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Fanny Lakoubay
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Feb 2026
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The third edition of San Francisco Art Week took place from January 17 to 25, 2026, confirming the city’s position as a key cultural moment at the start of the year. Initiated by art consultant Emily Counihan, SF Art Week functions as a centralized guide and coordination platform for exhibitions, museum programming, gallery openings, and nonprofit events across the Bay Area.
In parallel, NODE Foundation was preparing for its opening weekend in Palo Alto. With many collectors already in San Francisco, NODE invited 100 collectors to organize a series of moments in the days leading up to the opening. 100 collectors was part of the official NODE Foundation schedule and would like to thank Natalie Stone and Benny Gross for their trust and collaboration.
No events were hosted by 100 collectors on Wednesday as everybody was coming into the city. Instead, members received a curated Signature Agenda highlighting exhibitions, institutional visits, and talks taking place during SF Art Week. Here is the public agenda we published that excludes private invitations.
SF Art Week brings together museums, galleries, nonprofits, and artist-run spaces across the Bay Area. As San Francisco Chronicle Arts & Culture writer Tony Bravo noted, “the third week of January has become an unofficial art week in San Francisco.” What SF Art Week adds is structure: a participant list, map, program, and neighborhood guide that make it possible to navigate the city’s dispersed but dense art ecosystem. Run by art professional Emily Counihan, this event brings together local Bay Area actors and international players.
Hosted by 100 collectors – members only
On Thursday afternoon, 100 collectors hosted a private guided tour of FOG Art+Design for members. Eight collectors joined the tour led by co-founder of 100 collectors, Fanny Lakoubay, using VIP tickets provided by the fair.
FOG Art+Design takes place at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, a site with a layered history. Originally an embarkation point for millions of U.S. Army troops during World War II, Fort Mason is now a nonprofit arts center housing nearly two dozen cultural organizations. During SF Art Week, it becomes a dense cultural campus, with multiple exhibitions running simultaneously across piers and buildings.
Now in its 12th edition, and the second under director Sydney Blumenkranz, FOG Art+Design art fair maintains a strong historical focus on art and design, with design pieces gradually taking a smaller share, and an increased emphasis on architecture, material practices, and regional scenes.
The tour focused deliberately on Bay Area galleries and artists, rather than international blue-chip presentations that can be seen elsewhere. Among the galleries visited:
A curatorial exercise guided the visit: rather than comparing digital works to physical ones that inspired them, participants were invited to identify which digital or blockchain-based artworks the physical works evoked. This reversed reading encouraged dialogue across media, time, and technology.
Open to NODE participants [luma]
In the evening, NODE participants and 100 collectors members gathered at Gray Area for a private viewing of Unnatural – Of Humus & Artifact, a solo exhibition by Sandrine Deumier in the historical Mission Theater setting.
The visit was led by Wade Wallenstein, curator of Gray Area, who introduced both the exhibition and Gray Area’s broader mission. Founded in 2008, Gray Area operates as a cultural incubator for artists working across art, technology, science, and the humanities, with a strong emphasis on education, research, and experimentation.
In addition to Deumier’s exhibition, a selection of works by early digital artists from the Gray Area collection was presented, offering historical context and highlighting the institution’s long-term engagement with digital practices.
Hosted by Gray Area – members only
The evening concluded with an intimate dinner for members at the trendy Good Good Culture Club. These moments are intentionally small in scale and conversational in nature, creating space to exchange impressions from the day and compare notes across institutions, exhibitions, and practices.
Hosted by 100 collectors – open to NODE participants [luma]
On Friday, following museum visits organized by NODE and SF Art Week of YCBA exhibition & SFMoma retrospective of Alejandro Cartagena organized by NODE and SF Art Week, 100 collectors hosted a meet-the-artist visit with Trevor Paglen at Jessica Silverman Gallery.
The visit took place during Paglen’s exhibition The Horizon Waved, and Nothing Was Certain: 2006–2026, marking his debut with the gallery. Two introduction slots allowed participants to engage directly with the artist around works addressing surveillance, image-making, power structures, and technological systems.
Paglen’s practice spans photography, sculpture, investigative journalism, and research. His work has been exhibited at institutions including SFMOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tate Modern, and the Smithsonian, and is held in major public collections. The visit offered rare, direct insight into a practice that is often discussed theoretically but less often encountered conversationally.
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