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Exhibitions in San Diego in October 2026

22 events from Sunday, October 18 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 2. Busiest venues: San Diego Museum of Art, Mingei International Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 14

Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder, Where Science Meets Fiction

Comic-Con Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Mar 21

Dutch Painting: Special Loans from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

San Diego Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 24

SDMA 100 Years

San Diego Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 15

Farm to Craft

Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

The Dean Collection Presents: Hometown Heroes

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego · La Jolla
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 1

To Catch a Fish

Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 25

India Thompson

Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 31

Forging a Legacy: 15 Years of Landmark Acquisitions

San Diego Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea

San Diego Natural History Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Prospect 2026

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego · La Jolla
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Ragamala Paintings from the Binney Collection

San Diego Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World

Museum of Photographic Arts · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until May 31

Early American Painting

San Diego Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Betsabeé Romero: Tejiendo Redes (Weaving Nets)

San Diego Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Aug 15

Icons of Imperial Russia

San Diego Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 9

Community Spotlight: Sherman Heights Community Center

Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Visiones Nocturnas: Queer Nightlife in Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego · La Jolla
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Abbeys, Barns, and Churches: Drawings of Medieval Architecture by Ernest Born

Timken Museum of Art · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 4

Painted Prayers

Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 9

Sylvia Fernandez: Habitando, I Don't Belong Here, We Belong Everywhere

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library · La Jolla
- Visual arts
Free

Friday, October 30, 2026

Visual arts
until Nov 12

Solo Dejaremos Flores: Dia de Muertos Exhibit

Centro Cultural de la Raza · Balboa Park
- Visual arts

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Visual arts
until Apr 4

My Bed

Mingei International Museum · Balboa Park
- Visual arts

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