There’s a fog descending on San Francisco—and it’s not the usual one sitting below the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s the annual FOG Design+Art fair, which opens in the bay area city this week, alongside UNTITLED, San Francisco, With roughly 110 galleries participating in one or the other, there’s plenty to see on the city’s northern coast, where both fairs will take place.
However, there’s a lot to see elsewhere, too, as galleries all around the area mount some of their best shows of the year. Should you find yourself in the Fog City with an appetite for art, here are a few must-see exhibitions.
Wardell Milan, Music for Men (2018). Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery.
Exhibition: “Wardell Milan: Parisian Landscapes: Blue in Green”
When: January 3–February 16, 2019
Where: Fraenkel Gallery, 49 Geary St., fourth Floor, San Francisco
Clare Kirkconnell, Sex in the Shadows (2018). Courtesy of Berggruen Gallery.
Exhibition: “Clare Kirkconnell: Women’s Work”
When: January 10 – February 16, 2019
Where: Berggruen Gallery, 10 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco
Installation view of “Claudia Wieser: Forum,” 2019. Courtesy of Jessica Silverman Gallery.
Exhibition: “Claudia Wieser: Forum”
When: January 10 – March 2, 2019
Where: Jessica Silverman Gallery, 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Bovey Lee, We Are All Mountaineers – Entry (入) (2018).
Exhibition: “Bovey Lee: We Are All Mountaineers”
When: January 5 – February 23, 2019
Where: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1275 Minnesota St., San Francisco
Wayne Thiebaud, Untitled (Intersection) (1977). Courtesy of Paul Thiebaud Gallery.
Exhibition: “Wayne Thiebaud: Monotypes”
When: December 1, 2018 – January 26, 2019
Where: Paul Thiebaud Gallery, 645 Chestnut Street, San Francisco
Chris Dorley-Brown, Sandringham Road, Kingsland High Street, 10.42 am – 11.37 am, 15th June, 2009 (2009–18). Courtesy of Robert Koch Gallery.
Exhibition: “Chris Dorley-Brown: The Corners”
When: January 5 – March 2, 2019
Where: Robert Koch Gallery, 49 Geary Street, San Francisco
Installation view of “Rodrigo Cass: figures, gestures and passages,” 2019. Courtesy of Anthony Meier Fine Arts.
Exhibition: “Rodrigo Cass: figures, gestures and passages”
When: January 15 – February 19, 2019
Where: Anthony Meier Fine Arts, 1969 California Street, San Francisco
Mokha Laget, Catwalk (2017). Courtesy of Brian Gross Fine Art.
Exhibition: “Mokha Laget: Spatial Chromatics”
When: January 5 – February 16, 2019
Where: Brian Gross Fine Art, 248 Utah Street, San Francisco
Installation view of “Donald Sultan: Poppies & Lemons,” 2018-19. Courtesy of Meyerovich Gallery.
Exhibition: “Donald Sultan: Poppies & Lemons”
When: October 11, 2018 – February 15, 2019
Where: Meyerovich Gallery, 251 Post Street, Suite 400, San Francisco
Robert Bechtle, 20th Street Capri (2002). Courtesy of Crown Point Press.
Exhibition: “Three California Masters: Robert Bechtle, Richard Diebenkorn, and Wayne Thiebaud: Figures and Landscapes”
When: December 13, 2018 – February 2, 2019
Where: Crown Point Press, 20 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco
Lawrence Jordan, Our Lady of the Red Ball. Courtesy of Anglim Gilbert Gallery.
Exhibition: “Lawrence Jordan: The Alchemist’s Lens”
When: January 5 – February 2, 2019
Where: Anglim Gilbert Gallery, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco
Lindsay Mccrum, Greta, Napa Valley, CA (2011). Courtesy of Modernism.
Exhibition: “Lindsay McCrum: Chicks with Guns”
When: January 10 – February 23, 2019
Where: Modernism, 724 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Suzy Kellems Dominik, INVISIBLE (2018). Photo: Christopher Yu.
Exhibition: “An Excavation: Select Works by Suzy Kellems Dominik”
When: January 18 – February 24, 2019
Where: The Laundry, 3359 26th Street, San Francisco