The 2019 edition of the Whitney Biennial, on view May 17 through September 22, was curated by Whitney Museum Associate Curator Jane Panetta and Assistant Curator Rujeko Hockley. To curate the Biennial, they visited studios across the country, eventually narrowing Read More …

Hailing From Parts Unknown, Organized By Curtis Turner Inspired by questions of taste, “Hailing from Parts Unknown” is a show curated by a collector with questionable taste. Main themes draw from deep thought into aesthetic response theory, vintage professional wrestling Read More …

Florence and Elias Katz founded Creative Growth in 1974 in response to statewide cuts in services for adults with disabilities. In 1983 they opened Creativity Explored in San Francisco and in 1984 they went on to create NIAD (Nurturing Independence Read More …

Organized by Nick Wilkinson (Left Field Gallery), “Double Play” features work from Lois Ann Barnett, Nathan Randall Green, Jennifer J. Lee, Anthony Lepore, Cal Siegel and Gillian Theobald. With a poem commissioned for the occasion by Chris Hutchinson. Lois Ann Read More …

There’s Reality, And Then There’s California, Organized By Jessica Snow The title of the exhibition, loosely based on an Edward Abbey quote, suggests a world of visionaries, imagination seekers, day trippers, tricksters, and wanderers. In California, where water, sun, mountains, Read More …

Look Again is a survey of the efforts of NIAD artists in the area of screenprinting over the last three years.  Painting directly on the screen, stenciling with various materials, and often reworking the print with added layers of mixed Read More …

Since 1967, the SECA Art Award has honored more than 70 Bay Area artists with an exhibition at SFMOMA and an accompanying publication. The award distinguishes Bay Area artists whose work, at the time of nomination, has not received substantial Read More …

Here’s a look at what we’re doing in our galleries…