In a time when programs for the arts are a target for federal cuts, Bay Area programs are trying to find ways to thrive.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will more than double its space with a new lease in the Financial District.

The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is pursuing a new model without a permanent exhibition space, instead hoping to activate locations throughout the city.

Elevate Art Menlo Park continues to add engaging contemporary art on the exterior walls of buildings in Downtown Menlo Park.

At San Francisco’s de Young, an Indigenous team of scholars and artists is rethinking the display of Native objects and helping to rebuild fraught community ties ...

‘ Hidden San Francisco: A labor history tour with Chris Carlsson ’ takes place Nov. 1, 2025, 1–3 p.m., starting at Chula Lane ...