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06/19/2026

A peaceful hidden art walk right under the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco.

These art exhibitions close in late July. Have you checked them out yet?

06/16/2026

Rarely does a work retain its power across such distinct mediums. ICA SF Founding Director & Chief Curator, Ali Gass, speaks to how in ๐˜›๐˜๐˜๐˜š ๐˜‰๐˜œ๐˜™๐˜•๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜ž๐˜–๐˜™๐˜“๐˜‹ (2026), Jeffrey Gibson preserves the cinematic scale and emotional resonance of the original video installation while reimagining it as a monumental public artwork.

View the installation on Mission Street side of the former Bloomingdaleโ€™s building at the San Francisco Centre.

Across our exhibitions and public projects this year, artists have invited us to see familiar materials, landscapes, and...
06/11/2026

Across our exhibitions and public projects this year, artists have invited us to see familiar materials, landscapes, and public spaces in new ways. To pause, look closer, reconnect with our surroundings, and gather with one another.

From reflections on innovation and obsolescence, to moments of rest amid the city, to the power of community and convening, contemporary art is not only about what we see, but how we experience this world together.

Visit ICA SF exhibitions throughout downtown SF. Check our bio or visit icasf.org for more info!

06/09/2026

More than three years after its debut at ICA SF Dogpatch, Jeffrey Gibsonโ€™s ๐˜›๐˜๐˜๐˜š ๐˜‰๐˜œ๐˜™๐˜•๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜ž๐˜–๐˜™๐˜“๐˜‹ continues to resonate in its current large scale public art iteration in Downtown SF at Mission Street (former Bloomingdaleโ€™s) asking a timely question:

How might we care for the earth if we understood it as family, rather than a resource?

06/06/2026

When Jeffrey Gibson () opened ICA SFโ€™s Dogpatch home in 2022 with ๐˜›๐˜๐˜๐˜š ๐˜‰๐˜œ๐˜™๐˜•๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜ž๐˜–๐˜™๐˜“๐˜‹, he invited viewers to reflect on their relationship to the land and earth.ย 

Hundreds of videos, many shot in the Hudson Valley, a deeply personal place to Gibson. Collaborating with musician Joan Henry (.henry), who is seen speaking and singing to the earth and natural elements, in what he refers to as a โ€œland apology.โ€

The work grapples with the contemporary indigenous American experience while calling for stewardship, reciprocity, and collective careโ€”which feels more urgent now than ever.

Focused moments during install of ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด with the Expert Art Service team.Thereโ€™s an immense amount of...
05/28/2026

Focused moments during install of ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด with the Expert Art Service team.

Thereโ€™s an immense amount of precision, problem solving, and care that shapes how a body of work is ultimately experienced. Exhibition making is deeply physical and collaborative work. Many people and minds are part of it!

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด is on view until end of July

Photos: Nick Stone Schearer

05/26/2026

Have you seen blooms from these 3D printed soil blocks on your visit to ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ?

While the overall 3D-printed structure of ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ doesnโ€™t grow or change shape, these smaller ones are printed with soil and embedded with seeds. Placed within the soil mounds in the dome, they will continue to bloom with native flowers.

Your sign to visit ICA SF and explore downtown for art this Memorial Day weekend. ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ is open Sun...
05/23/2026

Your sign to visit ICA SF and explore downtown for art this Memorial Day weekend.

๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ is open Sunrise-Sunset in Transamerica Redwood Park. ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด inside the Annex Gallery is open 10am-5pm daily.

01/17/2026

Before form, there is process, preparation, and planting ๐ŸŒฑ

Lily Kwong: EARTHSEED DOME is now underway at ICA SF at Transamerica Redwood Park. The installationโ€™s initial phases establish the site, materials, and collaborations that ground the work.

Over the coming weeks and months, EARTHSEED DOME will continue to build, adapt, and change in public view. Visit often to see it unfold!

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Fabrication & Design Stewardship
3D Printing Technology & Fabrication
EARTHSEED DOME Rendering: Fabrication by Atelio + WASP, visualization with Landworks Studio

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