Jacob Hashimoto: Giant Arc — 75,000 Floating Kites at SFMOMA

Jacob Hashimoto’s Giant Arc arrives at SFMOMA — and the scale alone is worth clearing your calendar for. The installation features 75,000 hand-built kites suspended overhead in an immersive canopy that stretches across your entire field of vision. The craftsmanship behind each individual kite makes the cumulative effect even more striking: this is meticulous, labor-intensive work multiplied to an almost incomprehensible degree. It’s the kind of public art moment that stops you mid-stride and pulls your gaze straight up. Best of all, it’s completely free to walk through. Bring your phone, bring everyone you know, and give yourself enough time to actually sit with it.