24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
SFMOMA Art Bash 2025 featured Zack Fox, a ballroom battle and more
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art welcomed thousands of guests into its galleries on Wednesday, April 23, for its after hours Art Bash.
The institution's biggest fundraiser kicked-off with a patron's dinner on the museum's seventh floor with an immersive event designed by New York artist Firelei Báez. It was followed by an auction, led by Sotheby's auctioneer Phyllis Kao, featuring works by Charles Gaines, Christina Quarles, Nicolas Party, Amy Sherald and Ruth Asawa. That latter's 'Ruth Asawa: Retrospective' is the latest exhibition to debut and will be on view at the museum through Sept. 2.
Among the pop-up events, Berkeley artist Masako Miki created a one-night only art experience in the museum's White Box theater, while San Francisco artist Jeffrey Sincich took over the Steps coffee shop space for his project.
Performances in the museum's main lobby included a headlining DJ set by comedian and rapper Zack Fox. San Francisco's own DJ Shortkut, who recently began performing again after recovering from a massive stroke, and DJ Lady Ryan also took to the turntables as part of Art Bash's musical lineup presented in part by the Stern Grove Festival.
On the fifth floor at Cafe 5, Bay Area LGBTQ ballroom host Legendary Ryan "Christopher" Milan and commentator Icon Enyce Gorgeous Gucci paid tribute to the local queer ballroom scene with a recreation of a ballroom runway battle.
Art Bash raises over $2 million annually for SFMOMA, with proceeds going toward its education and family programs and community engagement events that museum officials report benefit more than 150,000 people every year.
