So many choices; a wealth of options:
This Friday is a bit crazy; the perfect convergence of scheduling around a holiday and long brewing projects all coming together on the same day. Here is a brief description of some of it I’ll try to make it to in a kind of order…
1.
A GOOD WAY AWAY, the second of the Stairwell’s shows, this time at the Carville Annex out by the ocean in San Francisco. This one features three artists, Matt Kennedy, Noah Krell, and Collin Mckelvey, all of whose work I admire, and a publication by six bay area writers. And, its all for one night, so its all or nothing for this show.
2.
The Cindy Sherman retrospective opens at SFMOMA, featuring a performance by Andrea Fraser which is the real draw here as the show itself will be open a very long time. 
3.
Movement in Many Parts, organized by Kearny Street Workshop and curated by Lucy Seena K. Lin and Weston Teruya, featuring artists such as Susan Chen, Mik Gaspay, Amy M. Ho, Christine Nguyen and Genevieve Quick. This one is an odd ball, filling a large group of cases in a Chinatown Oakland building, and it will be interesting to see how the artists work within this strange framework. Note that at this point in the evening we’ve made our way to Oakland…
4.
S.H.E.D Projects presents PASSION FRUIT, featuring New York artists Dorian McKaie and Daniel Sullivan and possibly a repurposed rental car, videos, and paintings.(full disclosure: the second part of it will be at MacArthur B Arthur on Saturday where we helped organize it)

And then, sleep, or, the Austin Eddy and Nicolás Colón shows at Important Projects… it’s a busy little night, a sign of a vibrant art community which feels like its picking up steam.

Curiously Direct Picks
Ratio 3// Katarina Burin: Andrejova-Molnár Papers= This show is excellent, a gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) of such a considered content and quality of production as to make the meek exhibitions common to our local museums tame by comparison. I haven’t written a review for this show yet and I look forward to going back, but it’s a must see.

Tuesday:
+ Artist Talk: Christine M. Peterson, Facundo Arganaraz, Joshua Churchill "Surface" at Sherwood Gallery

Thursday:
+ Screening: Agnès Varda , anet Riedel, Katja Pratschke, Gusztáv Hámos, Franz Winzentsen, Helke Misselwitz, Jerzy Ziarnik, Thierry Knauff "PhotoFilm: Recall and Memory" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ David J. Haskins, Exene Cervenka, Fritz Fox , Matt Heckert , Monte Cazazza, Penelope Houston, Tomata Du Plenty , V. Vale "Wall of Sound" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts

Friday:
+ Screening: Agnès Varda , Arthur Lipsett , Dan Geesin and Esther Rots, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Ken Jacobs, Maki Satake, Paul de Nooijer and Menno de Nooijer, Sabine Höpfner "PhotoFilm: The Dancing Photo on Film" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Cindy Sherman "Cindy Sherman" at SF MOMA
+ Collin McKelvey, Matt Kennedy, Noah Krell "A GOOD WAY AWAY" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Carville Annex

+ Amy M. Ho, Christine Nguyen, Genevieve Quick, Kim Anno, Meeson Pae Yang, Mik Gaspay, Noritaka Minami, Sanjit Sethi , Susan Chen "Movement in Many Parts" curated by Lucy Seena K. Lin, Weston Teruya at Kearny Street Workshop (Asian Resource Center Gallery )

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+ Austin Eddy "Faces" at Important Projects
+ Nicolás Colón "Early Material" at Important Projects
+ Daniel Sullivan, Dorian McKaie "Passion Fruit" at S.H.E.D. Projects

Saturday:
+ Screening: Elfi Mikesch , Katja Pratschke and Guzstáv Hámos, Leonore Mau and Hubert Fichte , Paul de Nooijer and Menno de Nooijer, Raúl Ruiz "PhotoFilm: Photo Novel" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Screening: Esaias Baitel, Hollis Frampton, Sean Snyder, Shelly Silver, Silke Grossmann "PhotoFilm: The Filmic Photographic" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Anne McGuire, Carey Young, Charles Atlas, Christian Jankowski, Cliff Hengst, Craigie Horsfield, D-L Alvarez and Kevin Killian, General Idea, Geoffrey Farmer, George Kuchar , Gerard Byrne, Guy Ben-Ner, James Coleman, Janet Cardiff, Keren Cytter, Margaret Tedesco, My Barbarian, Richard T. Walker, Robert Wilson, Rosemarie Trockel, Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett, Sharon Hayes, Tucker Nichols "Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media" at SF MOMA
+ Aaron Parazette, Anders Ruhwald, Barbara Takenaga, Bob Matthews, Chris Corales, Chris Gentile, Christian Maychack, Daniel Turner, Don Voisine, Eamon O'Kane, Ed Loftus, Jake Longstreth, Jim Gaylord, Jovi Schnell, Karal Wozniak, Leigh Wells, Reed Anderson, Richard Baker, Sarah Bostwick, Sarah Walker, Seth Koen, Thomas Campbell , Tom Burckhardt, Will Yackulic "Decade" at Gregory Lind Gallery
+ Alicia Escott, Caleb Duarte, Carissa Potter Carlson, Christine Elfman, Dan Farnum, E, Elana Hagler, Jennifer Brandon, Joey Castor, Lahib Jaddo, Larissa Canney, Mara Baldwin, Mercedes Dorame, Mildred Howard , Natalia Anciso, Plinio Hernandez, Sarah Hirneisen, Vic de la Rosa "re:Told" curated by Kija Lucas, Sarah Hirneisen at Root Division
+ Daniel Sullivan, Dorian McKaie "It's hard to run with the weight of gold" at MacArthur b arthur
+ Panel Discussion: "OMCA In-the-Mix Series | The Political Scene" at Oakland Museum of California

Sunday:
+ Screening: Ai Weiwei "Disturbing the Peace" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Screening: Jean Eustache, Jean-Gabriel Périot, Maki Satake, Paul de Nooijer, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Tim Macmillan "PhotoFilm: The Plasticity of the Moment" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Tuesday, July 10

+ Artist Talk: Christine M. Peterson, Facundo Arganaraz, Joshua Churchill "Surface" at Sherwood Gallery
Downtown: 58 Maiden Lane, 3rd Floor, Free, 12-1pm

Thursday, July 12

+ Screening: Agnès Varda , anet Riedel, Katja Pratschke, Gusztáv Hámos, Franz Winzentsen, Helke Misselwitz, Jerzy Ziarnik, Thierry Knauff "PhotoFilm: Recall and Memory" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, senior, student, teacher/FREE for YBCA: You participants, 7:30 - 9pm

+ David J. Haskins, Exene Cervenka, Fritz Fox , Matt Heckert , Monte Cazazza, Penelope Houston, Tomata Du Plenty , V. Vale "Wall of Sound" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-8pm

Alejandro Rubio, Andrew Connelly, Annabeth Rosen, Brenda Louie, Carol Bernard, Cheselyn Amato, Chris Daubert, Clayton Bailey, David Wetzl, Doug Ratlif, Fred Dalkey, Gale Hart, Garr Ugalde, Gerald Walburg, Gina Werfel, Gioia Fonda, Hearne Pardee, Ianna Frisby, James Albertson and Julia Stagg, Jeff Musser, Joan Moment , Jose Luis Di Gregorio, Ken Waterstreet, Linda S. Fitz Gibbon, Lisa Marasso, Liv Moe, Maija Peeples-Bright, Marcia Cary, Matthew Gottschalk, Michael Stevens, Mick Sheldon, Mitra Fabian, Nathan Cordero, Nigel Poor, Patricia Wood, Patrick Marasso, Peter Stegall, Peter VandenBerge, Rachel Clarke, Robert Ortbal, Robin Hill, Ron Peetz, Ryan Seng, Stephen Giannetti, Stephen Kaltenbach, Steve Wilson, Suzanne Adan, Tom Monteith, Tony Natsoulas, William T. Wiley "Flatlanders on the Slant" curated by Joy Bertinuson, Renny Pritikin at Nelson Gallery at UC Davis (Nelson Hall)
Davis: 1 Shields Avenue, floor 1, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, July 13

Amanda Boe, Cynthia Rettig, Donna J. Wan, Ethan Rafal, Hiroyo Kaneko, Linda Levinson, Matthew Shain, Melissa Kaseman, Paccarik Orue, Sarah Christianson, Scott Hopkins, Sophie Tianxin Chen, Sparky Campanella, Tealia Ellis Ritter, Terri Garland, Terri Warpinski "Transient States: An SF Camerawork Members' Exhibition" curated by Lisa Sutcliffe at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 1011 Market Street, floor 2, Free, 5-8pm

+ Screening: Agnès Varda , Arthur Lipsett , Dan Geesin and Esther Rots, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Ken Jacobs, Maki Satake, Paul de Nooijer and Menno de Nooijer, Sabine Höpfner "PhotoFilm: The Dancing Photo on Film" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, senior, student, teacher/FREE for YBCA: You participants, 7:30 - 9pm

+ Cindy Sherman "Cindy Sherman" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Membership to SFMOMA Required, 7-10pm

Neil LeDoux "People of Earth" at Luggage Store Gallery
Civic Center: 1007 Market Street, floor 2, Free, 6-8pm

+ Collin McKelvey, Matt Kennedy, Noah Krell "A GOOD WAY AWAY" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Carville Annex
Sunset: 4037 Judah Street, 6-9pm

+ Amy M. Ho, Christine Nguyen, Genevieve Quick, Kim Anno, Meeson Pae Yang, Mik Gaspay, Noritaka Minami, Sanjit Sethi , Susan Chen "Movement in Many Parts" curated by Lucy Seena K. Lin, Weston Teruya at Kearny Street Workshop (Asian Resource Center Gallery ) Oakland: 310 8th Street, Free, 5-9pm

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+ Austin Eddy "Faces" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, Free, 6-9pm

+ Nicolás Colón "Early Material" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, Free, 6-9pm

+ Daniel Sullivan, Dorian McKaie "Passion Fruit" at S.H.E.D. Projects
Oakland: 1917 Peralta Street, floor 1, Free, 6-10pm

Daniel Sullivan, Dorian McKaie "Passion Fruit" at S.H.E.D. Projects Oakland: 1917 Peralta Street, floor 1, 6-10pm

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Saturday, July 14

+ Screening: Elfi Mikesch , Katja Pratschke and Guzstáv Hámos, Leonore Mau and Hubert Fichte , Paul de Nooijer and Menno de Nooijer, Raúl Ruiz "PhotoFilm: Photo Novel" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, senior, student, teacher/FREE for YBCA: You participants, 4-5 pm

+ Screening: Esaias Baitel, Hollis Frampton, Sean Snyder, Shelly Silver, Silke Grossmann "PhotoFilm: The Filmic Photographic" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, senior, student, teacher/FREE for YBCA: You participants, 2-3:30 pm

+ Anne McGuire, Carey Young, Charles Atlas, Christian Jankowski, Cliff Hengst, Craigie Horsfield, D-L Alvarez and Kevin Killian, General Idea, Geoffrey Farmer, George Kuchar , Gerard Byrne, Guy Ben-Ner, James Coleman, Janet Cardiff, Keren Cytter, Margaret Tedesco, My Barbarian, Richard T. Walker, Robert Wilson, Rosemarie Trockel, Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett, Sharon Hayes, Tucker Nichols "Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Membership to SFMOMA Required, 7-10pm

+ Aaron Parazette, Anders Ruhwald, Barbara Takenaga, Bob Matthews, Chris Corales, Chris Gentile, Christian Maychack, Daniel Turner, Don Voisine, Eamon O'Kane, Ed Loftus, Jake Longstreth, Jim Gaylord, Jovi Schnell, Karal Wozniak, Leigh Wells, Reed Anderson, Richard Baker, Sarah Bostwick, Sarah Walker, Seth Koen, Thomas Campbell , Tom Burckhardt, Will Yackulic "Decade" at Gregory Lind Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, Free, 3-6pm

Gary Ruddell "Recent Work" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, FREE and open to the public, 3-5pm

+ Alicia Escott, Caleb Duarte, Carissa Potter Carlson, Christine Elfman, Dan Farnum, E, Elana Hagler, Jennifer Brandon, Joey Castor, Lahib Jaddo, Larissa Canney, Mara Baldwin, Mercedes Dorame, Mildred Howard , Natalia Anciso, Plinio Hernandez, Sarah Hirneisen, Vic de la Rosa "re:Told" curated by Kija Lucas, Sarah Hirneisen at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 6-9pm

Alicia Escott, Caleb Duarte, Carissa Potter Carlson, Christine Elfman, Dan Farnum, E, Elana Hagler, Jennifer Brandon, Joey Castor, Lahib Jaddo, Larissa Canney, Mara Baldwin, Mercedes Dorame, Mildred Howard , Natalia Anciso, Plinio Hernandez, Sarah Hirneisen, Vic de la Rosa "re:Told" curated by Kija Lucas, Sarah Hirneisen at Root Division Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 6-9pm

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Jon Bocksel, Thom Lessner, William Emmert "Summer Slam" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, 7-11pm

"Blossoms and Roots: Fourth and Fortieth Anniversary Shows" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Sonja Navin "Vestige and Vision" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Adam Sorensen, Daniela Molnar, Emily Nachison, Eva Speer, Grant Hottie, Hayley Barker, Kendra Larson, Michael Endo, Ruth Lantz, Ryan Pierce, Tia Factor "True Places" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, Free, 6-8pm

+ Daniel Sullivan, Dorian McKaie "It's hard to run with the weight of gold" at MacArthur b arthur
Oakland: 4030 Martain Luther King Jr Way, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

+ Panel Discussion: "OMCA In-the-Mix Series | The Political Scene" at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, The Great Hall's 1968 Lounge, Free with gallery admission, 1-2 pm

Sunday, July 15

+ Screening: Ai Weiwei "Disturbing the Peace" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, senior, student, teacher/FREE for YBCA: You participants, 2-4 pm

+ Screening: Jean Eustache, Jean-Gabriel Périot, Maki Satake, Paul de Nooijer, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Tim Macmillan "PhotoFilm: The Plasticity of the Moment" curated by Gustáv Hámos, Katja Pratschke, Thomas Tode at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, senior, student, teacher/FREE for YBCA: You participants, 4-6pm

Artist Talk: Crystal Morey "In Our Nature" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, 3-6pm

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