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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rosebud Gallery Two Year Celebration
Come celebrate two years of Rosebud Gallery! Two years of gathering, two years of community.
Wino Miracle
Wino Miracle — or “Why No Miracle?” explores the strange, wondrous moments conjured by someone in a constant state of awe. The show features four SF-based artists who work with layered perception, uncanny play, and crowded visual storytelling.
Heidi Taillefer: Esemplastic
'Esemplastic' brings together Heidi Taillefer’s hybrid beings into a unified vision where organic, mechanical, and mythic elements merge into cohesive living forms.
Magic Latitudes
Running now and until Saturday, March 28th, we are pleased to present “Magic Latitudes,” a duo exhibit by artists Joey Cassina & Sinsentido.
Louise LeBourgeois: Exhale
Dolby Chadwick Gallery is pleased to announce Exhale, an exhibition of recent work by artist Louise LeBourgeois.
Karina Bania | Solo Exhibition
Please join Maybaum Gallery in welcoming their first solo exhibition presented in their pop-up gallery space at the former Barneys New York building.
The Shape of Dusk
Jessica Silverman is pleased to present “The Shape of Dusk,” a solo exhibition of new sculptures by Michelle Yi Martin, a Bay Area artist and experimental weaver.
Beauty is the Best Defense
Jessica Silverman is pleased to present “Beauty is the Best Defense,” a group exhibition that reframes decorative excess as a form of wit, resistance, and genderful expression.
Nathaniel Kyung Smith
Smith approaches his practice as a process of personal discovery, with works that examine the psychological and spiritual relationship of the human body to both natural and built environments.
Winter Pre/Re View
Winter Pre/Re View features a diverse group of artists from all over the world with a selection of previously exhibited works; new works from previously-exhibiting artists; and pieces from new gallery friends
Be Good
At the center of Be Good… are images of Candlestick Park. Presented not as nostalgia, but as lived memory, Candlestick functions as a site where collective history and personal experience converge.
Afropop
Art of Contemporary Africa Opens in San Francisco with Inaugural Exhibition Afropop, a Celebration of African Artists