San Francisco Galleries or Exhibits

[Robert Kalman]

I'll be traveling to San Francisco for the first time in a couple of weeks. Can anyone recommend galleries or current exhibits I should attend?

[faberryman]

Rayko Gallery - 428 Third Street - International Juried Plastic Camera Show
Leica Store - 463 Bush Street - Pamela Gentile
SF MOMA - 151 Third Street - Diane Arbus Restrospective
Scott Nichols Gallery - 49 Geary Street, 4th Floor
Fraenkel Gallery - 49 Geary Street, 4th Floor
Robert Koch Gallery - 49 Geary Street, 5th Floor
de Young Museum - Golden Gate Park - Danny Lyon Retrospective

[Paul Cunningham]

Thanks for starting this thread, I'll be there soon also. Mostly shooting I hope.


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[Robert Kalman]

Rayko Gallery - 428 Third Street - International Juried Plastic Camera Show
Leica Store - 463 Bush Street - Pamela Gentile
SF MOMA - 151 Third Street - Diane Arbus Restrospective
Scott Nichols Gallery - 49 Geary Street, 4th Floor
Fraenkel Gallery - 49 Geary Street, 4th Floor
Robert Koch Gallery - 49 Geary Street, 5th Floor
de Young Museum - Golden Gate Park - Danny Lyon Retrospective

Many, many thanks!!

[angusparker]

Very good list above. Do make sure to see the Arbus at SFMOMA, the prints are amazing. 49 Geary is just so much fun to wander around with its myriad galleries, both showing photographs and other weird contemporary stuff! Rayko is a bit off the beaten track but if you can swing it a nice to visit. Make sure the show is still up. Haven't been to that DeYoung exhibit - they tend to have only one or two small rooms dedicated to photo exhibits, but the Pacific Island art on the second floor is always fun, the viewing platform on the tower is worth a climb, and the restaurant is good. Also if you want to take some photos you can't go wrong with the Japanese Tea Garden right next door. Try and go on a weekday and early if possible so you don't have to work around the visitors.

[angusparker]

Should add that Pier 24 (right under the Bay Bridge in SF) is probably the best photo exhibit space / collection in the city. You have to reserve a spot in advance on line. At the moment they are between exhibits but on your next trip.....

[faberryman]

Should add that Pier 24 (right under the Bay Bridge in SF) is probably the best photo exhibit space / collection in the city. You have to reserve a spot in advance on line. At the moment they are between exhibits but on your next trip.....
That's where they held PhotoFairs SF (http://photofairs.org/sanfrancisco/) at the end of January.

[angusparker]

Another place to consider visiting if you are nearby is SF Camerawork, this non-profit has a nice exhibition space and often has interesting things being shown:

http://www.sfcamerawork.org/home/

[Merg Ross]

Not in San Francisco, but a short ferry ride away, or BART if you prefer, is the Oakland Museum. They were gifted the Dorothea Lange Archive years ago. If her work suits your interest, some is usually on permanent exhibit along with work by other West Coast photographers. Other than photography, you may also find the museum stimulating in its offerings. I suggest visiting.

Merg

[dasBlute]

Further down in the dogpatch is a set of newer galleries called the Minnesota Street Project (http://minnesotastreetproject.com/) that includes
Theme and Projects (http://themesandprojects.com/FairsExhibitions/), the current incarnation of the old "Modern Book"... currently
with an exhibition of Brigitte Carnochan's (http://www.brigittecarnochan.com/) work.

[angusparker]

That's where they held PhotoFairs SF (http://photofairs.org/sanfrancisco/) at the end of January.

New exhibit starting April 1 - make your reservation now:

http://pier24.org/exhibitions/?utm_source=Public%3A+The+Grain+of+the+Present&utm_campaign=Collected+PUBLIC&utm_medium=email

[Vaughn]

Also on the east side of the Bay. PhotoCentral in Hayward has a great show thru the 15th of April. Forty year retrospective of two of the Bay Area's best photographers and photo educators.

http://www.photocentral.org/shows.html

[tgtaylor]

Thanks for the heads-up Angus. I made reservation for next Thursday.

Thomas

[angusparker]

Thanks for the heads-up Angus. I made reservation for next Thursday.

Thomas

Welcome - I'm going Monday.

[Robert Kalman]

Thanks again for everyone's SF suggestions. I made it to the following venues:

SFMOMA - The Arbus was spectacular, indeed.
Pier 24 - A great group of images from luminaries such as: Stephen Shore, Lee Friedlander, Nicholas Nixon, Alec Soth, Vanessa Winship, Diane Arbus, Eamon Doyle, Robert Adams, and several others. The space is very impressive, and, because they limit the number of people for each two-hour session, you get to fully experience the work on the walls without having to jockey around crowds.
De Young - A magnificent Danny Lyons exhibit.
Fraenkel - A wonderful selection of Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
Koch - Familiar Eliot Erwitt prints.

[Paul Cunningham]

By the way, the Leica store exhibit is actually Henri Cartier-Bresson. Somewhere around 25 prints for sale.