Seven highlights from FOG Design + Art and SF Art Week 2026
A wooden table sprouting organically shaped tendrils, a furry-framed mirror and a ceramic swing set were among Dezeen's favourite designs during the third official San Francisco Art Week this month.
SF Art Week ran from 17 to 25 January 2026 and was anchored by FOG Design + Art, the collectible design and fine art fair that has taken place at the waterfront Fort Mason Center since 2014.
For the third year running, the city has brought a wide range of art museums, galleries, non-profit organisations and creative spaces under the "art week" umbrella. In 2026, these included the Atrium fair at Minnesota Street Project, and the Creativity Explored X Open Invitational fair that champions artists with disabilities, plus many more.
A host of gallery exhibitions across the city also coincided with the festival, which overall – in true California style – featured a strong showing of ceramics, from glazed wall-mounted works that resembled paintings to large-scale sculptures with incredible detail.
Here are some of the highlights from across the week's events.
Minjae Kim at Marta
At FOG's FOCUS pavilion for emerging galleries, LA-based gallery Marta showed a collection of works by South Korean artist Minjae Kim. The carved wood Up In Arms Chair with its backrest depicting a pair of raised, clenched fists, the House Pendant Light comprising a grid-marked fibreglass tent suspended from a brass beam, and the Lidded Coffee Table with a small compartment in the centre were standouts from the showcase.
The gallery also presented a series of floral compositions by Polish photographer Dominik Tarabanski, a longtime friend and collaborator of Kim's, as part of the dual showing titled Double Act.
Fernando Laposse at Ago Projects
The Ago Projects booth at FOG provided a cheerfully colourful array of design predominantly from the Global South, including new works by Pelle, Ramiro Gonzalez Luna, Pol Agustí, and many others.
What drew the most attention were Mexican designer Fernando Laposse's full-length mirror framed with agave fibres to give it a furry appearance, and his one-off rocker called Good Shepherd that's covered in the same material and capped with a pink saddle.
Julian Watts at Sarah Myerscough
London-based gallery Sarah Myerscough's booth in the main FOG pavilion included a new collection from Oregon-based artist and woodworker Julian Watts, featuring fantastical wood and bronze furniture and sculptures.
The most striking was a walnut coffee table, with a spikey top surface that holds a variety of vertical plant-like elements, each delicately carved into a different organic shape.
Krzysztof Strzelecki at Anat Ebgi
Using vivid colours and strong shapes, Polish ceramicist Krzysztof Strzelecki depicts homoerotic scenes and nods to cruising culture across his vessels and wall-mounted works, shown at FOG FOCUS by New York and Los Angeles-based gallery Anat Ebgi.
The playful imagery invites the viewer into Strzelecki's fantasies dreamed up in isolated rural Poland, and which promote uninhibited sexual freedom.
Jeffrey Sincich at Charlie James Gallery
Iconic designs, bold signage, posters and food labels are all translated into patchwork graphics by San Francisco artist Jeffrey Sincich, who creates his pieces by stretching cotton fabric over irregularly shaped wooden panels.
A Leica camera against a bright red background, a Domino sugar box and a sign selling avocados for 50 cents each were amongst the series of his new works presented by Charlie James Gallery at FOG FOCUS.
Studio Ahead at The Future Perfect
The Future Perfect's location in Pacific Heights has been taken over by San Francisco-based Studio Ahead, which filled the gallery with used art and design books from Et Al Gallery, mid-century furniture from Mid Century Møbler, and 17th-19th century pieces from C Mariani Antiques.
Titled The Houses Are Haunted by White Night-Gowns and open through 6 March 2026, the exhibition also includes a series of bowls created by artists represented by the gallery. All of the pieces are "arranged in an intentionally un-curated, layered display that bypasses the influencer and rejects the algorithm", according to The Future Perfect.
Rebecca Manson at Jessica Silverman
Thousands of clay "smushes" are individually glazed and composed onto fabric backings to create the incredibly detailed interpretations of butterfly wings, which form the latest body of work by Hudson Valley artist Rebecca Manson.
For her solo show Time: You Must Be Laughing at Jessica Silverman gallery in Chinatown, Manson is also presenting a ceramic version of her childhood swingset, which appears frozen in time in a state of partial decay – covered in lichen, leaves, and tiny details like a glass mushroom and a cigarette butt. On view until 28 February 2026.
San Francisco Art Week ran from 17 to 25 January 2026. For more talks, fairs, and installations in architecture and design visit Dezeen Events Guide.
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