As the San Francisco Bay Area’s longest-running art fair, San Francisco Art Fair affirms the vibrancy and resiliency of the region’s arts ecosystem. In 2026, it continues its dedication to the region’s cultural institutions, galleries, artists, and collectors through presentations from close to 90 local, national, and international galleries alongside important region-wide collaborations with new and longstanding partners.

Notably, the 2026 fair has a special focus on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voices, uplifting artists whose work reflects the SF Bay Area’s deep immigrant legacies and the cultural contributions of communities who continue to shape the region’s identity.

The 2026 edition features galleries from across the SF Bay Area and beyond. The fair is pleased to welcome back several beloved
local galleries, including San Francisco-based Catharine Clark Gallery, HANG Art, Jonathan Carver Moore, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, and Studio Shop Gallery, one of California’s longest-running cooperative galleries. The fair welcomes the return of galleries from across the U.S., including Ferrara Showman Gallery (New Orleans), Hall Spassov (Seattle), Able Fine Art NY Gallery (New York), Yiwei Gallery (LA), and Billis Williams Gallery (LA). The fair’s international reach extends to France with Sobering Galerie (Paris), South Korea with Gallery Playlist (Busan), Canada with Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art (Calgary), and South Africa with Martin Art Projects (Capetown). Additional highlights include works from the Bella Feldman Estate at CK Contemporary, showcasing the late SF Bay Area artist’s sculptural investigations in glass and steel; and a dedicated booth from San Francisco Art Dealers Association curated by TINT Gallery (San Francisco).

San Francisco Art Fair is excited to welcome first time exhibitors COL Gallery (San Francisco), bringing a solo booth by Piikani (Blackfeet) artist Terran Last Gun, featuring bold geometric abstractions informed by Indigenous visual traditions and the
landscapes of the American West. Other new exhibitors include Peter Fetterman Gallery and Calistoga Contemporary, who bring photography and SF Bay Area-rooted programs to the show floor; international exhibitor The Melrose Gallery (opening a San Francisco outpost this spring) presenting “Ain’t That America” by Clint Strydom, a photographic series capturing reimagined views of everyday Americana; as well as 1599fdT (San Francisco), Current State Studio (LA), and Cordata Gallery (Bellingham, WA).

The 14th edition of the San Francisco Art Fair arrives at a pivotal moment, reaffirming the importance of accessible, inclusive platforms that support artistic communities locally and nationally. The fair serves as a convening space for the SF Bay Area’s artists, galleries, institutions, and collectors, while continuing to position the region as a vital force within the broader contemporary art landscape.

In 2026, that vision is anchored by a dedicated focus on AAPI voices, recognizing the foundational role AAPI artists and cultural leaders play in shaping the SF Bay Area’s history, creative ecosystems, and civic life.

In support of this focus, San Francisco Art Fair partners with leading AAPI organizations and institutions across the region, including the Asian Art Museum and the Asian American Art Initiative at the Cantor Arts Center (Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA). Other activations include an onsite presence (“Da Da Daam”) from the Chinese Culture Center (CCC) of San Francisco and Edge on the Square (San Francisco), that bring together Chinatown-based artists and creatives who have developed key parts of their practice in the neighborhood, in addition to the CCC Design Store pop-up.

Aligned with the AAPI focus includes public programming such as “The Red Chador: Becoming Rogue,” a participatory performance and installation by internationally acclaimed artist Anida Yoeu Ali, presented by Creative Generation Cambodia, a large-scale abstract mural by Good Mother Gallery’s artist Chad Hasegawa painted on the iconic shipping containers outside the fair’s entrance.

Additional highlights include the return of the fair’s theater design curated by San Francisco designer Anand Sheth of Studio Anand Sheth and presented in collaboration with Dwell Magazine. The 2026 stage decor and furnishings are conceived and constructed by local designer Buz, currently an artist-in-residence at Root Division, incorporating reclaimed and collected materials from across San Francisco. Culinary programming by ABACÁ, whose modern Filipino-Californian cuisine further reflects the fair’s commitment to celebrating AAPI creativity across artistic and cultural disciplines, and a special display celebrating SF Bay Area curator Mara Gladstone and her curation of the Philippine’s Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale.

Other programming at the fair includes 500 Capp Street who presents a booth reimagined as a domestic retail hybrid space, using the work of artists who are deeply connected to the SF Bay Area, to create a “lived in” environment. Djerassi Resident Artists Program highlights a roster of their acclaimed artists such as David Nash, Amber Jean Young, John Roloff, Barbara Nerness, and Kamran Samimi, who are bringing material practice, landscape, and time-based experiences into a singular immersive display. Saint Joseph’s Arts Society partners with the new organization Art + Water (who is working to address the urgent need for affordable artist workspace) to present “Shared Scriptors,” a collaborative display of works centered on mentorship, copresence, and mutual support across SF Bay Area arts institutions. Designed as a place of pause within the fair, and inspired by Saint
Joseph’s home inside a revitalized historic church, the environment incorporates seating drawn from the organization’s pews and furnishings, and natural elements that encourage lounging, engagement, and communal gathering.