[Harveyn]

I am flying into San Francisco on business next week and have a day (Saturday 19th) to kill on the way back to the Ireland. Having never been looking for places to see with respect to art.

Staying in the www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1153&language=en-US which is opposite the Museum of Modern Art. Worth going?

[otomi]

It usually is - right now it has nothing that gets me excited.
BUT right across the SFMOMA is the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) and they have some cool stuff up right now - including Swoon. Down Market street at the luggage store is a big Swoon installation.
Lucy McLaughlan at UpperPlayground.

This is the third post of this kind just look up the thread about SF to get more ideas.

Is everyone going to SF right now. Is there something going on I should know about?

[otomi]

here you go:

banksyforum.proboards82.com/v45index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=16868

[Harveyn]

Cheers Otomi

[Gallery Grace]

You should defiantly pop over to fifty24 gallery, there is a lot of street art in that part of town also so take your camera you wont be disappointed.

[jonvespa]

go to gallery 1988 as well: www.gallery1988.com, super nice owners.

[dzel]

check out the hotel des art

[Harveyn]

Cheers guys. I will check both out. Loving Slick's work at fifty24 gallery.

Any more galleries, exhibition or graffiti spots to check out?

[jnschicago]

Hello:

I'll be in San Francisco from Friday, October 10 through Sunday, October 12.  Please let me know of any gallery, museum or street pieces that I should check out.  Thanks in advance.

Best,

JNSCHICAGO

[mrchristopherrobinso]

The Martin Lawrence gallery on Geary near Powell Street has some stuff from Harring, Warhol, Murakami, Dali, etc. Friday nights they have free admission at the De Young and there is usually a band and they have a bar. Its not art related per se, but you should DEFINITELY check out the Academy of Sciences.

The Burning Man Decompression party is on the 12th and is a not-to-be-missed event. Great people watching. www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/decompression/decom2014.html

Burma Superstar is the best Burmese food in SF: www.yelp.com/biz/burma-superstar-san-francisco-2
Just be prepared to wait for a table, but it is located in the real, not touristy, china town; so there are lots of fun shops to check out after you get your name on the list.

DO NOT waste your time on Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz, or any of the tourist trap BS.

Dolores Park is a great place to hang out and have a picknick and people watch. There are also lots of murals, mexican restaurants (my favorite is La Taqueria), and hipsters near Dolores Park.

You picked the perfect time to come to SF as mid October is our summer=)

[sgolby]

Oct 6, 2014 3:55:30 GMT 1 mrchristopherrobinso said:

The Martin Lawrence gallery on Geary near Powell Street has some stuff from Harring, Warhol, Murakami, Dali, etc. Friday nights they have free admission at the De Young and there is usually a band and they have a bar. Its not art related per se, but you should DEFINITELY check out the Academy of Sciences.

The Burning Man Decompression party is on the 12th and is a not-to-be-missed event. Great people watching. www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/decompression/decom2014.html

Burma Superstar is the best Burmese food in SF: www.yelp.com/biz/burma-superstar-san-francisco-2
Just be prepared to wait for a table, but it is located in the real, not touristy, china town; so there are lots of fun shops to check out after you get your name on the list.

DO NOT waste your time on Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz, or any of the tourist trap BS.

Dolores Park is a great place to hang out and have a picknick and people watch. There are also lots of murals, mexican restaurants (my favorite is La Taqueria), and hipsters near Dolores Park.

You picked the perfect time to come to SF as mid October is our summer=)

Great post.  The only thingg incould add is that there is currently the delores park improvement going on, so a good portion of the park is inaccesible and under construction.  Was just there last week, andbummed as i wanted to chow in the park.
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[banana-fana-fo-fadra]

last year the husband and I took a northern california vacation to look at the giant redwoods and we started in San Francisco and stumbled upon an arcade full of super old games and animations that are working and cheap to play. here is the website which has photos of a lot of the machines: www.museemecaniquesf.com/photos.php

located:
Pier 45 at the end of Taylor Street
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel: [phone]
Mon-Fri 10:00am-7:00pm
Sat-Sun 10:00am-8:00pm
Holidays 10:00am-8:00pm

[pcant]

www.whitewallssf.com/
www.941geary.com/
www.fifty24sf.com/home-2
www.spoke-art.com/

The only reason I would mention Alcatraz is because there's an Ai Wei Wei exhibit right now, free (except for the $30 boat ride, of course).

lat.ms/1uwny0G

[mojo]

Oct 6, 2014 4:30:37 GMT 1 banana-fana-fo-fadra said:

last year the husband and I took a northern california vacation to look at the giant redwoods and we started in San Francisco and stumbled upon an arcade full of super old games and animations that are working and cheap to play. here is the website which has photos of a lot of the machines: www.museemecaniquesf.com/photos.php

located:
Pier 45 at the end of Taylor Street
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel: [phone]
Mon-Fri 10:00am-7:00pm
Sat-Sun 10:00am-8:00pm
Holidays 10:00am-8:00pm

Thanks so much for posting this, I visited this place many years ago and agree it's incredible. I had absolutely no idea what it was called though and couldn't even clearly remember whereabouts it was.  It's really fascinating and other worldly, I remember having an arm wrestle with one of the exhibits amongst other weird stuff! Definitely worth a visit.  Much as I love San Francisco the drive north up the coast through Santa Cruz towards Big Sur and beyond is stunning!  We hired an old convertible mustang from a company called rent a wreck, don't know if the still exist?  Their hire cars were super cool and really cheap then stayed at motels on route.  Perfect trip in fact I NEED to do that again very soon ; )

[jnschicago]

Thank you!!!

[cashewman]

I second the White Walls recommendation, and the Ai WeiWei exhibit is something I'm going to try to check out soon. Spoke Art is often worthwhile too. 

Couple of my favorite local artists are Mike Tyau (who has a massive piece in SOMA (

http://instagram.com/p/r-7_GyyGPE

Finally, check in with the fine folks at First Amendment Gallery (http://1amsf.com/), and try their relatively new app (http://1amsf.com/mobile/about-mobile/).

Have fun and welcome.
- B

Edit: Yelp.com is your friend for restaurants, Golden Gate Park is wonderful, and you can easily spend a day in the Mission killing time along Valencia St. The South side of Dolores is still open, and worth an experience on a hot day. DM me if I can be helpful otherwise.

[banana-fana-fo-fadra]

Oct 6, 2014 7:59:02 GMT 1 mojo said:

Oct 6, 2014 4:30:37 GMT 1 banana-fana-fo-fadra said:

last year the husband and I took a northern california vacation to look at the giant redwoods and we started in San Francisco and stumbled upon an arcade full of super old games and animations that are working and cheap to play. here is the website which has photos of a lot of the machines: www.museemecaniquesf.com/photos.php

located:
Pier 45 at the end of Taylor Street
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel: [phone]
Mon-Fri 10:00am-7:00pm
Sat-Sun 10:00am-8:00pm
Holidays 10:00am-8:00pm

Thanks so much for posting this, I visited this place many years ago and agree it's incredible. I had absolutely no idea what it was called though and couldn't even clearly remember whereabouts it was.  It's really fascinating and other worldly, I remember having an arm wrestle with one of the exhibits amongst other weird stuff! Definitely worth a visit.  Much as I love San Francisco the drive north up the coast through Santa Cruz towards Big Sur and beyond is stunning!  We hired an old convertible mustang from a company called rent a wreck, don't know if the still exist?  Their hire cars were super cool and really cheap then stayed at motels on route.  Perfect trip in fact I NEED to do that again very soon ; )

glad I could help!  and I was wrong, it was two years ago...time is really starting to fly on me.  awesome about the cool car!  i only booked our first nights hotel because i wanted to be as close to the pacific as possibe one night and found the timbercove inn which was perfect and then we just found places along the way.  we took the 1 all the way until it turned into the 101 and made it to the humboldt national forest and the avenue of the giants, it was excellent!  A lot of the time on the 1 there was a mountain on one side of the road and a cliff to the ocean on the other and there were several bicycle riders with packs, sometimes in pairs and some alone...at times I was worried for my own safety and I was in a car!  I can't imagine how they must have felt.

[Deleted]

Ai Weiwei has an installation ongoing at Alcatrez. sounds pretty great www.npr.org/2014/09/27/351917730/confined-in-beijing-ai-weiwei-directs-alcatraz-exhibit-from-afar

[mrchristopherrobinso]

So, how was your trip? I would love to hear some details=)

[clueless]

Forgive me if this is the wrong place. 

I've just booked a trip to San Francisco for a New Year's Eve show and will have an extra day or two to wander around. 

Does anyone know of any good galleries out that way? LA is too far and out of the question for this trip. 

 

[trueblue]

You may want to check out Mirus Gallery in downtown, I’ve found some nice works there.

[WOOF]

If it’s open, Fraenkel Gallery is one of my favorite places to visit.

[clueless]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look them up and see if I'm near any of them.

[snipt]

I too will be there for NYE. Heading to the MOIC with my family and then to whatever galleries the kind people here recommend. I personally love getting lost at MOMA for the day everytime I'm in that direction.

[cashewman]

I don't think we have a ton of great galleries right now. LA is better.

First Amendment sometimes has some nice stuff. Strong Graffiti influence. I like 886 Geary's curation, but have found them surprisingly tough to find open, which seems flaky.

But the MoMA is fantastic. You'd be doing yourself a disservice if you missed it. Start on the 4th floor, and spend time with Richter, LeWitt, Martin, Kelly, and more. It's a wonderful collection.

[cyberkid]

check mirus. i am not sure if the owner still runs a club....but it was great some years ago !

[WOOF]

Dec 28, 2017 19:10:09 GMT 1 cashewman said:

I don't think we have a ton of great galleries right now. LA is better.

Sadly, couldn’t agree more.

Oh, there’s also hashimoto and spoke. Not sure if they have any shows right now or not.

[Villain Dillon]

Hosfelt Gallery
Guerrero Gallery

[aibohphobia]

Spoke Art
Hashimoto Contemporary

And as said before Mirus, they have a gallery space as well as a ton of stuff in a shared workspace.

[Villain Dillon]

Also, Chandran Gallery