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Date of event: July 16-17, 2016 We would like to thank everyone who came out to support Live Art at our first Mural Painting Event! Here is the final mural, all applied with brush using Chroma's Mural Paint. With think this is Andre's (Natty Rebel) best mural yet! Come by our Oakland store and see it for yourself! André Jones, also known as Natty Rebel, is an illustrator, designer and muralist who's emotionally captivating work redefines urban communities. Born and raised in Norther …

Wild West: Plains to the Pacific, now at the Legion of Honor, features 175 artworks—paintings, prints, drawings, photography and sculpture—all from the Fine Arts Museums’ collection. In an impressive display of the variety of ways artists have interpreted the American West, this exhibition tours the myths and realities of wild west themes such as Indians, cowboys, agriculture, mining and development.The opening gallery presents a bold juxtaposition of several large-scale works, including: …

A fascinating exhibition of hand bookbinding is currently on view at San Francisco’s Main Library in the Skylight Gallery. More than forty members of Hand Bookbinders of California have contributed the nearly seventy books in this exhibit—an annual exhibition for this group. The books range widely in size and concept. All are striking for their uniqueness and high level of artistic quality. Both traditional and innovative bookbinding techniques are on display.For forty-four years, Hand Boo …

SFMOMA has reopened after a three-year transformation from the original Mario Botta-designed building to include a 10-story expansion, integrated seamlessly with the original and designed by the architecture firm Snøhetta. The architects took inspiration from San Francisco’s billowing fog in designing the museum exterior’s dramatic, rippled, white surface. Snøhetta is known for works including the Oslo Opera House, the Alexandria Library, and the entry pavilion of the National Septem …

Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution, on view at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, presents a comprehensive retrospective about the life and career of rock impresario Bill Graham (1931–1991). The exhibition opens by telling the story of Graham’s early life, with indication of how that early life influenced who he became and the contributions he made in his later years. The exhibit also tells a biographical story of a segment of rock and roll, beginning with the “summer of love,” c …