SF Art Events: Week of 06.29.25
Installation view of Stephen Pace exhibition “Nudes & Birds” at Altman Siegel
Thing one: stephen pace: Nudes & Birds
June 4 - July 19, 2025
Altman Siegel is delighted to present Stephen Pace’s second exhibition with the gallery. Nudes & Birds focuses on two subjects that enraptured and inspired Pace throughout his long career. Pace immediately took a shine to drawing as a teenager when his mother dropped him off at a local art class in Indiana where a nude model was posing for students. Pace cheekily recalled noting: this was for him. His passion for these subjects is evident in the sensuousness and ease of which he conjures these forms. Refreshingly jocular, Pace’s confident brushwork and inventive palette communicates the pleasure he gleaned from making this work as much as the narrative elements in the compositions do.
LOCATION: Altman Siegel, 1150 25th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
HOURS: Tues–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
THINGS TWO: Annunciation by lauren groff
June 18 - July 13, 2025
Award winning author, Lauren Groff, brings us a tale of a young woman who moves from New England to Palo Alto, taking her first steps into post-college adulthood. As she tries to discover who she will become, the “god and animal within” fight to define her. Groff was named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME in 2024.
ABOUT WORD FOR WORD
WORD FOR WORD Performing Arts Company performs short works of fiction in their entirety, preserving the author’s voice and honoring their intent with exciting visuals and inventive staging.
Word for Word, a program of Z Space, is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. Founded in 1993 by Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter, Word for Word believes in the power of the short story to provide solace, compassion, and insight into our daily lives. We bring stories from diverse cultures to our diverse communities, and develop future audiences’ love for the printed and spoken word.
LOCATION: Z Space, 450 Florida St., San Francisco, CA 94110 | 415.626.0453
Decommissioned by Stacey Carter
thing three: DECOMMISSIONED
The History of Hunters Point Shipyard
Ongoing - August 2
From the first and largest commercial drydock on the West Coast to a WWII Naval powerhouse and Cold War radiological research site.
DECOMMISSIONED traces the extraordinary yet often overlooked history of Hunters Point Shipyard.
Curated by longtime Shipyard artist and historian Stacey Carter, the exhibition features original artwork, rare photographs, artifacts, oral histories, original artifacts, archival film, and an experimental soundscape to tell the full story of this iconic San Francisco site.
Supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation
LOCATION: SHIPYARD GALLERY, 451 Galvez Ave., Building 101, San Francisco, CA
HOURS: Saturdays, 1–5 PM: June 14, 21, 28 | July 12, 19, 26 | August 2 (no RSVP needed)
