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December 2023
- December 11, San Francisco Examiner: "Why this SF artist's new library exhibit is 'really special' to her" by James Salazar
- December 3, SF Standard: "How Did Black Residents Grapple With San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake? A New Exhibit Takes a Look" by Julie Zigoris
November 2023
- November 30, SF Chronicle: "S.F.’s space-age public toilets haven’t landed — but futuristic kiosks are touching down" by John King
- November 27, SFStandard: "Comics Highlight Asian American Artists on San Francisco’s Market Street" by Han Li
- November 20, KQED: "SFAC Votes to Remove ‘Dragon Relief’ Over Broadway Tunnel" by Sarah Hotchkiss
July 2023
- July 21, SFist: "Deplorable Vandals Damage Historic Lotta’s Fountain Landmark in Downtown SF" by Joe Kukura
- July 21, SFGate: "Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco vandalized" by Sam Mauhay-Moore
- July 20, KTVU: "Vandals damage historic Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco"
- July 20, Latina Magazine: "A Guide to the Bay Area’s Summer Art Scene: Me Llaman Calle: The Monumental Art of Juana Alicia" by Joanna García Cherán
- July 20, SF Standard: "San Francisco’s Most Beloved Monument Vandalized" by Julie Zigoris
June 2023
- June 29, Nob Hill Gazette: "A New Point of Interest on Yerba Buena Island" by Max Blue
- June 26, HyperAllergic: "Capturing the Elusive Magic of California’s Golden Light" by Renée Reizman
- June 26, Local News Matters: "A monumental challenge: San Francisco gets $3M grant to bring diversity to its memorials" by Lydia Sidhom, Bay City News
- June 23, Barron's: "Public Statues Are Changing. How Boston and San Francisco Will Tell the ‘Complexity of the American Story’" by V.L. Hendrickson
- June 22, Observer: "In Philanthropy: Rescinded Pledges, Billion-Dollar Foundations Changing Course and Modern Monuments" by Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
- June 22, The Economist: "A sculpture in San Francisco Bay points towards the future"
- June 21, ArtForum: "Mellon Foundation Issues $25 Million In Grants To Fund Diverse Monuments"
- June 21, SF Standard: "Boom Loop: This San Francisco Neighborhood Is Riding Arts and Culture to Recovery" by Julie Zigoris
- June 21, The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Mellon Foundation Awards $25 Million to 9 Cities Through Its Monuments Project" by M.J. Prest
- June 20, ArtDependence: "Monuments Project Giving Exceeds $150M; Grantmaking Expands to Nine Municipalities"
- June 20, Forbes: "As Tech Companies Abandon San Francisco, A Towering New Artwork Points Toward A Better Future" by Jonathon Keats
- June 20, Philanthropy News Digest: "Mellon Foundation Monuments Project awards $25 million to nine cities"
- June 19, The Art Newspaper: "Nine US cities receive grants totalling $25m to develop more diverse monuments" by Wallace Ludel
- June 19, Architect News: "The Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project awards $25 million worth of grant funding to 9 municipalities" By Josh Niland
- June 17, SF Standard: "Flying SFO This Summer? Here Are 25 Insider Tips for New Food, Fun and Transport - No 10. Soak in Fine Art" by by Maryann Jones Thompson
- June 16, Art Asia Pacific: "Hiroshi Sugimoto Completes Public Sculpture in California"
- June 15, Architect's Newspaper: Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Point of Infinity completes on San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Island
- June 14, ArtDependence: New Monumental Sculpture by Internationally Renowned Artist Hiroshi Sugimoto Installed on Yerba Buena Island
- June 14, Local News Matters: "‘Infinity’ and beyond: First public art display on Yerba Buena Island part of grander vision" by Lydia Sidhom, Bay City News
- June 14, Artdaily: "A new Hiroshi Sugimoto sculpture in San Francisco reaches for infinity"
- June 13, Collater.al: "Hiroshi Sugimoto changes the San Francisco skyline" by Giorgia Massari
- June 13, ArtNet: "Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto Has Unveiled His First Major Work in the U.S.: A Towering Sculpture That Pierces the San Francisco Sky" by Jo Lawson-Tancred
- June 12, SurfaceMag: "A Hiroshi Sugimoto sculpture launches San Francisco’s Treasure Island Art Program"
- June 12, SF FunCheap: "Huge 69-Foot Sculpture Unveiled at SF’s New Hilltop Park" by Bay City News
- June 12, SF Standard: "What Is That Giant Needle Doing on Top of Yerba Buena Island?" by Sarah Holtz
- June 11, Hoodline: "New Sculpture on Yerba Buena Island is so Huge that it is Visible from San Francisco" by SFist
- June 9, SFist: "Yerba Buena Island Gets Nice 69-Foot-Tall Sundial Sculpture That’s Visible From SF" by Joe Kukura
- June 9, KQED: "A New Piece of Public Art Makes a Point Above Yerba Buena Island" by Ariana Proehl
- June 9, New York Times: "A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity" by Jori Finkel
- June 8, SF Examiner: "Bay Area Black artists expose inequity of San Francisco's liberal values" by Max Blue
May 2023
- May 30, SF State News: "‘Finding Filipino’: Renowned comics artist discovered herself attending SF State" by Matt Itelson
- May 25, KCBS: "New artwork at Fire Station 49 honors city's valiant EMS crews" by David Welch
- May 25, KQED: "At SFAC, a Soulful Exploration of James Baldwin's Legacy in the Bay" by Ariana Proehl
- May 19, KQED: "Invincible Black Soul: The Art of Bearing Witness” by Brian Watt
- May 18, SF Standard: "San Francisco’s Favorite Monument Was a Gift From a Vaudeville Dancer" by Julie Zigoris
- May 17, SF Chronicle: "This is the most hated statue in San Francisco, city poll reveals" by Annie Vainshtein
- May 13, SF Chronicle: "‘Node,’ the controversial sculpture at Yerba Buena-Moscone station, is worth seeing in person" by Tony Bravo
- May 13, Mission Local: "People we meet: Violinist and mayoral hopeful Ben Barnes" by Will Jarrett
- May 5, SF Chronicle: "Oakland cartoonist’s latest tells the story of San Francisco’s Depression-era Filipino Americans" by Brandon Yu
- May 4, SFist: "That Rogue Butterfly Statue Has Been Placed In Storage, Arts Commission ‘Evaluating Options’ For Its Future" by Joe Kukura
April 2023
- April 30, Local News Matters: "‘Sculpture intervention’: A rogue tribute to an extinct butterfly is removed from its pedestal" by Kiley Russell, Bay City News
- April 28, Nob Hill Gazette: "Flights of Fancy at SFO" by Max Blue
- April 28, BrokeAssStuart: "City Officials Remove Unauthorized renegade Butterfly Statue" by Katy Atchison
- April 28, CBS Bay Area: "Rogue sculpture of extinct butterfly removed from San Francisco's Golden Gate Park"
- April 28, SFist: "Rogue Butterfly Statue Goes Up in Golden Gate Park, But City Hall Swats It Down" by Bay City News
- April 28, SF Chronicle: "Why a mysterious statue appeared — and disappeared — in Golden Gate Park" by Aidin Vaziri
- April 28, SF Gate: "SF officials tear down ‘surreptitiously installed’ statue in Golden Gate Park" by Amanda Bartlett and Sam Muhay-Moore
- April 27, SF Standard: "Guerrilla Statue of This Extinct Creature Appears in Golden Gate Park" by Christina Campodonico
- April 26, BrokeAssStuart: "Renegade Statue Celebrating Extinct Buterfly Appears In Golden Gate Park" by Stuart Schuffman
- April 25, SF Standard: "This New 102-Foot Public Art Installation Cost Over $1M and Has Been in the Works for 10 Years" by Julie Zigoris
- April 24, ABC 7: "102-foot steel sculpture installed at San Francisco Muni station"
- April 24, SFist: "Ten Years After It Was Commissioned, 102-Foot Twisting Sculpture Installed at 4th Street Central Subway Station" by Jay Barmann
- April 23, SF Chronicle: "‘Very Jack in the Beanstock’: S.F.’s new tallest sculpture goes up south of Market" by Sam Whiting
- April 22, SFGate: "Bay Area’S Big Contemporary Art Fair At Fort Mason This Weekend" by Leslie Katz, Bay City News
- April 12, SF Standard: "From Ansel Adams to Open Studios: Check Out These Must-See Spring Arts Celebrations" by Christina Campodonico
- April 6, Mission Local: "Sculpture crushed, allegedly nearly stolen. SF says it can’t intervene" by Yujie Zhou & Joe Eskenazi
March 2023
- March 30, Local News Matters: "Seniors’ artwork lights up their lives — and SF’s City Hall" by Rowena Gonden
- March 30, CBS Bay Area: "San Francisco art exhibit tells the untold story of migrant women" by Jose Martinez
- March 21, SF Standard: "How Much Does It Cost To Move and Install Priceless Artworks? At Least $3 Million" by Julie Zigoris
- March 20, Axios: "San Francisco has few statues depicting women" by Megan Rose Dickey
- March 16, SF Chronicle: "Tom Hsieh, supervisor who changed S.F. forever, dies at 91" by Sam Whiting
- March 16, KQED: "Two SFPL Shows Look for Humanity in City Mugshots and Official IDs" by Rae Alexandra
- March 15, Bay Area Reporter: "Artists Can Apply for SF Residency" by Cynthia Laird
- March 8, SF Chronicle: "New funding model gives arts groups firmer footing in downtown S.F." by Audrey Brown
- March 30, CBS Bay Area: "San Francisco art exhibit tells the untold story of migrant women" by Jose Martinez
- March 5, Bay City News: "Lights Out: Bay Bridge public art installation fading to black, but creator has bigger plans" by Keith Burbank
February 2023
- February 12, SF Gate: "Artists Affected By January Storms Invited To Seek Out Relief Funds" by Olivia Wynkoop (BCN)
- February 11, KQED: "Artists and Arts Organizations Now Eligible for Storm Relief Funds" by Rachel Vasquez
- February 1, Bay Area Reporter: "News Briefs - New SF art exhibit highlights seniors" by Cynthia Laird
January 2023
- January 30, KALW: "Art With Elders @ SF City Hall" by Janice Lee
- January 26, SF Standard: "Meet the SF Artist Who Sells Her Work From Inside a Vintage Newsstand" by Camillie Cohen
- January 25, SF Standard: "What Is It Like To Navigate Market Street as a Pigeon?" By Christina Campodonico
- January 21, SF Gate: "Artist’s Comic-Strip Mural Beautifies, Educates In Sf’S Bayview-Hunters Point" By Rowena Gonden (BCN)
- January 19, NBC Nightly News: AI can create stunning portraits. What does that mean for the art world? By Jacob Ward
- January 17, NBC Bay Area: "Relief Grants for Residents, Businesses Facing Flood Damage in San Francisco" by Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News
- January 13, The Art Newspaper: Moving the Needle: "San Francisco to unveil Hiroshi Sugimoto's towering sundial monument" By Julie Baumgardner
- January 3, SF Chronicle: (P)art of the City - "10 art installation to look for at S.F.'s Central Subway stations" By Tony Bravo
December 2022
- December 22, Nob Hill Gazette: "Museum-Quality Transit Art Arrives in San Francisco" by Max Blue
- December 2, SFist: "Purr-fect Art Installation ‘Cathenge’ Has Public Opening Reception In Hayes Valley Tonight" by Joe Kukura
- December, SF Arts: "Let There Be Light: Art from Subway to Sky" by Catherine Barry
November 2022
- November 25, TimeOut: "A massive "Cathenge" is being unveiled in San Francisco with glowing feline monoliths" by Erika Mailman
- November 20, SF Chronicle: "Catherine Wagner’s Central Subway installation aims to reflect S.F.’s past and present" by Tony Bravo
- November 17, SF Standard: "Move Over Stoneheng. 'Cathenge' Comes to San Francisco" by Christina Campodonico
- November 14, SF Examiner: "Central Subway opens with art worthy of S.F.'s dramatic, transient beauty" by Max Blue
- November 5, SF Standard: "5 Things You Should Know About San Francisco’s Indigenous Past & Present" by Liz Lindqwister, Olivia Cruz Mayeda
- November 4, Asian Journal Press: "A Comic Treat For Market Street: Fil-Am Artist Illustrates, Highlights San Francisco Poets In Street Poster Series"
October 2022
- October 29, SF Chronicle: "S.F. drag icon Juanita More celebrates 30 years of queendom in exhibition" by Tony Bravo
- October 28, Slate: "A Crappy Process in San Francisco" by Henry Grabar
- October 21, Hoodline: "Here’s your first look inside the the Central Subway’s Chinatown-Rose Pak Station" by Joe Kukura
- October 20, SF Standard: "City Officials, Chinatown Leaders Show Off Station Ahead of Long-Awaited Subway Opening" by Sarah Wright
- October 13, BrokeAssStuart: "The Map of all 98 SF Monuments & What We Should Do With Them" by Alex Mak
- October 6, SF Bay Times: "Juanita: 30 Years of MORE! Celebrates the Iconic San Francisco Drag Queen’s 30th Anniversary"
September 2022
- September 30, KQED: "A New SFAC Exhibit Celebrates Juanita MORE!'s Dazzling 30 Years in Drag" by Nastia Voynovskaya
- September 30, NPR Morning Edition: "How one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others" by Chloe Veltman
- September 28, GayCities: "Juanita MORE! is a San Francisco icon. Here is the proof in pictures" by Marcus J. Hernandez
August 2022
- August 31, Los Angeles Times: "A show devoted to Filipino pioneer Carlos Villa is revelatory, but incomplete" by Carolina A. Miranda
- August 18, Asian Journal Press: "SF Asian Art Museum Hosts First Major Museum Retrospective Of A Fil-Am Artist In US"
- August 2, SF Gate: "Art Of Deception: Sf Arts Commission Director Used Cultural Grant To Fund Hawaii Vacation" by Thomas Hughes, BCN
June 2022
- June 19, SF Chronicle: "S.F. artist Carlos Villa was told there was no such thing as ‘Filipino art.’ So he made history" Letha Ch'ien
- June 11, SF Standard: "New, Old, Quirky, Costly: Get Familiar With SF’s Civic Art Collection" by Christina Campodonico
- June 11, SF Chronicle: "Ride on S.F. Muni becomes an art experience with new installation on Van Ness" by Tony Bravo
- June 1, Bay Area Reporter: "Breed names lesbian artist Walker to SF police commission" by Matthew S. Bajko
May 2022
- May 31, ARTnews: "These Are the Top Art Cities in the U.S., According to a New UBS Report" by Maximiliano Duron
- May 31, ABC 7: "Here's a sneak peek of SF's Central Subway in Chinatown" by Amy Hollyfield
- May 3, SF Chronicle: "Grants for the Arts, Arts Commission in talks about merging, dividing S.F. artists" by Lily Janiak
March 2022
- March 23, Bay Area Reporter: "News Briefs: Lesbian Iranian joins SF Arts Commission" by Cynthia Laird
February 2022
- February 1, SFGate: "San Francisco's latest public art project on Market Street is a lesson in Black history" by Dan Gentile