold, colorful presence to SoMa. The mural more...
SF Gets New Free Art Fair in 10,000-Sq-Ft Warehouse (Jan 22-25)
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, San Francisco San Francisco’s art scene gets a new showcase this January with ATRIUM, a free alternative art fair at Minnesota Street Project. The 10,000-square-foot fair brings together more than 20 Bay Area galleries, including established spaces and smaller, experimental programs. Timed with SF Art Week, ATRIUM transforms MSP’s warehouse at 1275 Minnesota more...
SF Just Got A Colorful New Archway on the Embarcadero
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, San Francisco San Francisco just added a stunning new public art piece along the Embarcadero. Mareas, by artist Ana Teresa Fernández, is now permanently installed at the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal Plaza at Pier 27. Named Mareas, Spanish for “tides,” the archway mirrors the movement of light and water across the Bay more...
BTS Leader RM’s First-Ever Public Art Show Coming to SFMOMA
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New SFMOMA has announced a major new exhibition coming in fall 2026. RM of BTS, the global K-pop supergroup known for hits like Dynamite and Butter, is opening his personal art collection to the public for the first time, and San Francisco will be the first city to showcase it. RM x more...
Rare Studio Ghibli Experience Pops Up in San Jose Through Feb. 8
Adorable, Artsy Fartsy, Geeks Fans of Studio Ghibli have a magical reason to visit San Jose’s Santana Row this winter. From January 9 through February 8, 2026 the Studio Ghibli Collection Pop-Up Shop brings a curated selection of official merch straight from Japan to the Bay. Inside, you will find everything from plushies and puzzles more...
SF’s Getting a Massive 95 ft. Tall Light Show
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco San Francisco is getting a new 95-foot-tall light show on Market Street. A year-round outdoor projection series called Yerba Buena Illuminated is launching in downtown San Francisco, lighting up the historic Humboldt Bank Building at Market Street and Yerba Buena Lane. The installation debuts Monday, January 12, 2026, featuring rotating digital artworks more...
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...
