Founded in 1935, SFMOMA collects modern and contemporary work by artists from around the world. The collection of more than thirty thousand artworks include four major categories: architecture and design, media arts, painting and sculpture, and photography.
SFMOMA has deep holdings of work by individual artists across their careers, particularly in the Painting and Sculpture collection and the Museum is also dedicated to supporting and collecting the work of California artists, especially those active in the Bay Area.
In addition to extensive gallery space, there is a glass pavilion and two open-air spaces featuring a rotating selection of indoor and outdoor sculpture from the museum’s permanent collection.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
64 minute music video shot in an 1815 mansion explores myth, history, and identity
In Calder's dynamic sculptures, opposing elements and forces attain symbiosis
The disappearing industrial architecture of Western Europe and North America
Explores the transformative years the British Guiana–born artist spent in the US
Works across media revolve around engagement with ice landscapes
Explore the influential art and activism of the Mission District in the 1980s
New narratives, from the medium’s invention to today.
Architecture used as a mechanism to consider migration
Sculptures that explore the figure
45 pieces that prioritize meaning and material over function and practicality
Six contemporary photographers who share a special affinity with their subjects
An installation and performance series reimagines San Francisco’s first black-owned gay bar