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Museums and Galleries

Visual arts venues and exhibitions.

8 upcoming events · 9 stories · Aug 24, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026

Upcoming events

Fri13NovSWIM Gallery: Myths of the Ancient Future exhibition (opening reception & artist panel)5:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. · SWIM Gallery, 509 Ellis St, San FranciscoReceptionMission Local ↗

TagsOpening Reception

Sat14NovDrawing Room ANNEX: WONDERLAND (Opening Reception)4:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. · Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St, San FranciscoReceptionMission Local ↗

TagsOpening Reception

Sat14NovArtist talk with Sandra Lo5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. · Underpainting Collective, 3126 Shattuck Ave., BerkeleyDaily Brief ↗

Sun15NovCelebration: Youth Talented Art Exhibition1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. · Main Library, 100 Larkin StreetClassTenderloinOur415 ↗

Fri4DecBanksy LimitlessAll day · 150 Powell StreetOpeningUnion SquareDaily Brief ↗

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Stories

Tuesday, October 27, 20261 story

SF Woman Sells Artwork Made In ICE Detention to Help Women She Met Inside

Iryna Gorb, a Ukrainian immigrant arrested by ICE at SFO in July and held for seven weeks, showed more than two dozen drawings from detention at a Nob Hill art show, SFist reports, citing the Chronicle. She is selling the work to help women still held at the California City processing center.

Nob HillSFist ↗

TagsImmigration Enforcement

Sunday, October 25, 20261 story

Sacramento painter Ho Chiu-hung opens first solo show in San Francisco

Ho Chiu-hung, a 76-year-old painter who spent nearly 30 years working in restaurant kitchens, opened his first solo exhibition of ink paintings at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Chinatown, Sing Tao reports. The show runs Oct. 24 and 25 and includes more than 30 works, many of them San Francisco landmarks.

ChinatownSing Tao Daily US ↗ (in Chinese)

Monday, October 19, 20261 story

Rose Pak station keeps building community arts programming

SFMTA and community groups plan more art at the Chinatown-Rose Pak subway station, using an empty retail space for exhibitions, talks and workshops, Sing Tao reports. The station is showing Threaded Histories, an installation by a fiber and embroidery artist that honors San Francisco garment workers, as part of the Arts Commission's Shaping Legacies program.

ChinatownSing Tao Daily US ↗ (in Chinese)

TagsMuni Workshops and Classes

Saturday, October 17, 20261 story

Sculptural Pavilion Options For Embarcadero Park to Be Reviewed Monday

Design firm HOK will present three options Monday for a 40-foot-high pavilion planned as a centerpiece of the new Embarcadero Park, the Chronicle reports. The presentation goes to the Arts Commission's Civic Design Review Committee as part of the renovation that replaces Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park with Art Agnos Plaza and Embarcadero Park.

SFist ↗

TagsParks and Open Space Waterfront and Port

Thursday, October 15, 20261 story

Mission Buzz: Who will get the Mission’s $743,000 in arts funding?

The San Francisco Arts Commission will open bidding for the $743,000 operating grant that had gone to the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, according to Mission Local. The center has also narrowed its search for a temporary location.

The MissionMission Local ↗

Sunday, October 4, 20261 story

‘Namjooning’ in the Bay Area: A BTS ARMY Guide, as RM x SFMOMA Opens

RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me, an exhibit co-curated by BTS leader Kim Nam-joon, opened Saturday with almost 150 works from his personal art collection. Fans gathered outside a side entrance during a preview this week, and some handed out handmade stickers, postcards, and zines.

SoMaKQED News ↗

TagsOpening Reception

Friday, October 2, 20261 story

Golden Gate University in talks to buy downtown landmark after vacating campus

Golden Gate University has held talks about buying the Contemporary Jewish Museum's building downtown, after the business college gave up its own campus. The museum building comes with restrictions on how it can be used.

The San Francisco Standard ↗

TagsColleges and Universities Downtown Recovery

Tuesday, September 1, 20261 story

Back in a flash: SF Camerawork to reopen weeks after shuttering

SF Camerawork, the photography nonprofit, will reopen weeks after announcing it would close. Photographer Hal Fischer, one of its founders, took over the board and led the rescue, his third time saving the organization, according to Mission Local.

Mission Local ↗

TagsOpenings and Closings

Monday, August 24, 20261 story

Second sun rises in San Francisco: Yerba Buena gets Filipino light installation

A temporary light installation called '13°N, 122°E' will shine at Yerba Buena Gardens in September, Mission Local reports. The Filipino-themed piece is described as a second sun rising in San Francisco.

Mission Local ↗