City Art Biz and Meetings in August<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s your schedule<\/p>\n
The Arts Commission<\/a> meets online and in person on the first Monday of each month, which means Aug 3 at 2 p.m. Room 125, War Memorial Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave.<\/p>\n Visual Arts Committee<\/a>, Aug 19, 2 p.m. City Hall, Room 416\u00a0and streamed online via SFGovTV.\u00a0<\/p>\n Civic Design Review Committee<\/a>, Aug. 17, at 2 p.m. City Hall, Room 416\u00a0and streamed online. via SFGovTV.<\/p>\n Community investments Committee<\/a>, Aug. 25 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n Executive Committee<\/a>\u00a0Aug. 26, at 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 416\u00a0and streamed online\u00a0via SFGovTV.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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 de Young Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesdays to Sundays, 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 \u201cTreasures of the Pharaohs\u00a0\u201d is open and Julie Zigoris writes, \u201cThe treasures on display are not only culturally and financially valuable, they are also visually stunning.\u201d <\/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 Legion of Honor Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesdays to Sundays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cDrawn to Venice<\/a>\u201d will be on until Aug. 2, 2026. <\/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 \u201cThe Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy<\/a>,\u201d a collection of 150 items including sculpture and jewelry. Don\u2019t know much about the Etruscans? Here is a video:<\/p>\n<\/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 500 Capp St.<\/a><\/p>\n Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m.: Free self-guided tours. Saturday at 4 p.m.: A guided tour for $20.<\/p>\n \u201cCollaborating with the Muses: Part 2\u201d<\/a> through Aug. 23. We wrote<\/a> about Mildred Howard\u2019s Part 1 show last year.<\/p>\n Andy Vogt:\u00a0\u201cThe Ringing in My Eyes\u201d<\/a> is open through Oct. 17. <\/p>\n Amy Trachtenberg: \u201cAbstract Objects of Devotion<\/a>\u201d is also open. <\/p>\n SFMOMA<\/a><\/p>\n Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Wednesdays, closed; Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cGraciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds,<\/a>\u201d through Nov. 29. The exhibit of the Mexican photographers work includes photos from five decades of work. <\/p>\n \u201cMatisse\u2019s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal,\u201d<\/a> on until Sept. 13. It is based on a 1991 gift from Elise Haas. Julie Zigoris reviewed it for us, writing, \u201cThe painting\u2019s debut in 1905 caused an immediate sensation for its fury of colors.\u201d<\/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 Dec. 12, 2026, to May 30, 2027.<\/p>\n Here is a taste of their work.<\/p>\n \u201cReimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10,\u201d a rehanging and consideration of the collection, is open.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a spectacular collection, and KQED has a good piece<\/a> on the reinstallation. The New York Times has also published a piece<\/a> on the Fishers\u2019 relationship with the museum and the rehanging of the family\u2019s collection, writing it is \u201cunlike anything SFMOMA has done in its 90 years.\u201d<\/p>\n It ranges over four floors. <\/p>\n Alexander Calder<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: \u201cThinking Big<\/a>.\u201d (on Floor 3.) <\/p>\n \u201cWays of Seeing: Fourteen Artists<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(on Floor 4)<\/p>\n \u201cCalder, Kelly, LeWitt: Fundamentals of Form<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(on Floor 5)<\/p>\n \u201cMemory and Matter: Personal and Collective Histories<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(on Floor 6)<\/p>\n \u201cRose B Simpson: Behold\u201d<\/a> is on view on SFMOMA\u2019s fourth-floor terrace. It\u2019s a bronze sculpture visible from multiple locations.\u00a0And good news! It has been extended through Feb. 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 \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 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cDemetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes \u2014 Crops of Empire\u201d is open through Aug. 16, 2026. It is the first museum show for the Oakland-based mixed-media artist.<\/p>\n Here are some photos of his work.<\/p>\n Also showing: \u201cUnbound: Art, Blackness and the Universe,\u201d<\/a> runs through Aug. 16, 2026.<\/p>\n Teresa Moore reviews \u201cUnbound\u201d 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.<\/p>\n Asian Art Museum<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cKim Minwook: On Carving, Bending, and Binding Wood<\/a>,\u201d until March 29. <\/p>\n \u201cFX Harsono:\u00a0Writing in the Rain,\u201d <\/a>a video installation on memory, identity and art. <\/p>\n \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. The museum recently posted a video of a conversation<\/a> with the artist, Kayan Cheung-Miaw.<\/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 clay work 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 Museum of Craft and Design (MCD)<\/a><\/p>\n Thursdays to Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cVideo Craft<\/a>\u201d is open until Aug. 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 Letterform Archive<\/a><\/p>\n Thursdays,1 to 8 p.m. and\u00a0free to all; Fridays to Sundays: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Mondays to Wednesdays.<\/p>\n \u201cTone in Tongue,<\/a>\u201d in the library. <\/p>\n Here is a list of events and tours<\/a> with curators. <\/p>\n \u201cPiet Zwart: Brand Architect<\/a> through Sept. 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 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 The Tenderloin Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n \u201cFinding Our Way Home: Mary TallMountain\u201d<\/a> is open. The exhibit celebrates the longtime Tenderloin resident and Native Alaskan poet Mary TallMountain (1918-1994). <\/p>\n 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 reported on the Tenderloin Museum\u2019s\u00a0planned expansion<\/a>\u00a0from 3,000 to 10,000 square feet, adding a room dedicated to 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 Check the website for new shows. <\/a> <\/p>\n California Academy of Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n Mondays to Saturdays, 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m; Thursdays, 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 GLBT Historical Society<\/p>\n Directory of Dreams,<\/a> \u201ctraces the everyday labor of Bay Area lesbians who refused erasure and built community networks rooted in care, solidarity, and economic self-determination,\u201d according to the museum\u2019s website. <\/p>\n Counterculture Museum<\/a><\/p>\n Wednesdays to Sundays, 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 Thursdays to Sundays, 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 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts<\/a><\/p>\n Wednesdays to Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free on Wednesdays and second Sundays.<\/p>\n Through August 23, \u201cDiedrick Brackens: gather tender night<\/a>\u201d and \u201cConjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n San Francisco State University\u2019s Fine Arts Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n The gallery is open Tuesdays to Fridays, noon to 4 p.m. It will be closed for most of the summer, reopening on Aug. 8 for \u201cLife and the Inevitable.\u201d The show on life, death and grief will feature six artists. It is curated by Keone Nakakura, a graduate student in museum studies, and will run through Oct. 15.<\/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 \u2014 Oct. through May. 11 a.m. to. 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Thursdays, 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 Thursdays through Sundays, 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 that \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. Sundays, 10 a.m. to noon (members\/donors only); noon to 5 p.m. for everyone. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 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 \u201cWe Are Bruce Lee: Under the Sky, One Family<\/a>.\u201d<\/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.<\/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![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MS_308588_20250708-01_crop_3000x3000-930x608.jpg\")
Daniel Postaer, \u201cSan Francisco, Fillmore Street,\u201d 2012![\"Rows](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MS_306892_20250428-01_crop_3000x3000-810x640.jpg\")
Willard E. Worden, \u201cThe Cliff House (Low Tide),\u201d 1904![\"Black](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02_Graciela-Iturbide-La-Nuestra-Senora-de-las-Iguanas-Juchitan-Oaxaca-Mexico-1979-534x640.jpg\")
Graciela Iturbide, La Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de las Iguanas, Juchit\u00e1n, Oaxaca, M\u00e9xico (Our Lady of the Iguanas, Juchit\u00e1n, Oaxaca, Mexico), 1979; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gift of the artist; \u00a9 Graciela Iturbide![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_Graciela-Iturbide-Khajuraho-India-1-637x640.jpg\")
![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/05_Graciela-Iturbide-Mujer-angel-desierto-de-Sonora-Mexico-1979-917x640.jpg\")
Graciela Iturbide, Mujer \u00e1ngel, desierto de Sonora, M\u00e9xico (Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico), 1979; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase through a gift of Jane Reed and the Accessions Committee Fund \u00a9 Graciela Iturbide![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16_Graciela-Iturbide-Carretera-61-de-Clarksdale-Mississippi-a-Memphis-Tennessee-Estados-Unidos-637x6.jpeg\")
Graciela Iturbide, Carretera 61, de Clarksdale, Mississippi, a Memphis, Tennessee, Estados Unidos (Highway 61, from Clarksdale, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, United States), 1997; Collection Fundaci\u00f3n Mapfre; \u00a9 Graciela Iturbide![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15_Graciela-Iturbide-Baile-del-cabrito-La-Mixteca-Oaxaca-Mexico-1-930x611.jpg\")
Graciela Iturbide, Baile del cabrito, La Mixteca, Oaxaca, M\u00e9xico (The Goat\u2019s Dance, La Mixteca, Oaxaca, Mexico), 1992; Collection Fundaci\u00f3n Mapfre; \u00a9 Graciela Iturbide<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1.-Matisse_Femme-au-chapeau-473x640.jpg\")
Henri Matisse, Femme au chapeau (Woman with a Hat),1905; SFMOMA, Photo by Glen Cheriton for SFMOMA. ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8.-Harkness_Answered-Prayers-777x640.jpg\")
Hilary Harkness,Answered Prayers, 2024; collection of KAWS; \u00a9 Hilary Harkness; Photo courtesy of Hilary Harkness and P\u00b7P\u00b7O\u00b7W, New York![\"Colorful](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9.-Derain_Fishing-Boats-1-1-748x640.jpg\")
Fishing Boats, Collioure; Andr\u00e9 Derain; 1905;The Philip L. Goodwin Collection;\u00a9 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ ADAGP, Paris.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01_CrossLypka-a-kneeling-2026-480x640.jpg\")
CrossLypka, a kneeling, 2026. ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02_Em-Kettner-The-Wheelchair-2024-558x640.jpg\")
Em Kettner, The Wheelchair, 2024.<\/p>\n![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4.-Alexander-Calder-Fishy-678x640.jpg\")
On view at SFMOMA\u2019s Reimagining the Fisher Collection: Alexander Calder, Fishy, 1962; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; \u00a9 Calder Foundation, New York \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Katherine Du Tiel![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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<\/p>\n![\"Abstract](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demetri_Broxton-02_01-View_1-427x640.jpg\")
Demetri Broxton Still Waters Run Deep, 2025 Japanese glass beads, sequins, cowrie shells, 24K gold plated brass, brass, rayon chainette, wool, serigraph printed on Japanese sateen cotton, mounted on birch board 35\u2033 x 16\u2033 Courtesy of the artist & Patricia Sweetow Gallery![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demetri_Broxton-03_01-View_1-1-427x640.jpg\")
Demetri Broxton A Family Tie Is Like a Tree; It Can Bend but It Cannot Break, 2026 Japanese & Czech glass beads, sequins, cowrie shells, Swarovski crystal, 24K gold plated brass, antique silk chainette, wool, serigraph printed on Japanese sateen cotton, mounted on birch board 28.5\u2033 x 18.5\u2033 Collection of Rebecca Draper. Courtesy of the artist & Haines Gallery![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Demetri_Broxton-01_01-View_1-427x640.jpg\")
Demetri Broxton He Who Holds Me to the Soil, Holds Himself as Well, 2026 Japanese glass beads, sequins, cowrie shells, recycled glass, 24K gold plated brass,brass, rayon chainette, wool, Nymo (nylon) thread, serigraph printed on Japanese sateen cotton, goat hair canvas, mounted on birch board. 59\u2033 x 29\u2033 Collection of Brigit Lawley. Courtesy of the artist & PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY<\/p>\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Climer-NathanAnimation.jpg\")
Greg Climer, The Animated Quilt of Nathan and Bryan,
\n2022. Courtesy of the artist.![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01549_NR_CAS-930x620.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01687_NR_CAS-896x640.jpg\")
Nature Lab Opening. Courtesy of the California Academy of Arts![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NatureLab_Specimen_DSC08663-Edit_GL_CAS-930x620.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NatureLabMemberOpening_DSC01638_NR_CAS-427x640.jpg\")
WelcomeWinterNight 2024. Courtesy of the California Academy of Science<\/p>\n