Shows & Events

Intersectionality

Dates & Times

Tenderloin Art Walk: Thursday, September 4, from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 7, from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM (gallery opened till 6pm that day)

Exhibition: Thursday, September 4 – Sunday, September 28

Location

1049 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Description

Pride is not one story. There are many—and they intersect through race, gender, class, ability, migration, and more.

Originally slated for June, this exhibition arrives in September with purpose: because queer art and queer voices deserve visibility beyond a single month.

INTERSECTIONALITY is a group exhibition honoring the layered realities of LGBTQIA+ artists whose work resists easy categorization. The pieces are intimate, political, celebratory—and at times confrontational. These artists present their full selves: visible, honored, and unapologetically uncompromised.

Pride didn’t begin with a parade. It began with protest. This show carries that spirit forward—deeply personal, unflinchingly honest, and rooted in resistance and resilience.

Curated by KnK Contemporary, INTERSECTIONALITY is a reminder that queerness is expansive—and the art it inspires belongs in conversation year-round.

Fall Open Studios

Dates & Times

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

Location

1890 Bryant Street Studios

1890 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Description

The artists of 18090 Bryant Studios open our doors once again during ArtSpan’s citywide celebration of our community. Join us at the creative 💜 of the Mission

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ART for AIDS

Dates & Times

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

  • VIP Champagne Reception: 4:00 p.m.
  • General Admission: 5:00 p.m.
  • Live Auction: 6:00 p.m.
  • All Sections Close: 9:00 p.m.
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Location

The Bridge Yard
210 Burma Road, Oakland, CA 94607

Description

Join us on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at our exciting new venue, The Bridge Yard in Oakland, for an unforgettable evening of art, community, and celebration.

✨ This year’s theme: Resist with Joy, Persist with Purpose

Guests will enjoy expertly curated silent and live auction artworks—all generously donated by artists and collectors—while sipping cocktails, mocktails, and wine and enjoying delicious food and live music. Every bid helps support the vital mission of the UCSF Alliance Health Project.

Celebrate art, support community health, and make a difference at the 29th Annual Art for AIDS Auction.

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I AM A BARN

Dates & Times

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

Location

Artifact Projects

155 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002

Description

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.

Urban Abstraction

Dates & Times

Friday, August 1 – Sunday, August 31

  • Opening Reception: Friday, August 1
  • Artist Conversation: Saturday, August 9
  • Chat with the Artist: Saturday, August 16 & Saturday, August 23
  • Closing Reception: Sunday, August 31
 
MAG Galleries Hours:

Thursday-Friday, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Saturday-Sunday, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

  • Opening Reception: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM with Castro Art Walk
  • Artist Conversation: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Chat with the Artist: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Closing Reception: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

 

Admission: FREE

 
Location

MAG Galleries

3931-18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

 

Description

In URBAN ABSTRACTION, Don Hershman brings the unseen into focus—reframing the overlooked industrial details of the cityscape as striking works of abstraction. Through a series of 19 meticulously crafted paintings on canvas and wood panel, Hershman transforms fragments of urban life—pavement cracks, garage doors, graffiti textures, and aging building facades—into rich visual compositions that blur the line between the literal and the abstract.

Using pencil, ink, and acrylic, Hershman isolates and elevates these raw details, creating a dialogue between material surface and aesthetic form. What might otherwise fade into the background of daily life becomes the foreground—magnified, reframed, and reimagined. Each painting encourages viewers to not only appreciate its constructed beauty but also to recognize the source: a familiar echo of the environments we move through every day.

By bringing the city’s visual language into the gallery, URBAN ABSTRACTION invites us to reconsider how we define art, how we observe our surroundings, and how beauty often lives in plain sight—just waiting to be noticed.

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September 30 - January 7, 2024

The De Young Open

See Don Hershman’s art “Code Switching #1” at The De Young Open until Jan 7, 2024, located at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco. Following the acclaimed inaugural de Young Open in 2020, the second triennial showcases artists from all nine Bay Area counties. Displayed “salon style”, it not only maximizes the artwork exhibited but also supports local artists by letting them sell directly. As before, selected artworks will be added to our permanent collection.
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Black Hearts Valentine's Group Exhibition

Dates & Times

Friday, February 14, 2025 – Sunday, March 9, 2025

Opening Reception: Friday, February 14, 6:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m

Location

KnK Contemporary

1920 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Description

KnK Contemporary is thrilled to present Black Hearts, our debut exhibition celebrating the profound and multifaceted ways love is expressed through visual art. We are honored by your interest in being part of this milestone event.

Love is not singular—it is layered, raw, intimate, and deeply personal. This exhibition invites you to look inward and explore how you give, receive, and interpret love, both for yourself and others.

The Bay Area, with its rich diversity, is a testament to love in all its forms—passionate, unconventional, rebellious, and tender. We can’t wait to see how your creativity brings this theme to life!

Previous Shows

  • 2358MRKT Gallery x Gallery-O-Rama Studios and Gallery, “MinimART”, San Francisco, CA
  • 1890 Bryant Street Studios, Annual Holiday Show and Sale, San Francisco, CA
  • Radian Gallery, “Boldface Portraiture”, group show, San Francisco, CA
  • Belvedere Tiburon Library, “Making Art in a Changing World”, group show, Tiburon, CA
  • Maitri Compassionate Care, “Works of HeART”, benefit auction and exhibition, San Francisco, CA
  • Root Division, Root Division Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
  • SOMARTS Cultural Center, “ArtLaunch”, group show, San Francisco, CA
  • 2358MRKT Gallery, “Showstopper Series”, group show, San Francisco, CA
  • 1890 Bryant Street Studios, Fall Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
  • UCSF Alliance Health Project, Art for AIDS Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
  • Belvedere Tiburon Library, “Artists’ Interpretations: Buildings and Structures”, group show, Tiburon, CA
  • 2358MRKT Gallery, Castro Art Walk, San Francisco, CA
  • Sausalito Center for the Arts, “Pride Not Prejudice”, group show, Sausalito, CA
  • 2358MRKT Gallery, “Kindred”, group show, San Francisco, CA
  • Radian Gallery, “I AM A BARN”, solo show, San Francisco, CA
  • 1890 Bryant Street Studios, Spring Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
  • The Passdoor, Sonoma, CA
  • LA Art Show, group show, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1890 Bryant Street Studios, Holiday Show and Sale, San Francisco, CA
  • Red Dot Miami, Miami, FL 
  • CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, FL
  • ArtSpan’s 2023 SF Open Studios Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 
  • UCSF Alliance Health Project, Art for AIDS Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
  • Powerhouse Arts, MvVO Art/Ad Art Show, Brooklyn, NY
  • Studio 401 Gallerie, “…IS, WAS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE…”, San Francisco, CA
  • Salomon Arts Gallery, “The Art of Code Switching”, solo show, New York, NY
  • 2358MRKT Gallery, “Visible”, group show, San Francisco, CA
  • Helvella Art, “Pride Is Not A Crime”, group show, Oakland, CA
  • Radian Gallery, “Moda Botanica”, group show, San Francisco, CA
  • 1890 Bryant Open Studios, Spring Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
  • ArtSpan’s Juried Benefit Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
  • Red Dot Art Fair at Miami Art Week
  • Haegeumgang Theme Museum exhibition
  • 1890 Bryant Open Studios, San Francisco, CA, FALL
  • MvVO ART/AD ART SHOW 2022, group show, New York, NY
  • Art Love Gallery, solo show, Provincetown, MA
  • Contemporary Botanicals, group show, San Rafael, CA
  • 1890 Bryant Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
  • Art Love Gallery, group show, Plano, TX
  • Palm Springs Modern Design Expo, “Modernism Show + Sale Week” group show, Palm Springs, CA
  • Salomon Arts Gallery, “Under The Influence- Donald and Victor” solo show, New York, NY
  • Radian Gallery, “Botanicals”, group show, San Francisco, CA 
  • 1890 Bryant Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
  • de Young Muesum, “de Young Open” group show, San Francisco, CA
  • 1890 Bryant Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
  • Salomon Arts Gallery, group show, New York, NY