It’s already 2026, somehow. The fair season kicks off in San Francisco, and FOG Design + Art is where our Founder,  Bibi Zavieh, will be starting. If you’ll be there, you can find us at the following spots! 

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We can’t think of the San Francisco art scene without thinking of newcube friend and collector, Pamela Hornik. Pamela’s collection epitomizes what makes SF so unique – it’s passionate, personal, and generous. 

San Francisco has long been a city where experimentation, counterculture, and community shape the way art is made and experienced. From artist-run spaces and nonprofit institutions to blue-chip galleries and unconventional venues, the city’s art ecosystem reflects a deep commitment to process, dialogue, and risk-taking. Rooted in both historical movements and emerging voices, San Francisco offers a landscape where art feels lived-in, socially engaged, and continually evolving.

ICA at Transamerica 

ICA SF partners with SHVO at Transamerica Pyramid Center to present Stratagems, a series of large-scale sculptures by Tara Donovan. The exhibition exemplifies ICA SF’s nomadic model, positioning the Transamerica Pyramid Center as an active collaborator and expanding how contemporary art engages with the city. Constructed from thousands of recycled CDs, the vertically oriented works respond to shifting light and atmosphere, creating an evolving dialogue with the building’s architecture. 

Sheila Hicks @ SF Moma 

Sheila Hicks’s first solo exhibition at SFMOMA showcases her groundbreaking fiber-based practice, spanning intimate weavings to monumental, site-specific installations. Inspired by textures, patterns, and landscapes from her life and travels, the presentation features vivid comets of layered lines, a towering central “phare” of suspended cords, reimagined wrapped “bâtons,” and vibrant fiber mounds, highlighting her continual experimentation with material and form. 

Cantor Arts Center

The Cantor Arts Center is presenting Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, a career-spanning exhibition of the internationally acclaimed artist, now in its final days. The show highlights Sikander’s transformative engagement with South Asian visual histories, diasporic experience, and feminist perspectives, spanning media from miniature painting to digital animation. Organized around her recurring forms and ideas rather than chronology, the exhibition situates Sikander as a global artist reshaping historical narratives, and marks the most significant solo presentation of an Asian American artist connected to the Cantor’s Asian American Art Initiative.

De Young – Rose B. Simpson 

The de Young presents Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, the artist’s first solo exhibition at the museum, celebrating Pueblo art and culture. The installation features two customized classic cars, Maria (1985 Chevy El Camino) and a newly commissioned 1964 Buick Riviera, painted with Pueblo pottery motifs and surrounded by an expansive site-specific mural evoking the Southwest. Simpson’s work connects ancestral traditions with contemporary forms, exploring identity, mobility, and cultural continuity while linking Lowrider car culture with Pueblo artistic practices.

Aside from the museums, we’re spotlighting some of our favorite galleries who are doing things differently. 

Jessica Silverman – Rebecca Manson: Time, You Must Be Laughing at Jessica Silverman Gallery presents the New York–based artist’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery, featuring 13 porcelain sculptures that magnify nature’s microcosms into large, tactile forms. The show explores the relationships between bodies, time, and the natural world, where beginnings and endings coexist with both vulnerability and resilience

Hashimoto Contemporary

Glass Rice

Micki Meng

Et Al.

Rebecca Camacho Presents 

SHOP 

San Francisco is a playground for shoppers who love artisanal, locally made treasures. From boutique ceramics and handmade textiles to independent clothing labels and one-of-a-kind home goods, the city’s neighborhoods are full of small shops that celebrate craft and creativity.

Rising Star Laundry

Evan Kinori

Bernal Cutlery

Modern Appealing Clothing 

Heath Ceramics

Eat + Drink

San Francisco’s food scene is a vibrant mix of global flavors, local ingredients, and culinary innovation. From bustling taquerias and dim sum halls to Michelin-starred restaurants, the city has long been a hub for food pioneers. Alice Waters, the legendary chef and founder of Chez Panisse, helped put California’s farm-to-table movement on the map, inspiring generations of chefs to prioritize seasonal, sustainable, and locally sourced ingredients. Her influence still resonates today, shaping a city where creativity, community, and a love of fresh food come together on every plate.

Bar Jabroni – For a cozy, convivial spot before or after the fair, Bar Jabroni is a Lower Haight wine bar made for mingling. It’s the kind of place where you sip delicious wines, share small plates, and enjoy the quaint local side of the city. 

True Laurel

Gigi’s Wine Bar

Side A

Zuni Cafe

Sight Glass Cafe

Read more about Pamela Hornik and her collection.

The art world feels somewhat small, and when we see a collector who is truly passionate, dedicated and generous, we recognize them. It wouldn’t take long for anyone in conversation with Pamela Hornik to feel that she is a truly passionate collector who truly cares about artists and who truly wishes to support those making it work in the art world. After a virtual meet and greet with Pamela, our founders Bibi and Claire spent some IRL time with her in London, during the busy Frieze week. We didn’t make it to tea time – Pamela doesn’t drink tea – but we had a sunny morning coffee meetup during which we chatted about art, dogs and the state of the (art) world. It was a fun and inspiring meet up, at a time where the world seems to be going mad!