Calabi Gallery

Featuring an Eclectic Array of Primarily 20th Century Artwork

Pushing Boundaries

Calabi Gallery was originally founded to represent works by artists of “A Period of Exploration,” the legendary golden age of the California School of Fine Arts (1945-1950), which was later renamed the San Francisco Art Institute. As we have a large inventory of pieces by artists who studied and/or taught at that remarkable academy, we […]

Gruppo di Quattro

San Francisco Italian American artists Elio Benvenuto, Lydia Macchiarini Benvenuto, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Sam Provenzano were all Modernists in the second half of the 20th century, each with their own distinct styles. Pivotal figures of their time, these artists all played an important part in the foundation and blossoming of the arts in Post War […]

Holiday Celebration : Saturday, December 14th 3-7pm

“Untitled” 1953 by Sam Provenzano (1923-1999) Oil on Canvas, 30 x 36 Holiday Celebration Saturday, December 14th 3-7pm Please join us at the gallery for a festive holiday celebration on Saturday, December 14th from 3-7pm. To go along with the Italian theme of our current show, we will be featuring the fantastic Duo Pizzicato playing and singing Italian […]

Gruppo di Quattro: Reception Saturday, October 26th 3-7pm

Carved Stone Sculpture circa 1950s & “Lipari” 1966 Acrylic on Canvas by Elio Benvenuto GRUPPO DI QUATTRO ELIO BENVENUTO LYDIA MACCHIARINI BENVENUTO LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI SAM PROVENZANO _________________________________________ Opening Reception: Saturday, October 26th 3-7pm  // Exhibition Dates: October 26th – December 28th, 2024 San Francisco Italian American artists Elio Benvenuto, Lydia Macchiarini Benvenuto, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Sam Provenzano […]

The Visionary Art of Alejandro Salazar

Alejandro Salazar is an incredibly powerful and inventive artist. Born and raised in Colima, Mexico, Alejandro is essentially self taught, but the inherent sophistication of his work belies that fact. While his work has some similarities of vision with other Latin American surrealists, it is always uniquely his own. We are proud to present a […]

Holiday Hours

The gallery will be closed December 23rd, 2021 – January 5th, 2022. Regular business hours will resume Thursday – Saturday from 11-5pm and by appointment. We wish you and your loved ones a heartwarming holiday and New Year! Currently exhibiting The Magical World of Christian Quintin through January 29th, 2022 “La Forêt des Amants” (lover’s […]

EXTENDED! “Extraction: Art on the Edge Abyss”

Vanishing X: Monarch Butterfly by Holly Downing, 2020, hand-colored mezzotint engraving, 3 x 7 We are extending our current exhibition “EXTRACTION: ART ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS” for another month until August 30th, 2021! This global multi-venue project seeks to provoke societal change by exposing and interrogating the negative social and environmental consequences of industrialized natural resource extraction. Our […]

Opening Saturday, May 25th! EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss

Minas de Tiras II by Bob Nugent, 2020, watercolor, oil & charcoal on panel, 24 x 24 EXTRACTION : ART ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS Saturday, May 29th – Saturday, July 31st 2021 Calabi Gallery is honored to participate in the global project EXTRACTION : ART ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS. This important multi-venue exhibition seeks […]

EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss

Calabi Gallery is honored to participate in the global project EXTRACTION: ART ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS. This important multi-venue exhibition seeks to provoke societal change by exposing and interrogating the negative social and environmental consequences of industrialized natural resource extraction. For more information on the project and to locate participating venues visit extractionart.org  Our […]

New Show: Bay Area Figurative Expressionism of the 20th Century

Nocturne #2 by Hassel Smith, 1946, Oil on Canvas, 42 x 40 BAY AREA FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM of the 20th CENTURY Our new show is an exploration of modernistic figurative art in the era of Abstract Expressionism. Some of these artists moved back and forth between figuration and abstraction and others were strictly figurative, although generally […]

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