ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: RED FLAGS
July 1–30, 2026
Public Opening Reception: Friday, July 10, 5:30–7:30 PM

Gateway Pavilion
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco

This July, FOR-SITE presents Andy Goldsworthy: Red Flags, a site-specific exhibition by the internationally acclaimed artist at Fort Mason's Gateway Pavilion in partnership with Fort Mason Art.

Marking the West Coast debut of Goldsworthy's monumental installation Red Flags(2020), the exhibition features fifty 5 x 8-foot flags, each stained red with earth collected from one of the fifty US states. Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the work reflects on geographic and political boundaries and on the ties between people, land, and nation.

Rather than displaying emblems that differentiate each state, Goldsworthy's flags ask us to consider what unifies them—and us.

A focused selection of additional works in the Main Gallery highlights red earth as a recurring material in Goldsworthy's practice. Having worked with the material in places ranging from Scotland to the South Australian Outback, Goldsworthy has described red earth as "the earth's veins."

The exhibition follows Goldsworthy’s 2022 Fort Mason installation Firehouse and continues FOR-SITE’s longstanding collaboration with the artist, including Spire(2008) and Wood Line (2011) in the Presidio, works that have become enduring parts of the region’s cultural landscape.

Hours
Wednesday–Saturday, 12–6 PM
Sunday, 11 AM–5 PM
Please note the exhibition will be closed July 4–5 and July 11-12.
Admission is free

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Andy Goldsworthy: Red Flags is organized by FOR-SITE and presented with Fort Mason Art, with generous exhibition support from Haines Gallery, FOR-SITE’s Board of Directors, and Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. Installation services are provided by Fides Industrial.

About the Artist

British artist Andy Goldsworthy (b. 1956, lives and works in Dumfriesshire, Scotland) is internationally recognized for his sculptures, installations, photographs, and films that engage directly with the natural world. Working with materials such as stone, wood, leaves, and earth, his practice emphasizes process, time, and transformation, and our relationship with the landscape. Goldsworthy’s works have been exhibited in major sites and museums internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland; and Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK, as well as permanent works at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Presidio of San Francisco, CA; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Stanford University, CA; and Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY. He has been the subject of several substantial monographic publications, as well as two feature-length documentaries: Rivers and Tides (2002) and Leaning into the Wind (2017).