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article news schedule Oct 29, 2025 visibility 11 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

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The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) will leave its current home at The Cube in December 2025 to adopt a fully nomadic, citywide model, presenting exhibitions and programs at various sites across the Bay Area starting in early 2026. Its final shows at The Cube are solo exhibitions for Masako Miki and David Antonio Cruz, on view through December 7. The museum has already secured support from the Office of the Mayor of San Francisco and lined up programs for the next year, including exhibitions at the Transamerica Pyramid Center featuring Tara Donovan and Lily Kwong, and a two-person show for Dominique Fung and Heidi Lau at Pier 24 in 2026, with a partnership planned for 2027.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 22, 2026 visibility 18 link 7 artists

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The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco announced a major public art commission by Jeffrey Gibson for Super Bowl LX festivities. The work, an adaptation of Gibson's 2022 video installation "THIS BURNING WORLD," will be installed as a 433-foot-long vinyl mural on the former Bloomingdale's building at San Francisco Centre, wrapping an entire city block. It will be fully unveiled on February 2, 2026, coinciding with the FOG Design+Art Fair. The project is funded by the San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation and the Yerba Buena Partnership, which have previously supported public art by Sarah Sze and Hank Willis Thomas.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 7, 2026 visibility 11 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

SF Art Week brings new exhibitions to downtown SF landmark

The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) is hosting a kickoff party for the third annual SF Art Week on January 17, 2026, at the Transamerica Pyramid Center. The event unveils two free public exhibitions: Tara Donovan's 'Stratagems,' featuring sculptures made from upcycled CD-ROM discs, and Lily Kwong's 'Earthseed Dome,' a 3D-printed installation with seeds that will grow over time. Both installations are on view through July 31. The ICA recently left its permanent space at The Cube on Montgomery Street to adopt a nomadic model, staging pop-up exhibitions in vacant buildings, public spaces, and landmarks like Pier 24 and the Dogpatch Power Station.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 16, 2026 visibility 17 link 20 artists, 1 gallery

Your guide to the best events of SF Art Week

SF Art Week returns with a packed schedule of events across San Francisco, including the Recology Artist in Residence exhibition featuring work made from materials sourced at the city's recycling center, a mural painting and unveiling by eL Seed in collaboration with incarcerated artists at San Quentin, and the launch of ICA SF's nomadic model with exhibitions by Tara Donovan and Lily Kwong at the Transamerica Pyramid Center. Other highlights include gallery openings at Paul Thiebaud Gallery, frame-making demonstrations at Aedicule, a new art fair at the Fairmont Hotel, and a curator-led tour at SHACK15, alongside workshops, a rave-themed reception at the Asian Art Museum, and a conversation between artist Lava Thomas and curator Key Jo Lee at MoAD.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 visibility 17 link 2 artists

12 Of The Coolest Art Exhibits In San Francisco Right Now, From Monet To KAWS

A listicle highlights twelve current art exhibitions across various San Francisco institutions, featuring a diverse range of artists from Claude Monet to the contemporary artist KAWS. The featured venues include major museums like the de Young Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), as well as galleries such as the Minnesota Street Project and the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF).

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museum exhibitions schedule May 2, 2026 visibility 9 link 11 artists, 1 gallery

New group exhibition at Art of Contemporary Africa SF

Art of Contemporary Africa (AOCA), the first Pan-African contemporary gallery in San Francisco, will open a major group exhibition titled *Memory in Motion: Identities, Materials and Resonances* on 2 May 2026. Curated by Gilles Yoro (Felin Light), the show brings together contemporary African artists including Gerald Chukwuma, Mederic Turay, Mwass Githinji, Ayanda Mabulu, Opa Bathily, Kebe Ibrahim Bemba, Ndabuko Ntuli, Kenof Franck Kemkeng Noah, Ange Arthur Koua, Alexis Daniel Onguene Tassi, and Dieudonne Djiela Kamgang. Their works in painting, sculpture, assemblage, and mixed media explore memory as an active, evolving force shaping identity across time, geography, and materiality.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 16, 2026 visibility 13 link 6 artists

San Francisco museum rejects permanent space in favour of site-specific exhibitions

The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) has abandoned plans for a permanent physical space, instead adopting a nomadic model focused on site-specific exhibitions. Its first project under this new approach launches during San Francisco Art Week at the Transamerica Pyramid Center, featuring installations by artists Lily Kwong and Tara Donovan. Kwong's EARTHSEED DOME is a 3D-printed soil structure embedded with native seeds that will bloom in the adjacent redwood grove, while Donovan's Stratagem series uses recycled CDs to create light-scattering columns inside the building's Annex Gallery.

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