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Spire (installation view);
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Overview

The FOR-SITE Foundation’s acclaimed exhibitions and installations offer new ways to experience the natural and cultural resources of public parks and historic places. With groundbreaking projects commissioned for San Francisco’s Presidio and Fort Point, FOR-SITE has created an innovative model for artistic collaborations on national park land. FOR-SITE also collaborates with partner museums to present projects created in the foundation’s artist residency program, extending the artists’ work into the public realm.

On View

  • Spire (installation view)
    Goldsworthy in the PresidioOngoing

Past

  • Fort Point and the Golden Gate Bridge
    International OrangeMay 25 – October 28, 2012
  • Patience (installation view)
    Presidio HabitatsMay 16, 2010 – May 15, 2011
  • The Marvelous Museum: A Mark Dion Project (installation view)
    The Marvelous Museum: A Mark Dion ProjectSeptember 11, 2010 – March 06, 2011
  • Pae White: In Between the Outside-In (installation view)
    Pae White: In Between the Outside-InMay 05 – July 18, 2009
  • Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes (installation view)
    Chris Drury: Mushrooms | CloudsAugust 10 – October 05, 2008
  • Donner Pass (installation view)
    Shi Guorui: Reproduction and RefashioningMay 26 – September 23, 2007
  • Richard Long installing Sierra Nevada Line
    Richard Long: The Path Is the Place Is the LineJanuary 21 – April 25, 2006
  • New Work by Cornelia Parker (installation view)
    New Work by Cornelia ParkerNovember 19, 2005 – March 05, 2006
Top: Andy Goldsworthy, Spire, 2008 (installation view); photo: Jay Graham

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Goldsworthy in the Presidio

On view: Ongoing

Hours: Open daily

Admission: Free

At: Presidio of San Francisco

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Field Notes

  • Chrysopylae (installation view)

    International Orange: An Outstanding Bay Area Art Experience

    For critic Christian Frock, International Orange was one of More

  • Fort Point Bunting (installation view)

    True Tales from International Orange

    How do people react when they unexpectedly stumble upon an More

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    Farewell to International Orange

    It’s that time — International Orange closed this past More

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    Inside International Orange

    Inside International Orange

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    Some of the people behind "International Orange" discuss the intertwined stories of the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point and the crucial role that artists can play in reinterpreting and revitalizing historic places. With Cheryl Haines, executive director of the FOR-SITE Foundation and curator of the exhibition; Greg Moore, executive director of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; and Nancy Bechtle, co-chair of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Committee.

    International Orange: Andy Freeberg, Gatekeepers

    International Orange: Andy Freeberg, Gatekeepers

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    While shooting portraits of people who work on and around the Golden Gate Bridge, photographer Andy Freeberg talks about capturing a human side of the bridge that most visitors don't see.

    International Orange: Abelardo Morell, Tent Camera Photographs

    International Orange: Abelardo Morell, Tent Camera Photographs

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    Capturing images of the Golden Gate Bridge with his tent camera — a portable form of camera obscura — photographer Abelardo Morell talks about craft, invention, and the mysteries of photography.

    Presidio Habitats: Nathan Lynch, Where Is the Hare?

    Presidio Habitats: Nathan Lynch, Where Is the Hare?

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    Artist Nathan Lynch discusses his installation in the Presidio of San Francisco dedicated to the black-tailed jackrabbit. "Where Is the Hare?" was part of the exhibition "Presidio Habitats," organized by the FOR-SITE Foundation in partnership with the Presidio Trust. Info: for-site.org

    Presidio Habitats: Mark Jensen, Patience

    Presidio Habitats: Mark Jensen, Patience

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    Architect Mark Jensen discusses "Patience," an installation in the Presidio of San Francisco dedicated to one of the Presidio's animal residents: the great blue heron. "Patience" was part of the exhibition "Presidio Habitats," organized by the FOR-SITE Foundation in partnership with the Presidio Trust. Info: for-site.org

    International Orange: Cornelia Parker, Reveille

    International Orange: Cornelia Parker, Reveille

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    Cheryl Haines, executive director of the FOR-SITE Foundation and curator of "International Orange," talks about how Cornelia Parker's sculpture "Reveille" expresses the complex relationship between the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point.

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