James Hayward, influential California painter, dies at 82
James Hayward, a San Francisco-born abstract painter whose heavily textured monochrome works made him a distinctive presence in…
Exploratorium set to open new museum in Seoul
San Francisco’s Exploratorium is charting an overseas expansion, announcing on Thursday that it would open a museum in…
SFMOMA Calder mobiles inspire museum etiquette warning
Alexander Calder works on view in “Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10” at the San Francisco Museum of…
Lola Flash show in S.F. traces four decades of identity, activism
New York photographer Lola Flash has created images that show the intersections of politics and identity, history and…
UMI headlines de Young’s Late Night gala afterparty in S.F.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s annual gala is back, and so is the fundraiser’s dance-all-night afterparty.…
San Francisco Art Fair spotlights Asian American artists
For anyone just now recovered from January’s San Francisco Art Week, get your tote bags and Tabi boots…
Why a ‘terrifying’ Elon Musk robot dog is roaming San Francisco
Elon Musk has been turning heads in San Francisco — or at least his likeness. A flesh-colored android…
Judge:S.F. can proceed with removal of fountain from Embarcadero Plaza
A San Francisco judge on Wednesday denied a motion to stop the removal of the embattled Vaillancourt Fountain…
Giant mask sculpture made from industrial scrap turns heads at SF park
Visitors to India Basin Shoreline Park in San Francisco check out “Whispers of Waste,” a 13-foot monument made…
Ruth Asawa family to open new San Francisco gallery
Ruth Asawa stands in front of her San Francisco Fountain near Union Square on Jan. 23, 1973. Art…
This S.F. show turns earthquake data into art — and it’s mesmerizing
Artist and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain and her husband, artist and UC Berkeley robotics professor Ken Goldberg, have been…
SF’s Jewish museum is for sale, with limits on property’s uses
The exterior cube of the Contemporary Jewish Museum is one of the building’s most striking features. The downtown…