Many of the listed galleries – the ones in the Downtown section – participate in the San Francisco tradition of First Thursdays. Many of them hold their openings on the first Thursday of the month, by keeping their spaces open from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Not all of the downtown galleries participate in this event, and not all of them participate every month, but enough do to make it a fun and entertaining way to spend the first Thursday of the month in San Francisco.
So join in the culture club where you can meet up with friends, see some great art and have a few glasses of wine. The galleries at 49 and 77 Geary alone are worth the trek. Take the elevator to the 5th floor of 49 Geary and walk down, stopping on each floor along the way. From there fan out in the downtown area and see which of the others are open!
To find out what’s showing in the galleries, check out the What’s On When category for up to date exhibition and event announcements.
East Bay Galleries
San Jose Galleries
Galleries Downtown
Adler & Co: 251 Post, T: 415.445.9900; Open: T-Sa: 10AM – 6PM
Gallery Paule Anglim: 14 Geary, T: 415.433.2710; Open: T-F: 10AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 10AM – 5PM
John Berggruen Gallery: 228 Grant, T: 415.781.4629; Open: M-F: 9:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 10:30AM – 5PM
Bond Latin Gallery: 251 Post, T: 415.362.1480; Open: M-Th: 10AM – 5PM, F+Sa: 10AM – 6PM
Rena Bransten Gallery:77 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415.982.3292; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Caldwell Snyder: 341 Sutter, T: 415.392.2299; Open: M+W: 10Am – 6PM, Th+Sa: 10AM – 8PM, Su: 11AM – 5PM
Catharine Clark: 150 Minna, T: 415.399.1439; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5:30PM
Dolby Chadwick Gallery: 266 Sutter, T: 415.956.3560; Open: T-Sa: 10AM – 6PM
Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery: 49 Geary, 4th Floor, T: 415.981.1080; Open: M-F: 10AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5:30PM
Larry Evans Gallery: 77 Geary, 2nd Floor, T:415.3987545; Open: T-Sa: 11AM- 5PM
Fraenkel Gallery: 49 Geary, 4th Floor, T: 415.981.2661; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa:11AM – 5PM
Frey Norris Gallery: 456 Geary, T: 415.346.7812; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 7PM, Su: 11AM – 5PM
Gallery 291: 291 Geary 5th FLoor, T: 415.291.9001; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 6PM
Graystone: 77 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415.956.7693; Open: T-F: 11AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Brian Gross Fine Art: 49 Geary, 5th Floor, T: 415.788.1050; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Hackett-Mill Gallery: 201 Post, Suite 1000, T: 415.362.3377; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30
Haines Gallery: 49 Geary, 5th Floor, T: 415.397.8114; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 10:30AM – 5PM
Hang: 556 Sutter, T: 415.434.4264; Open: M-Sa: 10AM – 6PM, Su: Noon – 5PM
Hespe Gallery: 251 Post T: 415.776.5918 Open: Tu-F: 11AM -5:30PM, Sa: 11AM-5PM
Pasquale Ianetti: 531 Sutter, T: 415.433.2771; Open: M-Sa: 10AM – 6PM
Jenkins Johnson Gallery: 464 Sutter, T: 415.677.0770; Open: T-Sa: 10AM – 6PM
Robert Koch Gallery: 49 Geary, 5th Floor, T: 415.421.0122; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 5:30PM
George Krevsky Gallery: 77 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415.397.9748; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 5:30PM
George Lawson Gallery: Room for Painting Room for Paper: 49 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415-772-0977; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 6PM, Sa: 10:30AM – 5:30PM
Marx & Zavattero: 77 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415.627.9111; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Meridian Gallery: 545 Sutter, 2nd Floor, T: 415.398.7229; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Meyerovich Gallery Contemporary: 251 Post, 4th Floor, T: 415.421.7171; Open: M-F: 9:30AM – 6PM, Sa: 10AM – 5:30PM
Scott Nichols Gallery: 49 Geary, 4th Floor, T: 415.788.4641; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Shapiro Gallery: 49 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415.398.6655; Open:T-F: 11AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery: 251 Post, 6th Floor, T: 415.434.4804; Open: T-Sa: 10AM – 6PM
Don Soker Gallery: 1 Montgomery, 14th Floor, T: 415.291.0966; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Patricia Sweetow Gallery: 77 Geary, Mezzanine, T: 415.788.5126; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 10:30AM – 5PM
Takada Gallery: 251 Post, 6th Floor, T: 415.956.5288; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Togonon Gallery: 77 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415.398.5572; Open: T-Sa: 11AM – 5:30PM
Toomey Tourell Fine Art: 49 Geary St., 4th Floor, T: 415.989.6444; Open: T-F: 11AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Stephen Wirtz Gallery: 49 Geary, 3rd Floor, T: 415.6879; Open: T-Sa: 10:30AM – 5:30PM
Mark Wolfe Contemporary Arts: 49 Geary, 2nd Floor, T: 415.369.9404; Open: T-F: 10AM – 5PM, Sa: 11:30AM – 5PM
871 Fine Arts: 49 Geary, 5th Floor, T: 415.543.5155; Open: T-Sa: 10:30AM – 5:30PM
Galleries of SoMa
ArtHaus: 411 Brannan, T: 415-977-0223; Open: T-F, 11AM-6PM; Sa – noon-5PM
Aurobora Press: 147 Natoma, T: 415.546.7880; Open: M-Sa: 11AM – 5PM
Braunstein/Quay: 430 Clementina St @ 5th, T: 415.278.9850; Open: T-Sa: 11Am – 5:30PM
Califia Books: 20 Hawthorne, T: 415.284.0314; Open: T, F, Sa: Noon – 5PM
Crown Point Press: 20 Hawthorne, T: 415.974.6273; Open: T-Sa: 10AM – 6PM
Hosfelt Gallery: 430 Clementina, T: 415.495.5454; Open: T-Sa: 11Am – 5:30PM
Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts: 161 Natoma, T: 415.512.0335; Open: T-Sa: 11Am – 5PM
Limn Gallery: 292 Townsend, T: 415.977.1300; Open: T-F: 10:30AM – 5:30PM, Sa: 11AM – 5:30PM
LincArt: One Otis, T: 415.503.1981; Open: Th-Sa: Noon – 5PM
Michael Martin Gallers and the MMG Foundation: 101 Townsend, Suite 207, T: 415-543-1550; Open: T-F, 11AM – 5:30PM and by appointment
Modernism: 685 Market, 2nd Floor, T: 415.541.0461; Open: T-SA: 10AM – 5:30PM
Sculpturesite Gallery: 201 Third #102, T: 415.495.6400; Open: T-Sa: 10AM – 6PM, Th: 10AM – 8PM
SF Camerawork: 1246 Folsom, T: 415.863.1001
Galleries of The Mission
Artist’s Television Access: 992 Valencia @ 21st, T: 415.824.3890
The Back Room in the Adobe Bookshop: 3166 16th @ Valencia,T: 415.864.3936
Creativity Explored: 3245 16th @ Dolores, T: 415.863.2108
City Art: 828 Valencia @ 20th, T: 415.970.9900
Jack Hanley Gallery: 395 Valencia @ 15th, T: 415.522.1623
The Lab: 2948 16th, T: 415.864.8855
Mission Cultural Center: 2868 Mission, T: 415.821.1155
Michael Rosenthal Gallery: 365 Valencia @ 15th, T: 415.552.1010
Ratio 3: 1447 Stevenson Street @ 14th, T: 415.821.3371
Triple Base Gallery: 3041 24th @ Folsom, T: 415.643.3943 Hours: Thu – Su: 12 – 5pm
