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Trina Michelle Robinson:
Open Your Eyes to Water

500 Capp Street and Root Division present Open Your Eyes to Water, a solo exhibition of the work of San Francisco-based visual artist Trina Michelle Robinson that spans both venues. Read More

One Hundred Year Old Water

Taking place in Los Angeles for Frieze 2026, 500 Capp Street is proud to be a part of One Hundred Year Old Water: Works by David Ireland & Anais Franco. Curated by David Horvitz and Sophie Appel, the exhibition brings together two artists known for their exploration of physical and historical materiality through their processes. […] Read More

2026 International Artist in Residency: Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez

500 Capp Street is proud to announce Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez (she/her/ella) as our 2026 Artist in Residence. We are deeply grateful to the many remarkable artists who responded to this year’s open call. […] Read More

Memory Pieces by Glen Helfand

Experiencing Catherine Wagner’s Blue Reverie project at 500 Capp is a memory trigger. Not only because David Ireland’s house is a place that is so full of history and memories burnished into the surface of the shimmering walls. Inside there are the cracks of use and the patina of age within a transparent seal, these surfaces now serve as a backdrop, a stage for new activity.[…] Read More


Programming at 500 Capp Street is supported by Teiger Foundation, The Paule Anglim Fund, Grants for the Arts, California Humanities, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Sanger Family Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Mary Crocker Trust, The San Francisco Arts Commission’s Shaping Legacy Project, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative.

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David Ireland

1930 – 2009

American artist David Ireland is admired internationally for a diverse body of work concerned with the beauty inherent in everyday things and the making of art as a part of daily life.

The David Ireland House

David Ireland’s residence at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco’s Mission District is widely considered the centerpiece of his prolific career.