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fromsfist.com
2 days ago
Mission District

Friends Who Bought Dirt Alley' Are Looking For 1,280 People to Help Transform It Into Public Art

San Francisco
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Art Installation Goes Up on Mission Street Facade of the Almost Empty SF Centre Mall

Indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson's large photographic mural will cover the Mission Street facade of the closing SF Centre mall, enlivening a downtrodden downtown block.
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

Minimal Shapes Layer into Dynamic, Abstracted Murals by James Reka

James Reka favors public murals that respond to local history and community, using geometric abstraction, layered color, and architectural details to create site-specific narratives.
Mission District
fromsfist.com
2 days ago

Friends Who Bought Dirt Alley' Are Looking For 1,280 People to Help Transform It Into Public Art

A public art project will transform a barren alley in San Francisco's Sunset District into a 1,280-piece art quilt.
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

'horizons' at perrotin LA to show JR's california works from prison yards to border wall

JR's 'Horizons' exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles showcases large-scale photographic artworks created across California, transforming public spaces by placing enlarged portraits of individuals and communities onto architectural and landscape surfaces.
Arts
from48 hills
1 month ago

The North Beach Carol Doda mural will rise again - 48 hills

A beloved mural of Carol Doda by artist Natalie Gabriel in North Beach was painted over, erasing a tribute to the iconic topless dancer who shaped the neighborhood's cultural history.
Graphic design
fromDesign Milk
2 days ago

F5: Alex Lerian on Live Music, a Favorite Burrito Spot, Materials + More

Alex Lerian emphasizes the importance of observation and creativity in design, advocating for intentional resets and embracing the creative void.
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Endless's Street Art Calls Attention to London's Homeless Crisis

A street art installation by Endless highlights homelessness in London, juxtaposing it with the city's wealth.
History
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Commentary: From Columbus to Chavez: L.A.'s disappearing, disfigured and displaced statues

Statues in Los Angeles are frequently vandalized, stolen, or removed, reflecting changing perceptions of historical figures.
Photography
fromColossal
4 days ago

Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in 'Impossible' Photos

Joseph Ford's Impossible Street Art series combines photography and street art to engage with monumental infrastructure and energy production sites.
NYC music
fromJuxtapoz
7 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Chris "Daze" Ellis "Orchid Rain on the Underground" @ PPOW Gallery, NYC

Chris 'Daze' Ellis's exhibition showcases the legacy of 1970s and 80s graffiti art through new paintings and installations.
NYC LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
6 days ago

Elon Musk-linked mural at Rhode Island gay bar sparks backlash

A mural honoring a Ukrainian refugee was halted due to its connection to a controversial campaign backed by Elon Musk, sparking backlash.
#alysa-liu
East Bay (California)
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Check Out the New Giant Alysa Liu Mural That Just Went Up In Oakland's Temescal Neighborhood

Oakland unveiled a mural celebrating figure skater Alysa Liu's Olympic gold medal win, painted by local artists collective Illuminaries in the Temescal neighborhood.
East Bay (California)
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Check Out the New Giant Alysa Liu Mural That Just Went Up In Oakland's Temescal Neighborhood

Oakland unveiled a mural celebrating figure skater Alysa Liu's Olympic gold medal win, painted by local artists collective Illuminaries in the Temescal neighborhood.
San Francisco
fromMission Local
1 week ago

1930s mural by famous S.F. artist uncovered in Pacific Heights home

A hidden mural by artist Antonio Sotomayor was discovered in a Pacific Heights home after 11 years of speculation.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

Video: The Aching Power of Abraham Vazquez

Abraham Vazquez has this lusty, powerful, aching voice. This song is about loss, and you feel it with every inch of intensity that he's performing.
Music
Mission District
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 week ago

Remembering Marcia Poole, Berkeley artist and a voice for the voiceless

Marcia Poole, a compassionate Buddhist nun and artist, passed away at 83, leaving a legacy of service, creativity, and reverence for life.
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 weeks ago

"We're Becoming More and More Disconnected as a Society": Alex Prager on DreamQuil

Pursuing happiness through AI automation risks eroding the human connections and responsibilities that give life meaning.
#lowrider-culture
fromKqed
3 weeks ago
San Francisco

For Lowriders in San Francisco, It's Not Just a Stamp - It's Respect at the Federal Level | KQED

Portland food
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

After decades of being criminalized, lowriders get government's stamp of approval

The U.S. Postal Service honored lowrider culture with a stamp series, recognizing a Mexican American and Chicano artistic tradition that transformed ordinary cars into customized vehicles despite decades of police harassment and discriminatory cruising bans.
San Francisco
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

For Lowriders in San Francisco, It's Not Just a Stamp - It's Respect at the Federal Level | KQED

The USPS unveiled new lowrider stamps in San Francisco, celebrating a cultural tradition rooted in Bay Area communities while acknowledging ongoing struggles against immigration enforcement and criminalization.
Arts
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

"Rolling art": Unveiling of lowrider postal stamp brings hundreds to Bayview

Lowrider culture receives official U.S. postal stamp recognition, marking its transformation from criminalized activity to celebrated American cultural phenomenon.
#cesar-chavez
Arts
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The new life of hand-painted signs in Mexico

Sign painting in Mexico City has surged in popularity following the removal of street signs, leading to increased interest and new opportunities for artists.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 weeks ago

100 Posters: A photographic response to ICE takes to the walls and streets * Oregon ArtsWatch

DE-ICE:PDX distributed 100 posters across Portland featuring photojournalist images promoting family unity and providing Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition contact information for ICE detention support.
Renovation
fromColossal
4 weeks ago

Alvaro Urbano Suspends Fleeting Moments of Decay in Metal Plants

Álvaro Urbano sculpts plants from metal and paint to preserve fleeting moments of nature that would otherwise disappear within days or minutes.
Arts
fromColossal
2 weeks ago

'Let Us Gather In a Flourishing Way' Convenes 58 Artists to Survey Contemporary Latinx Painting

Let Us Gather In a Flourishing Way showcases contemporary Latinx painting through diverse artists and themes, emphasizing community and cultural convergence.
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

Mural of Cesar Chavez painted over at well-known SF home after allegations of sexual abuse

Homeowner Richard Segovia said the decision to remove Chavez's image came quickly. Segovia, who described himself as a longtime advocate for women and a supporter of young artists, said he contacted the muralist he works with immediately after a New York Times investigation detailed the allegations. UFW cofounder Dolores Huerta claims to be a survivor of Chavez's alleged abuse.
Mission District
Mission District
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Free Chinatown Mural Tour: Art + Culture Experience (SF)

The CCSC Mural Project offers a free guided walking tour of Chinatown's murals combined with community service, cultural experiences, and local food tastings.
Arts
fromArtforum
2 weeks ago

A Hard Sell: on Mexican art in the age of austerity

Mexico's Fourth Transformation government has drastically cut arts funding and framed contemporary art as elitist, forcing private initiatives to sustain public cultural institutions.
#contemporary-painting
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

A Living Canvas: Adrian K and the alchemy of art, appetite, and atmosphere at Pinky Swear | amNewYork

Adrian K's three-month residency at Pinky Swear merges art with social participation, using reclaimed materials to create work that balances ethereal beauty with urgent activism and circular economy principles.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
10 years ago

Neighborhood spotlight: L.A. Arts District

Late 1970s artists transformed Los Angeles's abandoned industrial Arts District through cheap rent and creative freedom, inadvertently catalyzing gentrification and development that continues today.
Mission District
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

Miles apart, they painted the same mural - one inside San Quentin, one in San Francisco

Incarcerated individuals at San Quentin created SkunkWorks to transform the prison environment through colorful murals and community initiatives that improve sensory conditions and foster leadership.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

South L.A. just became a Black cultural district. So where should its monument stand?

Historic South Los Angeles gained state designation as a Black cultural district with $5.5 million to preserve Black heritage and support local economic development.
New York City
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Duck Library brings waddling whimsy to NYC streets

Neighborhood 'duck libraries' with a take-a-duck, leave-a-duck policy provide tiny plastic ducks that bring joy to children across New York City.
Arts
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

DTLA has a new theater - inside a fake electrical box

Artist S.C. Mero created a hidden theater disguised as an electrical box in downtown L.A. to provide performance space for experimental artists lacking venues in the area's increasingly refined galleries.
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

The Chromatic Canvas: 10 Vibrant Courts Activating Community Space

Unlike most popular sports, the origin of basketball has a precise year and creator: it was invented in 1891 in the United States by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as an indoor sport for athletes at Springfield College during the winter, after the end of the football season. The sport quickly expanded beyond U.S. borders, being included in the Olympic Games in 1936 and achieving international popularity after the Second World War.
National Basketball Association
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Plan to Close DePaul Art Museum Faces Community Backlash

DePaul University will close its art museum on June 30 due to projected budget deficits, prompting over 2,000 faculty and students to oppose the decision.
Design
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

There is no right way, just the creative way: Alex Tan on Mouthwash Studio's multi-media projects

Creative strategy requires flexible, multidisciplinary approaches that combine visual identity, editorial products, and physical spaces to enable imaginative teams and impactful work.
Film
fromMission Local
2 months ago

S.F. poet Alejandro Murguia stars in new documentary, and the Mission gets its close-up

Keeper of the Fire documents Alejandro Murguía and the Mission District's cultural, poetic resistance to anti-immigrant rhetoric and efforts to impose a single national culture.
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Euphrat exhibit aims to create 'A Sense of Belonging'

The exhibit, which runs Jan.15-March 14 at the De Anza College museum, is presented in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads and its 2026 theme, "Bridges to Belonging." Self, family and neighborhood portraits reflect South Bay Area faces and stories. Marie Cameron's "People in My Neighborhood" series grew from her desire to meet and celebrate essential workers and creatives in her hometown of Los Gatos. The portraits include her neighbor's caregiver, grocery store and café workers, an artist, an author and a small business owner.
Photography
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

F5: Maye Ruiz on Lamp Sketches, Her Dog Quesadilla, and More

Maye Ruiz channels a lifelong impulse to rearrange objects and a fascination with layered narratives into bold, color-forward residential and hospitality design.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

'We're the Tijuana of the tent': non-profit Ambos's stand at Frieze Los Angeles is relocated

We were supposed to be Frieze's special guests. And we feel like we're being censored, racially profiled and discriminated against. Having worked with the fair for five years, she says she will not continue beyond this weekend.
Arts
Photography
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Farley Aguilar "Into the Reflection" @ Night Gallery, Los Angeles

A series of surreal, fluorescent paintings juxtaposes archival domestic photographs with anachronistic elements to examine modern subjectivity, solitude, and self-construction.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Judy Baca Denies Misusing $5M Grant for Iconic LA Mural

According to a new report from the LA Times, 10 former employees of Baca's nonprofit, the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), allege that she misused funds from a $5 million Mellon Foundation grant in 2021. The funding was specifically to be administered over three years for the expansion of "The Great Wall" mural, a portion of which went on view at Jeffrey Deitch gallery in Los Angeles last Saturday, February 20.
Arts
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fromArtnet News
1 month ago

How Tino Sehgal Turned a Street in Mexico Into a Living Artwork

Tino Sehgal's performance art transforms viewer perception through human interaction and collective experience, creating powerful moments that fundamentally change how audiences understand art.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path

Squeak Carnwath rejects the idea that painting is exhausted and continues to produce expansive, vital work within the oil painting tradition.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Judith F. Baca: Great Wall of Los Angeles: The 1970s- A Decade of Defiance and Dreams @ Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles

The Great Wall of Los Angeles expands to depict 1970s Indigenous reclamation, prison and campus uprisings, Chicano antiwar protests, and art's role in testimony.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

This Is Not My LA Art World

We're just a week away from Frieze LA, when East Coast dealers and local artists alike descend upon the Santa Monica Airport, but this isn't Renée Reizman's first rodeo. Since the critic and artist moved to the area almost 15 years ago, she's witnessed blue-chip New York galleries set up shop and sideline the irreverent, DIY spaces that shape the local art scene. Without these spaces, Reizman writes, she would not have discovered what art can be outside of the white cube.
Arts
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fromMission Local
1 month ago

People We Meet: The Sunset's Khalid Zakzouk gives them something to chalk about

Khalid Zakzouk transforms Sunset District sidewalks with vibrant, temporary chalk murals, creating figures and scenes while working outdoors for hours.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Dark Humor Decals For Everyday Absurdity: Amazing Acrylic Paintings by Javier Mayoral

Handcrafted Artful Embroideries of Everyday Products by Alicja Kozowska Well of Eternity: Stunning Sci-Fi Concept Artworks of Sung Choi Traveller's Joy The Key To The Countryside Beautiful Shell Adverts From The Mid-1950s These Animal Illustrations Accurately Express Our Monday Blues And Friday Feels Dark, Surreal And Moody Photo Works By Simon Kerola Artist Replaces Jurassic Park Dinosaurs With Those From The Show Dinosaurs "Deathmask Divine": The Superb Dark Paintings of Bahrull Marta
Arts
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Artist Ayelet Gal-On does not just paint; she builds, layering oil, acrylic and plaster on canvas. Gal-On's signature subjects for "Taken by the Wind, Swept by the Light," her upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 9 in Los Altos, are white dresses that appear to hang on a line, defying the stillness of the canvas. "I love the process of playing with color," says the artist.
Arts
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Massive new 433-foot mural arrives in downtown San Francisco

What's extraordinarily powerful about his practice is that he mixes modernist abstraction language with Indigenous patterning,
Arts
fromTime Out New York
2 months ago

Union Square's first-ever evening art installation lights up the plaza

Sure, those festive holiday lightshave officially burnt out, but that doesn't mean things have to be dark and dreary this winter: the Union Square Partnership (USP) is graciously adding some light and liveliness to the darkest time of the year with its new interactive art installation, "Patterned Behavior" by MASARY Studios, on view every evening (dusk to 10pm) from now through Tuesday, February 17.
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fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Downtown SF's Newest Mural Unveiling w/ Emily Fromm

Unveiling of Emily Fromm's ephemeral mural at 836 Montgomery St, San Francisco invites the community to view the work and learn her process.
Arts
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Ayelet Gal-On presents layered white-dress paintings conveying wind and light; San Mateo County Libraries seeks a Maker in Residence for a six-month STEAM residency.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Planet Circus: Paco Pomet @ Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica

Paco Pomet's paintings fuse realist precision with dark humor and surreal transformations that anthropomorphize nature and expose cyclical, self-consuming human behaviors.
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Oscar Murillo: "el pozo de agua" @ kurimanzutto, Mexico City

OSCAR MURILLO (b. 1986, La Paila, Colombia) has developed a multifaceted and challenging practice that spans painting, collaborative projects, video, sound and installation. Through each body of work, the artist probes ideas of collectivity and shared culture, demonstrating a commitment to the power of material presence alongside complex meditations on contemporary society. A focus on the social dimension that sits on the border between performance and events is also central to Murillo's practice.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Israel Campos "Echoes" @ Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

These paintings reveal the layers of history that undergird modern Los Angeles. Yaanga Lies Under the 101 imagines the city's earliest Tongva inhabitants as they made their home on the land that, in the modern day, runs beneath the Hollywood Freeway. Campos's process mimics this archaeological layering: each canvas begins with a screenprinted underlayer that is then painted over in acrylic, and then once again layered with screenprinted details.
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Arts
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months ago

Artist Spotlight: Su A Chae

Su A Chae's paintings examine identity and belonging through paradoxical spatial propositions, cultural memory, information asymmetry, and balance framed as active resistance.
fromCurbed
2 months ago

The Cuban House of Spirits

The artists José Parlá and Claudia Hilda, his wife, live in a former fire station in Fort Greene surrounded by memories of Cuba, which Parlá's ­family fled in 1970 and where ­Hilda lived until recently. "There's a lot of magical realism here, a big mix of Cuban traditions and religion," says Parlá, pointing to an icon of la Caridad del Cobre, the island's patron saint, in the kitchen. "We cannot move her!"
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fromArtforum
2 months ago

Miami's Crisis of Memory: Eddie Arroyo's December 3, 2024, 7:10 am Design District, 2025

This is the site of the Florida state historical marker commemorating Arthur Lee McDuffie, a Black insurance broker and former US Marine whose 1979 beating death at the hands of Miami police ignited one of the most consequential uprisings in the city's history. A plaque unveiled in February 2024 at the site of his attack finally acknowledged the violence that fractured McDuffie's skull and the community-wide outrage that followed.
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Mystery Is Embedded in Julia Fish's Architectural Art

Julia Fish's work visualizes geometry, architecture, wood grain, prismatic light, and musical structures through focused observational drawings and mixed-media pieces.
Arts
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Ayelet Gal-On's layered textured paintings of white dresses capture wind and light; her solo exhibition runs March 3–29 at Gallery 9 in Los Altos.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Misfits: Daniel Nunez Explores a New Freedom @ GR Gallery, New York

Misfits presents Daniel Núñez's playful, large-scale paintings and drawings blending childlike imagination with mature execution, balancing expressive freedom and formal restraint.
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