Arts & Entertainment Photos: New Banksy Pieces In SF On Thursday, SFist told you about two new graffiti pieces noted British street artist Banksy created on several walls in San Francisco. We now have a third, at least according to Uptown Almanac.
Arts & Entertainment Two Banksy Pieces Spotted in SF? Local street art aficionados are abuzz today after two Banksy pieces were spotted in San Francisco: one in the Mission, one in Chinatown. Erin Archuleta spotted this fresh piece on Valencia between 19th
misc San Francisco Conceit Realized On Mission Wall SFist reader Emmanuelle sent us this shockingly accurate witticism that popped up recently at 20th and Harrison, just across from Flour + Water and Cafe Gratitude. Thoughts?
SF News Racist Street Art Found at Oakland Church The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension on Lincoln Avenue in Oakland was vandalized with hateful graffiti over the weekend. A giant swastika, dirty words and "other racial epithets" were, according to CBS
SF News Hibernia Bank Graffiti Getting Scrubbed Off Photo by Jay Barmann Maybe someone cares about the Hibernia Bank after all! As we speak, a cleanup crew is out on the ledge at the iconic Hibernia Bank at Jones and Market
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Jim Sharp, Berkeley's anti-graffiti vigilante. (Check out more images of Sharp in action at vigilante vigilante.)
misc Meanwhile, In <s>Berkeley</s> Albany... The only decent, meaningful graffiti in the Bay Area, captured by only_taciturn at the (in)famous Albany Bulb.
SF News Scenes from an Eviction House Party On Valentine's night, an eviction party took place at 18th and Capp in the Mission district. And as luck would have it, photographer and friend of SFist Joe Payne was there to capture
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Vandalism/stencil art in Berkeley by EndlessCanvas / EndlessCanvas.com.
misc Today In Graffiti: The Hibernia Bank Tagger Yay! It's the 80s again! And not just in fashion. The historic Hibernia Bank building at Jones and Market, built in 1892, got tagged in a big way in the last couple of
SF News Who Is BNE? Following the Steven Free incident earlier this year (i.e., “Girafa," the guy who paints giraffes), the fuzz might be getting closer to capturing BNE, the guy who, well, posted tons of "BNE"
SF News Glen Park Rec Center Defaced With Hate Graffiti Aw, this is sad. Kids play here! This just isn't cool. Also, why did they have to go and mix in something so splendid as the human penis with something so vile as
SF News Your Day In SF Graffiti Attention anti-graffiti ilk: there's a new anti-graffiti Twitter feed for you to follow, @SFGraffiti. While still in its embryonic stage, it has @311 following it, which might very well result in some sort
SF News Police Arrest Graffiti Artist "Girafa" (AKA Steven Free) Before we begin, "Steven Free" is a far better name than "Girafa." It's action-packed! But since male artists love, love, love using stage names, he obviously had to get a new one; after
SF News Reward for Highway Sign Graffiti Conviction If you know who detailed this San Francisco highway sign with "art," you could get a prize. Check it: MNuru, who snapped this shot on southbound 101, says, "If you have info leading
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Cement Tagging As many an art theory professor will tell you, painting is dead. Everything that one can do with paint on canvas or a wall, arguably, has been done. But maybe that's not so
SF News Clarion Alley Taggers Respond On Monday, we posted this angry letter written by mural artists, directed at, if you will, graffiti artists. We asked if said letter would incite the rapscallion taggers even further with their controversial
misc Angry Clarion Alley Mural Project Letter to Incite Taggers? Oh oh. Also, remember when San Francisco artists used to know that they lived in a city with grime and/or grit? Granted, Valencia Street is, for better or for worse, an affectedly
SF News Naughty Bay Bridge Worker Graffiti Spotted in Hi-Res Photo While the bridge has been shutdown over the Labor Day Weekend, they've been publishing images of their work in progress, using high-resolution photos. Much to our delight. Otherwise, one would never have spotted
SF News SF Graffiti Mecca Scheduled for Demolition An old tuna cannery in Bayview Hunters Point, condemned after the Loma Prieta earthquake, has turned into some sort of hot spot for vandals or graffiti artists, depending on which side of the
SF News Graffiti Report Card: Muni Taggers Gone Wild Part II Hmmm. Well. It's a bit messy. Obviously, the work of many contributors with no one cohesive statement. But, out of the blue, the shock of sunny red gibberish, amongst so much gibberish, somehow
SF News Seurat-Inspired <i>A Sunday Afternoon at Dolores Park</i> Defaced The delicious folks over at Mission Mission have some very sad news. Well, sad for those of you who care about the Mission and/or Dolores Park. It seems Lisa from everyday photos
SF News Milk F-Market Streetcar Defaced With Homosexual Slurs A historic Muni streetcar was pulled out of service last week after anti-gay graffiti was found on one of the placards on the side of the train. The streetcar, dedicated to the late
misc Create Your Own Map of San Francisco Neighborhoods We adore stuff like this, things that boil down the complicated and tenuous class, race and sociopolitical tapestry of San Francisco into convenient sweeping generalizations. And, which ever rapscallion took a black Sharpie
