Ed Ruscha, in summer group shows from San Francisco to New York
Published on 08/21/2026 at 17:50 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Ed Ruscha remains a fixture of transatlantic summer programming, appearing in several group exhibitions that bring his text-and-image practice into new constellations. As Berggruen Gallery’s announcement for the San Francisco show Summer Highlights emphasizes, his work is part of a curated survey of historical and contemporary artists on view from July 9 to August 27, 2026.
Summer exhibitions with Ed Ruscha
The San Francisco exhibition Summer Highlights at Berggruen Gallery presents painting, sculpture, photography and works on paper by artists such as Diana Al-Hadid, Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen and Ed Ruscha, running from July 9 to August 27, 2026. The gallery situates Ruscha’s contribution within a broader look at symbolic and metaphorical associations of summer across generations.
Parallel to the Bay Area program, the New York gallery Bienvenu Steinberg & C shows the group exhibition Between the Lines, which includes works by Johanna Calle, Analia Saban and Ed Ruscha and remains on view through August 29, 2026. The exhibition focuses on artists who work at the intersection of language and image, a field Ruscha helped define in postwar American art.
Ed Ruscha in biennial-level contexts
Beyond commercial gallery contexts, Ed Ruscha appears in institutional shows that echo a biennial logic of cross-generational surveys. At the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the exhibition This Likeness Everlasting opened on August 15, 2026 and runs for one month, tracing the history of photography from 19th-century pioneers to contemporary artists such as Ruscha, John Baldessari and David Hockney. The museum positions Ruscha’s photograph-based work alongside historic and contemporary figures in a rare large-scale international photography presentation in Tehran.
Earlier in the current season, the Amarillo Museum of Art in Texas staged the exhibition Stations Words | Bars Cars, bringing together works by Ed Ruscha and Ron Cooper from May 30 to August 30, 2026. According to the museum’s presentation, the show foregrounds their long-standing dialogue around the American West, language and the roadside vernacular, bridging painting, photography and mixed media.
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The work core in text and image
Ed Ruscha is widely associated with text-based painting and works on paper that draw on the typography and signage of Los Angeles, a trajectory that has shaped his role in postwar American art since the early 1960s. His practice extends to photography, artist books and printmaking, with recurring motifs such as gas stations, roads and cinematic end titles anchoring his engagement with language and landscape.
Where the artist stands now
By all accounts, Ed Ruscha’s practice continues to circulate in international group exhibitions and institutional shows, with a current emphasis on transatlantic programs that frame his text-and-image work within broader narratives of photography, Pop art and the visual culture of the American West.
Key facts on Ed Ruscha
- Artist: Ed Ruscha
- Medium / Genre: Painting and works on paper (text and image), photography, artist books, printmaking
- Born: 1937, Omaha, United States
- Place(s) of practice: Studio practice centered in Los Angeles
- Active since: Early 1960s, with sustained activity in painting, books and prints
- Key work groups: Standard Station, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, Hollywood, The End
- Current/last exhibition: Summer Highlights, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, July 9 to August 27, 2026
- Major collections: Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Menil Collection (Houston)
- Awards: National Medal of Arts (United States, 2013)
- Next date: Ongoing group exhibitions in San Francisco, New York and Tehran within the late-summer 2026 season
Frequently asked questions about Ed Ruscha
Where is Ed Ruscha currently on view in 2026?
Ed Ruscha appears in several group exhibitions in summer 2026, including Summer Highlights at Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco from July 9 to August 27 and Between the Lines at Bienvenu Steinberg & C in New York through August 29.
What is the focus of the exhibition This Likeness Everlasting featuring Ed Ruscha?
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art’s exhibition This Likeness Everlasting, running from August 15, 2026 for one month, surveys the history of photography and includes photograph-based works by Ed Ruscha alongside figures such as John Baldessari and David Hockney.
How does Stations Words | Bars Cars present Ed Ruscha’s work?
The exhibition Stations Words | Bars Cars at the Amarillo Museum of Art, on view from May 30 to August 30, 2026, pairs works by Ed Ruscha and Ron Cooper, foregrounding their shared engagement with the American West, language and roadside imagery.
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