MoAD reopens with Crumpler, Jamaican-diaspora ceramics and Black Art Week
MoAD reopened on September 30 with three exhibitions to visit as San Francisco and the Bay Area celebrate Nexus Black Art Week through October 4.
The Museum of the African Diaspora has reopened after its installation closure, with three exhibitions that offer distinct ways into Black art.
The September 30 opening coincides with Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, which runs through October 4.
Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages brings paintings from more than five decades together with newly commissioned kinetic works. Crumpler's recurring subjects—shipping containers, hooded figures, reflective surfaces—connect questions of commerce, memory and Black consciousness. After the Island, developed with two Toronto institutions, turns to ceramics by PJ Anderson, Jacqueline Bishop and Sharon Norwood to explore how Jamaican cultural memory travels and changes across generations.
The third exhibition, Dorian Reid's Calling All Cats!, uses the black cat to approach prejudice, community and civil rights through ceramics, paintings and other objects. These descriptions come from the curators and artists; this is an opening report, not a firsthand review.
For a visit today, October 1, the museum at 685 Mission Street lists Thursday hours of noon–8 p.m. Standard admission is $15, or $7 for students, seniors and educators; children under 12 enter free. Walk-ins are welcome. Nexus events have their own admission arrangements. Only the festival week is urgent: both longer exhibitions run into 2027.
Take it further
Plan a museum visit October 1 hours: noon–8 p.m. Pacific. Standard adult admission $15; walk-ins welcome. Check the current visit page before travelling.
Check tonight's Nexus Party tickets October 1, 8–11:30 p.m. Pacific at YBCA; posted $25 general/$20 member prices. Ticket inventory and a purchase cutoff were not independently verified.
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- MoAD — current exhibitions
Undated organizer page checked October 1, 2026; identifies the September 30 reopening and the three new exhibitions.
- MoAD — Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages
Exhibition September 30, 2026–May 30, 2027; curatorial account of paintings and newly commissioned kinetic works, across three floors.
- MoAD — After the Island
Exhibition September 30, 2026–May 30, 2027; three artists, ceramic media and Toronto partnership.
- MoAD — Calling All Cats!
Dorian Reid exhibition September 30–December 6, 2026; artist and thematic description.
- MoAD — visit
Hours, admission, walk-ins and installation closure/reopening checked October 1, 2026.
- Nexus — 2026 programme
Confirms September 30–October 4, 2026. Page retains older material, so historical calendar links and aggregate participation figures are not treated as 2026 details.
- MoAD and YBCA — Nexus Party
October 1, 8–11:30 p.m. in San Francisco; $25 general/$20 member posted prices. Linked ticket app requires JavaScript; remaining inventory not verified.
Images & figures
Nexus runs for five calendar days, while two MoAD exhibitions continue through 30 May 2027. Calling All Cats! closes earlier, on 6 December. Their shared date scale distinguishes the brief festival window from longer opportunities to visit; check the museum’s current schedule before travelling.