Live Worms Gallery

Thought I’d check this place out on a casual Thursday night looking for something new to explore around my neighborhood. Little did I know I’d be going straight from this place to the psych ward for PTSD. This place is every bit as disturbing as the name implies.
This establishment’s sole purpose is to serve as the last pit stop before failed artists decide to hang up the cleats and choose which elevated landmark they’d like to jump from.
The atmosphere put me into a cold sweat and I had to leave due to the perturbing and degenerate crowd. I’d take a safari through Liberia before coming here again.
If I wanted to look at horrible art, I’d just open my little brother’s 8^th grade portfolio. His pictures of the cat and dog are more relatable and inspiring than 90% of the drunken garbage spit out on the canvases displayed in the gallery.
If you’re looking to lose your mind and feel saddened, then yeah– I recommend this place.

I go to art events put on by Rob Jackson. Live Worms is in a fun part of North Beach. It’s a small gallery like the size of a shoe store. I was at an event last night that had several artists displaying a few pieces and music was playing. I really like going to art galleries.

Went to the Durga Art Collective reception there tonight and it was so much fun. It turns out every Artist was related by blood or marriage or relationship there. It was a great atmosphere and the art was personable rich with expression. It’s on until Sunday the June 1^st.

Come this *Friday/​Saturday 9^th/​10^th* and feel good about the world aesthetically for an evening. There are already *130 works* slated to be exhibited as of now, and counting. It’s the 9^th PanOpticon of North Beach at Live Worms, 1345 Grant in North Beach. Friday opening at 7pm till 11pm; continuing Saturday noon till 9pm…

Fun little gallery. Variety of art with great live music.

Coming from LA, I’ve seen a ton of amazing galleries. This one in North Beach is egh. To me, the art was egh. It seemed very elementary and not so prolific. There are galleries in SOMA which are way better. I guess I can’t expect too much from North Beach, only the food. Well I gave this place 3 stars for being friendly and offering free wine. They do this at all galleries though, don’t they?! Anyways, it isn’t something that I would promote.

I don’t really «know» about this place, had a fellow artist tell me she was having a show there and to go check it out. I was like, well why not, I’m not doing much tonight… so we were off to the «gallery». When we got there we encountered the «everything is art» crowd. A bunch of beatniks that were harping about the good olé times and when we shuffled inside because the place was packed, all of the work was mediocre and not really curated and shown that well, it seemed like every single person was cramming as much sellable crap into the smallest space they could to try and make rent. All of the work had prices right next to it (which I found insulting to the artist), and almost nothing was priced over 50 $. They were also charging for wine and beer. I later learned (don’t know if this is true) that the gallery actually charges the artists to be able to sell their work, and im not sure if they still take a commission, but that also seemed a bit weird.

It’s a gallery in North Beach that’s actually a gallery, this is a rare thing.
I am not sure about the space or quality of art displayed. When I was there it wasn’t bad, but the space is a bit rough (even for a starter gallery) — Queen’s Nails Annex has better production values for example — and tiny. Still a gallery in North Beach not trying to sell painted pottery, that’s worth a lot.

What a great place for an aspiring artist to have an art show. It has a simple, somewhat weathered feel, but with good lighting and wall space paired with an inviting feel that says «come on in, look around». I was here for a friends show some time back and now pop in anytime they are open and I am strolling by. The artist who usually shows his work here, and uses the space as his studio, is more than willing to rent it out for an extremely reasonable rate for an afternoon/​evening. This means you never know exactly what you are going to get but you just may stumble in on some fresh new talent.

I had a show here a few weekends ago. There were 7 of us exhibiting and the space was great.
Very reasonable rent and the traffic was decent.
Would recommend it !

Beautiful wood-​paneled space at the former site of the legendary Figoni Hardware.
Very reasonable to rent out for art shows, and the locals always show up.
I would definately recommend it to SFAI peeps, or other art students looking to show their work.

This is a great exhibition space for motivated art students. You pay to rent out the gallery, but the wall space is large enough for 10 or so people to show at a time. Plus the shows there draw an interesting selection of Old World North Beachers of the Beat variety.

I stumbled into Live Worms after noting sleeze-​bar after sleeze-​bar in North Beach. Ah, how refreshing to see some non-​traditional art in North Beach (neon sex signs don’t count).
The gallery is a great vintage/​rustic space. I heard it’s an old hardware shop. I enjoyed the creaky wood floor, exposed pipes, and other unintentional nuances.
Kevin Brown (who rents the space out to artists) currently had his work up. It was peculiar, but v expressive. I’d love to come back here for an opening sometime.