Arts & Entertainment GrafRank Ranks Global Graffiti Statistics In SF And Oakland... And Beyond! Created by Gothamist cofounder and noted street art aficionado Jake Dobkin, GrafRank shows which graffiti artists are going up in San Francisco and Oakland, and which areas are popular for their work. The
Arts & Entertainment Friday Night Graffiti: Who's Sorry Now? Ah, yes. Now, this is the kinda of graffiti we like: bold with a dash of guilt and a hint of self-awareness. Friend of SFist Pete Cat came across this gem while lollygagging
SF News Facebook IPO: Graffiti Artist David Choe Stands To Score $200 Million When Facebook stock publicly trades later this year, scads of people will turn into billionaires and millionaires seemingly overnight. One person who stands to gain an estimated $200 million is graffiti artist David
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour Top-to-bottom by Nemel and Geso (found at 16th & Carolina in Potrero Hill). Photo by Troy Holden.
SF News Threatening Sticker Diverts SFO Flight to Germany A United Airlines flight from SFO to Frankfurt, Germany needed to make an emergency stop in Chicago on Sunday. It seems that a crew member discovered a "sticker with a threatening message in
Arts & Entertainment Sidewalk 'Star Trek' Etching Found on 7th Avenue Chase Tingley came across this sharp piece of Star Trek sidewalk art along 7th Avenue, between Irving and Hugo "in some guy's driveway," in San Francisco. The etching was created by David Fisher.
SF News Levi's Markets Dockers On Valencia Street Using Sidewalk Graffiti Allan Hough at Mission Mission broke some startling fashion marketing news today: Levi's made a return to Valencia Street to pimp "their Dockers brand via some ugly typography and a Facebook URL." What's
SF News Classes Canceled, Campus "Quiet" After Threat Of Violence At UCSC A threat of violence, via graffiti sprayed on a bathroom wall, prompted some classes cancelations at UC Santa Cruz today. According to Santa Cruz Sentinel, here's what happened: "On Jan. 11, UCSC administration
SF News Banksy's Identity On Auction Block According to Valleywag, the identity of "Banksy," the artist(s) responsible for creating some of the most talked about "street art" in recent years, is up for sale. For how much, you ask?
misc Porsche-driving Midwesterner Appointed S.F. Graffiti Vigilante Mayor Gavin Newsom recently appointed a new, possibly sanity-estranged person to the graffiti task force in San Francisco. Her name is Paula Mulhall, a real estate who, according to C.W. Nevius, "jumps
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift List: Adam Infanticide's Stickers To Decorate Your Neighborhood Sure to ruffle quills come Christmas morning, Oakland artist Adam Infanticide's stickers have been seen on the streets of San Francisco (as well as New York and other fancypants European cities) and have
SF News (Updated) What's Going On Here, Tagger? This brave soul tags a wall in broad daylight -- presumably somewhere in the Mission, where street art is still relevant -- while getting caught in the lens of Mission Mission's Andrew Sarkarati.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Mark Warren Jacques will exhibit a new series of work, I’m Here Now, which unveils a new direction in concept and theory in Jacques' work, inspired by his newly acquired
Arts & Entertainment Automatic Teller Machine Turned Into Art While we're not the most ardent fans of graffiti, we're huge fanboys of ATMs (they give us money!), and here we have one in Hayes Valley, which has been turned into a piece
SF News Angry Resident Spraypaints Open Letter to Neighbor On Alamo Square House Oh wow. An angry resident on Alamo Square spraypainted an open letter to a perturbed neighbor on the side of the former's house. Located on the northeast corner of Fulton and Scott near
SF News Swastika Graffiti Stains Jewish Community Center Known, admitted Jewess Eve Batey of SF Appeal has word that the Jewish Community in the on Presidio Street fell victim to hate graffiti this week. "SFPD spokesperson Officer Boaz Mariles tells the
misc Photo du Jour 628 "I Feel So Down" by Troy Holden. (Side note: this is downright gorgeous, people.)
misc Chinatown Building Owners Lovingly Clean Banksy's Doctor The Banksy pieces scattered throughout the city have been continually altered by other graffiti artists and taggers during the past week. Warholian and Darwin Bell have documentation of the owners of the Chinatown
SF News Esta Noche Vandalized with Swastikas We missed this completely earlier this week, so...here it is today. This past Friday, Latino gay nightclub Esta Noche was defaced with several Nazi swastikas. The bar's manager, Edgar Lopez, "came to
