The big museums have done well by us, bringing us multiple excellent shows, from Rineke Dijkstra, Mark Bradford and the incredible Descriptive Acts (part 1) at SFMOMA, to Bradford and Gena Osterloh at YBCA, and despite its goofy title and premise, Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought at the Contemporary Jewish Museum has quite a great looking list of artists. 

They're each a great jumping off point to a little downtown gallery going!


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-"Review: Santiago Taccetti" by Kristin Trethewey
-"Soho Photo 2012 Small Works National Competition Winners" by Gabriella Radujko

Tuesday:

+ "Join us for Movie Night at the OACC: The Sword of Doom" curated by Aaron Harbour at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

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Thursday:

+ Lecture: "Stephen Shore Lecture" Spring 2012 Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Lecture Series in colloboration with CCA and Pier 24 at SF MOMA

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Friday:

+ Club Paint is Erin Allen, Isaac Gray and Keith Boa "Club Paint / MORE PAINTINGS" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts

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+ Francesco Deiana, Lafe Harley Eaves "More Light" at Park Life

+ Closing reception: Aurora Crispin, Diego Leclery at Important Projects

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+ Performance: Believer, Julia Mazawa, Matthew Zapruder "The Moon (Part Two)" curated by Programmed by Land and Sea at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Saturday:

+ Artist Talk: Liam Everett "On the wall (the leaking)" at Altman Siegel

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+ Lecture: Heather Sparks , Jonathon Keats, Nader Mirabolfathi, Pat Zambryski, Reenie Charrière, Steve Croft "Vast and Undetectable Discovery Day" curated by Aimee Le Duc at SF Arts Commission Gallery

Sunday:

+ Artist Talk: Cybele Lyle, Luca Antonucci "Space, Time and Architecture" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

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Tuesday, February 21

Alan Rath, Gail Wight, Jim Campbell, Maggie Orth "SmARTspace at the Intersection of Art and Technology" curated by Mark Johnson, Paula Levine, Sharon Bliss, Stephen Wilson at San Francisco State University (Fine Arts Gallery) Downtown: 1600 Holloway Ave, 4-6pm

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+ "Join us for Movie Night at the OACC: The Sword of Doom" curated by Aaron Harbour at Oakland Asian Cultural Center Oakland: 388 Ninth Street, Suite 290, $5 suggested donation, no one is turned away due to lack of funds., 7pm

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Thursday, February 23

Screening: "Sex in the Shadows" Bros Before Hos: Masculinity and its Discontents YBCA's February Film Series curated by Presented by Albert Steg at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $8 Regular/$6 YBCA members, 7:30pm

+ Lecture: "Stephen Shore Lecture" Spring 2012 Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Lecture Series in colloboration with CCA and Pier 24 at SF MOMA SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, 7pm

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Ralph Steiner "A Point Of View, A Collection of Contact Prints" at Scott Nichols Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, San Francisco CA, Fourth Floor, 5:30-7:30pm

Screening: "Typeface" Art Movie Night At The Compound Gallery at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, 9pm

Friday, February 24

Closing reception: Victoria DeBlassie "Collect, Stitch, Dry, Sew, Repeat, Artist talk" curated by Aline Dargie at Make Hang
North Beach: 450 Green Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

John A. Nieto, John Nieto "Spirit of a Gene" at Nieto Fine Art Tenderloin: 565 Sutter St., 6-8pm

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+ Club Paint is Erin Allen, Isaac Gray and Keith Boa "Club Paint / MORE PAINTINGS" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-9pm

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+ Francesco Deiana, Lafe Harley Eaves "More Light" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 7-10pm

"The Multivalent Body: Varying Perspectives of the Human Body" curated by Carolyn Ho, Patricia Pauchnick, Thu Nguyen at The Art Gallery at Cesar Chavez Student Center
Sunset: 1650 Holloway Avenue, floor 2, Free, 5-8pm

+ Closing reception: Aurora Crispin, Diego Leclery at Important Projects Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

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+ Performance: Believer, Julia Mazawa, Matthew Zapruder "The Moon (Part Two)" curated by Programmed by Land and Sea at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: 116 Kroeber Hall, Corner of Bancroft & College Worth Ryder Gallery , floor 1, $7, Doors 5pm, concert at 7:30pm

Saturday, February 25

Closing reception: Peter Max Lawrence, Truong Tran "At War" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, 7-9pm

Screening: Zachary Levy "Strongman" Bros Before Hos: Masculinity and its Discontents YBCA's February Film Series at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $8 Regular/$6 YBCA members, 2pm

+ Artist Talk: Liam Everett "On the wall (the leaking)" at Altman Siegel Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free and open to the public, 3-5pm

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Ron Garriuges "From Beginning to End: A Retrospective of the Last Quarter Century" curated by Jen Rogers, Kerri Stephens at Varnish Fine Art
Downtown: 16 Jessie street, suite 120, 4-7pm

+ Lecture: Heather Sparks , Jonathon Keats, Nader Mirabolfathi, Pat Zambryski, Reenie Charrière, Steve Croft "Vast and Undetectable Discovery Day" curated by Aimee Le Duc at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, Free, 1-4 pm

Amy Casey "Building Toward a Solid Ground" at Michael Rosenthal Gallery Mission District: 365 Valencia street, 6-9pm

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David Spellmeyer "Urban Geometry" at Kuhl Frames +Art
Oakland: 412 22nd Street, 4-6pm

Sunday, February 26

+ Artist Talk: Cybele Lyle, Luca Antonucci "Space, Time and Architecture" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 2-4pm

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