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

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Luis Felipe Chávez

October 19, 2026

The artist showed us just how US and Mexico relate on a monumental scale—now he's turning his gaze to colonial power structure.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Far Out Gallery

October 11, 2026

Perched amid the mists of Outer Sunset, a plucky space opens the doors of the art world to creatives in need.

Art

Inspired by Maren Hassinger’s work, BAMPFA community bonds on paper

September 23, 2026

Knotting and twisting, Julia Goodman leads workshops that celebrate a luminous living artist.

Art

Fall Art Preview: 8 gallery and museum shows you simply must see

September 7, 2026

Sandow Birk's carceral Californian landscapes, Nexus Black Art Week's stunning breadth, Ha Chong-Hyun's singular style...

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.