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- The 92-foot-tall “Venus” was unveiled to the media Friday behind construction site fences. Now the tallest sculpture in the city, “Venus” is the centerpiece of a large public art collection that will live in the piazza of Trinity Place, a massive 1,900-unit apartment complex being built on 8th Street, between Market and Mission.
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May 19, 2017 · San Francisco’s tallest piece of art makes its Olympian debut, surrounded by other pieces of Mediterranean-inspired art, a marble-lined piazza, and the architecture of the Trinity Place...
- The Thinker. Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker (ca. 1880, cast ca.1904) is a world-famous sculpture depicting a nude male deep in thought, originally conceived as the poet Dante but later evolving to include all poets and creators.
- Yoda Fountain. Jedi Master Yoda found home atop a fountain outside of the Letterman Digital Arts Center in 2005. Since then he has graced this galaxy with his presence to the delight of Star Wars fans everywhere.
- Wave Organ. The Wave Organ, created by artists Peter Richards and George Gonzalez in 1986, is an acoustic sculpture activated by the waves of the San Francisco Bay.
- Hearts in San Francisco. In 2004, Nancy Bechtle and Ellen Magin Newman started the Hearts in San Francisco project to benefit the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation.
Jun 10, 2016 · Now the tallest sculpture in the city, “Venus” is the centerpiece of a large public art collection that will live in the piazza of Trinity Place, a massive 1,900-unit apartment complex being built on 8th Street, between Market and Mission.
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The Celebration of Love mural was painted in 2008, quickly becoming one of the more controversial pieces of public art in the area (with some claiming that such a mural belongs in "some neighborhoods like the Mission, but not in a 'nice' neighborhood like ours”). This mural was also erected the exact same summer that gay marriage was legalized in C...
Located at Bayview Gateway, in the newer opened space along Islais Creek, Cliff Garten's 20-foot-tall, stainless steel Islaismodels the original coastline before construction veered its course. When the sun dips below the horizon, stringed LEDs illuminate the steel, making it appear to undulate like a flowing stream; during the day, the blue-hued s...
Designed by Illuminate founder Ben Davis, this beaming (and uplifting) bit of writing is perched at Harvey Milk Plaza above Soul Cycle in The Castro. It pays tribute to the late LGBTQ rights icon Harvey Milk and glows as a beacon Davis intended to exist as a sign of resilience amid times of struggle and strife. Suffice to say the latter intention s...
A truly jaw-dropping feat, muralist Jane Kim and an all-female team of creatives completed the Butterflies in the Sky mural in the Tenderloin district as "a giant paint-by-number” piece earlier in the year. The 50-foot-tall monarch butterfly painted on the north wall of a building at Hyde and O'Farrell Streets — which is owned by SF’s “biggest land...
Skygate was built in 1985, becoming San Francisco's first piece of corporate-funded public art. Constructed of stainless steel and sculptured by Roger Barr, the piece exists as a towering homage to the memory of Eric Hoffer (a longshoreman at many of SF’s docks, poet, and philosopher) who died in his San Francisco home in 1983. Location: 1574-1636 ...
SF’s Hidden Garden Stairs are... well... a hidden gem worth popularizing; it's a less trafficked, smaller version of the famous 16th Avenue Tiled Staircase. Finished in 2013, the flora-and-fauna-inspired steps feature flowers, butterflies, leaves and other garden staples. Location: 2545-2551 Lyon Street (Cow Hollow)
Caruso’s Dream sits in a class all of its own, though evoking much of the similar themes of floating grandeur of Chinatown’s Language of Birds. Designed by mixed media artists Brian Goggin, with the help of film produces Dorka Keehn, the hanging set of 13 pianos features — created from materials that draw on the history of the area, including vinta...
Ideated by environmental artist Ned Kahn, Firefly, a 12-story kinetic sculpture, is one of a handful of kinetic public art (read: installations that actively move to emulate a certain motion) mirror the flashings of fireflies — which have experienced Anthropocene-like dips in global numbers over deforestation, rampant urbanization, and warming temp...
The Arelious Walker Stairway, in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, is a luxuriant homage to Dr. Arelious Walker, a former pastor and advocate for the neighborhood. The intricate design features various cultural textiles and ceramics, including Adinkra cloth from Ghana, Native American painted pottery, and woven patterns from Central America a...
Say Her Name, a mural that was completed in June at the boarded-up Hotel Abri on 127 Ellis Street in the TenderNob, was erected as an act of solidarity with our BIPOC communities during the height of this summer’s BLM protest. Painted by Russian muralist Kate Tova, it stands as a vivid remembrance of the black women who lost their lives to police v...
Jul 14, 2019 · This 92-foot tall sparkling swirl is tucked away in the quiet courtyard of Trinity Place apartments on 8th street. It’s surrounded by other sculptures of gods and goddesses that are encased in ...
May 19, 2017 · The statue is the tallest sculpture in all of San Francisco and "Venus" is only about 20 feet shorter than the "Statue of Liberty" when you don't include the height of her arm extending her torch...
Sep 21, 2017 · Venus is artist Lawrence Argent’s interpretation of the classic Venus de Milo sculpture and reigns as the centerpiece of Piazza Angelo, the courtyard at Trinity Place. At 92 feet, she is the tallest sculpture in San Francisco.
