I can feel the buzz of the approaching fall gallery season, but this week is fairly mellow. Kala Art Institute and Giant Robot SF are the venues of my top show picks this week. I will be using this lull to see the John Baldessari at The Legion of Honor. 

Thursday:
+ Brandon Norris "A Sobering Affect" curated by Natalie Pavlovsky at Electric Works
+ "Residency Projects Part II: New work by Nichole Maury, Yasuaki Onishi, Ali Richards and Robert Snowden" at Kala Art Institute

Friday:
+ Closing reception: "PastForward" The 25th Anniversary Performance Series at The Lab

Saturday:
+ Aiyana Udesen, Albert Reyes, Matt Furie "Future Colors of America" at GRSF (Giant Robot)

Wednesday, August 26

"FLAMENCO AND FROG LEGS" at Fouladi Projects
Mission District: 1 Otis Street, Upstairs from Enterprise car rental, floor 2, 6-9pm

Thursday, August 27

+ Brandon Norris "A Sobering Affect" curated by Natalie Pavlovsky at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, Free, 6-8pm

Lecture: "Andrew Kudless's P_Wall" curated by Joseph Becker at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, FREE w/ Museum Admission, Meet in the Haas Atrium before moving into the galleries. 6:30 p.m.

? "Group Show" at Don Soker Contemporary
Downtown: 100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1430, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Adam Prince, Ian Coyle, Tyrone Davies "The Dance Show" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
Potrero Hill: 2565 Third Street, Swell Gallery, 7pm

Lecture: "Two as One: Photographic Collaboration" at The Djerassi Program (Palo Alto Art Center)
Palo Alto: 1313 Newell Road, Auditorium, Free Admission: Reservations required Please call 650.329.2366, 7pm

Workshop: "PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ARTISTS" at Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Oakland: 2278 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, $15, 7-9pm

+ "Residency Projects Part II: New work by Nichole Maury, Yasuaki Onishi, Ali Richards and Robert Snowden" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Ali Richards, Nichole Maury, Yasuaki Onishi "Residency Projects Part II" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Friday, August 28

+ Closing reception: "PastForward" The 25th Anniversary Performance Series at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, 5-7pm

"Pipeline" Art, surfing and the ocean environment at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, 5:30-7:30pm

"The Tattoon Show" at Eclectix Gallery
El Cerrito: 10082 San Pablo Avenue, 7-10pm

Saturday, August 29

+ Aiyana Udesen, Albert Reyes, Matt Furie "Future Colors of America" at GRSF (Giant Robot)
Haight Ashbury: 618 Shrader Street , 6:30-10pm

Theo Konrad Auer "WE ARE NOT RESPONSE FOR ANY BELONGING" at Zza's Wine Bar Gallery
Oakland: 550 Grand Avenue, 6-9pm

Monday, August 31

"Architecture Jury Prize Nominee Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 6:30-7:30pm

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+ = Editor's pick
? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.