Numerous events will take place alongside San Francisco Art Fair 2025. San Francisco Art Fair shares a selection of these performances, exhibitions, and celebrations below. Check back in for new updates as we continue to share Around Town Events.
SF Art Week 'Spring Refresh'
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Sunday, April 20, 2025
SF Art Week is an annual event in January celebrating the rich arts landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area. Over 70 art museums, galleries,...
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FILM SCREENING & BOOK EVENT: New Wave
Asian Art Museum
Friday, April 11, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mile-high hair. Synthesized music. Underground parties. Elizabeth Ai was on a mission to excavate an untold story of rebellious punks in the chaotic world of...
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O. Smith and Friends: Painting Ourselves into Society
Presented by Manna Gallery & Empowerment Avenue
Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Curated by: Orlando Smith aka “O. Smith” from inside San Quentin Prison, and Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, who has returned to society after 22 years...
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Metaphors of Recent Times: A Dialogue of the Personal, the Political and the Cultural
Presented by The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) & PhotoAlliance
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - Friday, April 18, 2025 | 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Art in City Hall program, in partnership with PhotoAlliance, are proud to present Metaphors of Recent Times: A Dialogue of the...
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Artist Talk: Caring, Nurturing, and Aging
Presented by The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) & PhotoAlliance
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join Metaphors of Recent Times exhibiting artists Pablo Tapay Bautista, Marna Clarke, and Germán Herrera for a conversation about their work and practice. Moderated by Emily Wilson. Wednesday, April...
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Archives Yet to Come
Presented by Berkeley Art Center
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - Sunday, April 20, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The archive is a particular kind of space of “rememory,” perhaps best described as histories in one place; it fuses erased histories without quite resolving...
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Artists' Conversation: Disobedient Bodies
Presented by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Concluding the series of thematically focused Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection discussions, this program brings together Suzanne Jackson and Firelei Báez, two...
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A Strange Vibration & SFC Spring Print Sale
Presented by SF Camerawork
Friday, April 18, 2025 - Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A Strange Vibration brings to light work by three photojournalists documenting Bay Area women and queer lives at the margins from the 1970s through the...
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ABBY ZHANG: An enormous breath being held
Presented by Mercury 20 Gallery
Friday, April 18, 2025 - Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Step into the vivid, semi-abstract universe of Abby Zhang, where fragmented imagery and fluid improvisation converge to explore the nature of existence. Drawing from Abstract...
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NEW SUNS: Resist & Rejoice
Presented by Southern Exposure
Friday, April 18, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Southern Exposure proudly presents NEW SUNS: Resist & Rejoice, our 2025 benefit art auction. Join us for an interstellar evening both in-person and online on...
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Lành: A Healing Journey
Presented by Chopsticks Alley Art
Saturday, April 19, 2025 - Sunday, April 20, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
You are invited into a vibrant tapestry of personal narratives, each piece reflecting a unique vision of healing. Through diverse methodologies—spanning traditional, experimental, and everything...
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The Ways of Water
Presented by Manna Gallery
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Manna Gallery is pleased to present The Ways of Water by Elaine Maute, an exhibition that explores the delicate and ephemeral nature of water’s influence...
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Paper Planes
Presented by SLATE Contemporary Gallery
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
When an artist approaches a blank piece of paper, they are starting with a plane. Where they choose to take it from there is a...
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Artist Reception for PROTOTYPE: David Fought and Eileen Starr Moderbacher
Presented by Gearbox Gallery
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Gearbox Gallery is proud to present Prototype, an exhibition of new work by guest artist David Fought and member artist Eileen Starr Moderbacher. Fought creates...
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KIBRI Director Meet and Greet
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Hosted By Lydia Haile and Paul Henderson featuring San Francisco’s Director of Cultural Affairs, Ralph Remington Saturday, April 19th, 2025 | 1:00-3:00pm Join us in...
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Carl Nolte in Conversation with Richard Louis Perri
Presented by Museo Italo Americano
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Join us for an engaging conversation between San Francisco Chronicle journalist Carl Nolte and artist Richard Louis Perri as they discuss the exhibition MY SF,...
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"A Strange Vibration" Closing Reception + Panel Discussion
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Celebrate the closing of our impactful exhibition “A Strange Vibration” with extended gallery hours and a powerful panel discussion about “Image as Activism”. The panel...
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Chinatown Pride 2025: We are Immortal! 華埠驕傲2025: 我們不朽!
Co-Presented by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (CCC) and Edge on the Square
Saturday, May 24, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (CCC) and Edge on the Square co-present the 2nd Chinatown Pride 2025: We are Immortal!—a powerful evening-long festival...
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