2026 Around Town Events

Numerous events will take place alongside San Francisco Art Fair 2026. 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.

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Video Craft

Presented by Museum of Craft and Design
Saturday, February 28, 2026 - Sunday, August 16, 2026

Video Craft explores the formal and technical properties that video, film, and early moving image technologies share with more traditional craft media like ceramics, textiles, and...
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Bolinas Museum

Sunday, March 29, 2026 - Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵: 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘, 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙚 1 Curated by Noelle Hiam Centered around an imagined anthology of songs by fictional bands, Sonny Smith’s exhibition...
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Curator's Tour: Tausif Noor on Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection

Presented by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Curatorial Associate Tausif Noor guides viewers through the themes of Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection. The exhibition presents a selection of painting, printmaking,...
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Exploration of Place & History

Presented by de Saisset Museum
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

An evening celebrating three exhibitions at the de Saisset Museum. Please join us for a multi-tiered celebration of three exhibitions at the de Saisset Museum...
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Convergence

Presented by NIAD Art Center
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

On view in our main gallery, Convergence examines the ways in which ideas cross-pollinate in NIAD Art Center’s 23rd Street and Virtual studios. Featuring artworks by 45...
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Night of Ideas: Lighting the Way

Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Spend an evening exploring the ideas, art, and conversations shaping how we move forward collectively. Villa Albertine’s Night of Ideas returns in 2026 with an...
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Educator’s Tour: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings

Presented by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Sunday, April 12, 2026 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

BAMPFA Education Director Sherry Goodman offers an exhibition tour on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, the first retrospective of the groundbreaking Korean American artist...
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Disturbing the Peace: Sonoma County's Early Punk Underground, Exhibition Opening and Concert

Presented by Museum of Sonoma County
Friday, April 17, 2026 | 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

In the 1970s and ’80s, while much of America retreated into suburbia or back-to-the-land idealism, a generation of disaffected youth in Sonoma County built something...
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