SF Art Institute

Literary mountaineers will be climbing Russian Hill this weekend for “Inspiration”, a 2-day conference of writers and poets and fans at the San Francisco Art Institute. Presenters include Jonathan Franzen, the Great American Writer du jour, US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Kay Ryan, our most celebrated local poet and an array of publishing professionals. […]

For the dumbfounded readers who wouldn’t believe cremated human ashes could be transmuted into diamonds you are invited to check out proof at the SF Art Institute on Chesnut Street. Jill Magid’s “The Proposal” is a multi-media artwork detailing the legacy of the astonishing Mexican architect Luis Barragan and includes the 2-carat engagement ring created […]

Bay seniors who could not make it to the Venice Biennale to see Lisa Freiman’s spot on piece of Americana, a “sculpture “ of a jogger running atop an upside down tank, will have a chance to hear what it was all about when the artist speaks at the SF Art Institute on October 7. […]