It may look like a used book store - which it is - but in the back of Adobe lies a tiny yet influential gallery run by a collective of Mission artists. Openings often feature...

This large space is aggressively modern, with steel girders, concrete floors and two walls of plate glass. The work is equally contemporary, featuring artists along the lines...

The Art Exchange specialises in secondary market art, meaning that it handles the resale of artworks from private collections. The gallery is wide open, with works large and...

This popular museum has one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Asian art, spanning 6,000 years of Asian history and with more than 15,000 objects on display....

Opened in 1970, this dramatic exhibition space is arranged in terraces so visitors can see the works from various vantage points. The collection's strength is 20th-century art,...

Founded in the early 1960s, Braunstein/Quay made its reputation promoting Bay Area talents and launching several influential artists, among them the late ceramics master Peter...

Committed to the contemporary, Bucheon puts its mid-sized space to the task of representing a diverse group of artists and challenging visitors' assumptions about modern art....

Built as a memorial to the Californians who died in World War I, and set in a wooded spot overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Palace of the Legion of Honor is San Francisco's...

The camera that was used to create the first animation for television (called Crusader Rabbit and produced from 1949 to 1951) graces the lobby of this museum. Boasting over...

Clark has a keen eye for modern art with legs: many works by her stable of sculptors, painters and mixed-media artists walk straight into regional museums. She recently moved...

The gallery at this non-profit space features the art of developmentally disabled artists who create, exhibit and sell their work on the premises. Be careful with your wallet,...

Crown Point is the world's leading publisher of etchings. Richard Tuttle, Laura Owens and other established artists work in print studios on the premises; their prints are then...

Don't be intimidated by the creaky ride up in the old lift; this gallery couldn't be friendlier. Tall windows frame a view as compelling as the art. There are paintings,...

The Eleanor Harwood Gallery, established in 2006 by one of the former curators at Adobe Books, is devoted to young locals such as Spencer Mack, Alison Blickle and Jill Sylvia.