The wave is cresting this week with more art events than can possibly be visited (unless you are Alan Bamberger of Artbusiness.com).
 
The Artcards NYC editor and founder, Morgan Croney, has put together a nice little guide to surviving the onslaught:

How to navigate the 100's of shows:
1. Check the list below and find the night/shows that look best to you
2. Check our website for updates
3. Bring a friend / forward this email to a friend
4. Use the Artcards list/map feature on the website to make sure you spend time at the shows you really want to see. There's so much going on this week, it's a good time to be selective about what you see.

I would add that beer and BART can also help.

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On Artcards Review:
"Hector Canonge: Golden Cage in a Black Basement" -- Howard Hurst on performance artist Hector Canonge.

Tuesday:
+ Marietta Hoferer "Drawings" at Hosfelt Gallery
+ Book launch: Jason Jagel "Alula Editions Party" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
+ Performance: Extreme Animals (Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman) "THE EXTREME ANIMALS SIT DOWN: music is a question with no answer" at Southern Exposure

Thursday:
+ Eamon O’Kane "Der Glasraum" at Gregory Lind Gallery
+ ? Mel Bochner "Photographs & Not Photographs 1966 - 2010" at Fraenkel Gallery
+ Barbara Crane, Dave Anderson, Todd Hido at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
+ Josh Podoll at Ping Pong Gallery

Friday:
+ Will Rogan "Stay Home" at Altman Siegel
+ Tammy Rae Carland "Funny Face, I Love You" at Silverman Gallery
+ "Fecal Face Dot Com 10 Year Anniversary Show" at Luggage Store Gallery
+ Elisheva Biernoff "Folly" at Triple Base Gallery
+ Lee Lozano , Ruth Laskey at Ratio 3
+ James Sansing , Jeff Morris curated by Patricia Maloney at Ampersand International Arts
+ Performance: "Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young and VOLUME Presents: rE/visioning the Collection" at de Young (Golden Gate Park)
+ Performance: "Beginning of the Edo Period with Bahama Kangaroos" curated by Tomo Yasuda at Berkeley Art Museum

Saturday:
+ Anoka Faruqee "The Longest Day of the Year" at Hosfelt Gallery
+ Marietta Hoferer "Drawings" at Hosfelt Gallery
+ Julio Cesar Morales "Sonido Pirata" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
+ Chris Duncan "Eye Against I" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
+ Vik Muniz "New Works" at Rena Bransten Gallery
+ Book Signing: Fred Lyon "San Francisco Then" at Modernbook Gallery
+ "Milieux Sonores: Sound and Imaginary Space" An exhibition of the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology of the Zurich University of the Arts curated by Marcus Maeder at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
+ Rudolf Schwarzkogler "Castration Myth" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts

+ Screening: Almut Determeyer, Andy Vogt, David O'Kane, Deborah Davidovits, Evelien Lohbeck, Kathy Aoki, Mel Prest, Miwa Matreyek, Owen Gatley & Luke Jinks, Paz de la Calzada & Michael Rauner, Reed Anderson & Daniel Davidson, Sarah Klein, Tucker Nichols "Stop & Go Rides Again" curated by Sarah Klein at Intersection for the Arts

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+ Lecture: Mark Dion "The Marvelous Museum: A Project by Mark Dion" at Oakland Museum of California

Tuesday, September 7

+ Marietta Hoferer "Drawings" at Hosfelt Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina street, b/w Howard & Folsom, 4-6pm

+ Book launch: Jason Jagel "Alula Editions Party" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, RSVP to support@alulaeditions.com, 5-8pm

"DIY Urbanism: Testing the grounds for social change" at SPUR Urban Center
Downtown: 654 Mission Street, floor 1, $10-$20 sliding scale, 6-9pm

+ Performance: Extreme Animals (Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman) "THE EXTREME ANIMALS SIT DOWN: music is a question with no answer" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, doors open at 8:30pm, program at 9pm

Wednesday, September 8

Artist Talk: "Lecture by Binh Danh" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, Danforth Lecture Hall, Art Building, 7pm

Artist Talk: Githinji Wa Mbire "Last Exit To Afrika" at Pueblo Nuevo
Berkeley: 1828 San Pablo Avenue, 7-9pm

Thursday, September 9

Benefit: "The Coalition on Homelessness" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $25, no one turned away, 5:30-10pm

"Suggestions of a Life Being Lived" curated by Adrienne Skye Roberts, Danny Orendorff at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5-8pm

Casey O'Connell , Tricia Choi "No Horseplay In The Train Station" at 5 Claude Lane
Downtown: 5 Claude Lane, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Eamon O’Kane "Der Glasraum" at Gregory Lind Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Dan Estabrook, Luis Delgado at Gallery 291
Downtown: 291 Geary Street, floor 5, 6-8pm

? + Mel Bochner "Photographs & Not Photographs 1966 - 2010" at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Nellie King Solomon "Diamond Rings" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Stephanie Weber at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

"The Vernacular Photograph As 'Accidental Art'" at Robert Tat Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Barbara Crane, Dave Anderson, Todd Hido at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Allison Smith, Tokihiro Sato at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Judith Belzer, Nina Zurier at George Lawson Gallery: Room for Painting Room for Paper
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, at Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Meamar "Circle of Love" at Art People Gallery (Crocker Galleria)
Downtown: 50 Post Street, #41, 5-9pm

Screening: "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child" Documentary details the rise and fall of legendary artist. at 941 Gallery Tenderloin: 941 Geary Street, floor 1, Tickets are $10.50 for general admission and $8 for seniors, students, and children, 5:30-7:30pm

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Daniel Higgs, Kyle Ranson "Morph Traits" at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 7-10pm

+ Josh Podoll at Ping Pong Gallery
Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, 6-9pm

Performance: "Recycled Re-Mix" at Intersection for the Arts
Mission District: 446 Valencia Street, $10. FREE for Intersection for the Arts and Hub Members , 6-9pm

Hugh Brown "Allegedy" at Robert Koch Gallery
Bernal Heights: 0 49 Geary Street, Grant St., floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Mark Jensen "The Art of Patience" at FOR-SITE Foundation (The Exhibition Pavilion )
Marina District: Fort Scott District at the corner of Storey Avenue, near the Log Cabin, 7-8pm

"Ceramics Annual of America" at Fort Mason Center
Marina District: Intersection of Marina Boulevard & Buchanan Stre, 5:30-9pm

Friday, September 10

Cliff Hengst, Wayne Smith at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, 6-9pm

+ Will Rogan "Stay Home" at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 6-8pm

Sarah Lamb , Greg Gandy at John Pence Gallery
Downtown: 750 Post Street, 6-8pm

+ Tammy Rae Carland "Funny Face, I Love You" at Silverman Gallery
Downtown: 804 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

+ "Fecal Face Dot Com 10 Year Anniversary Show" at Luggage Store Gallery
Civic Center: 1007 Market Street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Lecture: Bjarke Pedersen , Brody Condon, Tobias Wrigstad "Between Lived Experiences" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 7:30pm

Anna Schoenberger , Hector Valencia "Colors In Black And White" at Mission: Comics & Arts
Mission District: 3520 20th Street, Suite B, 8-11pm

+ Elisheva Biernoff "Folly" at Triple Base Gallery
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, 7-10pm

Michael Guidetti at Jancar Jones Gallery
Mission District: 965 Mission Street, Suite 120, 6-9pm

+ Lee Lozano , Ruth Laskey at Ratio 3
Mission District: 1447 Stevenson Street, 6-8pm

+ James Sansing , Jeff Morris curated by Patricia Maloney at Ampersand International Arts
Potrero Hill: 1001 Tennessee Street, 6-8:30pm

+ Performance: "Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young and VOLUME Presents: rE/visioning the Collection" at de Young (Golden Gate Park)
Bernal Heights: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 5-8:30pm

"The Portrait Show (part 2)" at Soap Gallery
Bernal Heights: 3180 Mission Street, 6-9pm

Art Fair: "Ceramics Annual of America" at Fort Mason Center
Marina District: Intersection of Marina Boulevard & Buchanan Stre, 10am-8pm

Performance: "O Zone" OMCA's mini-festival at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, 5-12pm

+ Performance: "Beginning of the Edo Period with Bahama Kangaroos" curated by Tomo Yasuda at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, $7, 7:30pm

Saturday, September 11

Paul Pratchenko at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

+ Anoka Faruqee "The Longest Day of the Year" at Hosfelt Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina street, b/w Howard & Folsom, 4-6pm

+ Marietta Hoferer "Drawings" at Hosfelt Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina street, b/w Howard & Folsom, 4-6pm

+ Julio Cesar Morales "Sonido Pirata" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, in bookstore, 4-7pm

+ Chris Duncan "Eye Against I" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, 4-7pm

+ Vik Muniz "New Works" at Rena Bransten Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 4-6pm

Andrew Schoultz "Compound Eyes On The World" at Marx & Zavattero
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5-7pm

+ Book Signing: Fred Lyon "San Francisco Then" at Modernbook Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, free, 2-5pm

Michael Hall , Whitney Lynn at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 3-6pm

Mimi Jensen "Recent Still Life Paintings" at Hespe Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 4, 5-7pm

+ "Milieux Sonores: Sound and Imaginary Space" An exhibition of the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology of the Zurich University of the Arts curated by Marcus Maeder at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
Downtown: 55 Taylor Street, 7-10pm

Joshua Petker "We're Not As Colorful As We Think We Are" at Shooting Gallery (Gallery Three)
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 2, free, 7-11pm

Joshua Petker "We're Not As Colorful As We Think We Are" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, 7-11PM

Erik Otto "Tomorrow is Never Promised exhibition" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

"Introductions 2010" at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 7-10pm

Aaron Noble, Greg Lamarche "Materialism" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, 6-10pm

+ Rudolf Schwarzkogler "Castration Myth" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-8pm

Workshop: Bjarke Pedersen , Brody Condon, Tobias Wrigstad "LevelFive Performance Workshop" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE (Note: Space is limited. Please RSVP at http://lvl5.org/signup/), 4-8pm

Colleen Sanders "Stilling" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, 7-10pm

+ Screening: Almut Determeyer, Andy Vogt, David O'Kane, Deborah Davidovits, Evelien Lohbeck, Kathy Aoki, Mel Prest, Miwa Matreyek, Owen Gatley & Luke Jinks, Paz de la Calzada & Michael Rauner, Reed Anderson & Daniel Davidson, Sarah Klein, Tucker Nichols "Stop & Go Rides Again" curated by Sarah Klein at Intersection for the Arts Mission District: 446 Valencia Street, $10-$12, Screenings 4pm, 7pm, 9pm

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Meghan Gordon "Tribute to an Underappreciated Trap Door" at Michael Rosenthal Gallery
Mission District: 365 Valencia street, 6-9pm

Moto Nakaba , Michael C. Hsiung, Sean Boyles "No Naked Faces" at GRSF (Giant Robot)
Haight Ashbury: 618 Shrader Street , 6:30-11pm

Tour: "Guided Walk with the Presidio Habitats Curator" at FOR-SITE Foundation (The Exhibition Pavilion )
Marina District: Fort Scott District at the corner of Storey Avenue, near the Log Cabin, Meet at the Presidio Habitats Exhibition Pavilion RSVP to 415-561-5418 or presidio@presidiotrust.gov, 10am-12pm

Art Fair: "Ceramics Annual of America" at Fort Mason Center
Marina District: Intersection of Marina Boulevard & Buchanan Stre, 10am-8pm

+ Lecture: Mark Dion "The Marvelous Museum: A Project by Mark Dion" at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, 2pm

Reading: Andrew Touhy, L.J. Moore "Heliography Reading and Celebration" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

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