upcoming events
our take on events in the bay area.
Ferlinghetti Day
Ferlinghetti Day is an annual literary walkabout on March 24th, in honor of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s birthday.
Ambreen Butt, I Bear Witness
San Francisco, CA: Gallery Wendi Norris proudly presents I Bear Witness, its third solo exhibition with Ambreen Butt
Hidden Harmony Coffee & Donuts Art Tour
Enjoy a walkthrough of Hidden Harmony guided by artists Lady Henze & Joshua Rampage alongside coffee and breakfast bites.
Emil Lukas: Detectable with Distance
Emil Lukas' perplexing objects transcend their materiality to become meditations on the workings of the universe and the purpose of art.
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.
Dharma Strasser MacColl | Map of Variations
In Map of Variations, the artist uses satellite imagery of tidal patterns to map shifting boundaries revealed by rising sea levels. Walking the Northern California coastline.
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.
Hidden Harmony Cocktail Hour Closing Event
Celebrate with us one more time for Lady Henze and Joshua Rampage's work in their duo exhibition, Hidden Harmony.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
ADRIFT. AFLOAT. DRY-DOCKED.
Join us for the Opening Reception of our next exhibit—ADRIFT. AFLOAT. DRY-DOCKED. Paying homage to the shipbuilding past of Bldg 12, the exhibit will pair boat- and nautical-themed work by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and others.
Stephen Coyle: At the Movies
Paul Thiebaud Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Stephen Coyle: At the Movies, on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 3 to 5 pm, with an artist talk at 3:30 pm.
Cornerstones –Robert Arneson and the Brick
Paul Thiebaud Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Cornerstones – Robert Arneson and the Brick on Saturday March 21, 2026, with a reception from 3-5pm and a gallery talk at 3:30pm.
A Fearless Eye – The Photography of Barbara Ramos
These photographs—taken in the early-to-mid 1970s in Los Angeles and San Francisco—remained in boxes for nearly fifty years until the pandemic’s enforced stillness brought Ramos back to her archive.
The Abstract Event
We’re preparing for this Saturday - The Abstract Event - by digging deep into our vaults and curating a vast collection of 20th-century and contemporary abstracts that are rarely out in the Salon
Laina Terpstra
Both a meditative ritual that grounds me in the present and, at times, a means of escape. It is a lens through which I experience a full spectrum of emotion. This exhibition brings together paintings from diverse stages
Elise Ferguson, Mod One
Romer Young Gallery is pleased to announce its seventh solo exhibition with New York artist Elise Ferguson, Mod One. For this exhibition, Ferguson presents two site-specific, large-scale linen installations alongside her distinctive Venetian pigmented plaster paintings.
Emerging Artist Showcase
San Francisco, CA: The Cartoon Art Museum presents the art of Nadine Takvorian in the latest installment of its ongoing Emerging Artist Showcase.
Festival of Gentleness
Join the Festival of Gentleness in a celebration of sweetness. Together we will gather to eat good food, hum and dance to beautiful music, feel transformed by handcrafted art, and joyfully listen to some of our favorite local poets. Bring a friend, meet your neighbors, and come enjoy the flowers as we call in the Spring.
Michael Ash Smith: A Sadness of Longing
RGC is delighted to open its very first photography exhibition with Michael Ash Smith, featuring an evocative series of works inspired by Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector.
Miljohn Ruperto: Ultimate Days
Minnesota Street Project Foundation and the Cantor Arts Center are pleased to announce Miljohn Ruperto: Ultimate Days, a solo exhibition of new work by Bay Area-raised, Los Angeles-based artist Miljohn Ruperto.
Immortal
Nancy Toomey Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by John Paul Morabito titled Immortal, curated by Patricia Sweetow
No Coward Soul
Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present No Coward Soul, a solo exhibition by Kansas City-based artist Rachel Gregor. Inspired by Emily Brontë’s 1846 poem No Coward Soul Is Mine, Rachel Gregor’s latest body of work explores faith without religion, resilience without certainty, and the fragile boundary between dread and hope.
Believable
Jenkins Johnson Gallery San Francisco, is pleased to present Believable, our first West Coast solo exhibition of New York-based artist and activist Lola Flash.
Run Fast, Bite Hard
An Exhibition on Human-Animal Hybrids, Companion Species, Technoscience, and Even a Few Cyborgs. Curated by Anton Stuebner with accompanying Media Room program curated by Marcia Tanner.
The Stories We Tell: Tactile Tour
Tactile and Descriptive Tours use detailed verbal description and tactile experiences to make visual art accessible to Blind and low-vision visitors.
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum, an exhibition of forty-five photographs made in private places across New York, New Jersey, California, and London between 1961 and 1971.
Proof
PROOF marks GCS Agency's third San Francisco location and first foothold in Union Square — a deliberate and exciting expansion into the city's most visible cultural corridor.
Crown of Flames
Crown of Flames, a new solo exhibition by Iranian-American artist Shiva Ahmadi, is on view at Haines Gallery from March 13 to April 25, 2026.
Earth is Home, Humans are Family
Opening March 13 at ArtSeed (Presidio)
ArtSeed is pleased to present two new exhibitions opening Friday, March 13, from 5–7 PM, and on view through May 15.
Flourish: Art of Abundance
Flourish: Art of Abundance is more than a fundraiser—it is a celebration of accessible art, shared knowledge, and Root Division’s creative community.
Running On Air
Berggruen Gallery is proud to announce Running on Air, an exhibition of new paintings by San Francisco–based artist Rachel Simon Marino.
Nature Observed
Berggruen Gallery is proud to present John Alexander, an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Texas-born, New York–based artist John Alexander.
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum, an exhibition of forty-five photographs made in private places across New York, New Jersey, California, and London between 1961 and 1971, will be on view at Fraenkel Gallery from March 12 to May 22, 2026.
SuperUNnatural
Bane Gallery in San Francisco presents “SuperUNnatural” new work by John Casey. John continues his exploration of oddball characters, which includes anthropomorphized animals and animal-human hybrids.
Bootleg
Bootleg is a group exhibition of artist-made t-shirts curated by The Basement, an art collective and VHS archive in San Francisco’s Mission District.
Locomotion of Light & Time
Locomotion of Light & Time, will be a solo show of cameraless photography by Bay Area artist Moira McDonald.
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.
A Fearless Eye – The Photography of Barbara Ramos
These photographs—taken in the early-to-mid 1970s in Los Angeles and San Francisco—remained in boxes for nearly fifty years until the pandemic’s enforced stillness brought Ramos back to her archive.
Rosebud Gallery Two Year Celebration
Come celebrate two years of Rosebud Gallery! Two years of gathering, two years of community.