The Dome Show
May 2 – September 12, 2026 di Rosa SF Marilyn Levine, Blue Hat, 1971 Founded in 1976 by sculptor Peter Voulkos, The Dome Center for Art, Music, and Dance in Oakland, California, was a pioneering live-work community that has provided creative soil for generations of Bay Area artists. Once a dome-shaped food processing factory, Voulkos and his collaborators […]
Dream Scape: Site-Specific Practice at di Rosa
March 7-July 19, 2026di Rosa Napa For over six decades, di Rosa has served as a laboratory and incubator for innovative land-based works. This exhibition highlights extant and past works alongside proposals for never-realized projects, celebrating a long history of artistic response to di Rosa’s landscape. Featuring works by:David BestWalter DussenberryRandy HussongPaul KosMarcMark MackJim MelchertJames […]
Counter Clockwise
January 22-April 11, 2026 di Rosa SF1150 25th Street, San Francisco Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5p.m.Free and open to all This exhibition, comprising works drawn from di Rosa’s permanent collection, highlights works cross multiple media engaged with the representation and perception of time. In conversation with Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology, collected artworks display the use […]
Christy Chan: Whose Comfort? | October 7 – March 31
Visible nightly from dusk to midnight Gatehouse Gallery exterior In 2022, Christy Chan’s Fainting Couch Project traveled to art centers around the Bay Area as an interactive platform for participants to reflect on fragility, privilege and abuse of power in the United States. Participants were invited to rest on an object that historically functioned to idealize […]
The Incorrect Museum | Ongoing
The Incorrect Museum Ongoing An ongoing exhibition exploring the history of Northern California art through di Rosa’s permanent collection, The Incorrect Museum celebrates the rule-breaking, iconoclastic spirit of art and artists in the region. Periodic updated and rotations of artworks will occur throughout the exhibition’s run, showcasing the full breadth of di Rosa’s permanent collection […]
Figure Telling: Contemporary Bay Area Figuration
June 3 – September 17: Gallery 1 Northern California artists have once again embraced the figure – but contemporary Bay Area figuration has a radically different feel. A multigenerational group of Bay Area artists working in a variety of media produce compelling works grounded in narrative, storytelling and personal memory. Read the press release Public Program: […]
Totem di Rosa
March 3 – July 30: Gallery 2 Acclaimed photographer and sculptor Michael Garlington’s site-specific installation is a towering meditation on the art of Northern California, crafted in wood, ceramic and photography. Visitors are invited to step inside and engage with di Rosa’s collections in fresh, unexpected ways. The installation of Totem di Rosa begins di Rosa Projects, […]
TRUE NORTH SLIDE SLAM
SUBMIT HERE BY 5pm JAN. 9 Artists are invited to give rapid-fire presentations at di Rosa’s first Slide Slam (Jan. 14, 2:30pm)! Each presenter will be allotted 30 seconds per slide. SUBMISSION FORM HERE SLIDE SLAM JAN 14th 2:30-4
William Allan: Negotiations with Eden
Feb. 11- May 14: Gallery 1 William Allan – painter and leading figure of the Bay Area’s Funk scene in the 1960s and 70s – receives his first major museum exhibition in thirty years at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. William Allan Press Release William Allan emerged in the 1960s as a leading figure of […]
Eclectic Collecting Conversation & Happy Hour
Purchase tickets a conversation and happy hour for the avid and curious collector in all of us. JOIN US FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE JOYS AND DANGERS OF COLLECTING ART, FOLLOWED BY A COLLECTOR HAPPY HOUR This conversation is sure to be fun and informative, whether you have paintings hung from the ceiling and bowling […]