SFMOMA to Open Large-Scale Installation by Jacob Hashimoto in August
On March 20, 2026, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced Jacob Hashimoto: Giant Arc, the largest installation of the multimedia artist’s career. The site-specific work mixes more than 75,000 hand-built kites made of bamboo and Japanese paper suspended into a cloud canopy covering the museum’s ground floor admission-free Roberts Family Gallery from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Hashimoto has created large-scale kite installations for sites around the globe for the past 30 years, including recent exhibitions at the Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, Italy, in 2025 and the Nordiska Akvarellmuseet in Skärhamn, Sweden, in 2024.
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The commission expands SFMOMA’s program of filling more than 45,000 square feet of free public space with contemporary art, positioning the Roberts Family Gallery as an accessible entry point for visitors and passersby. Hashimoto incorporates new elements inspired by the Bay Area environment and San Francisco history, extending his modular approach to increasingly complex canopies that reference landscape abstraction and virtual environments. The project underscores institutional strategies for immersive, site-responsive works that engage broad audiences without admission barriers.
- Artists: Jacob Hashimoto
- People: Christopher Bedford, Joseph Becker
- Museums: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
- Locations: San Francisco
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