San Francisco — Archive

Sam Vernon: Impasse of Desires

Drawing, collage, and video on Black identity and longing

New Work: Wu Tsang Presents Moved by the Motion

Wu Tsang and Moved by the Motion at SFMOMA

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence

Immersive interactive installations exploring body and identity.

Lineage: Paul Klee and Ruth Asawa

Klee's influence on Asawa's wire art, explored at SFMOMA.

Diana Markosian: Santa Barbara

Documentary photography on identity and place at SFMOMA

Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony

Ten dynamic Calder works explore opposing forces in harmony.

One Day at a Time: Susan O'Malley and Leah Rosenberg

Color, language, and everyday optimism at SFMOMA.

Nam June Paik

Landmark survey of a video art pioneer at SFMOMA

Contemporary Optics: Olafur Eliasson, Teresita Fernández, and Anish Kapoor

Light, mirrors, and perception by three visionary artists.

New Work: Charles Gaines

Conceptual art where math meets photography and abstraction.

German Art After 1960

Four giants of German art in dedicated solo galleries.

Julie Mehretu

Mehretu's epic vision of the American West at SFMOMA

People Make This Place: SFAI Stories

SFAI alumni and faculty honor a legacy of experimentation.

Table Manners

Design, food, and the art of eating together

Art of Noise

Sound, noise, and art collide at SFMOMA in 2024.

Conversation Pieces: Contemporary Furniture in Dialogue

Where contemporary furniture meets art and ideas

Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection

A rich survey of photography from SFMOMA's collection.

Shifting the Silence

Art that turns silence into resistance and reflection

Speculative Portraits

Portraiture reimagined beyond likeness at SFMOMA

A Living for Us All: Artists and the WPA

Explore how the New Deal's Works Progress Administration transformed American art and artists during the Great Depression, featuring works from SFMOMA's collection.

Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue

Collection photographs in unexpected dialogue at SFMOMA

Refutations

Art that pushes back against dominant narratives

Drawing the Line: Rael San Fratello at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Border-defying architecture and design at SFMOMA.

Tatiana Bilbao Estudio: Architecture from Outside In

Community-driven architecture by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio

Art of California: Greater than the Sum

California's artistic tradition, seen as one sweeping whole.

Close to Home: Creativity in Crisis

Art made under constraint at SFMOMA's 2021 group show.

Pulled Apart

Works exploring tension, division, and fragmentation.

Bay Area Walls

Local artists tackle urgent issues in large-scale murals.

Freeform: Experiencing Abstraction

American abstraction in all its forms since 1950

Beyond the Sky

A 2021 exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora exploring themes of transcendence, aspiration, and cultural identity through contemporary art.