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San Francisco Museum Exhibits: Top Traveling Shows for 2023 & 2024

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by Jill Loeffler  •

Updated: November 29, 2023

Discover a full calendar of current and upcoming San Francisco museum exhibits. My schedule offers a monthly look at the top shows at popular museums such as the de Young, the SF Museum of Modern Art, and the Asian Art Museum. 

The calendar includes traveling and temporary exhibits with the dates they will be open to the public. You will need to buy a ticket in addition to the general admission tickets for many of the art exhibits. You can pick these up when you arrive or in advance online.

Click the links below to jump ahead to a specific month:

San Francisco Museum Exhibits: Asian Art Museum

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December 2023

Asian Art Museum

The Heart of Zen: 11/17 - 12/31

Jakhodo Today, through 8/24

Into View: Bernice Bing, through 12/4

Bernice Bing: Open Call, through 12/11

Deities, Paragons, and Legends: Storytelling in Chinese Pictorial Arts, 9/14 - 7/8

Murakami: Monsterized, 9/15 - 2/12

Ruth Asawa: Untitled (S.272), 11/17 - 2/24

Japanese Ink Paintings, 12/21 - 5/6


Contemporary Jewish Museum

Annie AlbagliWe Become [Vessels], 3/23/2023 - 1/28/2024

RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped, 8/31 - 1/28/2024

L'Chaim: Celebrating Our Building at 15, 2/16 - 6/9/2024

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art, 12/7 - 4/28

Radiant Practices: Illuminating Jewish Traditions, 12/7 - 4/28


de Young Museum of Fine Art

Lhola Amira: Facing the Future, through 5/5

The de Young Open 2023: 9/30 - 1/7

Crafting Radicality: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, through 12/31

Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California's South Coast Range: 10/7 - 1/7

Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival, through 9/15/2024

Robert Bechtle: Prints and Drawings, 10/14 - 1/1


Legion of Honor

Bouke de Vries: Memories in Porcelain, 7/22 - 3/24

Botticelli Drawings: 11/18 - 2/11

Drawing the Link: Michelangelo to Asawa, through 2/25/2024

Benoit Editeur: Through 3/10/2024

Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World, through 8/18


Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)

Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, 11/5/2022 - 10/13/2024

Sitting on Chrome: Mario Ayala, rafa esparza, and Guadalupe Rosales, closing 2/19/2024

Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy, 8/12 - 5/27

Hung Liu: Witness, 6/30 - 12/10

KLEE + BSS, Paul Klee and Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, 4/7 - 1/1

Pacita Abad, through 1/28

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, thru 9/7

Sea Change: Photographs from the Collection, 3/17

New Work: Fernando Palma Rodríguez, 1/28

Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear, 11/11 - 3/3

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January 2024

Asian Art Museum

Jakhodo Today, through 8/24

Deities, Paragons, and Legends: Storytelling in Chinese Pictorial Arts, 9/14 - 7/8

Murakami: Monsterized, 9/15 - 2/12

Ruth Asawa: Untitled (S.272), 11/17 - 2/24

Japanese Ink Paintings, 12/21 - 5/6


Contemporary Jewish Museum

Annie AlbagliWe Become [Vessels], 3/23/2023 - 1/28/2024

RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped, 8/31 - 1/28/2024

L'Chaim: Celebrating Our Building at 15, 2/16 - 6/9/2024

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art, 12/7 - 4/28

Radiant Practices: Illuminating Jewish Traditions, 12/7 - 4/28


de Young Museum of Fine Art

The de Young Open 2023: 9/30 - 1/7

Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California's South Coast Range: 10/7 - 1/7

Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival, through 9/15/2024

Lhola Amira: Facing the Future, through 5/5

Robert Bechtle: Prints and Drawings, 10/14 - 1/1

Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, 1/20 - 8/11


Legion of Honor

Bouke de Vries: Memories in Porcelain, 7/22 - 3/24

Botticelli Drawings: 11/18 - 2/11

Drawing the Link: Michelangelo to Asawa, through 2/25/2024

Benoit Editeur: Through 3/10/2024

Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World, through 8/18


Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)

Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, 11/5/2022 - 10/13/2024

Sitting on Chrome: Mario Ayala, rafa esparza, and Guadalupe Rosales, closing 2/19/2024

Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy, 8/12 - 5/27

Hung Liu: Witness, 6/30 - 12/10

Pacita Abad, through 1/28

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, thru 9/7

Sea Change: Photographs from the Collection, 3/17

New Work: Fernando Palma Rodríguez, 1/28

Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear, 11/11 - 3/3

February 2024

Asian Art Museum

Jakhodo Today, through 8/24

Deities, Paragons, and Legends: Storytelling in Chinese Pictorial Arts, 9/14 - 7/8

Murakami: Monsterized, 9/15 - 2/12

Ruth Asawa: Untitled (S.272), 11/17 - 2/24

Japanese Ink Paintings, 12/21 - 5/6


Contemporary Jewish Museum

L'Chaim: Celebrating Our Building at 15, 2/16 - 6/9/2024

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art, 12/7 - 4/28

Radiant Practices: Illuminating Jewish Traditions, 12/7 - 4/28


de Young Museum of Fine Art

Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival, through 9/15/2024

Lhola Amira: Facing the Future, through 5/5

Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care, 2/17 - 7/7

Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, 1/20 - 8/11


Legion of Honor

Bouke de Vries: Memories in Porcelain, 7/22 - 3/24

Botticelli Drawings: 11/18 - 2/11

Drawing the Link: Michelangelo to Asawa, through 2/25/2024

Benoit Editeur: Through 3/10/2024

Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World, through 8/18


Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)

Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, 11/5/2022 - 10/13/2024

Sitting on Chrome: Mario Ayala, rafa esparza, and Guadalupe Rosales, closing 2/19/2024

Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy, 8/12 - 5/27

Hung Liu: Witness, 6/30 - 12/10

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, thru 9/7

Sea Change: Photographs from the Collection, 3/17

Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear, 11/11 - 3/3

March 2024

Asian Art Museum

Deities, Paragons, and Legends: Storytelling in Chinese Pictorial Arts, 9/14 - 7/8

Jakhodo Today, through 8/24

Japanese Ink Paintings, 12/21 - 5/6


Contemporary Jewish Museum

L'Chaim: Celebrating Our Building at 15, 2/16 - 6/9/2024

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art, 12/7 - 4/28

Radiant Practices: Illuminating Jewish Traditions, 12/7 - 4/28


de Young Museum of Fine Art

Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival, through 9/15/2024

Lhola Amira: Facing the Future, through 5/5

Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care, 2/17 - 7/7

Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, 1/20 - 8/11


Legion of Honor

Bouke de Vries: Memories in Porcelain, 7/22 - 3/24

Benoit Editeur: Through 3/10/2024

Zuan-cho: Kimono Design in Modern Japan (1868 - 1912), 3/30 - 8/25

Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World, through 8/18


Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)

Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, 11/5/2022 - 10/13/2024

Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy, 8/12 - 5/27

Hung Liu: Witness, 6/30 - 12/10

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, thru 9/7

Sea Change: Photographs from the Collection, 3/17

Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear, 11/11 - 3/3

April 2024

Asian Art Museum

Deities, Paragons, and Legends: Storytelling in Chinese Pictorial Arts, 9/14 - 7/8

Jakhodo Today, through 8/24

Japanese Ink Paintings, 12/21 - 5/6


Contemporary Jewish Museum

L'Chaim: Celebrating Our Building at 15, 2/16 - 6/9/2024

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art, 12/7 - 4/28

Radiant Practices: Illuminating Jewish Traditions, 12/7 - 4/28


de Young Museum of Fine Art

Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care, 2/17 - 7/7

Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, 1/20 - 8/11

Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival, through 9/15

Lhola Amira: Facing the Future, through 5/5


Legion of Honor

Zuan-cho: Kimono Design in Modern Japan (1868 - 1912), 3/30 - 8/25

Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World, through 8/18


Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)

Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, 11/5/2022 - 10/13/2024

Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy, 8/12 - 5/27

Hung Liu: Witness, 6/30 - 12/10

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, thru 9/7

May 2024

Asian Art Museum

Deities, Paragons, and Legends: Storytelling in Chinese Pictorial Arts, 9/14 - 7/8

Jakhodo Today, through 8/24

Japanese Ink Paintings, 12/21 - 5/6


Contemporary Jewish Museum

L'Chaim: Celebrating Our Building at 15, 2/16 - 6/9


de Young Museum of Fine Art

Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care, 2/17 - 7/7

Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, 1/20 - 8/11

Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival, through 9/15


Legion of Honor

Zuan-cho: Kimono Design in Modern Japan (1868 - 1912), 3/30 - 8/25

Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World, through 8/18


Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)

Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, 11/5/2022 - 10/13/2024

Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy, 8/12 - 5/27

Hung Liu: Witness, 6/30 - 12/10

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, thru 9/7

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