18 Art Installations Yield a Strong Sense of Place

Eco Terreno Urban Tasting Room, San Francisco

The details: For his Sonoma winery’s outpost near the Embarcadero, viticulturist and Eco Terreno Wines founder Mark Lyon wanted to champion minority and LGBTQIA+ artists while paying homage to local history. Occupying a historic building once home to the city’s first lesbian bar, the location comprises subterranean supper club Lyon & Swan, a first-floor tasting room, and a members-only space upstairs. Alicia Cheung and Eva Bradley, principals of local firm Studio Heimat, welcomed the directive.“We wanted the art to help us evoke a soulful, welcoming, terroir-forward sensibility,” says Bradley. In the playful Lyon & Swan, a 3D piece by Elliott C Nathan and a triptych entitled Safe Space by Serge Gay Jr. frame a fireplace. The designers also collaborated with the Bob Mizer Foundation on a collection of 1950s-era photographs of the area and sourced Andy Warhol prints from his Wild Raspberries cookbook.

Photo by Frank Frances Studio