At the Museums<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a difficult time for many of the city\u2019s museums and cultural centers. The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts has suspended operations.<\/a> City Hall promises action, but in the meantime, it\u2019s a significant loss of children\u2019s programming, exhibits, and events. You can donate here.<\/a> SOMArts is also trying to fill a budget gap. You can donate here. <\/a><\/p>\n Museum of Craft and Design (MCD)<\/a><\/p>\n Thursday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cVideo Craft<\/a>\u201d is open until August 16. From the website: \u201c\u2018Video Craft\u2019\u00a0explores the formal and technical properties that video, film, and early moving image technologies share with more traditional craft media like ceramics, textiles, and glass.\u201d<\/p>\n The images look stunning. <\/p>\n The Letterform Archive<\/a><\/p>\n Thursday,1 to 8 p.m. and\u00a0free to all; Friday to Sunday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Monday to Wednesday. <\/p>\n \u201cBlack Memory Scholar: The Language of Storytellers\u201d will have its opening reception on Saturday, May 2, at 5 p.m. \u201cThe exhibition traces the position and discoveries of staff member Jada Simone Haynes as an artist and memory worker engaged with ancestry, identity, and memory,\u201d according to the website. <\/p>\n And on Thursday, May 7, you can go on a design studio tour. Find out more here. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cPiet Zwart: Brand Architect\u201d<\/a> opened Nov. 8. <\/p>\n There are many great examples of his work in\u00a0this piece<\/a>\u00a0by Steven Heller, a former\u00a0senior art director at The New York Times. <\/p>\n And here is more from the Letterform Archive<\/a> when it reprinted \u201cInside\u00a0NKF: Piet Zwart\u2019s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables, 1927\u20131928.\u201d It also publishes his seminal essay, \u201cfrom old to new typography.\u201d <\/p>\n The new, he writes, \u201crejects a predetermined formal structure, but builds up forms according to the function \u2026 the new typography incor\u00adporates active red as a functional element: as a signal, an eye-catcher.\u201d Sounds like an interesting fellow.<\/p>\n See all events and programming here.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cLocalization: 15 Years of LetterSeed<\/a>\u201d opened in mid-August. It explores Korean typography. <\/p>\n The Letterform Archive is a nonprofit arts center focused on graphic design. <\/p>\n SFMOMA<\/a><\/p>\n Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Wednesday, closed; Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n After looking at 140 nominations and having studio visits with\u00a016 finalists<\/a>, the three SECA award winners have been announced: CrossLypka<\/a>, Em Kettner<\/a>, and Chanell Stone<\/a>. Congratulations! The three artists will have a show from December 12, 2026 to May 30, 2027. <\/p>\n Here is a taste of their work.<\/p>\n Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10, a rehanging and consideration of the collection is open. <\/p>\n It\u2019s a spectacular collection and KQED has a good piece on the reinstallation. <\/a> The NYT, has also published a piece on the Fisher\u2019s relationship with the museum and the rehanging of the family\u2019s collection<\/a>, writing it is \u201cunlike anything SFMOMA has done in its 90 years.\u201d <\/p>\n Alexander Calder<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Claes Oldenburg + Coosje van Bruggen: Thinking Big<\/a> opened first.<\/p>\n And now, three more floors are open.<\/p>\n Ways of Seeing: Fourteen Artists<\/a>\u00a0(on Floor 4)<\/p>\n Calder, Kelly, LeWitt: Fundamentals of Form<\/a>\u00a0(on Floor 5)<\/p>\n Memory and Matter: Personal and Collective Histories<\/a>\u00a0(on Floor 6)<\/p>\n \u201cRose B Simpson: Behold,\u201d<\/a> is on view on SFMOMA\u2019s fourth-floor terrace a bronze sculpture visible from multiple locations.\u00a0And good news! It has been extended through February 7, 2027. <\/p>\n Also new: \u201cSamia Halaby: Kinetic paintings,<\/a>\u201d four new works in SFMOMA\u2019s Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Atrium.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cKAWS: Family<\/a>\u201d is open until May 3, 2026. The exhibit features more than 100 artworks created over three decades. KAWS (Brian Donnelly) began painting graffiti in Jersey City and Manhattan, but in 1996 received his BFA in illustration from the School of Visual Arts.<\/p>\n We sent Charles Lewis III <\/a>to take a look.<\/p>\n \u201cIn his younger days, Donnelly would snatch subway advertisements, integrate his own characters and then replace the advertisements, making it seem as if his designs were always a part of the image,\u201d Lewis writes. In the new show, he writes \u201cfor KAWS, family is about the art of marketing.\u201d<\/p>\n The New York Times has a 2021 profile of KAWS here.<\/a> He\u2019s controversial<\/a>, to say the least.<\/p>\n The exhibit includes a 36-foot-tall inflatable sculpture on SFMOMA\u2019s rooftop.<\/p>\n The photo exhibit, \u201c(Re)Constructing History,\u201d<\/a> fills three rooms on the third floor. The title plays on Carrie Mae Weems\u2019 featured series \u201cConstructing History,\u201d asking viewers to consider \u201cthe layers of history we encounter through a seemingly fixed image.\u201d <\/p>\n A contemporary Black artist \u2014 including Nona Faustine, Carla Williams, and Dawoud Bey \u2014 anchors each room.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople Make This Place: SFAI Stories\u201d<\/a> is open through July 5, 2026, at SFMOMA. The exhibit looks at the the San Francisco Art Institute\u2019s importance to the local arts eco-system and includes work from 50 alumni and former faculty in the museum\u2019s collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cNew Work: Sheila Hicks\u201d<\/a> on the fourth floor illustrates how Hicks turns fiber into sculpture. <\/p>\n Asian Art Museum<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cTwo Home Countries<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Japanese contemporary artist, Chiharu Shiota<\/a>, <\/a> is open and Julie Zigoris reviewed<\/a> it for Mission Local. She writes that one of the pieces, \u201cDiary,\u201d which took ten people and two weeks to install, \u201chas a transportive feeling of being sucked into another space and time.\u201d<\/p>\n Here is some of the work you will be seeing from Shiota.<\/p>\n Here is a video of Shiota talking about her webs. <\/p>\n Here is the Hyde Street mural by\u00a0artist\u00a0and activist Kayan Cheung-Miaw<\/a> who will be at the museum on Sunday. \u201cThis\u00a0Asian\u00a0American Life<\/a>\u201d\u00a0shows scenes from Chinatown from the POV of a child.\u00a0It is part of a public-art series on Chinatown\u2019s mothers, workers and tenants. <\/p>\n \u201cEchoes in the Small Mountain: Park Dae-sung and the West Coast\u201d is open until July 26. <\/p>\n Dae-sung (b. 1945) is \u201ccredited with reinventing the techniques of traditional Korean ink painting,\u201d according to the museum\u2019s website. The paintings are based on California landscapes and are spectacular. <\/p>\n \u201cJitish\u00a0Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum\u00a0Nuncius)<\/a>\u201d\u00a0invites visitors to reflect on the things that unite humanity.<\/p>\n You will also see cutting-edge claywork from Japan in \u201cNew Japanese Clay<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The museum has a series, \u201cTakeout Tuesdays,\u201d where you can meet online to talk about a piece of art with docents and others.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n General admission is free on the first Sunday of every month and the special exhibitions are discounted. Here is more information for free and reduced-cost admission<\/a>.\u00a0The museum also hosts a robust list of events<\/a>.<\/p>\n Institute of Contemporary Art<\/a><\/p>\n The Institute is now nomadic with several exhibits that can be viewed at different\u00a0public spaces:<\/p>\n Here are some views of the installations. <\/p>\n de Young Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n Saturdays are free <\/a>for residents of the Bay Area\u2019s nine counties.<\/p>\n \u201cMonet and Venice<\/a>\u201d is open and we have a review<\/a> by Julie Zigoris. She writes, that the French painter had all but decided to give up his water-lily project when his wife Alice, suggested a trip to Venice \u2013 thereby rescuing the water lily project and giving us some exquisite paintings from Venice.<\/p>\n It is meant to be in dialogue with \u201cVenice Drawn<\/a>\u201d at the Legion of Honor and will be on view through July 26.<\/p>\n \u201cBoom and Bust: Photographing Northern California,<\/a>\u201d featuring photographs of \u201cSan Francisco before and after the 1906 earthquake and fire, the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge, and the development of San Francisco\u2019s South of Market neighborhood.\u201d It is on through August 2. <\/p>\n Artist Rose B. Simpson\u2019s show \u201cLEXICON<\/a>\u201d will be on until Feb 7, 2027.<\/p>\n Noma Faingold writes in her review, \u201cComing from a long line of Native American ceramic artists of the Santa Clara Pueblo (Kha\u2019po\u2019oe \u00d3w\u00eengeh), based just south of Espa\u00f1ola, New Mexico, pottery is in Simpson\u2019s DNA. While she still lives at the pueblo and has her studio close by, she has forged a different creative path, while examining the past, present and future.\u201d<\/p>\n Simpson\u2019s exhibit is all part of the opening of four galleries dedicated to Arts of Indigenous America, which draws on the permanent collections, new acquisitions and artists like Simpson. <\/p>\n The New York Times has an excellent piece<\/a> by Carolina A. Miranda on the development of the Arts of Indigenous America galleries.<\/p>\n \u201cLeilah Babirye: We Have a History<\/a>\u201d is the Ugandan artist\u2019s first solo show in the United States. It closes May 26, 2026, Babirye creates sculptures in ceramic, wood and discarded objects.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know her work, but am excited to get to know it. Here is an introductory video with Babirye and the curator of SFMOMA\u2019s African collection, Natasha Becker. Contemporary artists like Babirye are being invited to have their work in conversation with the museum\u2019s excellent permanent collection.<\/p>\n Legion of Honor Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cDrawn to Venice<\/a>\u201d will be on until Aug. 2, 2026. The exhibition is designed to be \u201cin dialogue with\u00a0\u2018Monet and Venice<\/a>,\u2019 on view until July 26, 2026, at the de Young.\u201d See our review of the latter here. <\/a><\/p>\n The exhibit includes 30 drawings and prints from 16th-century Venice, including landscapes and figure studies, from such artists as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo<\/a> (1696\u20131770), Rosalba Carriera<\/a> (1673\u20131757) and Canaletto (1697\u20131768).\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFerlinghetti for San Francisco<\/a>\u201d draws from the museum\u2019s collection of prints, etchings and lithographs. Here<\/a> is a 2012 profile from SFGate of the poet,<\/a> artist, activist and founder of City Lights Book Store. The show is open until July 19, 2026. <\/p>\n Ferlinghetti<\/a> died in 2021, but what a life. Even before arriving in San Francisco, he had earned a master\u2019s degree from Columbia University and a doctorate from the Sorbonne. <\/p>\n If you get into Ferlinghetti<\/a>\u2018s history, visit the Counter Culture Museum, City Lights Book Store and the Beat Museum.<\/p>\n You can view the Legion of Honor\u2019s<\/a> full list of exhibitions here.<\/a><\/p>\n The museum offers\u00a0Free Saturdays<\/a> to residents of the Bay Area\u2019s nine counties.<\/p>\n The Tenderloin Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cFinding Our Way Home: Mary TallMountain is<\/a> open. The exhibit celebrates the longtime Tenderloin resident and Native Alaskan poet Mary TallMountain (1918-1994). From the website: \u201cHer extraordinary personal journey of recovery, writing, and cultural reclamation is told through key poems, rare photos, and video performances, with special emphasis on her community writing practice in the TL and how her legacy endures and inspires from SF to the Yukon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n A friend just saw \u201cThe Compton\u2019s Cafeteria Riot<\/a>\u201d and loved it. It is at the museum\u2019s venue at 835 Larkin St and runs every Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. You can get tickets here.<\/a> Chris Carlsson writes<\/a> about the 1966 riots and resistance on FoundSF, a great resource for history.<\/p>\n The San Francisco Chronicle wrote about the Tenderloin Museum\u2019s planned expansion<\/a> to 10,000 square feet from 3,000, adding a room for San Francisco\u2019s neon history, including a sign from Hunt\u2019s Donuts, once based in the Mission District and known as the \u201cepicenter of crime.\u201d<\/p>\n There is a lot more going on at the Tenderloin Museum<\/a>, including the permanent collection that explores the neighborhood\u2019s history<\/a> and upcoming events, such as a walking tour focused on the area\u2019s LGBTQIA+ history. Other walking tours are listed here.<\/a><\/p>\n SOMArts<\/a><\/p>\n See \u201cLineages of Organizing: The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center at 30.<\/a>\u201d an exhibit illustrating the history of the center. It is running in conjunction with the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center\u2019s \u201cCommon Ground\u201d programming.<\/a><\/p>\n Museum of the African Diaspora<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cBeauty Plus\u201d\u00a0by photographer Jasmine Ross at MOAD opened\u00a0March 18 and will run through May 31 as part of the museum\u2019s Emerging Artists Program.<\/p>\n Also on at the Museum of the African Diaspora<\/a>, \u201cUnbound: Art, Blackness and the Universe,\u201d<\/a> which runs through Aug. 16, 2026.<\/p>\n Teresa Moore reviews \u201cUnbound\u201d this writing<\/a>, \u201cOver three floors, she (curatorial chief Key Jo Lee) presents an African diaspora that is \u201cunbound\u201d from earthly and chronological conceptions of diaspora.\u201d<\/p>\n California Academy of Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n Monday to Saturday, 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m; Thursday, NightLife (21+ with ID): 6 to 10 p.m.\u00a0(Last entry is always one hour before closing time.)\u00a0<\/p>\n There\u2019s a lot going on here. <\/p>\n The newly renovated\u00a0Wilson Family Nature Lab\u00a0is\u00a0open<\/a> with lots of hands-on learning.<\/p>\n \u201cBig Picture\u201d <\/a>competition winners are on view. <\/p>\n Make sure to plan ahead and see the admission and ticketing<\/a> page for more information. Also, see how you can get a free or reduced rate<\/a> for your next visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n Counterculture Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n We have more museums in town. This one<\/a> is at the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets with a whole lot of San Francisco history. <\/p>\n I could see a whole weekend, or a couple of weekdays, spent between the Counterculture Museum, the Beat Museum and the \u201cFerlingetti for San Francisco\u201d show at the Legion of Honor. It would be like a graduate seminar on the late \u201950s, \u201960s and \u201970s.<\/p>\n Beat Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Thursday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. <\/p>\n The Beat Museum<\/a> is at 540 Broadway, across the street from City Lights, the bookstore founded by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. <\/p>\n \u201cWe are dedicated to carrying on the Beats\u2019 legacy by exposing their work to new audiences, encouraging journeys \u2014 both interior and exterior \u2014 and being a resource on how one person\u2019s perspective can have meaning to many,\u201d according to a statement from the museum.<\/p>\n This sounds like a great place to visit. <\/p>\n 500 Capp St.<\/a><\/p>\n Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.: Free self-guided tours. Saturday at 4 p.m.: A guided tour for $20.<\/p>\n \u201cAmiti\u00e9: Joyce Burstein and L\u00e9onie Guyer,\u201d a two-person exhibit curated by Nancy Nguyen occupies the house. <\/p>\n 500 Capp Street<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Root Division<\/a>\u00a0are collaborating on\u00a0\u201cOpen Your Eyes to Water,\u201d a solo exhibition of the work of San Francisco-based visual artist Trina Michelle Robinson that spans both venues.<\/p>\n Yerba Buena Center for the Arts<\/a><\/p>\n Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free on Wednesdays and second Sundays.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Prince of Homburg: A Solo Exhibition by P. Staff\u201d<\/a> runs until June 24.\u00a0 From the website: \u201cLoosely inspired by Heinrich von Kleist\u2019s 1810 play of the same name, the work explores exhaustion as a response to structural oppression. The centerpiece of the installation is a 23-minute video\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n San Francisco State University\u2019s Fine Arts Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cIf This World Were Mine,<\/a>\u201d a series of MFA exhibits from April 30 through May. <\/p>\n \u2022April 30: Brennan Lynch & Evie Hidysmith San Francisco State University\u2019s Global Museum<\/p>\n It\u2019s a teaching lab and open to the public during the school year \u2013 Oct. through May. 11 a.m. to. 4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, and by appointment. Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 203<\/p>\n Now on: \u201cCraft or Commodity?\u201d And \u201cPlease Touch!\u201d \u201cBoth exhibits focus on themes of responsible stewardship of cultural heritage, decolonizing museum work, and expanding accessible museum experiences,\u201d writes Marley Townsend, a graduate student in Museum Studies.<\/p>\n The Walt Disney Family Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cHappiest Place on Earth: The Disneyland Story<\/a>\u201d is open. The museum described it as a \u201ctreasure trove of Disney history\u201d taking \u201cwill take \u201cguests behind the scenes of one of the most groundbreaking endeavors of the 20th century \u2014 the creation and opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California.\u201d<\/p>\n The museum is showing rare objects<\/a> featured in the book \u201cWalt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum.\u201d The objects will change every two months.<\/p>\n Visit the museum\u2019s website<\/a> for more information on admission costs and reduced ticketing options.\u00a0The special exhibits are free with a suggested $5 admission fee. <\/p>\n Exploratorium<\/a><\/p>\n Closed Mondays. Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon (members\/donors only); noon to 5 p.m. for everyone. Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, 6 to 10 p.m. for 18+.<\/p>\n Experience After Dark<\/a> at Pier 15. Every Thursday evening<\/a>, immerse yourself in more than 700 interactive exhibits. For people 18 and older. The museum advertises a carefree environment with new themes each night. Here<\/a> is information for reduced admission.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Chinese Historical Society of America<\/a><\/p>\n The museum is closed for renovations, according to its website.<\/a><\/p>\n The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts<\/a><\/p>\n Closed until further notice.<\/a><\/p>\n See the center\u2019s website<\/a> for offerings.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jewish Contemporary Museum<\/a><\/p>\n The museum closed in December for at least a year as it works out its financial situation. You can learn more here.<\/a> Laura Waxmann wrote a good piece for the San Francisco Chronicle about the difficulties<\/a> museums are facing.<\/p>\n Its closure is a reminder to visit our museums.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Climer-NathanAnimation.jpg\")
Greg Climer, The Animated Quilt of Nathan and Bryan,
\n2022. Courtesy of the artist.![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nengudi-SNE_Mori_Art_Museum_2021_11-930x620.jpg\")
Senga Nengudi, Warp Trance, 2007. Installation view,
\nAnother Energy: Power to Continue Challenging\u201416
\nWomen Artists from around the World, Mori Art Museum,
\nTokyo, 2021
\nPhoto by Furukawa Yuya. Photo courtesy of Mori Art
\nMuseum, Tokyo.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lee-Bojagi-still-2-854x640.jpg\")
Ahree Lee, Bojagi, 2015, Digital video with sound, 15m.
\nCourtesy of the artist.![\"Close-up](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vijgen-06_8080_emulator-930x523.png\")
Richard Vijgen, Hyperthread, 2024, various yarns. Photo
\ncourtesy of Studio Richard Vijgen.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2025-10-26-at-9.21.36-AM-930x468.png\")
A pop-up exhibition co-curated by Chris Hamamoto, Su Hyun Leem, and Jeewoon Jung<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/03_Chanell-Stone-The-body-is-but-a-record-and-rendition-of-the-land-2023-480x640.jpg\")
Chanell Stone, The body is but a record and rendition of the land, 2023.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01_CrossLypka-a-kneeling-2026-480x640.jpg\")
CrossLypka, a kneeling, 2026. ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/02_Em-Kettner-The-Wheelchair-2024-558x640.jpg\")
Em Kettner, The Wheelchair, 2024.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15.-Claes-Oldenburg-and-Coosje-van-Bruggen-Cupids-Span-fabrication-model-823x640.jpg\")
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Cupid\u2019s Span, 2002; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection; \u00a9 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photo by Henrik Kam![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11.-Claes-Oldenburg-and-Coosje-van-Bruggen-Sculpture-in-the-Form-of-a-Match-Cover-777x640.jpg\")
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Sculpture in the Form of a Match Cover, 1987; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; \u00a9 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photo by Katherine Du Tiel![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10.-Claes-Oldenburg-and-Coosje-van-Bruggen-Geometric-Apple-Core-480x640.jpg\")
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Geometric Apple Core, 1991; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; \u00a9 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photo by Ian Reeves<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6.-Sol-LeWitt-Wall-Drawing-477-930x558.jpg\")
Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing 477, 1986; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art; \u00a9 The LeWitt Estate \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS),New York. Photo courtesy SFMOMA![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3.-Anselm-Kiefer-Unternehmen-Seelowe-Operation-Sea-Lion-930x640.jpg\")
Anselm Kiefer,Unternehmen Seel\u00f6we (Operation Sea Lion), 1983-84; The Doris andDonald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; \u00a9 AnselmKiefer; Photo by Ian Reeves![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9.-Philip-Guston-As-It-Goes-861x640.jpg\")
Philip Guston,As It Goes, 1978; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art; \u00a9 The Estate of Philip Guston. Photo courtesySFMOMA![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7.-Roy-Lichtenstein-Nerts-380x640.jpg\")
Roy Lichtenstein,Nerts, 1978; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art; \u00a9 Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. Photo courtesy SFMOMA<\/p>\n![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-11.04.14-AM-855x640.png\")
Samia Halaby, Fold 2, 1988 (still); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Michael D. Abrams; courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut\/Hamburg; \u00a9 Samia Halaby<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KAWS_SF_Holiday_Test-Image-1-930x620.jpg\")
KAWS. Courtesy of SFMOMA.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/02_Carrie-Mae-Weems-The-Tragedy-of-Hiroshima-from-the-series-Constructing-History-2008-636x640.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
Carrie Mae Weems, The Tragedy of Hiroshima, from the series Constructing History, 2008; promised gift of Paul Sack to the Sack Photographic Trust; \u00a9 Carrie Mae Weems.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08_Nona-Faustine-From-Her-Body-Came-Their-Greatest-Wealth-Wall-St-NYC-2013-930x627.jpg\")
Nona Faustine, From Her Body Came Their Greatest Wealth, Wall St, NYC, 2013; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase through a gift of Ty Ahmad-Taylor and Accessions Committee purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Michael D. Abrams; \u00a9 Nona Faustine.![\"Black-and-white](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/04_Rephotographic-Survey-Project-Rick-Dingus-for-the-Rephotographic-Survey-Project-1978.-Witches-Roc.jpeg\")
Rephotographic Survey Project, Rick Dingus for the Rephotographic Survey Project, 1978. Witches Rocks, Weber Valley, Utah., 1977\u201379; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; \u00a9 Rephotographic Survey Project.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/07_Dawoud-Bey-Untitled-17-Forest-from-the-series-Night-Coming-Tenderly-Black-2017-784x640.jpg\")
Dawoud Bey, Untitled #17 (Forest), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; \u00a9 Dawoud Bey.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01_Carla-Williams-Side-from-the-series-How-to-Read-Character-1990-496x640.jpg\")
Carla Williams, Side, from the series How to Read Character, 1990, printed 2024; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Michael D. Abrams; \u00a9 Carla Williams.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777683451_561_image.jpg\")
Carlos Villa; image: courtesy SFAI Legacy Foundation and Archives<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiharu-Shiota-Inner-Home-2024.-Metal-frame-wire-beads.-Photograph-by-Sunhi-Mang.-\u00a9-ARS-New-York-202.jpeg\")
Chiharu Shiota, Inner Home, 2024. Metal frame, wire, beads. Photograph by Sunhi Mang. \u00a9 ARS, New York, 2025 and the artist![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sketch-for-KINKAKUJI-by-Chiharu-Shiota.-\u00a9-ARS-New-York-2025-and-the-artist-906x640.jpg\")
Sketch for KINKAKUJI by Chiharu Shiota. \u00a9 ARS, New York, 2025 and the artist![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Installation-view-of-Chiharu-Shiota_-Two-Home-Countries-at-Japan-Society-Gallery-New-York-2025.-Phot.jpeg\")
Installation view of Chiharu Shiota_ Two Home Countries at Japan Society Gallery, New York, 2025. Photo by Waso Danilenko ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiharu-Shiota-Out-of-my-Body-2022.-Installation-leather-bronze.-Aros-Museum-Aarhus-Denmark.-Photo-A.jpeg\")
Chiharu Shiota, Out of my Body, 2022. Installation \u2013 leather, bronze. Aros Museum, Aarhus, Denmark. Photo Anders Sune Berg. \u00a9 ARS, New York, 2025 and the artist<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/This-Asian-American-Life-2025-by-Kayan-Cheung-Miaw.-Photo-by-David-Armstrong.7-930x621.jpg\")
This Asian American Life, 2025, by Kayan Cheung-Miaw. Commissioned by the Asian Art Museum. Photo by David Armstrong.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/asianmuseum-930x523.jpg\")
Image: Jitish Kallat,\u202f Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius) (2018\u20132021), detail and installation view. 116 stereoscopic parallax prints on Plexiglas, programmed LED panels, frames, wooden shelves and bench, 4 horn speakers, video projection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ishara Art Foundation. Photography by Ismail Noor \/ Seeing Things.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/202602_ICA-SF_Rupy-C-Tut_The-Picnic-Potluck_Installation_Photo-by-Nicholas-Lea-Bruno_SP26-5-930x523..jpeg\")
Rupy C Tut, The Picnic Potluck (installation view). Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno. Courtesy of ICA San Francisco.![\"Several](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-ICASF_Transamerica-Pyramid-Center_Tara-Donovan_SP26-930x620.jpg\")
1-10) Stratagems (installation view), 2026. CDs, concrete, stainless steel. \u00a9 Tara Donovan. Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno, courtesy of ICA SF. ![\"Close-up](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/37-202601_ICA-SF_Tara-Donovan_Stratagems_Install-In-Progress_Photo-by-Nick-Stone-Schearer_via-SHVO_2.jpeg\")
1-10) Stratagems (installation view), 2026. CDs, concrete, stainless steel. \u00a9 Tara Donovan. Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno, courtesy of ICA SF. ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11-ICASF_Transamerica-Pyramid-Center_Lily-Kwong_SP26-930x620.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
EARTHSEED DOME\u00a0(installation view), January 2026. \u00a9 Lily Kwong. Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno, courtesy of ICA SF.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-ICA-USESF_Lily-Kwong_EARTHSEED-DOME_Phase-2_Installation_Photo-by-Nicholas-Lea-Bruno-930x620.jpg\")
EARTHSEED DOME (Phase 2 installation view), April 2026. \u00a9 Lily Kwong. Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno, Courtesy of ICA SF![\"Curved](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-ICA-USESF_Lily-Kwong_EARTHSEED-DOME_Phase-2_Installation_Photo-by-Nicholas-Lea-Bruno-930x620.jpg\")
EARTHSEED DOME (Phase 2 installation view), April 2026. \u00a9 Lily Kwong. Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno, Courtesy of ICA SF![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-Gibson-final-rendering-930x201.jpg\")
1.\tJeffrey Gibson, rendering of THIS BURNING WORLD, 2026, vinyl facade of on the Mission Street side of the former Bloomingdale\u2019s building at the San Francisco Centre. Courtesy of the artist.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-ICASF_10-25-22_007-930x430.jpg\")
Jeffrey Gibson
\nTHIS BURNING WORLD, 2022
\nMulti-channel video, 20 min
\nCourtesy of the artist and ICA SF
\nPhoto credit: Impart Photography![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2-ICA_SF_10-21_29-930x620.jpg\")
Jeffrey Gibson
\nTHIS BURNING WORLD, 2022
\nMulti-channel video, 20 min
\nCourtesy of the artist and ICA SF
\nPhoto credit: Impart Photography![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-ICASF_10-25-22_010-930x620.jpg\")
Jeffrey Gibson
\nTHIS BURNING WORLD, 2022
\nMulti-channel video, 20 min
\nCourtesy of the artist and ICA SF
\nPhoto credit: Impart Photography<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/A400738_V1-828x640.jpg\")
Janet Delaney, \u201cMercantile Building, Mission and 3rd Street,\u201d 1980.. Photograph by Jorge Bachmann, courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco![\"Black-and-white](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/A045833_V2_3000x3000-322x640.jpg\")
Arnold Genthe, \u201cThe Street of Painted Balconies, from the Chinatown Series,\u201d ca. 1896 ![\"Rooftop](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MS_308588_20250708-01_crop_3000x3000-930x608.jpg\")
Daniel Postaer, \u201cSan Francisco, Fillmore Street,\u201d 2012![\"Rows](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MS_151515_20250627-01_crop_3000x3000-787x640.jpg\")
Willard E. Worden, \u201cAn Awe-Inspiring View of the Burning City from a Hastily Improvised Campsite West of Van Ness Avenue and Fort Mason, in the District Now Known as the Marina,\u201d 1906![\"Sepia-toned](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MS_306892_20250428-01_crop_3000x3000-810x640.jpg\")
Willard E. Worden, \u201cThe Cliff House (Low Tide),\u201d 1904![\"Black](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sf-general-buildings-80-and-90-797x640.jpg\")
San Francisco General Hospital Buildings 80 and 90 circa 1937. Photo courtesy UCSF, San Francisco General Hospital archives.![\"Black-and-white](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/A070725_V1_Crop_3000x3000-826x640.jpg\")
Carleton E. Watkins, \u201cThe Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco,\u201d 1868 <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RBS_Bosque_DSC9268-930x620.jpg\")
Rose Simpson rebuild of a Buick Riviera, leaving her shop on the Santa Claran Pueblo, loading with Dylan Madri. Photo courtesy of the artist. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-11.25.01-AM-481x640.png\")
Bust of a Girl Holding an Apple. Drawing. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682-1754). Museum purchase, Bruno and Sadie Adriani, Ludwig A. Emge, Ruth Haas Lilienthal, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, and Lucie Stern Fund.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-11.25.38-AM-527x640.png\")
Portrait of a Lady as Diana. Drawing. Rosalba Giovanna Carriera (Italian, 1671-1757). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale Jr.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MS_302263_20240212_1_crop_3000x3000-531x640.jpg\")
Lawrence Ferlinghetti![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MS_302267_20240212_1_crop_3000x3000.jpg\"\/)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti<\/p>\n![\"Person](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EddieJen_SeekingAPenpalForTheEndOfTheWorld_Joseph-Niles-930x620.jpg\")
EddieJen, Seeking A Penpal For The End Of The World, Photo by Joseph Niles![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SamiSee_FLOODFilmStill_2026-930x516.png\")
Sami See. FLOODFilmStill, 2026.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAMMAY_HINGAStill_LineagesOfOrganizing_USAAF2026_KatGorospeCole-930x523.jpg\")
Sammay Hinga, Lineages Of Organizing, Kat Gorospe Cole![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PercySchumacher_AliceWongLinocut_LineagesOfOrganizing_USAAF2026-470x640.jpg\")
PercySchumacher, AliceWongLinocut, LineagesOfOrganizing![\"Colorful](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MayaFuji_OkaeriTadaima_AAPIExhibitionArtistTalk-930x593.jpg\")
MayaFuji, OkaeriTadaima.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KingLOTUSBOY_RhythmsOfResistance_GinaCastro-427x640.jpg\")
King LOTUSBOY, RhythmsOfResistance, Gina Castro![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EUPHEMIA_RhythmsOfResistance_@alt.kameya-930x620.jpeg\")
EUPHEMIA,Rhythms Of Resistance, @alt.kameya<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LADY_5_JRA_BEAUTY_PLUS_2025_A_04_v4_CROP_MASTER-495x640.jpg\")
Jasmine Ross
\nLady #5, 2025
\n4 x 5 color film printed as museum-grade archival pigment print on Hahnemu\u0308hle Fine Art Paper![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NO_RETURN_LIFES_WORK_KMP06879_p3a_30x30-640x640.jpg\")
Jasmine Ross
\nNo Returns\/Life\u2019s Work, 2025
\n4 x 5 color film printed as museum-grade archival pigment print on Hahnemu\u0308hle Fine Art Paper.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WHATS_LEFT_1_close-up-2-hangers_p13_14x18on16x20_CROPPED-498x640.jpg\")
Jasmine Ross
\nWhat\u2019s Left #1, 2025
\n4 x 5 color film printed as museum-grade archival pigment print on Hahnemu\u0308hle Fine Art Paper.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manequin_5_v3a_CRIO_MASTER-512x640.jpg\")
Jasmine Ross
\nMs. Purple, 2025
\n4 x 5 color film printed as museum-grade archival pigment print on Hahnemu\u0308hle Fine Art Paper<\/p>\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DW-P24-02_Dark-Shores-480x640.jpg\")
Didier William Dark Shores,2024. Courtesy of the artist and Altman Siegel![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rodney-Ewing-Light-Years_-A-Cenotaph-for-a-Better-Place-2025-853x640.jpg\")
Rodney Ewing. Light Years: A Cenotaph for a Better Place,2025. Courtesy of Rena Bransten Gallery, SF and the artist.![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BLACK-POWER-WAVE-As-Bodhisattva-Manjushri-Sankofa-465x640.jpg\")
Oasa DuVerney BLACK POWER WAVE as Bodhisattva Manjushri Sankofa, 2023, Courtesy of the artist and Welancora Gallery<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01549_NR_CAS-930x620.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01687_NR_CAS-896x640.jpg\")
Nature Lab Opening. Courtesy of the California Academy of Arts![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NatureLab_Specimen_DSC08663-Edit_GL_CAS-930x620.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01638_NR_CAS-427x640.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science<\/p>\n![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2.-A-still-from-Transposing-Landscapes-A-Requiem-for-Charles-Young-2025--930x523.jpg\")
2. A still from Transposing Landscapes- A Requiem for Charles Young, 2025![\"Four](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3.-Memory-Index_-Imagined-Family-Heirlooms-427x640.jpg\")
Memory Index_ Imagined Family Heirlooms![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trina-Michelle-Robinson-Studio-Portrait-427x640.jpg\")
Trina Michelle Robinson Studio Portrait<\/p>\n
\u2022May 7: Mary Lou Grace Robison & M\u00f3nica Crystal Ocegueda
\u2022May 14: England Hidalgo & Camila Michaliszyn<\/p>\n