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800 Chestnut San Francisco, CA 94133

415-771-7020

http://www.sfai.edu

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800 Chestnut San Francisco CA 94133

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This contemporary art school has been in operation since 1871 and features student, teacher, and alumni works at various public events such as fashion shows, film screenings, and gallery exhibitions.

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¡Oye, Mira!: Reflective Approaches in Contemporary Latin American Video Art

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 29

Group show featuring modern video art from Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia.

Gadget Man

By Brandon R. Reynolds | Wed, February 13, 2013

Re: our integration with machines, Jaron Lanier is one of the Big Idea Guys. He was talking virtual reality back when it was more like virtual virtual reality. Fascinated by how the Internet affects everything from business to consciousness to... More »
Embodying Art

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, February 06, 2013

Things weren't going so hot in Japan a decade after WWII. Two of its cities were recovering from having been brutally bombed, and the entire country was dealing with postwar societal depression. Add to this the beginnings of the questioning and... More »
Flex Spending

By Bryan Banducci | Wed, November 07, 2012

What comes to mind when you think of the two complex (and unrelated) topics of financial systems and exercise? Probably nothing, except maybe sweat. With "Market Fitness: Commodities," artist, writer, and instructor Christian Nagler merges these... More »
Video of the Day: Victory Over the Sun

By Heidi De Vries | Mon, October 29, 2012

We glimpse strange man-made structures through the trees. Their forms seem out of date, pointing to a future that never was. The soundtrack shifts from the ambient noise of chirping birds into somethi... More »
Mix Master

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, October 17, 2012

We glimpse strange man-made structures through the trees. Their forms seem out of date, pointing to a future that never was. The soundtrack shifts from the ambient noise of chirping birds into something more sinister, while flickering... More »
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2013 | Best Place to (Illicitly) Get High

The koi pond and Diego Rivera fresco are all well and good, but the view of the Bay and Coit Tower from the top of SFAI's concrete vista over the Chestnut Street campus's plaza has made this a not-so-secret favorite spot for decades of, um, artistic types to gather and ponder the finer chemicals in life. It's easy to pretend you're in Firenze or Madrid as you wander around the campus's plaza and listen to the fountain as students scurry around toting portfolio cases. The roof deck has two... More »
2010 | Best Free Famous Murals

There's no beating the Mission for outdoor murals. Yet no art lovers should miss three of the city's indoor walls emblazoned with the work of the Mexican godfather of the art form himself: Diego Rivera. Start at the City Club of San Francisco (check in with the ground floor lobby guard from 8 to 10 a.m. on weekdays for permission to go up to the 10th floor), where Rivera's Allegory of California shows the Amazon deity Califa (our state's namesake) dwarfing a tableau of workers from the... More »
2006 | Best Surreptitious Drink With a View

If you're looking for the perfect cheap, arty date, sneak into SFAI's gorgeous campus one clear evening with a sweetheart and a bottle of wine. If anyone looks at you funny, just act like you're preoccupied with conceptual hoo-ha on the way to your studio in the basement. You can admire the art hung around the beautiful courtyard, and see which lucky students have a duet with Diego in the Rivera Gallery (just off the main courtyard). Then head north until you come out onto a big patio, climb... More »
2001 | Best View, Sans Tourists

On a quiet stretch of Chestnut, where North Beach's brio accedes to Russian Hill's bankbook, you'll find the San Francisco Art Institute. Step through the portal, stop to admire the goldfish pond, then veer left and continue past the art-laden walls to the open-air piazza at the rear of the building. Procure a refreshment at Pete's Cafe and head skyward, up the nearby steps. The climb is mild, especially given the reward: a serene bay panorama stretching from the Marin Headlands past... More »

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800 Chestnut San Francisco, CA 94133

415-771-7020

Description

¡Oye, Mira!: Reflective Approaches in Contemporary Latin American Video Art

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 29

Gadget Man

By Brandon R. Reynolds | Wed, February 13, 2013

Embodying Art

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, February 06, 2013

Flex Spending

By Bryan Banducci | Wed, November 07, 2012

Video of the Day: Victory Over the Sun

By Heidi De Vries | Mon, October 29, 2012

Mix Master

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, October 17, 2012

2013 | Best Place to (Illicitly) Get High

2010 | Best Free Famous Murals

2006 | Best Surreptitious Drink With a View

2001 | Best View, Sans Tourists

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