| September |
| Dominique Fung & Heidi Lau | ICA SF | Dogpatch | Tue, Sep 1 | — | Opening |
| Amy Kaufman: Recent Work | Traywick Contemporary | Berkeley | Tue, Sep 1 | — | Opening |
| Nancy Lee Katz: A Private Pantheon | The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life | Berkeley | Wed, Sep 2 | — | Opening |
| Time Capsules: Exploring the Permanent Collection | The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life | Berkeley | Wed, Sep 2 | — | Opening |
| Ian Kimmerly | Dolby Chadwick Gallery | Union Square | Thu, Sep 3 | — | Opening |
| Gamaliel Rodríguez: A fluorescent realm | Rebecca Camacho Presents | Lower Nob Hill | Thu, Sep 3 | — | Opening |
| Stacy Lynn Waddell: Stranger | Rebecca Camacho Presents | Lower Nob Hill | Thu, Sep 3 | — | Opening |
| Hidden Layers: AI Infrastructures and Hallucinations | Worth Ryder Art Gallery | Berkeley | Thu, Sep 3 | — | Opening |
| One Wall One Work | Et al. etc. | Mission | Fri, Sep 4 | — | Opening |
| Open Net | Et al. etc. | Mission | Fri, Sep 4 | — | Opening |
| Eugène Atget: Eternal Paris | Legion of Honor | Lincoln Park | Sat, Sep 5 | — | Opening |
| Sarah M. Newton: Interruptions in the Bay Trail | Hosfelt Gallery | SoMa | Tue, Sep 8 | — | Opening |
| Stefan Kürten: Echoes From The Past | Hosfelt Gallery | SoMa | Tue, Sep 8 | — | Opening |
| Campus Collaborations / Private Frontiers: Media Legacies of the Cold War | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive | Berkeley | Wed, Sep 9 | — | Opening |
| Private Frontiers: Media Legacies of the Cold War | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive | Berkeley | Wed, Sep 9 | — | Opening |
| Defining the Century Modern Visionaries from Picasso to Calder | Berggruen Gallery | SoMa | Thu, Sep 10 | — | Opening |
| Liam Everett: the passenger | Berggruen Gallery | SoMa | Thu, Sep 10 | — | Opening |
| Lava Thomas: Lineage | Jessica Silverman | Chinatown | Thu, Sep 10 | — | Opening |
| Sadie Barnette | Jessica Silverman | Chinatown | Thu, Sep 10 | — | Opening |
| Lava Thomas: Lineage | Jessica Silverman | Chinatown | Thu, Sep 10 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Opening |
| Sadie Barnette: 28 | Jessica Silverman | Chinatown | Thu, Sep 10 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Opening |
| The Data at Hand: Data Physicalizations of Earth and Space | Mills College Art Museum | | Sat, Sep 12 | — | Opening |
| Jean Nagai | Part 2 Gallery | | Sat, Sep 12 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Opening |
| Shannon Rogers | Part 2 Gallery | | Sat, Sep 12 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Opening |
| 250 Years, Indigenous Futures | Haines Gallery | Union Square | Thu, Sep 17 | 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Opening |
| Stereo Dynamic | Creative Growth Art Center | | Fri, Sep 18 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Opening |
| Dread Scott: The Body Politic | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | SoMa | Fri, Sep 25 | — | Opening |
| Dread Scott: The Body Politic | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | SoMa | Fri, Sep 25 | — | Opening |
| Rael San Fratello: Prototypes and Provocations | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | SoMa | Fri, Sep 25 | — | Opening |
| Rael San Fratello: Prototypes and Provocations | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | SoMa | Fri, Sep 25 | — | Opening |
| The Joyful Body of the Word: Betsy Davids and the Book | San Francisco Center for the Book | Potrero Hill | Sat, Sep 26 | — | Opening |
| After the Island: Ornament and Ceramic Practice in the Jamaican Diaspora | Museum of the African Diaspora | SoMa | Wed, Sep 30 | — | Opening |
| Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages | Museum of the African Diaspora | SoMa | Wed, Sep 30 | — | Opening |
| Dorian Reid: Calling All Cats! | Museum of the African Diaspora | SoMa | Wed, Sep 30 | — | Opening |
