The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF
Clarion Alley is one of The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF.

1. Clarion Alley

8.8
Clarion Alley (btwn 17th & Sycamore St), San Francisco, CA
Street Art · Mission District · 47 tips and reviews

SFistSFist: Since 1992, the Clarion Alley Mural Project has been visually voicing artists’ objections to SF gentrification with a regularly-refreshed batch of nearly 50 murals on the tiny alley’s walls.

San Francisco Women's Building is one of The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF.

2. San Francisco Women's Building

3543 18th St (btw Dearborn St & Lapidge St), San Francisco, CA
Structure · Mission Dolores · 8 tips and reviews

SFistSFist: Who among does not consider the women depicted atop the Women's Building mural as personal maternal figures? The mural is called MaestraPeace.

Yoda Heart is one of The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF.

3. Yoda Heart

Geary & Stockton (Stockton), San Francisco, CA
Sculpture Garden · SoMa · 3 tips and reviews

SFistSFist: Did you even know there’s a Yoda heart up at Union Square? I know, you’re way too cool to ever go there. It’s my favorite heart sculpture ever.

4. Innercity HOME mural of RIGO 94

241 6th St, San Francisco, CA
Historic and Protected Site · SoMa · 1 tip

SFistSFist: How many times has this welcomed you back from a vacation? This artisitic variation on the old one-way sign is concocted by Rigo 23, a Bay Area public art treasure for over 30 years.

Sirron Norris Mural at 18th and Bryant is one of The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF.

5. Sirron Norris Mural at 18th and Bryant

San Francisco, CA
Public Art · Mission District · 1 tip

SFistSFist: Maybe it’s because I’m more hipster than James Franco in Dolores Park creating an Indiegogo campaign on his smartwatch, but I love the vibrant, comical work of Sirron Norris seen all over town.

6. White Walls

886 Geary St (Larkin), San Francisco, CA
Art Gallery · Lower Nob Hill · 9 tips and reviews

SFistSFist: The White Walls and Shooting Gallery has been bring an array of outstanding outdoor murals to the Tenderloin since the early 2000s.

Balmy Alley is one of The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF.

7. Balmy Alley

8.8
50 Balmy St (btwn 24th & 25th St), San Francisco, CA
Street Art · Mission District · 15 tips and reviews

SFistSFist: The original 'mural alley', Balmy Alley is a maintained outdoor mural gallery instrumental in the outdoor art movement.

Yerba Buena Gardens is one of The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF.

8. Yerba Buena Gardens

9.2
745 Mission St (btwn 3rd & 4th St), San Francisco, CA
Park · SoMa · 153 tips and reviews

SFistSFist: This guy! He and other public pieces are on display at the Yerba Buena Gardens outdoor park between the Yerba Buena Center and the Metreon.

Market Street Railway Mural is one of The Best Public Art & Street Art Works in SF.

9. Market Street Railway Mural

Church (15th), San Francisco, CA
Public Art · Mission Dolores · 2 tips and reviews

SFistSFist: One of many fine Mona Caron murals, this is a time-traveling trip depicting Wobblies and longshoremen getting kicked by cops, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Extra Action Marching Band.