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Whether your style is Downtown Abbey or graffiti-inspired; the de Young or Alcatraz Island, the San Francisco art scene has something for you this fall. Visitors and residents alike will delight in the works on display throughout these four exhibits...

Having served since it was built in 1859 as a military fortress, federal penitentiary housing Al Capone, site of an 18-month-long occupation by Native Americans—not to mention a national park–Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay, will turn into an art...

The winds of change were blowing over Alcatraz on Friday evening at the unveiling of “@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,” as the work of Chinese artist–activist Ai Weiwei permeated the foreboding prison with poignant inspiration. The artist himself was prohibited...

Sink filled with porcelain flowers; part of the Blossom installation of the Ai Weiwei exhibit on Alcatraz. Photo by Eric Huang. Housed in a looming federal penitentiary off the coast of San Francisco, “@Large: Ai Weiwei” explores the notion of imprisonment...

This post, Overnight on Alcatraz, originated at [Super Duper Fantastic]. About half way into our New Mexico trip in early October, I began checking my email obsessively. I’d entered a lottery around mid-September, and “winners” would be announced that...