Explore Arrivals, Again by David Wilson at Pallas SF, Oct 17–Nov 30, 2025. A walking exhibition with maps, prints, and echoes of his 2013 SFMOMA debut.

If you’re in the Bay Area, or planning a visit in the next month, make time to experience “Arrivals, Again”, a new exhibition by San Francisco–based artist David Wilson. Running October 17 through November 30, 2025 at Pallas (with community events throughout), the show extends far beyond the gallery walls, inviting you to see the city itself as a living exhibition space.

From SFMOMA to the Streets

Wilson first presented “Arrivals” at SFMOMA in 2013, transforming the museum’s rooftop into a stage for music, performance, and gathering. That project marked his commitment to site-specific work and his interest in art as an experience woven into place.

“Arrivals, Again” continues that lineage, but this time, the city itself is the museum.

Drawings, Rooftops, and Street Walks

The works on view, new drawings and paintings made over a season of rooftop observations and street walks in Downtown San Francisco, embody Wilson’s practice of attunement to place. His approach is less about documenting the city and more about feeling its rhythm: the architecture, the weather, and the people passing through.

The Map as Medium

One of the most compelling aspects of “Arrivals, Again” is the map Wilson has created to guide self-led walking explorations. Pick one up and you’ll be steered toward a constellation of sites across the Tenderloin and beyond, where hidden envelopes contain prints of his drawings. Collect them all, and you’re essentially assembling an unbound publication scattered across the civic landscape.

Maps are free and available at Pallas and partner locations including Dark Entries Records, ICA SF, Rebecca Camacho Presents, William Stout Books, Jessica Silverman Gallery, Glass Rice Gallery, Cup of Joy, 509 Leavenworth Shop, Tenderloin Museum, Tenderloin People’s Garden, and Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program.

Why It Matters

“Arrivals, Again” is as much about design and community as it is about art. It transforms walking into publishing, turning the city into a printing press of memory and place. For designers and creatives, it’s a reminder of how art can spill into the everyday, blurring gallery boundaries and embedding itself into civic space.

Whether you’re a Bay Area local or a visitor looking for an unconventional art experience, David Wilson’s project is an invitation to explore San Francisco slowly, deliberately, and with open eyes.

📍 Arrivals, Again

Pallas, San Francisco

October 17 – November 30, 2025

Learn more about David Wilson HERE