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Art stuff happening in and around San Francisco. Note that this list may be out of date… get up-to-date info by visiting the links.
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- Tue Feb 10 '26otherFound in a Library Book: Black History, Black Families, Black Joy@ Oakland Library
- Sun Feb 15 '26museumLunar New Year Storytelling, all ages@ Asian Art Museum
- Sun Feb 15 '26art fairChinese New Year Flower Market Fair@ Chinatown
- Sun Feb 15 '26museumSundays at the Asian Art Museum@ Asian Art Museum
- Mon Feb 16 '26artist talkToon Talk: Ooops...I Just Catharted: 50 Years of Cathartic Comics@ Cartoon Art Museum
- Mon Feb 16 '26book signing9th Ave: Tayyba Kanwal with Sabina Khan-Ibarra@ Books on the Park on 9th Avenue
- Tue Feb 17 '26salonTakeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations About Art@ Online
- Tue Feb 17 '26Offsite: Shannon Rowbury with Run Club SF@ Sports Basement Presidio
- Tue Feb 17 '26workshopLIVE MODEL TUESDAY SKETCH@ Madrone Art Bar
- Wed Feb 18 '26showChris McCaw: Reversals and Revolutions@ Haines Gallery
- Wed Feb 18 '26cafeJenny Kerr@ Madrone Art Bar
- Thu Feb 19 '26museumNew Japanese Clay Exhibition Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Thu Feb 19 '26showMACY BLACKMAN@ Madrone Art Bar
- Thu Feb 19 '26artist talkThe Art & Business of Tattooing: A Panel Discussion@ SF Main Library
- Thu Feb 19 '26openingCurator's Choice Group Exhibition@ Caldwell Snyder
- Thu Feb 19 '26museumCollection Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Thu Feb 19 '26showICA SF PRESENTS LILY KWONG: EARTHSEED DOME@ Transamerica
- Thu Feb 19 '26museumNew Japanese Clay Exhibition Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Fri Feb 20 '26museumNew Japanese Clay Exhibition Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Fri Feb 20 '26otherWILD CARD@ Madrone Art Bar
- Sat Feb 21 '26museumNew Japanese Clay Exhibition Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Sat Feb 21 '26museumCollection Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Sat Feb 21 '26museumNew Japanese Clay Exhibition Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Sat Feb 21 '26artist talkA Talk on the McCoy Jones Collection@ de Young
- Sun Feb 22 '26Author Talk with Hien Le@ Asian Art Museum
- Sun Feb 22 '26artist talkA Talk on Loïe Fuller, Auguste Rodin, and Artistic Advertisements@ de Young
- Sun Feb 22 '26salonThirst Draft: Write Drunk, Edit Never@ Madrone Art Bar
- Mon Feb 23 '26workshopRefuse Refuse: Butt-Can Making Event 🗑️@ Madrone Art Bar
- Mon Feb 23 '26workshopHandmade Datasets@ Gray Area
- Tue Feb 24 '26salonTakeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations About Art@ Online
- Tue Feb 24 '26workshopLIVE MODEL TUESDAY SKETCH@ Madrone Art Bar
- Wed Feb 25 '26book signingWhole Earth Redux Publication Release Party@ Gray Area
- Wed Feb 25 '26poetry9th Ave: Preeti Vangani with Urvashi Bahuguna, Samantha Busa, Sarah Matsui, and Jenny Qi@ Books on the Park on 9th Avenue
- Thu Feb 26 '26otherUnscene Issue 6 Launch Party@ Madrone Art Bar
- Thu Feb 26 '26workshopArtist Member Night: Puppet Making, Part I@ Asian Art Museum
- Fri Feb 27 '26cafeRed Door Coffee@ 111 Minna Gallery
- Sat Feb 28 '26workshopTouchDesigner 101 Intensive@ Gray Area
- Sun Mar 1 '26showWomen Rule The Wall@ SF Women Artists Gallery
- Sun Mar 1 '26Author Talk with Monisha Bajaj@ Asian Art Museum
- Mon Mar 2 '26museumMembers-Only Docent Tour@ Asian Art Museum
- Mon Mar 2 '26receptionBouquets to Art 2026 Opening Night@ de Young
- Tue Mar 3 '26Clement St: Russian Literature with Scott Laughlin@ Green Apple Books on Clement
- Tue Mar 3 '26museumBouquets to Art 2026 de Young Member Hours@ de Young
- Tue Mar 3 '26workshopCreative Code Intensive@ Gray Area
- Tue Mar 3 '26 – Fri Mar 6 '26otherBouquets to Art 2026 Programs@ de Young
- Tue Mar 3 '26 – Sun Mar 8 '26otherBouquets to Art Trunk Shows@ de Young
- Wed Mar 4 '26museumBouquets to Art 2026 Legion of Honor Member Hours@ Legion of Honor
- Wed Mar 4 '26 – Sun Jun 28 '26museumRhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection@ BAMPFA
- Wed Mar 4 '26workshopProgramming Lo-Fi Hardware Video Synthesizers@ Gray Area
- Thu Mar 5 '26museumBouquets to Art 2026 Evening Viewing Hours@ de Young
- Sat Mar 7 '26museumFamily Tour@ de Young
- Sat Mar 7 '26workshopSketching in the Galleries@ de Young
- Sat Mar 7 '26workshopFamily Art Making@ de Young
- Sat Mar 7 '26artist talkA Talk on Photography with Artist Kija Lucas@ de Young
- Sun Mar 8 '26artist talkArtist Talk: Jitish Kallat In Conversation with Dan Werthimer and Atreyee Gupta@ Asian Art Museum
- Sun Mar 15 '26museumSundays at the Asian Art Museum@ Asian Art Museum
- Thu Mar 19 '26receptionMonet and Venice Member Reception@ de Young
- Thu Mar 19 '26 – Fri Mar 20 '26museumMonet and Venice Member Preview Days@ de Young
- Thu Mar 19 '26receptionMonet and Venice Donor Reception@ de Young
- Fri Mar 20 '26 – Sat Mar 21 '26museumMonet and Venice Member Hours@ de Young
- Sat Mar 21 '26 – Sun Mar 22 '26workshopThe Art Playground: Springtime@ Walt Disney Museum Learning Center
- Sat Mar 21 '26artist talkMonet and Venice Opening Day Talk@ de Young
- Sat Mar 21 '26workshopThe Analog Station: Electronics and Creative Coding Workshop@ Gray Area
- Thu Mar 26 '26artist talkAlgorithmic Art Assembly v3.0@ Gray Area
- Sat Mar 28 '26receptionTabi Tabi Po Closing Reception@ SOMArts
- Sun Mar 29 '26artist talkUnstitched: A Celebration of the Saree@ Online
- Mon Apr 6 '26workshopAmbient Music Making with Ableton Live – 2026@ Gray Area
- Sat Apr 11 '26artist talkAnnual Bransten Lecture with Didier William@ de Young
- Sun Apr 19 '26workshopIntroduction to Risograph Workshop@ BAMPFA
- Sun Apr 19 '26workshopPop-Up Studio | Creative Lettering Techniques@ Walt Disney Family Museum
- Sat Apr 25 '26 – Sun Apr 26 '26workshopThe Art Playground: Earth Day@ Walt Disney Family Museum Learning Center
- Sat Apr 25 '26workshopGrow + Make: Spirited Botanicals!@ SF Botanical Garden
- Thu Apr 30 '26experimentalWilliam Basinski with Kelly Moran@ Gray Area
- Wed May 6 '26 – Sun Aug 23 '26museumCollection Focus / Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS@ BAMPFA
- Fri May 8 '26 – Sat May 9 '26art fairARTWEAR 2026@ de Young
- Sun May 10 '26workshopRethinking Abstraction: Chinese Calligraphy Workshop@ BAMPFA
- Tue May 12 '26workshopBreadboarding Modular Synthesizers Workshop@ Gray Area
- Wed May 13 '26 – Sun Jul 26 '26museumFifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition@ BAMPFA
- Sat Jun 6 '26 – Sun Nov 29 '26museumMaren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing@ BAMPFA
- Thu Nov 19 '26residencyFree Crucible Tours@ The Crucible
- Tue Dec 1 '26art fairHoliday Market 2026@ 1890 Bryant Street Studios