upcoming events
our take on events in the bay area.



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.

Collaborating with Chaos
Mark S. Thomas is an Oakland, California based contemporary abstract artist with an extensive background in art and commercial design. Mark currently creates acrylic and oil paintings for a series titled "Collaborating with Chaos" involving abstract Pareidolic imagery.

Summer Selection
Maybaum Gallery is pleased to present our Summer Selection, featuring handwoven textiles, chiseled marble sculpture, and luscious impasto paintings from both gallery-rostered and guest artists.

Photography Exhibition 2025
Join Hotel Biron for their first annual group Photography Show. Happy Hour specials. Open late.

First Thursday Art Walk
The First Thursday Art Walk is a monthly self-guided walking tour of Downtown San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood and adjacent areas, during which time galleries, performance spaces, and other businesses hold their openings and other events which are open late to the public.

Chinatown Night Market
The vibrant spirit of the community will beat once more as @bechinatown , a community-based nonprofit, unveils the revival of its cherished monthly night market.

Inner Sunset Flea Market
The Inner Sunset Flea Market is back for its 10th season on April 13th! Happening every second Sunday from April to November, this vibrant, well-loved community event transforms Irving Street (9th–11th Ave.) into a lively marketplace filled with vintage and secondhand treasures, artists and makers, community organizations, and more.

Beyond Representation
Through the creative interplay of line, shape, color, and form, this dynamic exhibition celebrates the power of abstraction to evoke emotion, provoke thought, and inspire personal interpretation.

DIALOGUES: ABI JOY SAMUEL & ZACHARY OLDENKAMP
We’re excited to launch the first of our Dialogues series, a conversation in images between Abi Joy Samuel and Zachary Oldenkamp. Samuel, with her English-Jewish roots, brings tenderness sharpened by history; Oldenkamp, from San Francisco, draws like someone sifting through the half-light of memory.

Our Commons Are Free, A Project by Ben Kinmont
Fort Mason Art presents Our commons are free, a project by artist Ben Kinmont exploring the rich history and lasting influence of the San Francisco Diggers – the radical community actors who emerged within the countercultural movement of the 1960s

Valencia Street Night Market
San Francisco to Launch Brand New Night Market on Valencia Street

The Sunset District's Secondhand Saturdays
A curated, stylish and modern version of your traditional flea market with over 60 vintage vendors, makers and artists. Enjoy live music from local musicians, food trucks, workshops and rotating family-friendly activities for all ages to enjoy, every third Saturday from April- November.

Glen Park Night Market
Glen Park Night Market at Kern/Diamond, 4-8:30p: live music, artist makers, local shops and more

Heart of Richmond Night Market
This engaging and entertaining event in the Central Richmond District celebrates the depth of our local business community. There is something for all ages, locals and visitors alike.

DIASPORADICA
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC or Fort Mason) presents the late-summer world premiere of DIASPORADICA, a three-hour immersive performance by experimental collective RUPTURE, running from August 22 to 30, 2025 at the Pier 3 Festival Pavilion

Palo Alto Festival of the Arts
The Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, the very popular fine art and entertainment festival along nine blocks of downtown’s tree-lined University Avenue, returns for its 42nd year from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 23-24, 2025.

FourSquared XVI
FourSquared 2025 is a unique exploration of the works of sixteen Bay Area artists. Each of the artists has produced sixteen small works, presented in sixteen clusters giving the audience the experience of sixteen micro solo exhibitions.



Presidio Theatre x 111 Minna Gallery
Join us for a vibrant exhibition celebrating the intersection of performance, memory, and global perspective through the work of two multidisciplinary artists: Yingri Guan and Cristina Miraflor Ibarra.

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.

Of Water, Dust, and Light - new work by Danae Mattes
Dolby Chadwick Gallery is thrilled to present Of Water, Dust, and Light, an exhibition of new work by Danae Mattes.

First Thursday Art Walk
The First Thursday Art Walk is a monthly self-guided walking tour of Downtown San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood and adjacent areas, during which time galleries, performance spaces, and other businesses hold their openings and other events which are open late to the public.

Fort Mason Night Market
This outdoor market transforms the historic FMCAC campus into a dynamic showcase of local artisans, cuisine, and entertainment. Running from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., this free public event combines the San Francisco Bay Area’s premier craft vendors with outstanding food offerings against a backdrop of stunning waterfront views.

First Friday Castro Art Walk
The Castro Art Walk is a monthly event every First Friday that brings the artistic spirit of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco to life. Check website for monthly events and participants.

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.

Minnesota Street Project First Saturday - Sept. 2025
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.

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.

Valencia Street Night Market
San Francisco to Launch Brand New Night Market on Valencia Street Starting May 8, 2025

Chinatown Night Market
The vibrant spirit of the community will beat once more as @bechinatown , a community-based nonprofit, unveils the revival of its cherished monthly night market.

Black Gold: Stories Untold
Co-produced with the Museum of the African Diaspora. Black Gold: Stories Untold invites 17 contemporary artists and collectives to reflect on the resilience, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War (c. 1849–1877).

Inner Sunset Flea Market
The Inner Sunset Flea Market is back for its 10th season on April 13th! Happening every second Sunday from April to November, this vibrant, well-loved community event transforms Irving Street (9th–11th Ave.) into a lively marketplace filled with vintage and secondhand treasures, artists and makers, community organizations, and more.

Clement Street Artwalk
The Clement Street Artwalk returns on a quarterly schedule in 2025. Enjoy local art, crafts, music and more.

ArtSpan ArtLaunch: Opening Party
Celebrate the abundant creativity of the SF Bay Area & kick-off our SF Open Studios season with the ArtSpan community within the SF Open Studios Exhibition.

The Sunset District's Secondhand Saturdays
A curated, stylish and modern version of your traditional flea market with over 60 vintage vendors, makers and artists. Enjoy live music from local musicians, food trucks, workshops and rotating family-friendly activities for all ages to enjoy, every third Saturday from April- November.

SF Open Studios Exhibition
The SFOS Exhibition is a great way to preview the upcoming Open Studio events and participating artists.

Glen Park Night Market
Glen Park Night Market at Kern/Diamond, 4-8:30p: live music, artist makers, local shops and more

Heart of Richmond Night Market
This engaging and entertaining event in the Central Richmond District celebrates the depth of our local business community. There is something for all ages, locals and visitors alike.

PERSPECTIVE / SF: The Artists of 1890 Bryant Street Studios
Formerly a mayo factory, now a creative mecca — 1890 Bryant is home to 100+ artists who define the SF art scene. This is the first time their work is being shown together outside their studios.

ARTISTS AT WORK: OPEN STUDIOS AT ICB/ART
60+ ICB artists will be working in their studios. It is a great opportunity to learn the art making process in a relaxed studio setting, engage with the artists and learn the story behind the art and maybe even buy some work.

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.

Ann Gale
Dolby Chadwick Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of recent work by Ann Gale, on view from October 2–November 1, 2025.

First Thursday Art Walk
The First Thursday Art Walk is a monthly self-guided walking tour of Downtown San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood and adjacent areas, during which time galleries, performance spaces, and other businesses hold their openings and other events which are open late to the public.

First Friday Castro Art Walk
The Castro Art Walk is a monthly event every First Friday that brings the artistic spirit of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco to life. Check website for monthly events and participants.

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.

Minnesota Street Project First Saturday - Oct. 2025
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.

Art for AIDS
The UCSF Alliance Health Project will host the 29th annual Art for AIDS auction on Saturday, Oct. 4. 2025! Check back for details

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.



Art Tasting & AMPLIFY Awards
As part of the SF Open Studios Exhibition, ArtSpan invites prominent Bay Area arts and culture luminaries to each select one artwork to receive their AMPLIFY: Juror's Choice Award. Come and celebrate!

Valencia Street Night Market
San Francisco to Launch Brand New Night Market on Valencia Street

Chinatown Night Market
The vibrant spirit of the community will beat once more as @bechinatown , a community-based nonprofit, unveils the revival of its cherished monthly night market.

Inner Sunset Flea Market
The Inner Sunset Flea Market is back for its 10th season on April 13th! Happening every second Sunday from April to November, this vibrant, well-loved community event transforms Irving Street (9th–11th Ave.) into a lively marketplace filled with vintage and secondhand treasures, artists and makers, community organizations, and more.

Fort Mason Night Market
This outdoor market transforms the historic FMCAC campus into a dynamic showcase of local artisans, cuisine, and entertainment. Running from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., this free public event combines the San Francisco Bay Area’s premier craft vendors with outstanding food offerings against a backdrop of stunning waterfront views.

The Sunset District's Secondhand Saturdays
A curated, stylish and modern version of your traditional flea market with over 60 vintage vendors, makers and artists. Enjoy live music from local musicians, food trucks, workshops and rotating family-friendly activities for all ages to enjoy, every third Saturday from April- November.

Shipyard Open Studios - FALL 2025
Get a firsthand look inside the working spaces of over 100 local artists and experience their creative process up close.

Shipyard Open Studios - Holiday Sale 2025
Get a firsthand look inside the working spaces of over 100 local artists and experience their creative process up close.

LIT CRAWL SAN FRANCISCO
One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, San Francisco's Lit Crawl is a massive, one-night literary pub crawl through San Francisco's Mission District that caps off our annual Litquake Festival. Lit Crawl SF brings together 250+ authors and close to 5,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event.

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.

Minnesota Street Project First Saturday - Nov. 2025
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.

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.

First Thursday Art Walk
The First Thursday Art Walk is a monthly self-guided walking tour of Downtown San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood and adjacent areas, during which time galleries, performance spaces, and other businesses hold their openings and other events which are open late to the public.

First Friday Castro Art Walk
The Castro Art Walk is a monthly event every First Friday that brings the artistic spirit of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco to life. Check website for monthly events and participants.

Inner Sunset Flea Market
The Inner Sunset Flea Market is back for its 10th season on April 13th! Happening every second Sunday from April to November, this vibrant, well-loved community event transforms Irving Street (9th–11th Ave.) into a lively marketplace filled with vintage and secondhand treasures, artists and makers, community organizations, and more.

AN EVENING WITH ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: ON HER NEW BOOK, WOMEN
In this exclusive San Francisco event, celebrated photographer and Library of Congress "Living Legend" Annie Leibovitz shares the stories behind the images in her iconic Women series.

Valencia Street Night Market
San Francisco to Launch Brand New Night Market on Valencia Street Starting May 8, 2025

ARTISTS AT WORK: OPEN STUDIOS AT ICB/ART preview
This is our biggest event of the year, where 75+ artists throw their doors open all weekend and invite visitors to wander through, meet the artists and get inspired.

Chinatown Night Market
The vibrant spirit of the community will beat once more as @bechinatown , a community-based nonprofit, unveils the revival of its cherished monthly night market.

The Sunset District's Secondhand Saturdays
A curated, stylish and modern version of your traditional flea market with over 60 vintage vendors, makers and artists. Enjoy live music from local musicians, food trucks, workshops and rotating family-friendly activities for all ages to enjoy, every third Saturday from April- November.

ARTISTS AT WORK: OPEN STUDIOS AT ICB/ART preview
This is our biggest event of the year, where 75+ artists throw their doors open all weekend and invite visitors to wander through, meet the artists and get inspired.


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.

First Thursday Art Walk
The First Thursday Art Walk is a monthly self-guided walking tour of Downtown San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood and adjacent areas, during which time galleries, performance spaces, and other businesses hold their openings and other events which are open late to the public.

First Friday Castro Art Walk
The Castro Art Walk is a monthly event every First Friday that brings the artistic spirit of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco to life. Check website for monthly events and participants.

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.

Minnesota Street Project First Saturday - Dec. 2025
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.

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.

Valencia Street Night Market
San Francisco to Launch Brand New Night Market on Valencia Street Starting May 8, 2025

Fort Mason Night Market
This outdoor market transforms the historic FMCAC campus into a dynamic showcase of local artisans, cuisine, and entertainment. Running from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., this free public event combines the San Francisco Bay Area’s premier craft vendors with outstanding food offerings against a backdrop of stunning waterfront views.

Clement Street Artwalk
The Clement Street Artwalk returns on a quarterly schedule in 2025. Enjoy local art, crafts, music and more.

FOG Design + Art Fair
A platform for contemporary design and art that shifts, morphs, and reveals itself through multiple forms and dimensions.

Summer Day at ICA SF
Enjoy curatorial-led exhibition tours, a clothing swap, and more at this Summer celebration at ICA SF.

SWAP THING: A Community Clothing Swap
Join ICA SF and SWAP CIRCLE, in partnership with Micki Meng & Mushi Wooseong James, for a downtown day of shared community, creative exchange and joy!
This isn’t just a clothing swap. It's an invitation to slow down, rethink how we consume, and build something more generous together. One garment at a time.

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.

Casual Time
Altman Siegel is proud to present Casual Time, an exhibition featuring Rodolfo Abularach, Xiaochi Dong, Victoria Gitman, Kim Tschang-Yeul, and Alexandre Zhu.

Worlds Within
Please join Municipal Bonds for the annual Minnesota Street Project Summer Party, along with the gallery’s reception to celebrate the artists in our summer exhibitions.

Far Out: Northern California
Far Out brings together historical and contemporary works highlighting the radical and progressive ethos of Northern California artists. Exploring artistic practices and communities formed in Northern California since the 1960s

A Petal’s Edge
Casemore Gallery is pleased to present A Petal’s Edge, an exhibition featuring six emerging artists, Cole Barash, Luz Carabaño, Sophronia Cook, Dylan Hausthor, Cecilia Mignon, and Chanell Stone, whose work collectively traces and reinterprets the historical function of photography in conversation with sculpture, printmaking, and painting.

Scott Listfield: Extinction Stories
Harman Projects is pleased to announce Extinction Stories, an exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Scott Listfield.

Summer
Eleanor Harwood Gallery is delighted to present our Summer Exhibition, showcasing current gallery artists and a preview of upcoming exhibitions. The exhibition is on view from July 22, 2025, to August 30, 2025.

Contrasts
Harman Projects is pleased to announce Contrasts, an exhibition by Toronto-based artist Chris Austin.

It k*lled the p*ssy
Anglim/Trimble is pleased to present “It k*lled the p*ssy,” a group exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography responding to the United States government’s current crusade on freedom of speech, gender variance and reproductive rights.

STATE OF THE UNION
STATE OF THE UNION is a dystopian show with a touch of humor. (Because, yes, if we don’t find some type of humor in this ultimately absurd moment, we’ll all spiral into a black hole the size of Texas.)


Minnesota Street Project First Saturday - Summer Party
Explore rotating gallery exhibitions the first Saturday of every month at Minnesota Street Projects. Check gallery listing for special events and openings.

IF THESE EYES COULD TALK
EBPCO’s next exhibition: IF THESE EYES COULD TALK, opening at Oakland Photo Workshop, curated by Najee Tobin.

First Friday Castro Art Walk
The Castro Art Walk is a monthly event every First Friday that brings the artistic spirit of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco to life. Check website for monthly events and participants.

Palo Alto Art Walk
Enjoy a self-paced art walk in the heart of Downtown Palo Alto from 5-7pm on the First Friday

Bay Area Then
With its iconoclastic spirit and deep commitment to community, this exhibition asks us to find power in creative persistence even during challenging times.

Artist Talk: Nanci Amaka
Join Nanci Amaka in conversation on her new video performance, “Cleanse: Windows”. Doors open at 6pm with talk to commence at 7pm.

Gil Batle’s Almost Sanctuary
Gil Batle’s Almost Sanctuary is the artist’s debut exhibition in the gallery’s main space, following several presentations in EXiT, the gallery’s art book store.

Joel Daniel Phillips: A Compelling Narrative
Joel Daniel Phillips's exhibition, A Compelling Narrative, continues his research into the Library of Congress’s photographic archives from the 1930s, created during the New Deal by the Farm Security Administration (FSA). His

As Above So Below
As Above, So Below, features work by two artists: Barbara Boissevain and Charlotta Hauksdóttir debuting new work based on Icelandic landscape at a time when effects of climate change are undeniably present.

Every(body) Is Enough
loom + ten—”Every(body) Is Enough”, a solo exhibition from Jun Yang. Through figurative painting, soft sculpture, and ceramics, Yang explores embodiment, belonging, and radical self-acceptance.

It’s Free Because It’s Yours
In tandem with its current exhibition, Our commons are free, a project by Ben Kinmont, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) presents a dynamic conversation with actor Peter Coyote and artist Ben Kinmont, commemorating the San Francisco Diggers, a leading force in the 1960s San Francisco counterculture.

SOOPERBLOOM @ 201 Jackson
SOOPERBLOOM unfurls between glass and concrete — flowers, art, and design rooted in resilience.

SOOPERBLOOM @100 California
SOOPERBLOOM unfurls between glass and concrete — flowers, art, and design rooted in resilience.

Cocteau to Haring: Queer art of the 20th century
Lost Art Co-Owner, Rob Delamater, will present an evening of art and history focused on the Queer Artists of the 20th Century.

Flock
Flock is a group show featuring work inspired by birds and other winged creatures.

INFINITE EXCHANGE
Kearny Street Workshop presents INFINITE EXCHANGE, an exhibition by the AVA (APA Visual Artists) Lab 2025 cohort.