Civic Art Collection Online Database
The Civic Art Collection is comprised of over 4,000 objects that include: historic monuments, memorials, gifts to the city, annual art festival purchases made from 1946 to 1986 and more recently, the hundreds of contemporary artworks commissioned through the City's 2%-for-art program. Consistent with the Commission’s mission to integrate artwork into the fabric of daily life in the City, the artwork is found in public facilities and spaces of every description.Search the Civic Art Collection Online DatabaseCivic Art Collection Resources & Information
Civic Art Collection Map
The Civic Art Collection is comprised of over 4,000 objects spread throughout the city on various city properties. See the map to see the locations of these permanently sited artworks on public display. View the Civic Art Collection Map.
Civic Art Collection Policies & Guidelines
Civic Art Collection Care & Maintenance
The San Francisco Arts Commission cares and maintains the Civic Art Collection located throughout the City. We depend on partnerships with other city agencies, neighborhood groups, 311 reports and city residents to be alerted to vandalism, accidents and when an artwork needs care outside of its normal maintenance.
Vandalism Abatement Public Service Announcement Video
About
San Francisco’s earliest art policies date back to the establishment of the Arts Commission under the 1932 San Francisco Charter. The Charter gave the Arts Commission jurisdiction over all of the art belonging to the City and charged the Agency with the preservation and care of artwork in the Civic Art Collection.
The Civic Art Collection is comprised of over 4,000 objects that include: historic monuments, memorials, gifts to the city, annual art festival purchases made from 1946 to 1986 and more recently, the hundreds of contemporary artworks commissioned through the Art Enrichment Ordinance (the City's 2%-for-art program). Valued in excess of $90 million dollars, this extremely diverse collection represents many significant art movements executed by artists of national and international renown and includes the work of generations of San Francisco artists. Consistent with the Commission’s mission to integrate artwork into the fabric of daily life in the City, the artwork is found in public facilities and spaces of every description such as hospitals, libraries, courthouses, parks, playgrounds, libraries, along the waterfront, in major plazas such as Union Square, Moscone Convention Center, the airport and the zoo.
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San Francisco, CA 94102
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art-info@sfgov.org