At the Museums<\/p>\n
As you can see, lots of great exhibits close at the end of today, so it is time to make it a Sunday of museums. <\/p>\n
To artists: the city is launching its competition for the 2027 Art on Market Street Poster Series. From the city\u2019s website: \u201d The 2027 Program will feature the work of four artists\/artist teams with each series on view for a period of three months\u2026\u201d You can learn more here.<\/a><\/p>\n To art supporters, there are donations to be made and f\u00eates to attend:<\/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><\/p>\n Legion of Honor Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n This is the last day to see \u201cManet and Morisot<\/a>.\u201d On Monday, it will be gone!<\/p>\n Julie Zigoris writes<\/a> that the exhibit \u201cwill give museum-goers the opportunity for the first time to understand how deeply the two French painters were in conversation with one another.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s a wonderful exhibit. Paintings that make you want to get closer. <\/p>\n \u201cDrawn to Venice<\/a>\u201d opened and will be on until Aug. 2, 2026. The exhibition is designed to be \u201cin dialogue with\u00a0Monet and Venice<\/a>, on view March 21, 2026\u2013July 26, 2026 at the de Young.\u201d<\/p>\n The exhibit includes 30 drawings and prints from 16th-century Venice \u2013 landscapes and figure studies \u2013 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 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 7:00 p.m. You can get tickets here.<\/a> Chris Carlsson writes about the 1966 riots <\/a>and resistance on FoundSF, a great resource for history. <\/p>\n The San Francisco Chronicle wrote about the Tenderloin Museums\u2019 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 Asian Art Museum<\/a><\/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 Chandigarh-based artist Gurjeet Singh\u2019s show \u201cWhen Words Hurt\u201d<\/a> is open through March 23, 2026. <\/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 \u2013 yes, today\u2013 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 I love the outdoor murals along Hyde Street by\u00a0artist\u00a0and activist Kayan Cheung-Miaw<\/a>. \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 SOMArts<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a>\u201cTabi Tabi Po: Come Out with the Spirits!<\/a>\u201d featuring the\u00a0works of artist and muralist Cece Carpio is open and on view until March 29.<\/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 \u201cSuzanne Jackson: What is Love<\/a>,\u201d on view through March 1, features 80 paintings and drawings, marking the first retrospective of her career. Teresa Moore writes in Mission Local<\/a> that it \u201ca fitting show for a phenomenal artist.\u201d<\/p>\n The museum announced its finalists for the SECA awards: Sholeh Asgar<\/a>, Windy Chien<\/a>, CrossLypka<\/a>, Sole\u00e9 Darrell<\/a>, Hughen\/Starkweather<\/a>, Xandra Ibarra<\/a>, Em Kettner<\/a>, Charles H. Lee<\/a>, Yameng Lee Thorp<\/a>, Aspen Mays<\/a>, Adia Millett<\/a>, Lorena Molina<\/a>, Tricia Rainwater<\/a>, Chanell Stone<\/a>, Livien Yin<\/a>, Jes Young<\/a>.<\/p>\n The winners will be announced in April and a show of their work will go up in December. The award highlights Bay Area artists who have yet to receive \u201csubstantial recognition from a major institution.\u201d\u00a0It\u2019s interesting to look at their work. Any favorites? I\u2019m partial to Livien Yin <\/a>and her big oils of everyday life. <\/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 \u201cAlejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules<\/a>\u201d is on view until April 19.<\/p>\n Mission Local\u2019s Marina Newman went to Cartagena\u2019s talk in November<\/a>, to discover that the photographer has moved away from photography.<\/p>\n KAWS: Family<\/a> 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 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 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 The Museum of the African Diaspora<\/a> has reopened and has two new exhibitions, \u201cUnbound: Art, Blackness and the Universe,\u201d<\/a> which opened Oct. 1 and runs through Aug. 16, 2026 and \u201cContinuum: MoAD Over Time<\/a>, which also opened October 1 and will run through March 1, 2026.<\/p>\n Teresa Moore reviews \u201cUnbound\u201d this week 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 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 There is a lot happening at the de Young.<\/p>\n In connection with the Bouquets to Art exhibit, there is a talk on photography by artist Kija Lucas on March 7. Tickets are here.<\/a> <\/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<\/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 excellent 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 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 On March 14th, there is a 10-year anniversary celebration.<\/a><\/p>\n This place looks to have many interesting offerings, including<\/a> a new portfolio of French sign painters<\/a> alphabets and a collection ofChinese lettering manuals. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cPiet Zwart: Brand Architect\u201d<\/a> opened Nov. 8. <\/p>\n From the website: \u201cFrom the 1920s to the 1960s, Zwart profoundly influenced both the Netherlands and the international graphic design community, and many of his works are celebrated as milestones in design history.\u201d\u00a0<\/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 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 500 Capp Street<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Root Division<\/a>\u00a0are collaborating on\u00a0Open Your Eyes to Water, 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 Museum of Craft and Design (MCD)<\/a><\/p>\n Thursday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n \u00a0Video Craft<\/a> is open until August 16. From the website: \u201cVideo Craft\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 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 \u201cSlowburn\u201d <\/a>open is on. \u201cGuest curated by Lorena Molina,\u00a0slow burn\u00a0centers how BIPOC artists use slowness as a form of refusal and a way to highlight the systems of oppression that structure their lives,\u201d according to the press release. \u00a0<\/p>\n 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 Happiest 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\u2014the 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 Institute for Contemporary Art<\/a><\/p>\n The Institute is now nomadic and leaving its permanent home. You can read more about the decision here.<\/a><\/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![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MS_297023_20250208_02_crop_3000x3000-780x640.jpg\")
Berthe Morisot
\n\u201cInt\u00e9rieur,\u201d 1872
\nOil on canvas, 23 5\/8 x 28 11\/16 in. (59.944 x 72.898 cm)
\nPrivate Collection
\nPhotograph by Randy Dodson, courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco![\"Three](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MANET_EXT_302565_20220725_3000x3000-463x640.jpg\")
\u00c9douard Manet
\n\u201cThe Balcony,\u201d 1868-69
\nOil on canvas, 66 15\/16 x 49 3\/16 in., (170 x 125 cm)
\nMus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay
\n\u00a9 RMN-Grand Palais \/ Art Resource, NY![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manet_View_of_the_1867_Exposition_Universelle_1867_National_Gallery_Oslo_2_36420392286-930x573.jpg\")
\u00c9douard Manet, The Exposition Universelle
\n, 1867.![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/321_Legion_ManetMorisot_Sexton_Oct2025-930x620.jpg\")
Installation view of \u201cManet & Morisot\u201d at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, 2025. Photograph by Gary Sexton. Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EXT_304375_20240202_3000x3000-930x595.jpg\")
Berthe Morisot
\n\u201cReading,\u201d 1873
\nOil on fabric,
\n18 1\/8 x 28 1\/4 in. (46 x 71.8 cm)
\nCleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1950.89<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MS_302263_20240212_1_crop_3000x3000-531x640.jpg\")
Lawrence Ferlinghetti![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MS_302267_20240212_1_crop_3000x3000.jpg\"\/)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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![\"Black](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pricky-Words-2024.-by-Gurjeet-Singh-Indian-b.-1994.-Gouache-on-wasli-paper.-Asian-Art-Museum-Museum-.jpeg\")
Pricky Words, 2024. by Gurjeet Singh. Photo courtesy of the Asian Art Museum <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Anagolay-504x640.jpg\")
Cece Carpio
\nAnagolay
\nAcrylic on canvas
\n2019![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gumeng-at-Mulas-White-Lies-854x640.jpg\")
Cece Carpio
\nGumeng at Mula\u2019s White Lies
\nAcrylic on wood
\n2025![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ylang-at-Ylang-408x640.jpg\")
Cece Carpio
\nYlang at Ylang
\nAcrylic on Canvas
\n2025<\/p>\n![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05_Suzanne-Jackson_El-Paradiso_1981\u201384_photo-Katherine-Du-Tiel-712x640.jpg\")
Suzanne Jackson, El Paradiso, 1981\u201384; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Michael D. Abrams![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/06_Suzanne-Jackson-High-Frost-1982_photo-Swann-Galleries-627x640.jpg\")
Suzanne Jackson, High Frost, 1982; the Joyner\/Giuffrida Collection![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10_Suzanne-Jackson-a-history-drawing-cracked-wall-2016\u201319_photo-Timothy-Doyon-930x620.jpg\")
Suzanne Jackson, a history drawing-cracked wall, 2016\u201319; collection George and Keren Davis![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19_Suzanne_Jackson_2025-Portrait_Photo_Steven_Probert-480x640.jpg\")
Portrait of Suzanne Jackson, 2025<\/p>\n![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/06_Alejandro-Cartagena-Rivers-of-Power-71-from-the-series-Rivers-of-Power-2010\u201316-930x613.jpg\")
Alejandro Cartagena, Rivers of Power #71, from the series Rivers of Power, 2010\u201316\u00a9 Alejandro Cartagena, courtesy the artist![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07_Alejandro-Cartagena-Suburban-Bus-56-from-the-series-Suburban-Bus-2016-427x640.jpg\")
Alejandro Cartagena, Suburban Bus #56, from the series Suburban Bus, 2016; \u00a9 Alejandro Cartagena, courtesy the artist![\"Rusty](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05_Alejandro-Cartagena-Invisible-Line-DAUGHTER-34-from-the-series-Invisible-Line-2010\u201317-427x640.jpg\")
Alejandro Cartagena, Invisible Line DAUGHTER #34, from the series Invisible Line, 2010\u201317; \u00a9 Alejandro Cartagena, courtesy the artist![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/01_Alejandro-Cartagena-Carpoolers-21-from-the-series-Carpoolers-2011-12-394x640.jpg\")
Alejandro Cartagena, Carpoolers #21, from the series Carpoolers, 2011\u201312; \u00a9 Alejandro Cartagena, courtesy the artist<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KAWS_SF_Holiday_Test-Image-1-930x620.jpg\")
KAWS. Courtesy of SFMOMA.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767288692_572_image.jpg\")
Carlos Villa; image: courtesy SFAI Legacy Foundation and Archives<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChesterHiggins-1-480x640.jpg\")
Chester Higgins. Courtesy of MoAD. ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LavaThomas-3-853x640.jpg\")
Lava Thomas. Courtesy of MoAD![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramekon-1-480x640.jpg\")
Ramekon. Courtesy of MoAD. <\/p>\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DW-P24-02_Dark-Shores-480x640.jpg\")
Didier William Dark Shores,2024. Courtesy of the artist and Altman Siegel![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A045833_V2_3000x3000-322x640.jpg\")
Arnold Genthe, \u201cThe Street of Painted Balconies, from the Chinatown Series,\u201d ca. 1896 ![\"Rooftop](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MS_308588_20250708-01_crop_3000x3000-930x608.jpg\")
Daniel Postaer, \u201cSan Francisco, Fillmore Street,\u201d 2012![\"Rows](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MS_306892_20250428-01_crop_3000x3000-810x640.jpg\")
Willard E. Worden, \u201cThe Cliff House (Low Tide),\u201d 1904![\"Black](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/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![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01549_NR_CAS-930x620.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01687_NR_CAS-896x640.jpg\")
Nature Lab Opening. Courtesy of the California Academy of Arts![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NatureLab_Specimen_DSC08663-Edit_GL_CAS-930x620.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01638_NR_CAS-427x640.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science<\/p>\n![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3.-Memory-Index_-Imagined-Family-Heirlooms-427x640.jpg\")
Memory Index_ Imagined Family Heirlooms![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trina-Michelle-Robinson-Studio-Portrait-427x640.jpg\")
Trina Michelle Robinson Studio Portrait<\/p>\n![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Climer-NathanAnimation.jpg\")
Greg Climer, The Animated Quilt of Nathan and Bryan,
\n2022. Courtesy of the artist.![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ana-Mendieta-842x640.jpg\")
Ana Mendieta- Title Untitled (Blood Sign #2\/Body Tracks) Video, 1974 (Courtesy of Walker Art Center)![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ElaineNguyen-640x640.jpg\")
Elaine Nguyen Title: Ngoa\u0323i a\u0306n, Ngoa\u0323i co\u0301 su\u031b\u0301c kho\u0309e,![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Maria-Gaspar-930x529.jpg\")
Maria Gaspar Title: Disappearance Jail (excerpt series)
\nHundreds of perforated Archival Inkjet prints on rice paper, 5 x 7, 2021-Ongoing (Courtesy of the Artist)
\nPhoto documentation credit: Clare Britt![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tesora-Garcia-634x640.jpg\")
Tesora Garcia. Tesora\u2019s Third Eye<\/p>\n