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Local Artist Fnnch Steps In It Again With Misguided Ukraine Fundraiser

Fnnch, the local "street" artist whose honey bears long ago overstayed their welcome and who should maybe, I dunno, try something new art-wise, has made a yellow-and-blue honey bear as a fundraiser for Ukraine, and it all just feels like more self-promotion.

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You Can Now Find Fnnch Honey Bears On Williams-Sonoma Dishware, Aprons

If you thought that street artist fnnch and his over-exposed honey bear art might fade away at some point, you can rest assured that the honey bears will in fact just keep multiplying and showing up where you least expected.

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Beheaded Honey Bear On Guillotine Depicted In Valencia Street Window Display

People are apparently still losing their heads over the whole fnnch controversy, as the Artists Television Access window display houses an installation of a ubiquitous honey bear getting guillotined.

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[Update] Fnnch Mural Painted Over at LGBT Center; Honey Bears Targeted With Graffiti Because of Association With Gentrification

San Francisco street artist fnnch has attracted a tsunami of online anger and criticism in recent months, and even more of that exploded when he was confronted by one of his critics in a now widely seen Instagram video.

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SFMTA and Health Department Use Street Artist Fnnch's Honey Bear for New Vaccination Campaign

Local street artist fnnch's masked honey bear mascot of the pandemic is being put to use in an official capacity in a new ad campaign from the SF Department of Public Health (DPH), encouraging the vaccine-hesitant to go get their shots.

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Honey Bear Artist fnnch Releases ‘Movie Bear’ Prints to Benefit Roxie Theater

In a “this weekend only” benefit to help the still-shuttered Roxie Theater, fnnch — who’s now raised nearly $300,000 for COVID-19 charitable efforts — is selling exclusive, limited-edition Movie Bear prints up until midnight PT Sunday night.

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Street Artist Behind Coronavirus-Inspired Honey Bear Murals Raises Over $125K for COVID-19 Charities

SF-based creative fnnch, the artist behind our city's beloved honey bear and pink flamingo murals, has raised more than $125K for two COVID-19 charities from sales made through his online store. And those now donated funds will go toward bolstering local communities hardest hit by the pandemic.

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Collection of Coronavirus-Inspired Honey Bear Murals Debut in The Castro

San Francisco-based street artist fnnch added splashes of color and character to The Castro's boarded up businesses earlier this week, painting eight COVID-19-themed honey bears onto various planks of plywood that now line the muted neighborhood.

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Behold: Local Artist Paints La Croix Cans A La Warhol

Well this is amusing. Eater points us to a new gallery show of local street artist fnnch (remember him?), called 9 Cans of La Croix. And yes, that's what it is: large paintings

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Mission District Mural Defaced With 'Latino Art Only' Graffiti

A recent defacing of a Mission District mural has raised questions of art's role in gentrification, as well as questions of the vandal's motives. The mural of 10 sea turtles along the PG&

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