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Big BiP murals bloom around town
By on August 22, 2017
“Figurine,” a huge mural of human-like golden flowers painted on the outside wall of the Alise hotel in the inner Tenderloin, is arresting and romantic. The seven-story installation by the »

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Sophie Calle ‘Missing’ evokes emotion
By on August 8, 2017
French conceptual artist Sophie Calle once received an email from a boyfriend, telling her the relationship was over and ending with the words, “Take Care of Yourself.” Calle did just »

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Dazzling, evocative nature in BigPicture show
By on August 3, 2017
At the California Academy of Sciences’ BigPicture exhibition, photographer Mauro Tronto’s dazzling Icelandic landscape depicts undulating misty waterfalls, a rainbow and snow, crowned with a lime-green aurora trail swirling above. »

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Drag queens art show adorns Scott Wiener’s office
By on July 5, 2017
Sen. Scott Wiener’s office is hosting a show of artist Joseph Abbati’s large tapestry portraits of San Francisco drag queens, each with their own story of giving back to the »

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‘New Urban Legend’ exhibit tackles social issues
By on June 8, 2017
Artists and curators from the Bay Area and China address power, displacement, economic divides and other issues affecting neighborhoods and residents in “New Urban Legend: Resistance of Space,” an exhibition »

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Colombia defies stereotypes in Matt O’Brien’s photographs
By on April 27, 2017
Long portrayed in the media and popular entertainment as a land of drug trafficking, violence and other woes, Colombia is a rich, human and gorgeous subject in Matthew O’Brien’s photographs. »

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Jim Marshall photos document SF’s Summer of Love
By on March 9, 2017
Jim Marshall, widely regarded as rock and roll’s premier photographer in the 1960s and 1970s, documents the Summer of Love in an exhibition in The City showcasing Marshall’s work and »

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‘Latino Life’ photo show ‘gives strength in current climate’
By on January 18, 2017
The “4th Annual Latino Life,” a photography show in San Francisco’s Mission, captures experiences of a group that is becoming the majority in California, yet remains marginalized in mainstream society. »

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