San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
On view
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection
A rich survey of photography from SFMOMA's collection.
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.
Art of California: Greater than the Sum
California's artistic tradition, seen as one sweeping whole.
Past exhibitions (34)
Art of Noise
Sound, noise, and art collide at SFMOMA in 2024.
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Five decades of iconic industrial typologies in B&W
Joan Brown
A landmark survey of Joan Brown's paintings at SFMOMA.
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors
A landmark video installation of music and melancholy.
New Work: Toyin Ojih Odutola
New drawings exploring identity and invented mythologies
Conversation Pieces: Contemporary Furniture in Dialogue
Where contemporary furniture meets art and ideas
Julian Charriere: Erratic
Geology, deep time, and ecology in a bold solo show
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson
Architecture, urbanism, and public space reimagined.
Diego Rivera's America
Major Rivera retrospective spanning murals, paintings, and drawings.
Mythic Constructions: Carlos Mérida and Paul Klee
Two modernist masters united by myth and abstraction.
Amalia Mesa-Bains: Venus Envy, Chapter I and Madrinas y Hermanas (Godmothers and Sisters)
Two powerful installations on Chicana identity and solidarity.
Speculative Portraits
Portraiture reimagined beyond likeness at SFMOMA
Shifting the Silence
Art that turns silence into resistance and reflection
Susan Philipsz: Songs Sung in the First Person on Themes of Longing, Sympathy and Release
Immersive sound art exploring longing and release
Afterimages: Pop Art and Beyond from the Fisher and SFMOMA Collections
Pop Art's lasting legacy, from Fisher and SFMOMA Collections
Nature x Humanity: Oxman Architects
Where architecture and living systems boldly converge
Outward Sight and Inner Vision: Paul Klee and Lee Mullican
Two visionaries unite outer perception and inner imagination.
Tauba Auerbach — S v Z
A sweeping solo show spanning painting, sculpture, and print.
Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue
Collection photographs in unexpected dialogue at SFMOMA
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.
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
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
Pan American Unity: A Mural by Diego Rivera
Rivera's monumental mural on unity across the Americas
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.
Close to Home: Creativity in Crisis
Art made under constraint at SFMOMA's 2021 group show.
New Work: Charles Gaines
Conceptual art where math meets photography and abstraction.
Bay Area Walls
A 2020 exhibition at SFMOMA spotlighting large-scale wall-based works by artists rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Carol Bove and John Chamberlain: Converse
SFMOMA brings together sculptures by Carol Bove and John Chamberlain in a dialogue across generations, exploring form, material, and the poetry of found and fabricated objects.
On a Clear Day: Agnes Martin and Mark Bradford
SFMOMA brings together Agnes Martin and Mark Bradford in a dialogue across generations, exploring abstraction, perception, and the search for clarity in painting.