SF Art Events: Week of 05.24.26
Photographer Unknown, Untitled, 1958, gelatin silver print, 3-1/2 x 5 inches (sheet) [8.9 x 12.7 cm]
THING ONE: SLICE OF THE PIE
May 28–Aug 15, 2026
Fourteen Bay Area galleries and what makes them different
Fraenkel Gallery presents SLICE OF THE PIE: Fourteen Bay Area Galleries & What Makes Them Different, a group exhibition that brings together a vibrant cross-section of some of the Bay Area’s most influential and idiosyncratic art galleries. Featuring work by more than 40 artists, the exhibition illuminates the diverse perspectives and practices that define the region’s rich gallery ecosystem. Taking place at a pivotal moment for the shifting gallery landscape, the exhibition reflects the sense of collaboration that has been a defining attribute of the area’s art scene and a central part of Fraenkel Gallery’s mission. Celebrating the region’s restless spirit of curiosity and invention, SLICE OF THE PIE honors a legacy of creative autonomy and community engagement, highlighting how Bay Area galleries have continuously pushed boundaries and expanded dialogues between local and global practices. A public reception will take place on Saturday, May 30, from 3-5pm.
The fourteen galleries represented are:
Berggruen Gallery founded 1970
Rebecca Camacho Presents founded 2019
Casemore Gallery founded 2015
Catharine Clark Gallery founded 1991
Crown Point Press founded 1962
Euqinom Gallery founded 2015
Fraenkel Gallery founded 1979
Hosfelt Gallery founded 1996
Jenkins Johnson Gallery founded 1996
Anthony Meier founded 1984
Micki Meng founded 2019
Jonathan Carver Moore founded 2023
Gallery Wendi Norris founded 2002
Jessica Silverman founded 2008
LOCATION: Fraenkel Gallery, 49 Geary St., 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA (map)
HOURS: Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 - 6:00 pm
THING TWO: Tender Forms
May 20 - June 20, 2026
A Group Exhibition Celebrating Artists from the Asian Diaspora with Maya Fuji, Nibha Akireddy, Shingo Yamazaki, and Justin Yoon.
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LOCATION: Jonathan Carver Moore, 966 Market St., San Francisco, CA (map)
HOURS: Thursday through Friday, 12 pm - 6 pm, Saturday, 11 am–4 pm
THING THREE: IN CARBON: A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS
PAULINA GOCA, Presence
ONGOING–May 30, 2026
Pushing back against the notion that drawing occupies a secondary position to painting, In Carbon presents works that assert themselves as complete, vital, and fully realized in their own right. These are not studies, preliminaries, or gestures toward some other, theoretically more finished form. These are works of immediacy and conviction, carrying within them a directness that is uniquely suited to the language of drawing itself.
Bringing together an international selection of artists, the exhibition highlights a wildly varied approach to the discipline, demonstrating drawing’s breadth as both a technical and conceptual practice. In Carbon invites viewers to reconsider the medium on its own terms: not a practice subordinate to painting, but as a form capable of profound resonance, complexity, and resolution.
In Carbon features work from:
Dennis Dalesio (US), Eduardo Alvarado (Spain), Esra Turhan (Germany), James Thistlethwaite (UK), Jeremy Mann (US), João Ruas (Brazil), Marina Ho (France), Mayuko Ono Gray (Japan), Paulina Goca (Mexico), Phil Hale (US), Rim Baudey (Khazakstan), Soey Milk (Korea), Tania Rivilis (Ukraine), Wes Burt (US), and Zachary Oldenkamp (US)..
LOCATION: Ryan Graff Contemporary, 804 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA (map)
HOURS: Friday and Saturday, 1 pm–6 pm
