Art and China after 1989
Theater of the World
November 10, 2018–February 24, 2019
This exhibition presents works that anticipated, chronicled, and agitated for the sweeping social transformation that placed China at the center of the conversation on globalization.
Paul Klee and the Prinzhorn Collection
September 15, 2018–March 17, 2019
Hans Prinzhorn’s publication Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922) is featured alongside psychologically charged works by Paul Klee, Jean Dubuffet, and Max Ernst.
Public Knowledge: Take Part
January 25, 2019–March 25, 2019
Led by the artist duo Bik Van der Pol, Take Part anchors expansive conversations about San Francisco’s past, present, and future to a physical object: a thousand-square-foot scale model of the city circa 1938.
Vija Celmins
To Fix the Image in Memory
December 15, 2018–March 31, 2019
Vija Celmins’s subtle, exquisitely detailed “redescriptions” of the physical world—including oceans, desert floors, and night skies—distill vast, expansive distances into mesmerizing, small-scale artworks.
The Sea Ranch
Architecture, Environment, and Idealism
December 22, 2018–April 28, 2019
A beacon of 1960s Northern California Modernism, The Sea Ranch’s idealistic principles of architectural excellence, economy of space, and land stewardship continue to inspire.
Wayne Thiebaud
Artist's Choice: September 29, 2018—March 17, 2019
Paintings and Drawings: September 29, 2018—April 28, 2019
Northern California–based artist Wayne Thiebaud’s own work is featured alongside paintings by others that he personally selected from SFMOMA’s collection.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
February 23, 2019–April 28, 2019
Johannes Brus
October 27, 2018–May 26, 2019
The first U.S. solo presentation of German artist Johannes Brus, this exhibition introduces his photographic experiments from the 1970s.
Louis Stettner
Traveling Light
October 27, 2018–May 26, 2019
A retrospective of American photographer Louis Stettner and his unique ability to unite American street photography’s boldness with French humanism’s gentler gaze.
New Work: Rodney McMillian
February 9, 2019–June 9, 2019
Louise Bourgeois Spiders
October 7, 2017–July 14, 2019
Dark and compelling spider sculptures from intimate to monumental in scale.
Elemental Calder
February 16, 2019–June 28, 2020
Julie Mehretu
HOWL, eon (I, II)
Ongoing
Julie Mehretu’s HOWL, eon (I, II) (2017) is an expansive exploration of the American West — its transcendent landscapes and violent colonial history.
German Art After 1960
Ongoing
This exhibition features single-artist galleries devoted to leading German artists such as Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Imi Knoebel, Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard Richter.
Pop, Minimal, and Figurative Art
Ongoing
This exhibition of works from the 1960s and beyond features Pop and Minimal artists, as well as the work of key figures exploring the human form as subject.
Approaching American Abstraction
Ongoing
This exhibition of selected American artists explores the diverse approaches to abstraction developed since 1950.
Open Ended
Painting and Sculpture, 1900 to Now
Ongoing
This presentation of masterworks and experimental pieces from SFMOMA’s collection of painting and sculptures explores themes that have shaped the history of modern art from the early twentieth century to our own time.
