This third week of March is in full bloom with great art events, including SF MOMA's live performance series "Now Playing."  Curator/artist Lauren Davies presents a show at Kala Art Institute, an art historical survey at Meridian Gallery. Plus intriguing shows at Oakland galleries Krowswork, Swarm, and WE artspace.

If you are looking for more, our venerable non-profit gallery, The Lab, holds their annual benefit auction on Saturday. See what is hot and celebrate their great programing by stopping by.

Tuesday:
+ Workshop: Alison Pebworth "A Common Ailment: A Focus Group" at Southern Exposure

Thursday:
+ Performance: My Barbarian "SFMOMA: Now Playing" at SF MOMA
+ Martina Sczcesna "skarbczyk" curated by Brianna Toth at Tartine
+ Luther Thie & Kathrine Worel, Ali Richards, Alice Shaw, Eirik Johnson, Nell Dickerson "Siege" curated by Lauren Davies at Kala Art Institute

Friday:
+ Christopher Badger "Rain Shadow Cross Section" at Silverman Gallery

Saturday:
+ Gerhard Mayer, Jim Campbell, Marco Maggi, Marietta Hoferer, Nicole Phungrasamee Fein, Sol LeWitt "WALL DRAWING" at Hosfelt Gallery
+ "The Visionary Art of Morris Graves" curated by Peter Selz at Meridian Gallery
+ Benefit: "Annual Art Auction" at The Lab
+ Drone Dungeon, Katja Mater, Kim Miskowicz, Liena Vayzman "Time(Lapse)" at Krowswork
+ Sacha Eckes, Tia Factor at Swarm Gallery

Tuesday, March 16

+ Workshop: Alison Pebworth "A Common Ailment: A Focus Group" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7-9pm

Wednesday, March 17

Artist Talk: "Artspan mixer - Artist Mixer in Honor of Therese Martin" at Arc Studios & Gallery
SOMA: 1246 Folsom Street, 6-8pm

Omar Chacon "Pictures at an Exhibition" at Fouladi Projects
Mission District: 1 Otis Street, Upstairs from Enterprise car rental, floor 2, 6-8pm

Thursday, March 18

David Linger, Richard Shaw at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

+ Performance: My Barbarian "SFMOMA: Now Playing" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 9pm

Tom Bills "New cast concrete and steel sculpture" at Don Soker Contemporary
Downtown: 100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1430, Suite 1430, 4-7pm

Francesca Sundsten at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Downtown: 464 Sutter Street, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Martina Sczcesna "skarbczyk" curated by Brianna Toth at Tartine
Mission District: 600 Guerrero Street , 9-11pm

Allison Adams , Indira Martina Morre, Keira Kotler, Lisa Curet, Pia Stern at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, 5:30-7:30pm

Adrianne Crane, Alex Smith, Alexis Arnold, Billy Hiebert, Denise Snaer-Gauder, Ker Lugo, Laura Van Duren and more, Lee Granberg, Peter Kropf at The Crucible (Cathedral Building Gallery)
Oakland: 1615 Broadway Avenue, FREE, 6-9pm

+ Luther Thie & Kathrine Worel, Ali Richards, Alice Shaw, Eirik Johnson, Nell Dickerson "Siege" curated by Lauren Davies at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Friday, March 19

Kelly Allen "Everything is Everything" at Medicine Agency
Downtown: 1262 Mason Street, 8pm

+ Christopher Badger "Rain Shadow Cross Section" at Silverman Gallery
Downtown: 804 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

"Chased + Repousse" at Velvet da Vinci
Russian Hill: 2015 Polk Street, 6-8pm

Dustin Fosnot "Dusted" at Luggage Store Gallery
Civic Center: 1007 Market Street, floor 2, 6-9pm

Andrea Heimer "Fight!" at Rare Device
Hayes Valley: 1845 Market Street, 7-9pm

Saturday, March 20

+ Gerhard Mayer, Jim Campbell, Marco Maggi, Marietta Hoferer, Nicole Phungrasamee Fein, Sol LeWitt "WALL DRAWING" at Hosfelt Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina street, b/w Howard & Folsom, 4-6pm

Libby Black "Be Here Now" at Marx & Zavattero
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5-8pm

Robert Hudson "Sculpture & Drawing" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 2-4:30pm

+ "The Visionary Art of Morris Graves" curated by Peter Selz at Meridian Gallery
Downtown: 535 Powell Street, 4-7pm

Cameron Gray "It's all Downhill from Here" at E6 Gallery / Robert Berman
Civic Center: 1632 Market Street, Suite B, 6-8pm

+ Benefit: "Annual Art Auction" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $20 admission or FREE with Lab membership, 6-10pm

Open Studio: Erik Eiserling "Hot Glass - Cold Beer" at Public Glass
Hunters Point: 1750 Armstrong Street, 6-10pm

+ Drone Dungeon, Katja Mater, Kim Miskowicz, Liena Vayzman "Time(Lapse)" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 6-9pm

+ Sacha Eckes, Tia Factor at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, 6-8pm

Performance: "Vernal Equinox" live music and a bbq at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 6-10pm

Sunday, March 21

Screening: John Davis, Kerry Laitala, Laura Zaylea, Vanessa Woods "The Silver Screen: Take II" curated by Tina Dillman at WE artspace Oakland: 768 40th Street, $2, 7-9pm

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