SF Exhibitions

Al-An deSouza

Graciela Iturbide, Mujer ángel, desierto de Sonora, México (Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico), 1979 (detail); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase through a gift of Jane Reed and the Accessions Committee Fund © Graciela Iturbide

Rick Bartow (Wiyot, 1946–2016), The Magical Mind in Rural America (detail), 2015. Acrylic and graphite on unstretched canvas, 73 1/2 x 219 1/2 in. (186.69 x 557.531 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions 2024.16. Artwork © Rick Bartow Trust. Photograph by Randy Dodson

Mathias Kauage (Mingu Village, Kundiawa-Gembogl District, Chimbu [Simbu] Province, now in the independent country of Papua New Guinea, ca. 1944–2003). Kauage Flies to Scotland for Opening of New Museum of Contemporary Art (detail), 1999. Acrylic on canvas, 47 1/4 x 72 1/16 in. (120 x 183 cm). Museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions, 2023.71. Courtesy of Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London

Dorian Reid

Image: The Hindu deity Vishnu riding Garuda (detail), approx. 1840–1940. Indonesia; North Bali. Colors and gold on wood. Asian Art Museum, Acquisition made possible by the Connoisseurs’ Council and the estate of K. Hart Smith, 2010.18.1. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Ōki Toshie, Aoyagi Keiko, Hasegawa Kei

The Haas Brothers, Grey Liotta, 2020. Liz Collins, Frozen, 2020. Joyce Lin, Skinned Table, 2020. Photograph by Joe Kramm, courtesy of the artists and R & Company.

Image: Junk Nutrients, 2009, by Sopheap Pich (Cambodian, b. 1971). Bamboo, rattan, wire, plastic, rubber, metal, cloth, and resin. Asian Art Museum, Gift of Dipti and Rakesh Mathur, 2025.44. Photograph by Kevin Candland, © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Ha Chong-Hyun

Image: West Mebon Reclining Vishnu (detail), National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia © National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh / photo Thierry Ollivier for the Guimet Museum.

Outer anthropoid coffin lid of Thuya. Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Yuya and Thuya (KV 46), New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III. Wood, gilded stucco with inlays of blue glass, obsidian (eyes), light blue, dark blue, and red glass, 86 x 26 ½ x 37 in. (218.5 x 67.5 x 94 cm). Egyptian Museum in Cairo, JE 95232.1&2, CG 51006.1&2, SR 4/8.1&2. Photograph by Massimo Listri

Larry Fink, Studio 54, New York City, 1977 (detail); collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; © Larry Fink/MUUS Collection

Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo), Maria, 2014. Photograph by Kate Russell. Image courtesy of the artist

RM, Yun Hyong-keun, Park Rehyun, Kwon Okyon, Kim Yun Shin, To Sangbong, Chang Ucchin, Kim Whanki, Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Klee

Images: The Goblin of Kurama, 1922-1926. By Tsukioka Kogyo (Japanese, 1869–1927). Showa period (1912–1926). Ink and colors on paper. Asian Art Museum, Gift of the Lt. Col. A.T. Snell and Genevieve A. Snell Family Trust, 2023.179ab. © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Image: Selection of works by Kim Minwook from the exhibition On Carving, Bending, and Binding Wood. All works copyright Kim Minwook. Photograph © Asian Art Museum by Kevin Candland.

Paul Klee, Fast getroffen (Nearly Hit), 1928 (detail); collection SFMOMA; Albert M. Bender Collection, Albert M. Bender Bequest Fund purchase, 1944

Ramekon O’Arwisters, In Between, 2026 (detail)

PJ Anderson, Jacqueline Bishop, and Sharon Norwood

Dewey Crumpler

Orlando Smith, Aging Is A Fact!, 2025 (detail); Ruth Nash Fund purchase; photo: Tenari Tuatagaloa

Raven Chacon, The Naming of Names, 2026 (still); image courtesy Raven Chacon and Prelinger Archives; © Raven Chacon

Nengi Omuku, The Gathering, 2020. Oil on sanyan, 35 3/8 x 57 1/8 in. (89.853 x 145.098 cm). Collection of spaghetti western, Michael Sherman and Vinny Dotolo © Nengi Omuku

Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota, b. 1979), Special Forces, 2025. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 110 x 193 in. (279.401 x 490.221 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions, 2024.45a-j. Artwork © Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photograph by Randy Dodson

Diego Rivera, The Flower Carrier, 1935; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albert M. Bender Collection, gift of Albert M. Bender in memory of Caroline Walter; © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Roy Lichtenstein, Figures with Sunset, 1978 (detail); the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein; photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Anselm Kiefer, Museum (Museum), 1984-1992 (detail); the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Anselm Kiefer; photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Cupid’s Span, 2002; gift of Doris and Donald Fisher to the city of San Francisco; © The Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Estate; photo: © Henrik Kam

Jacob Hashimoto, The Fractured Giant, 2022, Boise Art Museum; photo: Tobin Rogers Photography

Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing 280, 1976 (detail); the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, © The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Gene Luen Yang, Bay Area Hoops, 2024 (installation view); photo: Don Ross

Yun

H. H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Yuri Suzuki, Arborhythm, 2024 (installation view); collection SFMOMA, purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Peggy Guggenheim; © Yuri Suzuki; photo: Myleen Hollero

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha

Susan Philipsz, Songs Sung in the First Person on Themes of Longing, Sympathy and Release, 2003 (installation view, SFMOMA); collection SFMOMA, accessions Committee Fund purchase; © Susan Philipsz; photo: Katherine Du Tiel

H. H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Jennifer Steinkamp, It’s a nice day for a white wedding., 2008 (still); collection SFMOMA, gift of Lenore Pereira and Richard Niles; © Jennifer Steinkamp; image courtesy the artist

Julie Mehretu, HOWL, eon (I, II), 2017 (detail); commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; collection SFMOMA, gift of Helen and Charles Schwab; ©​ Julie Mehretu; photo: Tom Powel Imaging, Inc.

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Strips of Stripes, (installation view) 2023; photo: Don Ross

Helice Wen, Kalani Ware, Youth Artists from CYC' Bayview Youth Advocates

Thien Pham

Sarah Sze, Forever is Composed of Nows (rendering); courtesy Sarah Sze Studio

Sarah Sze, Forever is Composed of Nows (rendering); courtesy Sarah Sze Studio

Tahirah Rasheed

Yoshitomo Nara, Matryoshka, 2026 (detail); photo: Keita Saiki

Header images: Christian Dior, Bar suit, Spring-Summer 1947 Haute Couture collection, Corolle line; photo © Laziz Hamani. Alexander McQueen, Black feather ensemble, The Horn of Plenty collection, Autumn/Winter 2009; photo: © Sølve Sundsbø.

Mandalaki, Halo Evo – The Sun Never Sets, 2017. Photo courtesy of the artist.