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San Francisco Art, architecture and travel

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Design, art and San Francisco soul unite at the fifth edition of FOG

With its reputation for bringing together a memorable selection of art and design pieces in an intimate setting, San Francisco’s FOG Design + Art (11-14 January) fair kicked off the new year on the right foot. Now seeing its fifth edition, the fair welcomed eight new galleries and several interactive presentations involving Aldo Cibic and the Eames, which merged art and design with San Francisco’s cultural identity. Here, we round up the highlights from the fair...

French fancy: Galerie Kreo brings its wares to FOG Design+Art

By Michael Slenske • Last updated 13 October 22
Here and home: Larry Sultan’s vivid chronicles of California go on show at SFMOMA

By Chaney Kwak • Last updated 12 October 22
Frank Gehry’s latest office building at Facebook’s Menlo Park HQ opens

By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated 10 October 22
San Francisco’s de Young Museum puts contemporary Muslim fashion in the spotlight

By Jordan Kushins • Last updated 10 October 22
‘I just didn’t fit’: feminist icon Judy Chicago on revolutionising art history

At the de Young Museum, San Francisco, American feminist artist Judy Chicago staged her first ever retrospective. We spoke to the artist about her epic career, filled with patriarchal battles, fierce self-belief, and a lot of smoke

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 7 October 22
Body talk: YBA Sarah Lucas meets modern master Auguste Rodin

By Charlotte Jansen • Last updated 7 October 22

The Austin in San Francisco offers Californian modernism with a twist

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 September 22
A room with a view: Samara Golden's installations in San Francisco

By Michael Slenske • Last updated 16 September 22
On the road: Mexican gallery Kurimanzutto pops up in San Francisco

By Michael Slenske • Last updated 4 September 22

Interior view of the upper level at Apple's San Francisco store featuring light coloured flooring, long wooden tables with products on top, stools, large windows and a staircase with a metal and glass banister. There are multiple people in the store

New era: Apple unveils futuristic new store in San Francisco’s Union Square

Home run: David Ireland’s longtime home reopens as the artist’s foundation

By Michael Slenske • Last updated 24 August 22
Workwear wonder: Small Trade Company embraces chic simplicity and heavy fabrics

By Carole Sabas • Last updated 24 August 22
Minnesota Street Project will regenerate San Francisco’s art community

By Charlotte Jansen • Last updated 19 August 22
Preview: the Bay Area gears up for the new BAMPFA by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

By Jordan Kushins • Last updated 18 August 22
Schwartz and Architecture’s space-saving reimagining of a Victorian Bungalow

By Sara Sturges • Last updated 7 August 22
The 2014 Design Awards party in San Francisco

By Jessica Klingelfuss • Last updated 5 August 22

Now open: Everlane is taking visitors at its debut showroom in San Francisco

By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated 4 August 22
San Francisco’s Hotel G has launched its penthouse level

By Melina Keays • Last updated 29 July 22
Work life: charting the evolution of the office at Yerba Buena Center

By Charlotte Jansen • Last updated 27 July 22

San Francisco Art, architecture and travel

Design, art and San Francisco soul unite at the fifth edition of FOG

French fancy: Galerie Kreo brings its wares to FOG Design+Art

Here and home: Larry Sultan’s vivid chronicles of California go on show at SFMOMA

Frank Gehry’s latest office building at Facebook’s Menlo Park HQ opens

San Francisco’s de Young Museum puts contemporary Muslim fashion in the spotlight

‘I just didn’t fit’: feminist icon Judy Chicago on revolutionising art history

Body talk: YBA Sarah Lucas meets modern master Auguste Rodin

The Austin in San Francisco offers Californian modernism with a twist

A room with a view: Samara Golden's installations in San Francisco

On the road: Mexican gallery Kurimanzutto pops up in San Francisco

New era: Apple unveils futuristic new store in San Francisco’s Union Square

Home run: David Ireland’s longtime home reopens as the artist’s foundation

Workwear wonder: Small Trade Company embraces chic simplicity and heavy fabrics

Minnesota Street Project will regenerate San Francisco’s art community

Preview: the Bay Area gears up for the new BAMPFA by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Schwartz and Architecture’s space-saving reimagining of a Victorian Bungalow

The 2014 Design Awards party in San Francisco

Now open: Everlane is taking visitors at its debut showroom in San Francisco

San Francisco’s Hotel G has launched its penthouse level

Work life: charting the evolution of the office at Yerba Buena Center

San Francisco's Mamahuhu challenges the status quo when it comes to the Chinese dining experience