SAN DIEGO · UPDATED FROM OFFICIAL VENUE SOURCES
San Diego art today
Art exhibitions, openings, talks, and visual-art events to see in San Diego today.
Dutch Painting: Special Loans from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The San Diego Museum of Art
Mar 22 – Mar 21 · San Diego
SDMA 100 Years
The San Diego Museum of Art
Jan 24 – Jan 24 · Balboa Park
Farm to Craft
Mingei International Museum
Feb 14 – Nov 15 · San Diego
Cover Story: Six Decades of Comic-Con
Comic-Con Museum
Mar 3 – Dec 31 · San Diego
Shanghai, Homeland Once Upon a Time: Jewish Refugees and Shanghai During World War II
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
Mar 21 – Jan 3 · San Diego
PRINT AS PROTEST
Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center
Apr 11 – Oct 31 · San Diego
The Dean Collection Presents: Hometown Heroes
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla)
Apr 18 – Nov 8 · La Jolla Downtown
David Adey: Sacrificial Bodies
Oceanside Museum of Art
Apr 25 – Nov 1 · Oceanside
To Catch a Fish
ICA San Diego / Central
May 2 – Nov 1 · San Diego
Forging a Legacy: 15 Years of Landmark Acquisitions
The San Diego Museum of Art
May 21 – May 31 · San Diego
Prospect 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla)
Jun 11 – Nov 8 · La Jolla Downtown
Ragamala Paintings from the Binney Collection
The San Diego Museum of Art
Jun 27 – Jan 3 · San Diego
Time, Architecture, Motion
Foothills Art Association
Jul 1 – Oct 31 · La Mesa
Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World
Museum of Photographic Arts
Jul 11 – Jan 10 · San Diego
Artist’s Choice
The Courthouse Gallery
Aug 17 – Dec 11 · San Diego
Changing Terrain: Regional Artists Interpret Our Landscape
Oceanside Museum of Art
Aug 22 – Jan 17 · Oceanside
Early American Painting
The San Diego Museum of Art
Aug 22 – May 31 · San Diego
Becoming Heirlooms: A Craft Desert
San Diego Central Library Art Gallery
Aug 24 – Jan 9 · San Diego
2026 Online International Exhibition
San Diego Museum of Art School Classroom
Sep 1 – Oct 31 · San Diego
Fritz Goeckner
Mission Valley Library
Sep 1 – Nov 30 · Hillcrest, North Park & Mid-City
Poly Photo Club
Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library
Sep 3 – Nov 27 · San Diego
Yokai Community Art Exhibit — Japanese Friendship Garden
Japanese Friendship Garden
Sep 4 – Nov 8 · San Diego
Betsabeé Romero: Tejiendo Redes (Weaving Nets)
Museum of Photographic Arts
Sep 5 – Jan 3 · San Diego
Soft Power: On Color, Time, and Resistance — The 2026 San Diego Art Prize
Oceanside Museum of Art
Sep 5 – Feb 7 · Oceanside
Community Spotlight: Sherman Heights Community Center
Mingei International Museum
Sep 10 – Nov 9 · San Diego
Bryan Ali Sanchez: Raíces en el Campo
Bread & Salt
Sep 12 – Nov 21 · San Diego
Gallery Selections
Joseph Bellows Gallery
Sep 12 – Oct 31 · San Diego
Joe Garcia: Journey
Santa Ysabel Art Gallery
Sep 19 – Nov 30 · East County
Visiones Nocturnas: Queer Nightlife in Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla)
Sep 19 – Jan 17 · La Jolla Downtown
An Unruly Assembly Selections from the Culley Collection of Woodblock Prints
USD — Hoehn Family Galleries
Sep 24 – Dec 11 · San Diego
Edgeless: In the Expanded Field of Painting
SDSU University Art Gallery
Sep 24 – Dec 3 · San Diego
HOPE
The Studio Door
Sep 25 – Nov 6 · San Diego
La Jolla Historical Society Community Open House & Special Reveal
La Jolla Historical Society
Sep 26 – Jan 31 · La Jolla
Rupinder Kaloti: The Gathering
Oceanside Museum of Art
Sep 26 – Feb 28 · Oceanside
The Scientific Art of Historic Preservation
La Jolla Historical Society
Sep 26 – Jan 31 · La Jolla
Hold Back the Night: cédrix crespel
Madison Gallery
Sep 30 – Nov 15 · San Diego
2026 Student Art Exhibition
Hyde Art Gallery — Grossmont College
Oct 1 – Oct 31 · El Cajon
Best of Show – Palms in Yellow/Purple
Off Track Gallery
Oct 1 – Oct 31 · Encinitas
OCT - JENNA REFUERZO
ArtHatch
Oct 1 – Oct 31 · Escondido
Off-Screen Space
Mandeville Art Gallery
Oct 1 – Dec 4 · La Jolla
Home Is Where…
Thumbprint Gallery
Oct 2 – Oct 31 · La Jolla
Featured Artists
Art on 30th
Oct 3 – Oct 30 · North Park
Solo Show Artist
Art on 30th
Oct 3 – Oct 30 · North Park
Beyond the Real
Escondido Art Association — Grand Avenue Gallery
Oct 7 – Nov 6 · Escondido
Actual Size
Art Produce
Oct 10 – Nov 7 · North Park
San Diego Creative Weavers Guild Annual Exhibit
Escondido Municipal Gallery
Oct 10 – Nov 6 · Escondido
Soft Teeth: Elvin Armando
Distinction Gallery
Oct 10 – Nov 7 · Escondido
West Coast Textile Arts Exhibition
Escondido Municipal Gallery
Oct 10 – Nov 6 · Escondido
California Fibers: Tactile Thinking
Hyde Art Gallery — Grossmont College
Oct 12 – Nov 12 · Grossmont College
Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema
Mingei International Museum
Oct 16 – Apr 4 · Balboa Park
Sasha Koozel Reibstein: Eternity Utters A Day
Quint Gallery
Oct 17 – Nov 25 · La Jolla
Sylvia Fernández: Habitando, I Don't Belong Here, We Belong Everywhere
Joseph Clayes III Gallery
Oct 17 – Jan 9 · La Jolla
United In Art: A Special Exhibition
Sparks Gallery
Oct 17 – Nov 6 · Gaslamp Quarter
Inflection: Explorations of Subjective Flux
MiraCosta College Art Gallery
Oct 21 – Dec 9 · Oceanside
2026 Cannon Biennial Exhibition: Everywhere Home
William D. Cannon Art Gallery
Oct 23 – Jan 3 · Carlsbad City Library Carlsbad
Apertura
Catherine and Robert Palmer Gallery
Oct 24 – Jan 2 · Logan Heights
Denja Harris: Will You Stay Here for a Moment?
Visions Museum of Textile Art
Oct 24 – Dec 5 · San Diego
Shades of Home
Visions Museum of Textile Art
Oct 24 – Dec 5 · San Diego
Icons of Imperial Russia
The San Diego Museum of Art
Oct 26 – Aug 15 · San Diego
Constructive Interference: Bringing Reality into Focus
Poway Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 27 – Dec 18 · Poway
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