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SF’s New “Sun” Light Installation Rises & Sets with the Philippines
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, San Francisco A glowing Filipino sun will light up Yerba Buena Gardens this September, syncing its glow with sunrise and sunset in the Philippines. A new sun is coming to San Francisco. “13°N, 122°E,” a glowing amber dome floating above a fountain in Yerba Buena Gardens, will become the city’s first Filipino monument more...
Pokémon Takes Over San Francisco With Four Drone Shows (Aug. 27-30)
Artsy Fartsy, Celebrations, Downtown San Francisco, Wow San Francisco is about to get a massive Pokémon makeover. The Pokémon World Championships are coming to the city August 28-30, 2026 bringing the world’s top Pokémon players to Moscone Center and Chase Center for three days of competition and celebration. Alongside the championship, the first-ever PokémonXP fan experience will more...
SF Just Turned a Historic 95-Ft Building Into a Giant Art Screen
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, San Francisco San Francisco has officially turned a downtown building into a giant art projector. Yerba Buena Illuminated launched Tuesday, August 25, 2026 projecting giant digital artworks onto the historic Humboldt Bank Building at 785 Market St., at the top of Yerba Buena Lane. The massive projection covers a 95-foot-high by 46-foot-wide section more...
Coming in 2027: SF Is Getting a New 5-Block Outdoor Art Trail
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco San Francisco is turning portions of Minna and Natoma streets into a colorful new public art corridor connecting Yerba Buena Gardens, SFMOMA and the Transbay Transit Center. The project will add about 800 feet of colorful artwork directly into the streets, along with sculptures, seating, bike racks and decorative bollards. Five more...
CA Swaps Welcome Signs for Giant Photo-Worthy Monuments
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Travel Road trippers entering California from Oregon have a brand-new welcome. Caltrans has unveiled two giant gateway monuments along southbound U.S. 101 and U.S. 199 in Del Norte County, replacing the classic blue-and-yellow “Welcome to California” signs that had greeted visitors for decades. Instead of simple roadside signs, the new monuments are designed more...
Artist Andy Goldsworthy Brings 50 Earth-Dyed Flags to SF
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco If you’ve ever seen one of Andy Goldsworthy‘s famous outdoor art installations, you know he has a way of turning natural materials into something unexpectedly beautiful. Now, one of his newest works has landed in San Francisco for its West Coast debut. On display at Fort Mason through July 30, Red more...
SF Getting Giant Rainbow Laser Light Show w/ 49 Beams
4th of July, Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Pride San Francisco is getting a giant rainbow laser light show this summer. From June 21 through July 4, 2026 Civic Center Plaza will host “7X7,” a free public art installation featuring 49 beams of light projecting into the sky, one for each square mile of the city. Visible across San Francisco and more...
Oakland’s New Parkway Theater Launches New Lifetime Pass
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, East Bay, Things to Do, Worth the Splurge The New Parkway Theater in Oakland has just launched a Lifetime Pass. Although the pass is a little spendy at $1,750, it includes nearly every movie, sports screening, and special event, including events like Super Bowl parties, Academy Awards viewings, and Easter brunches, and is a fun way to support 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...
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...
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...
