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.
Exhibitions & Dates
Off the Wall
Mar 6 2021 -
Five photographers engage visitors in unconventional ways
Contemporary Optics: Olafur Eliasson, Teresita Fernández, and Anish Kapoor
Mar 19 2021 - Oct 23 2022
Four sculptures build on the vocabulary of color theory
Pan American Unity: A Mural by Diego Rivera
Jun 28 2021 - Summer 2023
Art of California: Greater than the Sum
May 22 2021 - Nov 28 2021
Artworks featuring common objects
Lineage: Paul Klee and Ruth Asawa
Jul 10 2021 - Dec 5 2021
Explores the affinity between Klee’s compositional approach and Asawa’s explorations of line and shape
Drawing the Line: Rael San Fratello at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Aug 21 2021 - Jun 5 2022
A conceptual dismantling of the border wall
Alexander Calder: Dissonant Harmony
Jul 3 2021 - Jun 2023
In Calder's dynamic sculptures, opposing elements and forces attain symbiosis