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Ruth Asawa: Retrospective
Apr 05 - Sep 02, 2025
Monday–Tuesday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday: Closed Thursday: Noon–8 p.m. Friday–Sunday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Ruth Asawa: Retrospective will present the full range of the artist’s groundbreaking practice, offering an in-depth look at her expansive output and its inspirations through more than 300 artworks. It will also explore the ways her longtime San Francisco home and garden served as the epicenter of her creative universe and highlight the ethos of collaboration and inclusivity that informed her numerous public sculpture commissions and unwavering dedication to arts advocacy.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
The first major national and international museum retrospective of Ruth Asawa is all-encompassing — with sculpture, drawings, prints, paintings, design objects and archival material. The more than 300 works span six decades. Within the exhibition, a gallery evokes her San Francisco home and studio. The dwelling, where she resided until her death in 2013, was central to Asawa’s family and creative life. Works by peers and mentors — including Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller and Marguerite Wildenhain — are showcased, too.
Anh-Minh Le
Contributing Writer
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the United States and a thriving cultural center for the Bay Area.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the United States and a thriving cultural center for the Bay Area.