Emily Wilson

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Emily Wilson lives in San Francisco. She has written for different outlets, including Smithsonian.com, The Daily Beast, Hyperallergic, Women’s Media Center, The Observer, Alta Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, California Magazine, UC Santa Cruz Magazine, and SF Weekly. For many years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco. She hosts the short biweekly podcast Art Is Awesome.

Art

‘Slice of the Pie’ serves up bounty of SF’s gallery scene in time of crisis

July 9, 2026

At Fraenkel, 14 galleries come together to highlight the power of collaboration in a precarious local art moment.

Art

Space Program makes room for local artists to blast off (no jerks, please)

June 17, 2026

A former warehouse in Dogpatch provides studio residencies in a city starved for affordable creative spaces.

Culture

De Young celebrates lowrider culture—right on its front lawn

June 1, 2026

Community pulls up Saturday for Rose B. Simpson's 'LEXICON' exhibit, which features classic rides with indigenous motifs.

Art

Rachel Simon Marino’s off-kilter Day-Glo world aims to overwhelm

March 28, 2026

'Running on Air' at Berggruen Gallery inundates viewers with uneasy cliffhangers and bright 'Trojan Horse' colors.

Arts + Culture

SF Playhouse’s ‘M. Butterfly’ turns from gender tropes to exploration of weaponized identity

February 11, 2026

Seeking new fullness, production envelopes characters in movement.

Art

With SF Art Week, a great Bay Area painter comes home

January 21, 2026

'Elmer Bischoff' at new Nelson Duni Gallery is the largest showing of the Figurative Movement legend's work in 20 years.

Art

‘Look, Mommy—blue people!’ Catherine Wagner sapphirizes 500 Capp

December 12, 2025

She fills fellow artist David Ireland's house with cerulean hues, drawing out a long-held, colorful conversation.

Art

Contrarian art giant Jim Melchert found hope in the cracks

November 12, 2025

He broke the mold of ceramic art and headed the NEA. A major retrospective at di Rosa SF brings his pieces together.

Art

Root Division digs up deep community connections for massive annual auction

October 19, 2025

Going once, going twice... don't let federal cuts fell another institution, and snatch up works by more than 200 local artists.

Lit

Writer Michael Luo is ready for the happy ending

September 18, 2025

'Strangers in the Land' author shares what his deeply researched book on Chinese immigration history has in common with 'KPop Demon Hunters.'