upcoming events
our take on events in the bay area.
Presence: The Art of Being
Presenting a collective reflection on the human form and lived presence. View a variety of art forms in the Hunters Point Shipyard gallery by artists who create at the Shipyard.
Art of the Form: Perspectives from the West (CLOSING RECEPTION)
Meet the artists behind this juried exhibition and explore their vast creativity in expressing the art of form. A no-host bar complements this evening of creativity.
Beyond the Gze
Complementing the sculptures from The Art of Form, Beyond the Gaze brings three accomplished figurative painters into dialogue with the work in the round, offering a compelling two-dimensional counterpoint to deepen the viewer’s experience.
Word of Mouth
Let the power of the spoken word entertain and transport you to a deeper understanding of yourself, your community, and the world. Join host Corey Rosen — veteran of The Moth, creator of Simply Said at the Lark Theater, and author of Your Story, Well Told — for the exciting series of Word of Mouth, a storytelling series at the Sausalito Center For The Arts.
Presence: The Art of Being - Meet the Artists
Presenting a collective reflection on the human form and lived presence. View a variety of art forms in the Hunters Point Shipyard gallery by artists who create at the Shipyard.
Connie Lewallen Legacy Series: Toward a History of Bay Area Contemporary Art 1969-2004
500 Capp Street honors one of the Bay Area’s most influential and beloved curators with its new Constance Lewallen Legacy Series, an annual conversation with Bay Area artists and scholars that kicks off June 27, 2026, with “Toward A History of Bay Area Contemporary Art 1969-2004,” a talk by curators Renny Pritikin and Mark Johnson.
First Thursday at SF MoMA
General admission is free to Bay Area residents, and tickets are available two weeks in advance. Surcharged exhibitions are not included and require separate paid tickets.
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
First Sunday at Asian Art Museum
Free First Sunday invites visitors to not only experience the world-renowned collections, but also to actively participate in group tours, cultural performances, and other community-based activities.
First Sundays at OCMA
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
OPEN AIR: Plein-air landscapes & Cityscapes
A group show of plein-air landscapes and cityscapes.
Castro Night Market
The heart of the Castro comes alive every Third Friday with live music, local vendors, community performers, and hidden art gems.
San Francisco Art Book Fair: VIP PREVIEW
Minnesota Street Project Foundation is pleased to present the 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF), marking 10 years since the inaugural fair held in 2016.
San Francisco Art Book Fair
Minnesota Street Project Foundation is pleased to present the 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF), marking 10 years since the inaugural fair held in 2016.
Fort Mason Night Market
This outdoor market transforms the historic FMCAC campus into a dynamic showcase of local artisans, cuisine, and entertainment.
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
First Sunday at Asian Art Museum
Free First Sunday invites visitors to not only experience the world-renowned collections, but also to actively participate in group tours, cultural performances, and other community-based activities.
First Sundays at OCMA
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
First Thursday at SF MoMA
General admission is free to Bay Area residents, and tickets are available two weeks in advance. Surcharged exhibitions are not included and require separate paid tickets.
Fort Mason Night Market
This outdoor market transforms the historic FMCAC campus into a dynamic showcase of local artisans, cuisine, and entertainment.
Castro Night Market
The heart of the Castro comes alive every Third Friday with live music, local vendors, community performers, and hidden art gems.
First Thursday at SF MoMA
General admission is free to Bay Area residents, and tickets are available two weeks in advance. Surcharged exhibitions are not included and require separate paid tickets.
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
First Sunday at Asian Art Museum
Free First Sunday invites visitors to not only experience the world-renowned collections, but also to actively participate in group tours, cultural performances, and other community-based activities.
First Sundays at OCMA
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
Word of Mouth
Let the power of the spoken word entertain and transport you to a deeper understanding of yourself, your community, and the world. Join host Corey Rosen — veteran of The Moth, creator of Simply Said at the Lark Theater, and author of Your Story, Well Told — for the exciting series of Word of Mouth, a storytelling series at the Sausalito Center For The Arts.
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
Explore and enjoy Art and Community under the Redwoods in Mill Valley’s Fall Art Festival.
First Thursday at SF MoMA
General admission is free to Bay Area residents, and tickets are available two weeks in advance. Surcharged exhibitions are not included and require separate paid tickets.
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
First Sunday at Asian Art Museum
Free First Sunday invites visitors to not only experience the world-renowned collections, but also to actively participate in group tours, cultural performances, and other community-based activities.
First Sundays at OCMA
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
First Sunday at Asian Art Museum
Free First Sunday invites visitors to not only experience the world-renowned collections, but also to actively participate in group tours, cultural performances, and other community-based activities.
First Sundays at OCMA
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
First Thursday at SF MoMA
General admission is free to Bay Area residents, and tickets are available two weeks in advance. Surcharged exhibitions are not included and require separate paid tickets.
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
First Thursday at SF MoMA
General admission is free to Bay Area residents, and tickets are available two weeks in advance. Surcharged exhibitions are not included and require separate paid tickets.
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
First Sunday at Asian Art Museum
Free First Sunday invites visitors to not only experience the world-renowned collections, but also to actively participate in group tours, cultural performances, and other community-based activities.
First Sundays at OCMA
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
Castro Night Market
The heart of the Castro comes alive every Third Friday with live music, local vendors, community performers, and hidden art gems.
Fort Mason Night Market
This outdoor market transforms the historic FMCAC campus into a dynamic showcase of local artisans, cuisine, and entertainment.
RAFAEL HAYASHI: PROTECT ME
On Sunday, June 14th, from 1–4 PM, we’re excited to host Hayashi for a live painting demonstration, offering a glimpse into the artist’s process and evolving decisions at the easel. Guests are invited to experience the work as it unfolds in real time.
21st Century Sucks
Heron Arts is pleased to announce 21st Century Sucks, a solo exhibition by Tim Williams. The opening reception is June 13th, 2026, from 6-9 pm. It is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view until July 11, by appointment only.
Machismosa
In the tradition of chisme as lore, Machismosa examines how machismo is learned, whispered, and passed down. This exhibition dismantles it through the same radical storytelling that built it, bringing together ten Latine artists whose multimedia practices unravel machismo’s rigidity and reimagine it as fluid, intimate, and communal.
RAFAEL HAYASHI: PROTECT ME
In his debut US solo exhibition, Brazilian artist Rafael Hayashi transforms private fears into a sacred and restless act of guardianship, painting figures that stand at the threshold between childhood terror, paternal love, and mythic protection.
Dogs Keep Revealing Themselves to Me
This is Lola Reed's debut solo exhibition with Good Mother Studio in which she traces the quiet violence of a culture that has learned to treat living flesh the way it treats everything else: as raw material to be refined, marketed, and eventually replaced.
East Bay Open Studios (Weekend TWO)
East Bay Open Studios (EBOS) is a multi-weekend event that invites the public to experience art where it happens—inside artist studios, galleries, cultural hubs, and unexpected spaces.
We Are Who We Have Been Waiting For
We Are Who We Have Been Waiting For — a new exhibition by San Francisco-based artist Rebeka Rodriguez Mondragón — opens June 12 and runs through July 3, 2026.
Late Night Editions: The Etruscans
Late Night Editions is back at the Legion of Honor this June! Step into The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy after hours, and explore dazzling ancient art, bold sculptures, and gold jewelry from the culture that shaped Italy long before Rome.
WPA Artists: Depression-Era Realism to Abstract Surrealism
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States did something extraordinary: it put artists to work. This talk explores how artists captured the stories of everyday Americans, past and present, urban and country—and how their work helped shape a new vision and identity for the country.
Caguiat Delacruz: The Tramp
Caguiat Delacruz (Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz) collaborate on an exhibition at the Wattis Institute titled The Tramp, bringing together newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints.
First Sundays at OCMA
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
First Sunday at Asian Art Museum
Free First Sunday invites visitors to not only experience the world-renowned collections, but also to actively participate in group tours, cultural performances, and other community-based activities.
Memory Cradle
Eleanor Harwood Gallery is pleased to present Memory Cradle, a two-person exhibition featuring works by Kate Tova and Anastasia Tumanova.
Al Farrow: It's Not Dark Yet
An upcoming exhibition for CCG artist, Al Farrow, is announced. Details are not yet available.
Chester Arnold: A Brief Summary of My So-Called Life
An upcoming exhibition for CCG artist, Chester Arnold, is announced. Details are not yet available.
Cruise into Summer: Lowrider Culture Celebration
Lowrider exhibit on the de Young's front lawn
Music from DJ Brown Angel
Art-making with Hey Ruca
Doñas: Ladies of the Lowrider Community film screening and panel discussion curated by Vero Majano
Minnesota Street Project First Saturday
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.
East Bay Open Studios (Weekend One)
East Bay Open Studios (EBOS) is a multi-weekend event that invites the public to experience art where it happens—inside artist studios, galleries, cultural hubs, and unexpected spaces.
Locally Grown: ArtSpan Invitational Auction 2026 (THE AUCTION)
Join us June 5th at Heron Arts in San Francisco for live and silent auction bidding, featuring original works by 60 invited Bay Area artists.
In Your Own Time // Leyla Pekmen + Julien Laport
Johansson Projects presents In Your Own Time, a two-person exhibition featuring Turkish painter and sculptor Leyla Pekmen and French painter Julien Laporte.
Locally Grown: ArtSpan Invitational Auction 2026 (VIP Preview)
Join us June 4th at Heron Arts in San Francisco for the VIP PREVIEW of our live and silent auction items, featuring original works by 60 invited Bay Area artists.
The Portrait Show 14: Masquerade
Modern Eden Gallery proudly presents The Portrait Show 14: Masquerade, our annual portrait show and a yearly tradition celebrating the many forms of contemporary portraiture.
2026 Headlands Auction
Join Headlands in raising $750,000+ towards our Artists in Residence program and Fellowships—secure your ticket today!
Guy Diehl: The Quiet Eye
Dolby Chadwick Gallery is honored to present The Quiet Eye, an exhibition of recent paintings by Guy Diehl.
First Thursday at SF MoMA
General admission is free to Bay Area residents, and tickets are available two weeks in advance. Surcharged exhibitions are not included and require separate paid tickets.