Photograph: Courtesy SFMOMA

Review

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

4 out of 5 stars
  • Museums | Art and design
  • Yerba Buena
  • price 2 of 4
  • Recommended
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Time Out says

The modern art museum’s new building, which opened in 2016, merges seamlessly with its original structure, completed in 1995. Global architecture firm Snohetta designed the ambitious addition, making it one of the largest modern art museums in the country. The distinctive, textural facade was inspired by San Francisco’s fog and rippling bay. Inside, you’ll find 33,000 works of art, including painting, photography, architecture and design, and media arts. The light-flooded space features six sculpture-decked terraces, as well as the largest living wall in the country. (It’s bursting with more than 19,000 plants, including nearly two dozen species native to California.) Even if you don’t shell out for a ticket—which, trust us, you should—there are still over 45,000 square feet of free public art spaces to explore for free. Even the vibrant, monochromatic restrooms are endorphin-spiking feats of design.

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Jacob Hashimoto: Giant Arc

Jacob Hashimoto’s new installation at SFMOMA is the kind of spectacle that quietly takes over your senses. The Roberts Family Gallery is transformed by a floating canopy of more than 75,000 hand-built kites, each one crafted from bamboo and Japanese paper. The effect is immersive but never overwhelming—step inside and you’ll find yourself moving through a shifting landscape of color and shadow, with every angle offering a different perspective. Hashimoto’s work isn’t just about scale, though the sheer number of elements is staggering. It’s about the way he turns familiar materials into something otherworldly, inviting you to slow down and look up. This isn’t a show you breeze through on your way to something else. Give it time, and you’ll notice how the installation changes with the light, rewarding repeat visits and close attention.
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