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San Francisco Museum Exhibits: Top Traveling Shows for 2022 & 2023
by Jill Loeffler •
Updated: October 1, 2022
Discover a full calendar of current and upcoming San Francisco museum exhibits. My schedule offers a monthly look at the top upcoming 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. For many of the art exhibits, you will need to buy a ticket in addition to the general admission tickets. You can pick these up when you arrive or in advance online.
Click the links below to jump ahead to a certain month:
Disclaimer: I receive a small commission from some of the links on this page.
October 2022
Asian Art Museum
Carolos Villa: Worlds in Collision, through 10/24
Into View: Bernice Bing, opening 10/7
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Oz is for Oznowicz: A Puppet Family's History, July 21 - November 27
Gillian Laub: Family Matters, October 13 - April 9
de Young Museum of Fine Art
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, 10/23/2021 - 7/9/2023
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through 7/2
Faith Ringgold: American People, 7/16 - 11/27
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 2/12
Hung Liu: Golden Gate, through January 8
Richard Diebenkorn in Color the Crow Point Press, 9/10 - 2/12
The Walt Disney Museum
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece, 5/23 -1/8
Creative Conservativism: The Art of Endangered Animals, 4/22 - 10/16
Legion of Honor
Michelle Erickson: Wild Porcelain, October 30, 2021 - November 20, 2022
Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy, April 16 - November 27
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Amalia Mesa - Bains: Venus Envy, Chapter 1 and Madrinas y Hermanas (Godmothers and Sisters) - Closes 11/6
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection - 8/6 - 5/7
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson - 7/16 - 5/21
Diego Rivera's America: 7/16 - 1/3
Mythic Constructions: Carlos Merida and Paul Klee, 7/2 - December 2022
New Work: Toyin Ojih Odutola, 9/3 - 1/22
Accion Latina: The 80s Matter in the Mission, 10/6 - 6/27
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November 2022
Asian Art Museum
Into View: Bernice Bing
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Oz is for Oznowicz: A Puppet Family's History, July 21 - November 27
Gillian Laub: Family Matters, October 13 - April 9
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through 7/2
Faith Ringgold: American People, 7/16 - 11/27
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 2/12
Hung Liu: Golden Gate, through January 8
Richard Diebenkorn in Color the Crow Point Press, 9/10 - 2/12
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, 10/23/2021 - 7/9/2023
The Walt Disney Museum
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece, 5/23 -1/8
Legion of Honor
Michelle Erickson: Wild Porcelain, October 30, 2021 - November 20, 2022
Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy, April 16 - November 27
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Amalia Mesa - Bains: Venus Envy, Chapter 1 and Madrinas y Hermanas (Godmothers and Sisters) - Closes 11/6
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection - 8/6 - 5/7
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson - 7/16 - 5/21
Diego Rivera's America: 7/16 - 1/3
Mythic Constructions: Carlos Merida and Paul Klee, 7/2 - December 2022
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors, Again! opens 11/5
Joan Brown: Opens 11/19
New Work: Toyin Ojih Odutola, 9/3 - 1/22
Accion Latina: The 80s Matter in the Mission, 10/6 - 6/27
December 2022
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Gillian Laub: Family Matters, October 13 - April 9
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through 7/2
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 2/12
Hung Liu: Golden Gate, through January 8
Richard Diebenkorn in Color the Crow Point Press, 9/10 - 2/12
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, 10/23/2021 - 7/9/2023
The Walt Disney Museum
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece, 5/23 -1/8
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection - 8/6 - 5/7
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson - 7/16 - 5/21
Diego Rivera's America: 7/16 - 1/3
Mythic Constructions: Carlos Merida and Paul Klee, 7/2 - December 2022
Bernd & Hilla Becher: Opens 12/17
New Work: Toyin Ojih Odutola, 9/3 - 1/22
Accion Latina: The 80s Matter in the Mission, 10/6 - 6/27
January 2023
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Gillian Laub: Family Matters, October 13 - April 9
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through 7/2
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 2/12
Hung Liu: Golden Gate, through January 8
Richard Diebenkorn in Color the Crow Point Press, 9/10 - 2/12
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, 10/23/2021 - 7/9/2023
The Walt Disney Museum
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece, 5/23 -1/8
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection - 8/6 - 5/7
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson - 7/16 - 5/21
Diego Rivera's America: 7/16 - 1/3
Bernd & Hilla Becher: Opens 12/17
New Work: Toyin Ojih Odutola, 9/3 - 1/22
Accion Latina: The 80s Matter in the Mission, 10/6 - 6/27
February 2023
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Gillian Laub: Family Matters, October 13 - April 9
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through 7/2
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 2/12
Richard Diebenkorn in Color the Crow Point Press, 9/10 - 2/12
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, 10/23/2021 - 7/9/2023
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection - 8/6 - 5/7
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson - 7/16 - 5/21
Bernd & Hilla Becher: Opens 12/17
Accion Latina: The 80s Matter in the Mission, 10/6 - 6/27
March 2023
Asian Art Museum
Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art, opens 3/31
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Gillian Laub: Family Matters, October 13 - April 9
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through 7/2
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, 10/23/2021 - 7/9/2023
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection - 8/6 - 5/7
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson - 7/16 - 5/21
Bernd & Hilla Becher: Opens 12/17
Accion Latina: The 80s Matter in the Mission, 10/6 - 6/27
April 2023
Asian Art Museum
Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Gillian Laub: Family Matters, October 13 - April 9
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through 7/2
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, 10/23/2021 - 7/9/2023
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection - 8/6 - 5/7
(a)way station: Paul Kariouk and Mabel O. Wilson - 7/16 - 5/21
Bernd & Hilla Becher: Opens 12/17
Accion Latina: The 80s Matter in the Mission, 10/6 - 6/27
