East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from The Al Thani Collection

Tue.–Sun. Nov. 3 –Feb. 24, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Legion of Honor (Lincoln Park,100 34th Ave.) This exhibition explores the cultural and material exchanges between India and Eur... Read More

Museums & Galleries

S.F. Open Studios 2018

Sat.–Sun., Nov. 3–4, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. General’s Residence (Upper Fort Mason) A significant number of artists working in various styles and media will display their work at th... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Thu.–Tue. through Jan. 6 Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission St.) This exhibition will focus on how clothes balance the personal with the social, how dress traditions disting... Read More

Museums & Galleries

40 ANNI: 40th Anniversary Permanent Collection Exhibition

Tue.–Sun., Sept. 13 through January, noon–4 p.m. Opening reception: Thursday, Sept. 13, 5:30 p.m. Museo Italo Americano Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center The Museo Italo Americano p... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Painting is My Everything

Tue.–Sun., Sept. 7–Dec. 30 Asian Art Museum View the work of 17 contemporary artists, many of them women, who have used centuries-old regional styles to express personal experi... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Taking Temperature: 10 Local Artists Respond to Environmental & Political Complexities of the Climate Change Crisis

Thu.–Sat., Sept. 7–Oct. 13, 1–6 p.m. Embark Gallery, Fort Mason Center This exhibition will explore the consequences of climate change by focusing on living in the U.S. when ... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Contemporary Muslim Fashions

Tue.–Sun., Sept. 22 thorugh Jan. 6, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park This is the first major museum exhibition to explore the complex, diverse nature of Mu... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Second Look, Twice: Selections from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

Wed.–Sun., Sept. 10–Dec. 16 Museum of African Diaspora (685 Mission St.) This exhibition features the work of 15 critically-acclaimed contemporary artists of African descent, i... Read More

Museums & Galleries

XL Catlin Prize Exhibition

Wed.–Sun. through Oct. 7, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Main Gallery, SFAI, Fort Mason Center This juried art contest and traveling exhibition features 40 works of paintings, drawings, prints... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Lew the Jew and His Circle: Origins of the American Tattoo

Thu.–Tue. through Dec. 2 Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission St.) “Lew The Jew” Alberts (1880–1954) was one of the most influential artists tattooing in New York’s B... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters

Tue.–Sun. through Sept. 30, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Legion of Honor Lincoln Park (100 34th Ave.) View Old Masters’ works, the inspiration for the Pre-Raphaelites, who sought to r... Read More

Museums & Galleries

A Guided Tour of Hell

Tue.–Sun. through Sept. 16 Asian Art Museum This guided tour of one man’s harrowing descent into the Tibetan Buddhist realms of hell encourages us to contemplate the meaning of... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Martin Machado: Fluid State

Wed.–Sun. through Aug. 19, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. S.F. Art Institute, Fort Mason Center View works by this local artist whose large-scale paintings and ink drawings reflect his experie... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Lew the Jew and His Circle: Origins of the American Tattoo

Thu.–Tue., July 26–Dec. 2 Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission St.) “Lew The Jew” Alberts (1880–1954) was one of the most influential artists tattooing in New York’... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Weapons of Mass Seduction: The Art of Propaganda

Tue.–Sun., through Oct. 7, 9:30–5:15 p.m. H. de Young Museum (Golden Gate Park) Prior to the internet age, shaping public opinion by spreading information and ideas was more re... Read More

Museums & Galleries