The Rooftop Garden provides a series of new spaces specifically for sculpture: the Sculpture Garden and Garden Terrace — both for outdoor works — and the Pavilion, a glass-walled enclosure that features indoor works. The current installation highlights major modern and contemporary sculptures from the museum's collection. While the individual pieces on display may change from time to time, the Rooftop Garden is dedicated to presenting a range of sculptures made over the past five decades using a diversity of materials and techniques. The selection includes abstract and figurative styles and represents artists working nationally and internationally, as well as in the Bay Area.
Works in the Exhibition
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- Robert Arneson No Pain, 1991
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Louise Bourgeois The Nest, 1994
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Alexander Calder, Etablissements Biémont Big Crinkly, 1969
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Ellsworth Kelly Stele I, 1973
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Mario Merz The Lens of Rotterdam, 1988
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Henry Moore, Guss H. Noack Large Torso Arch, 1962-1963
- Not currently on view in the museum
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- Juan Muñoz Conversation Piece N.Y. (1, 2, and 3), 1992
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Barnett Newman, Donald Lippincott Zim Zum I, 1969
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Joel Shapiro Untitled, 1983-1987
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Ranjani Shettar Me, no, not me, buy me, eat me, wear me, have me, me, no, not me, 2006-2007
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
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- Kiki Smith Virgin Mary, 1993
- On view in the museum, Rooftop Garden
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's Rooftop Garden is made possible through the generous support of the following leadership gifts: the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, Barbara and Gerson Bakar, the Jean and James Douglas Family, Patricia and William Wilson III, and Carolyn and Preston Butcher.
