Art and literature – Page 2

Denied by BART, artist stages guerrilla art exhibition

October 30, 2015

After months of work, Vic De La Rosa wasn’t about to let BART put the brakes on his art installation. Denied permission after he was scheduled to display his controversial woven posters in cases at the 16th and Mission Street BART plaza, De La Rosa hung them there anyway on Tuesday for two hours during […]

Valencia Street bookstore calling it quits

February 2, 2015

UPDATE (2/24/15): Borderlands Books will be staying open for another year thanks to a new sponsorship drive. According to Mission Local, 300 sponsors stepped up, helping to raise $30,000 which will keep the store open until at least March 31, 2016. ORIGINAL POST: Citing the minimum wage increase approved by voters last year as a […]

The latest buzz

January 13, 2015

Capp Street has a new honey bee mural. (Between 17th and 18th streets).

Capp Street library open, seeking donations

January 12, 2015

Spotted on Capp between 21st and 22nd streets by Twitter user @dunbar151 who says, “I’m rooting for you, upstart lending shelf.” [top photo via @dunbar151]

Recent selections from Capp Street’s artist in residence

November 18, 2014

Capp Street’s note writing guy left these on the sidewalk a couple weeks back. If you’re not familiar with prior work you can see it here, here, here, here, here and here.

Have you seen this guy?

September 15, 2014

Found portrait. Keeping my eyes peeled for the model.

Valencia art gallery closes down

September 7, 2014

ArtZone 461 Gallery on Valencia Street is in the final day of its closing sale today, although the business won’t technically go dark until the end of the month. There is still lots of art, antiques, furniture and collectibles available if you’re on the hunt for such things. Gallery Director Steven Lopez said Artzone, which […]