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San Francisco Museum Exhibits: Top Traveling Shows for 2022
by Jill Loeffler •
Updated: June 2, 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:
June 2022
Asian Art Museum
Seeing Gender: Through September 5
Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision, Opens June 17
Chinese Historical Society
We Are Bruce Lee: Under the Sky, One Family, Through July 31
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited, through 8/14
de Young Museum of Fine Art
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, October 23, 2021 - October 30, 2022
Alice Neel: People Come First, March 12, 2022 - July 10, 2022
Hung Liu: Golden Gate, Through August 7
Bouquets to Art 2022: June 7 - June 12
Bouquets to Art 2022: 5/7 - 5/12
The Obama Portraits Tour: 5/18 - 8/14
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 - September 5
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Drawing the Line: Rael San Fratello at the US-Mexico Border, through June 5, 2022
Constellations: Photographs at Dialogue, November 20, 2021 - August 21, 2022
New Work: Wu Tsang Presents Moved by Motion, October 16, 2021 - June 5, 2022
Outward Sight and Inner Vision: Paul Klee and Lee Mullican, December 8, 2021 - June 26, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Center for Asian American Media: Representing Chinatown, March 24 - June 30
A Living for Us All: Artists and the WPA, March 26 - July 24
Shifting the Silence: April 9 - September 5
Speculative Portraits: April 9 - September 5
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July 2022
Asian Art Museum
Seeing Gender: Through September 5
Chinese Historical Society
We Are Bruce Lee: Under the Sky, One Family, Through July 31
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited, through 8/14
de Young Museum of Fine Art
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, October 23, 2021 - October 30, 2022
Alice Neel: People Come First, March 12, 2022 - July 10, 2022
Hung Liu: Golden Gate, Through August 7
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through February 26, 2023
The Obama Portraits Tour: 5/18 - 8/14
Faith Ringgold: American People, 7/16 - 11/27
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 - September 5
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Constellations: Photographs at Dialogue, November 20, 2021 - August 21, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
A Living for Us All: Artists and the WPA, March 26 - July 24
Shifting the Silence: April 9 - September 5
Speculative Portraits: April 9 - September 5
August 2022
Asian Art Museum
Seeing Gender: Through September 5
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited, through 8/14
de Young Museum of Fine Art
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, October 23, 2021 - October 30, 2022
Hung Liu: Golden Gate, Through August 7
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through February 26, 2023
The Obama Portraits Tour: 5/18 - 8/14
Faith Ringgold: American People, 7/16 - 11/27
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 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 - September 5
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Constellations: Photographs at Dialogue, November 20, 2021 - August 21, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Shifting the Silence: April 9 - September 5
Speculative Portraits: April 9 - September 5
September 2022
Asian Art Museum
Seeing Gender: Through September 5
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
de Young Museum of Fine Art
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, October 23, 2021 - October 30, 2022
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through February 26, 2023
Faith Ringgold: American People, 7/16 - 11/27
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 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 - September 5
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
Shifting the Silence: April 9 - September 5
Speculative Portraits: April 9 - September 5
October 2022
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
de Young Museum of Fine Art
To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection, October 23, 2021 - October 30, 2022
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through February 26, 2023
Faith Ringgold: American People, 7/16 - 11/27
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 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
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
November 2022
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through February 26, 2023
Faith Ringgold: American People, 7/16 - 11/27
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 2/12
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
Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
Contemporary Optics, through December 11, 2022
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony, July 3, 2021 - May 2023
December 2022
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves, February 17, 2022 - January 8, 2023
de Young Museum of Fine Art
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Through February 26, 2023
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs: 8/20 - 2/12
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
