Opening Reception: Thursday, November 6, from 5:30-8:00 PM
Exhibition: Thursday, November 6–Saturday, December 20, 2025
Exhibition Hours: Tuesdays-Thursdays 12:00-6:00 PM, Fridays-Saturdays 12:00-5:00 PM
Other days/times available by appointment: enquire@wessling.com.
39 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108
STILL STILL centers around the still life—an enduring subject that
Hershman identifies as the original catalyst for his artistic journey.
The exhibition explores the artist’s evolution through a single,
consistent motif: the still life.
Through this lens, Hershman delves into themes of mortality, the impermanence of beauty, and the quiet power of time. This deeply personal exhibition marks a significant moment for the artist, who, at age 70, reflects on decades of creative exploration and the quiet culmination of a lifelong vision.
“Still life was the starting point when I began my career as an artist
over 30 years ago,” says Hershman. “It taught me how to see. With
this exhibition, I return to that beginning—only now with a lifetime
of reflection behind me.”
STILL STILL invites viewers to witness Hershman’s transformation across time and medium, revealing the still life
not as static, but as a vessel of change and continuity.
Friday Preview: Friday, September 26 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28 from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
1890 Bryant Street Studios
Saturday, October 4, 2025
4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
🎟 Tickets: Early Bird pricing available now—just $150 through Friday, September 12 (save $100!).
💻 Online Bidding Opens September 10
Event Schedule
The Bridge Yard
210 Burma Road, Oakland, CA 94607
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 PM
On View: Wednesday–Saturday, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, through Sunday, October 26, 2025
Artifact Projects
155 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
This fall, California-based painter and surgeon Don Hershman unveils his most personal body of work yet with I AM A BARN, opening at Artifact Projects, 155 Suffolk Street, New York City.
In this evocative exhibition, Hershman transforms rural barns into monumental meditations on human resilience. Crafted in layers of acrylic, ink, and pencil on large-scale wood panels, each weatherworn structure becomes a symbolic portrait — cracked, bowed, enduring — reflecting the scars and strength of the human journey.
Hershman, a celebrated podiatric surgeon and artist, bridges precision and creativity across disciplines. His past shows, including The Art of Code Switching and Donald and Victor: Under the Influence, have received national acclaim, with features at the de Young Open, Sea Ranch Lodge, and in SF Arts Magazine.
I AM A BARN marks Hershman’s first major New York City solo exhibition since 2023, following a dynamic season of shows in San Francisco, Pleasanton, and Sonoma County. This series celebrates a universal truth: beauty and strength arise not in spite of wear, but because of it.
Friday, August 1 – Sunday, August 31
Thursday-Friday, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Admission: FREE
MAG Galleries
3931-18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114
Friday, February 14, 2025 – Sunday, March 9, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, February 14, 6:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m
KnK Contemporary
1920 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109
