Ruth Asawa drawing at a table in the living room of her Noe Valley home, San Francisco, California, 1985 (photo Paul Glines; artwork © 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner)
Ruth Asawa drawing at a table in the living room of her Noe Valley home, San Francisco, California, 1985 (photo Paul Glines; artwork © 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner)
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A Dedicated Ruth Asawa Space Is Coming to San Francisco

by Rhea Nayyar

San Francisco is welcoming a new permanent exhibition space for late modernist sculptor Ruth Asawa this coming May, further entwining the artist’s legacy of artwork, public activation, and education advocacy within the city on the centenary of her birth year.