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Goodbye to SF’s 23-Foot Tall Inflatable Bunnies
By - posted 4/25/2016
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A hip-hoppin’ large-scale, temporary public art installation by artist Amanda Parer will be installed in Civic Center Plaza in April. Because, bunnies. San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza will host Intrude available to all of San Francisco residents and visitors to enjoy 24 hours, 7 days a week beginning April 4th through April 25, 2016 with more...

How to Get Free Tickets to Art Market SF
By - posted 4/24/2016
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Art Market San Francisco will return to the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this spring to celebrate its sixth edition. Following record breaking sales, city-wide partnerships, and attendance of over 25,000 visitors in 2015, the 2016 edition of Art Market San Francisco is pleased to present a significant selection of contemporary and more...

Muralists “Erase” the U.S./Mexico Border Wall
By - posted 4/8/2016
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r/SF hosts the San Francisco edition live stream event for “Borrando la Frontera”, a three state wide coordinated public art project by Ana Teresa Fernandez. Borrando la Frontera” Live Stream Saturday, April 9, 2016 – 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Residence/SF | 3338 24th St., San Francisco, CA FREE Fernandez will work remotely with arts more...

POSTPONED – Crissy Field’s Unbelievable Rock Balancing Artists
By - posted 4/5/2016
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The Rock Balancing Lessons have been postponed due to rain. The new date is Saturday, August 6, 2016. Watch and join in the amazing gravity-defying art of rock balancing near the Golden Gate Bridge. Dozens of artists worldwide are part of a global balanced rock sculpture movement, and two of them have invited more...

SF’s 23-Foot Tall Glow-in-the-Dark Bunnies
By - posted 4/3/2016
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A hip-hoppin’ large-scale, temporary public art installation by artist Amanda Parer will be installed in Civic Center Plaza in April. Because, bunnies. San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza will host Intrude available to all of San Francisco residents and visitors to enjoy 24 hours, 7 days a week beginning April 4th through April 25, 2016. The more...

Fort Mason’s Epic One-Night-Only Artist Takeover
By - posted 3/23/2016
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“Fort Nights: Neon Robot Iceberg” kicks off a new era at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, one of community-focused events and exhibitions curated by FMCAC. This event, which is the first in the Fort Nights series, features more than 22 artists and musicians exploring site-specific multi-media art across more...

Annie Liebovitz’s New Photo Tour Comes to SF
By - posted 3/22/2016
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The Presidio is proud to host the only west coast appearance of Annie Leibovitz’s latest internationally touring exhibition. Women: New Portraits continues a project that began more than fifteen years ago by the world-renowned photographer, and it remains her most enduringly popular series of photographs. The new portraits, commissioned by UBS, reflect more...

2016 Plastic Camera Show
By - posted 3/6/2016
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RayKo’s Annual Plastic Camera Show includes stunning and sometimes surprising images made by the crappy camera-toting winners of this competition. 2016 Rayko’s Plastic Camera Show Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 9, 6-8pm Rayko Photo Center, 428 Third Street, San Francisco FREE Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 9, 6-8pm Exhibition Dates: March 9 – April 29, 2016 The juried competition more...

Hello City 2016
By - posted 3/2/2016
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Bay Area artists have come together to reimagine Sanrio’s character Hello Kitty, also known as Kitty White, for the 4th Annual Hello City group show. Hello City 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, March 4 | 6-10 pm Exhibition: March 4 – March 8, 2016 | noon to 8 pm Art Attack SF | 2722A Hyde St., San Francisco FREE Hello Kitty, first introduced more...

SF’s Final “Free Hot Dog Day” Ever
By - posted 2/28/2016
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Sadly, the Frankenart Mart experiment is coming to a close, but they’ll be celebrating one final “free hot dog day” on Sunday, February 28th. Come by for a free beef or veggie hot dog, and every piece of art will be on sale. Come get dirt cheap art, art supplies, random crap, more...

A Sneak Peek at the new SFMOMA
By - posted 2/22/2016
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After a two-year expansion, SFMOMA steps back onto the world stage this May as the largest contemporary art museum in the country. As Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher helps drive the global design conversation and heads a collection of pivotal works that influence contemporary culture. Design San more...

BAMPFA Re-Opening Celebration
By - posted 1/30/2016
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The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) will open its new building to the public on Sunday, January 31, 2016 with an all-day open house. Free BAMPFA Community Day Sunday, January 31, 2016 | 11 am to 11 pm BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley FREE, but a reserved ticket is required. Get a first look at more...

The “Internet Cat Video Festival” is Real… And it’s Coming to SF
By - posted 1/10/2016
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The internet was created for two things that both happen to start with the letter P; pussycat videos and, you know, the other p word that happens when two or more people and a camera really love each other. Enjoy a day full of one of these Ps (the first one) more...

2016 SF Tape Music Festival
By - posted 1/7/2016
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America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features four distinct concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 32 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, more...

Crazy Massive Art Pieces Coming to SF
By - posted 1/7/2016
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Got an idea for a crazy, massive art project you think would look just terrible awesome in some super prominent public plaza in SF? If you act quickly, you might be able to get up to $50,000 to make your insane art dream come true. There may no longer be any empty public more...