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Art

For costume legend Beaver Bauer, all the city’s a character

The Angels of Light Free Theater member has dressed SF productions for decades; a new retrospective takes it all in.
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Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Social practice artist uses Muisca burial practices in creation of creatures who speak to the 'other.'
Art Mary Corbin -
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Mary W.D. Graham explores the prism of Black beauty—and the burden of colorism

'Once I see her, the painting is finished,' says North Beach portraitist, who digs into fraught subjects like 'the paper bag test.'
Art Mary Corbin -
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Luis Felipe Chávez

The artist showed us just how US and Mexico relate on a monumental scale—now he's turning his gaze to colonial power structure.
Art Emily Wilson -
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Creative Collective

Dorothy O'Donnell -
Event production company stays looking on the bright side of the city's artistic future with events like Pier Party, the Diwali Festival, and Lower Polk Live!
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Far Out Gallery

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

In ‘Character Development,’ personae made of monsters, makeup, and dark magic

Genevieve Quick -
Kadist and Minnesota Street Projects team up for an exhilarating video show that examines layers of self.
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Art

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

Mary Corbin -
Artist's culturally inquisitive, subversive work draws on underground comics humor to tell deeper stories
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Inspired by Maren Hassinger’s work, BAMPFA community bonds on paper

Emily Wilson -
Knotting and twisting, Julia Goodman leads workshops that celebrate a luminous living artist.
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Kate Razo’s portraits are anything but by the book

Mary Corbin -
From bookstores and breeding grounds to 'vaginacore acapella rap,' the painter pours life experience into her work.
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Music

An extraordinary pianist plays her way through immigration limbo

Caitlin Donohue -
Effectively exiled from Hong Kong after voicing dissent, and facing visa uncertainty here, Tin Yi Chelsea Wong still shares her art
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Artists’ Television Access

Charles Lewis III -
Find the most experimental, personal, and weirdest art in the city in this passionately incendiary Valencia Street storefront.
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: SCRAP SF

Lou Fancher -
Beloved 50-year-old "Scroungers’ Center for Reusable Art Parts" has found a giant new home—and remains a bonanza for crafters and artists.
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Art

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

Emily Wilson -
Sandow Birk's carceral Californian landscapes, Nexus Black Art Week's stunning breadth, Ha Chong-Hyun's singular style...
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Luis E. Garcia’s paintings weave a vital connection to his Pipil roots

Mary Corbin -
A CCSF class in Mesoamerican art history opened his eyes to Indigenous cultures, and sparked his own journey.
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Music

Free jams and ‘Forever Grateful’ with Grahame Lesh & Friends

Joshua Rotter -
With a musical blast, the Grateful Dead scion opens part two of a sprawling exhibit dedicated to the band's memory.
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Culture

Viz Valley DIY joint Bric-A-Brac blends peculiar creations with punk attitude

Dhruv Baronia -
Now a year old, the arts space hosts underground bands, esoteric films, synth workshops, and 'a bunch of bullshit thrown together.'
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Art

Maren Hassinger’s evocative BAMPFA retrospective reaches up, up, up

Lou Fancher -
From coiled hemp rope to wall of eye-popping pink plastic, the artist's community, colors, and contrasts are a buoying force.
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Lit

Deep lessons from art and life in Dave Eggers’ ‘Contrapposto’

Lou Fancher -
Local literary hero and trained artist's latest novel dives into a wide-ranging love story that shows a more mature side.
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