Directed by Iwan Schumacher, this 90-minute documentary on artist Urs Fischer is structured around an approaching pinnacle of the artist’s career: a one-man exhibition at the New Museum, New York, in 2009.

Carolee Schneemann discusses her work—which spans performance, video, installation, photography, text, and painting—and the role its played in transforming discourse on the body, sexuality, and gender.

In this lecture, SFAI fellow Paul Sietsema talks about his layered, self-reflective drawing, sculpture, and film work exploring society’s understanding of culture and history.

We regret to inform you that Mickalene Thomas's public lecture at SFAI on Monday, November 5 has been POSTPONED due to travel complications. We are rescheduling this event and will have more information about the new date and time available soon. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your continued interest in free, public events at the San Francisco Art Institute.

As part of both the VAS lecture series and Temporary Structures exhibition, film and video artist Michael Robinson will discuss his work exploring the joys and dangers of mediated experience. 

SFAI fellow and painter Sue Williams discusses her abstract works whose bright colors and cartoonish shapes belie a sharp, confrontational engagement with politics and sexuality.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. 

In this upcoming VAS and Temporary Structures lecture, artist Mungo Thomson talks about his humorous, conceptually driven work that riffs on art-world figures, pop culture, science, and mysticism.

With editorial director Amy Scholder, Cynthia Carr talks about her new biography about controversial and seminal art-world figure David Wojnarowicz.

SFAI teaching fellow Judie Bamber discusses her meticulously rendered drawings and paintings exploring issues of gender representation and personal biography in this lecture.