Category: EXHIBITS

Christy Chan: Whose Comfort? | October 7 – January 25

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 […]

Dissecting Time: Stirring Memory | September 19 – November 2, 2025

September 19-November 2, 2025 di Rosa Downtown1300 First Street, Ste. 251Friday-Sunday12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Artists Arminée Chahbazian, Laura Corallo-Titus and Chris Beards present works examining how time’s forward movement stirs human memory, both real and imagined. Each artist, in very different ways, is influenced by the concept of time – past, present, future – […]

di Rosa Downtown: Betty and Clayton Bailey | June 7 – September 7, 2025

A drawing of a human head composed with various vessels with long grey moustache and grey hair, with bloodshot eyes and multiple skull and crossbones emblazoned on its forehead

Betty Bailey, “Untitled (Portrait of Clayton),” 2014 Betty and Clayton Bailey June 7 – September 7, 2025Free and open to the public Friday – Sunday, 12 – 4 p.m.di Rosa Downtown1300 First Street, Suite 251, Napa Clayton Bailey, a ceramic sculptor who was a leading figure in the California Clay movement, created a fantastical world […]

Descarga Cubana | July 12 – September 28, 2025

Artist Carlos Quintana in a yellow tanktop and tan pants, working on the floor of an art studio with a large blue and purple artwork behind

Artist Carlos Quintana in the studio. Photo by Rick Swig, courtesy of Rick Swig and di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Descarga Cubana Descarga translates literally to “discharge,” but is also used to refer to what we might call a musicians’ “jam session”: a group improvisation session. Organized by Rick Swig, Descarga Cubana features work […]

Jim Melchert: Where the Boundaries Are | October 18, 2025 – January 3, 2026

This fall, the esteemed career of Jim Melchert (1932-2023) will be the focus of a long-overdue survey exhibition and first-ever monograph of one of America’s great artists. Melchert challenged ceramic traditions of expression, form, and function and helped elevate the medium’s acceptance into mainstream contemporary sculpture. He is often described as ‘the great philosopher of […]

Far Out: Northern California Art from the di Rosa Collection | August 2 – October 4

drawing of a cartoon hand flicking a small person

Far Out: Northern California Art from the di Rosa Collection di Rosa SF1150 25th Street, San Francisco August 2 – October 4, 2025Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.Free Highlights from di Rosa’s unparalleled permanent collection of Northern California art. Artists include: Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, Enrique Chagoya, and William T. Wiley.

Lance Gordon: Rhythm Painting #one | May 3 – August 24

Abstract pattern in red, blue, and black

Lance Gordon: Rhythm Painting #one May 3 – August 24Nightly, Dusk – MidnightGallery 1 Exterior Lance Gordon’s Rhythm Painting #one developed out of his work with Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show, a psychedelic, performative light show rooted in the San Francisco tradition. To create his visual effects, Gordon swirls ink, mineral oil, and rubbing alcohol between […]

Frances McCormack | March 29 – June 29, 2025

An abstract painting with vine like forms and dripping hues of green and grey

Frances McCormack, “Parting at Last,” 1995, oil on canvas. Frances McCormack: Rooted in Wonder Gallery 1Opening Reception March 29On view March 29 – June 29, 2025 Frances McCormack: Rooted in Wonder presents a 40-year survey of painting and collage by the celebrated Bay Area artist. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, McCormack relocated to the Bay Area […]