It’s been nearly a year since R-Evolution, Marco Cochrane’s 48-foot-tall metal sculpture of a nude woman, arrived at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza. Now the project is seeking approval from city agencies to extend the artwork’s temporary installation for another six months, until Oct. 5, 2026.
R-Evolution was originally approved for a period of six months to one year by the San Francisco Arts Commission, which oversees the city’s public art, and Recreation and Parks, which oversees Embarcadero Plaza. In September 2025, SF Standard reported that Recreation and Parks had officially extended the sculpture’s stay through March 2026.
Without another extension, the sculpture will be deinstalled by April 7, 2026.
The piece is part of the ever-growing Big Art Loop, an initiative funded by the Sijbrandij Foundation to place up to 100 pieces of temporary, large-scale public art around San Francisco. The project installed around 20 pieces of sculpture in city parks and along SF Port property in 2025.
A representative from Building 180, the agency that leads the project’s curation and operations, will make a presentation to the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Visual Arts Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
