From the Golden Gate Bridge’s iconic International Orange color, to the Painted Ladies in the Western Edition, "Everywhere a Color" by #LeahRosenberg pays homage to San Francisco. #publicart @SFAC
This tweet was posted on July 07, 2018.
Gay Outlaw spoke with us during the installation of her artwork "Intersection," "Shell," and "Bird Plane House." Watch how these massive, multi-ton sculptures were placed and learn about the artist's process. https://t.co/grJqAUnZwA #WomensHistoryMonth #PublicArt
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2021.
Happy 101st Birthday to Wayne Thiebaud, who was born #onthisday in 1920! In the early 1960s, Thiebaud was acclaimed as one of the defining practitioners of Pop Art and has continued to be considered one of California’s most important and influential artists. #publicart @SFAC
This tweet was posted on November 15, 2021.
Harvey Milk Terminal 1 passengers, have you seen “Hyper-Natural Bay Area” by artist Robert Minervini? The mosaic considers what defining characteristics make a city distinctive and offers a window onto Minervini’s version of San Francisco. #PublicArt @SFAC
This tweet was posted on April 13, 2023.
Her longstanding use of wood is linked to memories of the makeshift structures that her Ukrainian-Polish family inhabited while moving from one displaced-persons camp to the next across postwar Germany. #publicart #UrsulavonRydingsvard
This tweet was posted on July 26, 2022.
Here, #ClareRojas transforms the wall in the International Terminal, near gate G91, into a space more reminiscent of home. Blue Deer is based on a children’s book Rojas wrote and illustrated, “Blue Deer and Red Fox”. https://t.co/2jKzkGw74r #publicart #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on October 27, 2020.
In "Orion," the younger stars appear blue. Alnitak and Mintaka’s spectral “fingerprint” are similar and look almost identically blue. The position of the star sculptures in the installation roughly correlates to their position in the night sky. @SFAC #PublicArt #SpencerFinch
This tweet was posted on June 30, 2023.
In Hudson’s “Horse of Another Color”, a flat, geometrical background is combined with representational imagery to create visual contradiction between the illusionistic spaces and the flat background surface. #RobertHudson #PublicArt #Painting #SFAC
This tweet was posted on January 06, 2023.
In an era of digital technology and one-click ease, John Chiara prefers a complex, analog approach to making photographs. The artist designs and builds large-format cameras by hand and tows his gear on a flatbed trailer from place to place. #publicart #SFAC #JohnChiara
This tweet was posted on January 19, 2024.
In showcasing this single viewpoint over numerous images, #RichardMisrach draws our attention to the subtle and dramatic shifts in color and light, and to the dynamic contrast between the structure of the bridge and the ever-changing forces of nature. #publicart #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on August 18, 2020.
In the late 1970s, Thiebaud concentrated on a series of San Francisco cityscapes that became a signature theme. Created from a combination of direct observation and memory, these paintings present a dizzying perspective of SF’s extraordinary topography. #WayneThiebaud #publicart
This tweet was posted on November 15, 2021.
In “Beyond When the Golden Portal Can Come,” O’Dell maps American genealogy, beginning with the pilgrims’ desire for liberty and the Mayflower’s voyage across the Atlantic, which led to contact with Native Americans. #PublicArt #ShaunODell @SFAC
This tweet was posted on November 08, 2022.
In “Born in 1717,” McKenna uses four pieces of photographic paper to depict a 300-year-old Incense Cedar tree that grew in Northern California.
See “Born in 1717” by #KleaMcKenna online at : https://t.co/6y2g4pBV3u #publicart #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on July 28, 2020.
In “Cultural Fabric (Bay Area)”, #MiguelArzabe created a digital collage of collected images from Bay Area art exhibitions. The imagery was sourced from exhibition materials featuring work by Lisa K. Blatt, Hung Liu, Sofie Ramos, and Leo Valledor. #MuseumFromHome #publicart
This tweet was posted on September 14, 2020.
In “Cultural Fabric (Bay Area)”, #MiguelArzabe created a digital collage of collected images from Bay Area art exhibitions. The imagery was sourced from exhibition materials featuring work by Lisa K. Blatt, Hung Liu, Sofie Ramos, and Leo Valledor. @SFAC #publicart
This tweet was posted on September 27, 2023.
In “Prisoners Repast,” Huffman includes basketballs, textured basketball hoop netting, Kente cloth, and glitter with his expressive brushstrokes to emphasize the complex & multi-layered aspects of contemporary African American identity. #PublicArt #DavidHuffman #BlackHistoryMonth
This tweet was posted on February 17, 2023.
Instead of focusing on cities, towns, and roads, this map features places like the Marin Headlands, Mount Tamalpais, and Point Reyes National Seashore. In doing so, the artwork celebrates the beautiful parks and open space that characterize the Bay Area.
#publicart #EllenHarvey
This tweet was posted on July 05, 2022.
Irises, hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and wild dahlias are featured in rich deep shades of the rainbow. See “Pond in Golden Gate Park,” “Garden in San Andreas Valley,” & “Garden Outside Gate” by #MarkAdams, on display, pre-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LXKlwQ178c #PublicArt
This tweet was posted on October 27, 2022.
Just as arrival at SFO is the beginning of a new life for many immigrants, it is also refuge to many shore birds that flock annually to surrounding wetlands.
See “Sanctuary/Sanctuario” by Juana Alicia & Emmanuel C. Montoya at: https://t.co/QTh0ZK0Bsc #publicart #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on January 05, 2021.
Lighting in the elevator cabs creates luminous volumes that amplify the up and down movement of glass cabs; colored lighting panels in the elevator shafts express the stable interior supportive structure. #publicart #JohannaGrawunder
This tweet was posted on January 26, 2021.
Louisiana Bendolph is a quilt maker known for her stunning abstractions. Originally a quilt, then an etching, and here translated into ceramic tile, this artwork depicts an innovative approach to a quintessentially American art form. #publicart #LouisianaBendolph @SFAC
This tweet was posted on February 04, 2022.
Making photographs for Chiara takes great physical effort, patience, and forethought but results in evocative images. In "Cabrillo Highway at Pescadero Creek Road, Variation 4," Chiara captures an idyllic waterfront view along the Northern California coastline. #publicart
This tweet was posted on January 19, 2024.