Exhibitions in San Francisco in December 2026

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family

  de Young Museum · Golden Gate Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 9

  Table Manners

  SFMOMA · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 28

  Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs

  SFMOMA · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jul 25

  Miró: Proof Against All

  Legion of Honor · Lincoln Park, Richmond District

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jul 4

  O. Smith: Artivist

  SFMOMA · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 29

  Kim Minwook: On Carving, Bending, and Binding Wood

  Asian Art Museum · Civic Center

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 31

  Treasures of the Pharaohs

  de Young Museum · Golden Gate Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain

  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 18

  Klee Behind the Mask

  SFMOMA · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 15

  Jennifer Steinkamp: It's a nice day for a white wedding.

  SFMOMA · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 17

  OBJECTS: USA

  Museum of Craft and Design · Dogpatch

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 4

  Garuda in Bali

  Asian Art Museum · Civic Center

  • Visual arts

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• Visual arts

  until Jan 31

  Dread Scott: The Body Politic

  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 25

  Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective

  Asian Art Museum · Civic Center

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 31

  Rael San Fratello: Prototypes and Provocations

  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 30

  After the Island: Ornament and Ceramic Practice in the Jamaican Diaspora

  Museum of the African Diaspora · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  Calling All Cats!

  Museum of the African Diaspora · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 30

  Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages

  Museum of the African Diaspora · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 4

  2026 Next Generation Bamboo Art Prize Winners

  Asian Art Museum · Civic Center

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 19

  David Driskell: Wake Up Everybody

  David Driskell

  Minnesota Street Project · Dogpatch

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Feb 7

  RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me

  SFMOMA · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 27

  Sideways Glance

  Alexa Burrell · Sienna Freeman · Barbara Hammer · Daviel Shy

  Minnesota Street Project · Dogpatch

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Dec 19

  Zedekiah Gonsalves Schild: A Verb Meaning to Wash One's Wounds in an Ocean

  Zedekiah Gonsalves Schild

  Minnesota Street Project · Dogpatch

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Jan 9

  Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming

  Leila Weefur

  The Lab · Mission District

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 16

  Lasting Joy: Asawa Family Selections

  Ruth Asawa

  Minnesota Street Project · Dogpatch

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Apr 18

  Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle

  The Walt Disney Family Museum · Presidio

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Nov 7

  New Work: Raven Chacon

  SFMOMA · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 24

  Glow

  Exploratorium · Embarcadero

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 11

  Azzedine Alaïa: Sculpting Fashion

  Legion of Honor · Lincoln Park, Richmond District

  • Visual arts

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Mar 7

  The Light We Carry Forward

  Museum of the African Diaspora · SoMa

  • Visual arts

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