Sarah Sze opens SFMOMA commission on November 21, 2026
Published on 08/27/2026 at 15:20 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Sarah Sze is heading toward a new institutional commission at SFMOMA. The museum says Forever is Composed of Nows opens November 21, 2026 and transforms the Haas, Jr. Atrium.
The SFMOMA commission
SFMOMA describes the project as a site-specific, multisensory commission built from three monumental paintings, video projections and sound. The museum also notes that the installation spans several spaces and multiple floors. SFMOMA exhibition page
The same page says the work is inspired by the ephemerality of images, the fragility of nature and the passage of time. The opening date is listed as November 21, 2026.
What the timing signals
The date lands inside a dense fall season for major museums. For Sze, it places a large-scale commission in a free-to-see atrium, not a tucked-away project room.
That matters for an artist whose installations often rely on movement, accumulation and unstable sightlines. The SFMOMA page calls this her most ambitious project to date.
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How Sarah Sze works
Sze works across painting, sculpture, installation and video. Her key work groups include Timelapse and Forever is Composed of Nows, both built around image flow, perception and temporary structures.
She is based in New York and has long used modular components, suspended objects and shifting image sequences to make viewers read space as something unstable rather than fixed.
Where Sarah Sze stands now
Sarah Sze currently has Forever is Composed of Nows scheduled to open at SFMOMA on November 21, 2026.
Key facts on Sarah Sze
- Artist: Sarah Sze
- Medium / Genre: Installation, painting, sculpture, video
- Born: 1969, Boston, USA
- Place(s) of practice: New York
- Active since: 1990s
- Key work groups: Timelapse, Things Fall Apart, Forever is Composed of Nows
- Current/last exhibition: Forever is Composed of Nows - SFMOMA, San Francisco - opening November 21, 2026
- Major collections: MoMA, Tate, Guggenheim, SFMOMA
- Awards: ICA Boston Meraki Artist Award, 2025
- Next date: November 21, 2026, SFMOMA, San Francisco
Frequently asked questions about Sarah Sze
Where is Sarah Sze currently on view?
Her upcoming SFMOMA commission Forever is Composed of Nows opens November 21, 2026. The museum lists it as a floor 1 installation.
What is Sarah Sze showing at SFMOMA?
SFMOMA says the work combines three monumental paintings, video projections and sound in the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Atrium.
What collections hold Sarah Sze works?
Her work is represented in major collections including MoMA, Tate, the Guggenheim and SFMOMA, according to museum collection and artist pages.
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