San Francisco
A cultural kaleidoscope, from tech art to avant-garde galleries
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Art & the City in Dialogue
San Francisco pulses with a multifaceted art scene, epitomized by institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Contemporary Jewish Museum. The Mission District's vibrant murals and the annual San Francisco Art Book Fair reflect the city’s innovative spirit, shaping its ever-evolving cultural narrative.
The City as Stage
Exhibitions in San Francisco
The spaces where San Francisco speaks — from major institutional surveys to gallery shows that define the city's contemporary conversation.
What's On
San Francisco — Upcoming Shows
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Now Showing
Featured Artists
Urban Infrastructure
San Francisco's Art Ecosystem
The institutions, galleries, and independent spaces through which San Francisco produces, hosts, and transmits contemporary culture.
Gallery Directory
Contemporary Galleries in San Francisco
A verified directory of San Francisco's contemporary art galleries — each record fetched and confirmed from the gallery's official website.
A pioneering gallery dedicated to digital art and new media since 2001. Long before NFTs entered the mainstream, bitforms was championing artists exploring the intersection of art and technology, and creating frameworks for collecting ephemeral digital works.
On the Rise
Artists to Watch in San Francisco
Active voices generating signal — emerging, mid-career, and buzzworthy names surfacing in San Francisco's current scene.
James Turrell
ShowingShowing in "SFMOMA: California Light" at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Robert Irwin
ShowingShowing in "SFMOMA: California Light" at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Maria Nordman
ShowingShowing in "SFMOMA: California Light" at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Gallery Scene
Galleries to Watch in San Francisco
The spaces defining San Francisco's current moment — independent, ambitious, and generating signal in the contemporary art world.
Local News Wire
San Francisco Contemporary Art News
Fresh coverage of San Francisco's contemporary art scene, aggregated weekly from local-language news sources.
Biennale Radar
Part of Biennale Radar's Art & the City in Dialogue series — aggregating live editorial intelligence about how cities and the art world speak to each other.