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SFMOMA to Debut Jacob Hashimoto’s Largest Site-Specific Installation to Date in August 2026
Sunday, May 31, 2026 · 1 min read
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced 'Giant Arc,' a major site-specific installation by artist Jacob Hashimoto opening August 22, 2026. The work will feature over 75,000 hand-built bamboo and paper kites suspended in the museum’s admission-free Roberts Family Gallery. Curated by Joseph Becker, the project represents the largest installation of Hashimoto’s 30-year career and will incorporate patterns inspired by the Bay Area environment.
- Artists: Jacob Hashimoto
- People: Christopher Bedford, Joseph Becker
- Galleries: Roberts Family Gallery, Miles McEnery Gallery, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Mary Boone Gallery, Studio La Città, Makasiini Contemporary, Galerie Forsblom
- Museums: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA, Santa Maria della Scala, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Boise Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Pacific Design Center, Crow Museum of Asian Art, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, San Jose Museum of Art, SITE Santa Fe, Tacoma Art Museum, Tampa Museum of Art, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Locations: San Francisco, Siena, Skärhamn, Boise, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, Windhoek, Nashville, Tokyo, Ossining, Greeley, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Rome, San Jose, Santa Fe, London, Verona, Turku, Helsinki, Tampa, Tacoma
Originally via SFMOMA · Curated by The Cultural Signal
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