Mitch Temple: The Sea Inside
May 30th-August 9th di Rosa Napa Mitch Temple’s “The Sea Inside” is one piece comprised of fifty-two paintings—the number in a deck of cards, weeks in the year, and the age he was when painting the series. Each piece is 18×24, black and white, acrylic on paper, and features a large, totemic “wave” shape front […]
John Simpkins: The Many Natured Oneness of Things
April 11-May 17 di Rosa Napa Visionary painter John Simpkins evokes a series of ecstatic dream-states in this series of lush, luminous paintings. Layered with intricate details and symbolic mark-making, often featuring anthropomorphized animals as guides or messengers, the works reflect a deeply personal vision shaped by decades of exploration and reflection. About the artistJohn […]
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 […]
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 […]
di Rosa Downtown: Betty and Clayton Bailey | June 7 – September 7, 2025
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 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 […]
Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology
January 22 – April 11, 2026 di Rosa SF1150 25th Street, San FranciscoTuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time and Technology reimagines our past and collective futures using large-scale wood sculptures, video, and artificial intelligence. Initially commissioned for Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide to […]
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
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
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 […]