FOG Design+Art Fair | Jan 19–22 2023 | Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

Overview

The FOG Design+Art fair is an annual art fair that takes places at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco. The fair consists of galleries representing the decorative and fine arts, with 48 galleries participating in the 2023 event. The fair kicks off with the FOG Preview Gala, a fundraiser for SFMOMA on Wednesday night, followed by 4 additional days of viewing and purchasing art.

Admission

Tickets to the event are available at 2 levels. Admission to the Preview Gala + fair admission starts at $175 per person and a DAILY pass is $35 (children 12 and under are free).

Programming

FOG’s programming includes a wide array of talks given by artists, museum professionals, scholars, and gallerists, and are FREE to attend with your admission ticket ($35).

QUICK GUIDE: FOG Art 2023

There’s so much TERRIFIC art at FOG and for me, this year’s highlights included seeing Sarah Lucas’ (feat. FOG FAVES video 2) caricatured parts at Gladstone Gallery, and the cheeky Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (feat. FOG FAVES video 3) works at Volume Gallery.

SFMOMA’s FOG FORUM is considering purchasing Green Lips for Nature (1997) in the Stauffacher Solomon series (feat. FOG FAVES video 3). Will be exciting to see it in the museum’s permanent collection if acquired. Recently saw Liam Lee’s felted chair in SFMOMA’s Conversation Pieces show, which was spotted at FOG last year.

So if you missed FOG this year, make sure to mark your calendar for the third week of January in 2024!

💌 Did you attend this year’s FOG fair? What did you think? Let us know in the comments (in the Reviews section located on the third tab at the top of the page).

QUICK GUIDE: FOG FAVES 2023

For more on FOG Design+Art check out our FOG FAVES video series below:

FOG FAVES (1)

 

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1. FOG’s Exhibition Hall at Fort Mason Center
2. Zenzaburo Kojima (painting) // Ratio 3 & Nonaka-Hill Gallery
3. Zenzaburo Kojima (painting) Masaomi Yasunaga (painting) // Ratio 3 & Nonaka-Hill Gallery
4. Ulala Imai (sculpture) // Ratio 3 & Nonaka-Hill Gallery
5. Yoshitomo Nara (colored pencil on paper) // Ratio 3 & Nonaka-Hill Gallery
6. Nobuyoshi Araki / Daido Moriyama (photo) // Ratio 3 & Nonaka-Hill Gallery
7. Nobuyoshi Araki / Daido Moriyama (photo) // Ratio 3 & Nonaka-Hill Gallery
8. Anne Buckwalter & LeoValledor (paintings) // Micki Meng (PJ Policarpio)
9. Woomin Kim (quilt) // Micki Meng
10. Heesoo Kwon (photo) // Micki Meng
11. Heesoo Kwon (photo) // Micki Meng
12. Marco Castillo (painting) // Haines Gallery
13. Ellsworth Kelly (lithograph) // Matthew Marks Gallery
14. Sarah Blaustein (painting) // Berggruen Gallery
15. Alicia McCarthy (painting) // Berggruen Gallery
16. Donald Judd (woodcuts) // Anthony Meier
17. Dewey Crumpler (painting) // Jenkins Johnson Gallery
18. Jess (painting) // Anthony Meier
19. Etel Adnan (ink & pastel) // Anthony Meier

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1. Video wall in FOG’s Exhibition Hall
2. Sarah Lucas (sculpture) // Gladstone Gallery
3. Sarah Lucas (print) // Gladstone Gallery
4. Arcmanoro Niles (painting) // Lehmann Maupin
5. Nari Ward (flag) // Lehmann Maupin
6. Judy Chicago (sculpture) // Jessica Silverman
7. Leo Villareal (LEDs) // Pace Gallery
8. Huma Bhabha (sculpture) and (painting) // David Zwirner
9. Carol Bove (sculpture) // David Zwirner
10. Joan Mitchell (painting) // David Zwirner
11. Rao Fu (painting) // Fergus McCaffrey
12. Ross Hansen (sconce) // Volume Gallery
13. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (mixed media) // Volume Gallery
14. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (mixed media) // Volume Gallery
15. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (wall labels) // Volume Gallery
16. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (mixed media) // Volume Gallery
17. Eamon Ore-Giron (painting) // James Cohan

FOG FAVES (3)

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1. FOG’s Exhibition Hall Entryway (installation) by JennySharaf
2. Muzae Sesay (painting) // Pt. 2 Gallery
3. Liz Hernandez (aluminum) // Pt. 2 Gallery
4. Joan Brown (painting) // Matthew Marks Gallery *See her FANTASTIC retrospective at SFMOMA through Mar 12, 2023!
5. Joan Brown (painting) // Matthew Marks Gallery
6. Simone Leigh (sculpture) // Matthew Marks Gallery
7. Ken Price (sculpture) // Matthew Marks Gallery
8. Paulina Olowska (painting) // Pace Gallery
9. Saif Azzuz (mixed media) // Anthony Meier
10. Erica Deeman (neon) // Anthony Meier
11. Robert Bechtle (painting) // Anthony Meier
12. Rosie Lee Tompkins (quilt) // Anthony Meier
13. Kate Shepherd (painting) Larry Bell (sculpture) // Anthony Meier
14. David Park (painting) // Anthony Meier
15. Henry Taylor (painting) // Anthony Meier
16. Camille Henrot (sculpture) // Anthony Meier

Vendors

The Park Life pop-up shop featured an assortment of cool items from their store and gallery in the Inner Richmond, which I always try to visit whenever I’m in that neighborhood.

In terms of on-site food and drinks, Jane cafe, A16 (artisanal pizza), and The Cordial (cocktails) all conveniently had kiosks with seating.

Nearby Food & Drink at Fort Mason

Fort Mason also has some great dining and drink options that are just a few steps from the FOG exhibition hall including:

Goody Cafe | Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture hosts nearly two dozen non-profit and arts organizations as permanent residents, including Goody Cafe. Come visit our residents today!

Drinking Good Coffee Leads to Good Things | Equator Coffees

Equator Coffees is a coffee roaster, retail operator, and coffee farm owner. Founded in 1995, Equator is known for a commitment to sustainably harvested coffee.

Radhaus

Radhaus, San Francisco – Alpine Beerhall, restaurant and bar in the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture with a wonderful view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Greens Restaurant - Since 1979

We believe food should be incredibly nourishingand that after you enjoy your meal, you should feel great.

The Interval at Long Now, San Francisco Bar + Cafe

Cafe, bar, museum, and home of The Long Now Foundation in San Francisco. Enjoy coffee or cocktails surrounded by mechanical wonders, books, and the beauty of the San Francisco Bay.

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There’s even more art to see at Fort Mason Center at the following locations:

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SF Camerawork

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Home - Museo Italo Americano

Museum in San Francisco of Italian and Italian-American art and culture. Exhibitions, Italian language classes, films, lectures, special events, gift shop, guided tours of Italy.

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Sunny A. Smith: The Compass Rose | January 13 through March 12, 2023 | Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

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Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) is proud to present Matt Passmore’s Tied/Untied.

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