Openings, sure, and closings too, especially if you missed the show: the excellent exhibition curated by Luca Nino Antonucci Somewhere in the Fold at The Popular Workshop is coming to an end this week, and on Thursday there will be a reception. There are quite a few works that stand out in this show mining the connection between art practices and publishing, including the furnishings by Anzer Farms, prints (and a huge book) by Linus Bill, publications by split/fountain, and a collaborative print by Kate Bonner and Sara Hotchkiss. If you missed this show and especially if you have yet to make it out to this newish gallery, the closing (6-9pm) is a great chance to rectify that situation.

On the other side of the equation, there are some openings I am looking forward to, including Remembering is Everything at Alter Space, and Claire Fontaine's Sell Your Debts at Queens Nails.

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Curiously Direct Picks
I'm a bit behind on this, but in brief, I'd suggest definitely checking out the peculiar group show at Altman Siegel, and Lindsey White's solo show at Eli Ridgway.

 

Thursday:
+ Performance: "Comedy Drawing School - hosted by George Chen" at Eli Ridgway Gallery

+ Closing reception: Aaron Finnis, Anzfer Farms, B-B-B-Books, Christopher Baird, Facundo Arganaraz, Glass, House, Hailey Loman, Kate Bonner, Linus Bill, Little Big Man, Little Paper Planes, Luke Fischbeck, Nicholas G. Miller, Ooga Booga, Peradam, Publication Studio, Sara Rara, Sarah Hotchkiss, split/fountain "Somewhere in the Fold" curated by Luca Nino Antonucci at The Popular Workshop

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+ Alan Firestone, Bryan de Roo, Claire Colette, Jesse Schlesinger , Lauren Douglas, Llewelyn Fletcher, Miguel Arzabe, Randy Colosky, Sarah Jane Lapp, Treasure Frey "Thinking Like the Universe" curated by Aimee Friberg at Hatch Gallery

Friday:
+ David Kasprzak , Kate Nartker, Melody Owen, Nancy Nowacek, Stephen Slappe, Yayoi Asoma "Remembering Is Everything" curated by A. Will Brown, Bean Gilsdorf at Alter Space

+ Jason Benson, Mark Benson "The Bensons: A Show of Art by Two Bensons" curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

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Saturday:
+ Claire Fontaine "Sell Your Debt" at Queens Nails

Sunday:
+ Allison Holt, Christopher Burch, Hyeyoung Maeng, Jeremiah Barber, Jon Gourley, Kristen van Diggelen, Marya Krogstad, Nicolaus Chaffin, Nightmare City, Raphael Noz "Translocura: Art at the Brink of Madness" curated by John Jota Leaños at Headlands Center for the Arts

Tuesday, January 15

Screening: "Only a Signal Shown" curated by Michele Carlson at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7-9pm

Wednesday, January 16

Francis Viet, Klazad Ehya, Moise Toure, Tomo Saito "Esperando la Llegada del Alba" curated by Moise Toure at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, free, 6:30pm

Screening: "The Best of Periwinkle Cinema 2012: The Year in Review" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8:00pm

Thursday, January 17

+ Performance: "Comedy Drawing School - hosted by George Chen" at Eli Ridgway Gallery
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, Free, 7-8:30pm

AMTK, Andrew Witrak, Elizabeth Dorbad, Jason Fritz, Justin Kerr, Justin Limoges, Justine Frischman "In the Event of My Death" at Unspeakable Projects
SOMA: 735 Tehama Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

Bovey Lee "Conundrums" at Rena Bransten Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Closing reception: Aaron Finnis, Anzfer Farms, B-B-B-Books, Christopher Baird, Facundo Arganaraz, Glass, House, Hailey Loman, Kate Bonner, Linus Bill, Little Big Man, Little Paper Planes, Luke Fischbeck, Nicholas G. Miller, Ooga Booga, Peradam, Publication Studio, Sara Rara, Sarah Hotchkiss, split/fountain "Somewhere in the Fold" curated by Luca Nino Antonucci at The Popular Workshop Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, floor 1, free, 6-9pm

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+ Alan Firestone, Bryan de Roo, Claire Colette, Jesse Schlesinger , Lauren Douglas, Llewelyn Fletcher, Miguel Arzabe, Randy Colosky, Sarah Jane Lapp, Treasure Frey "Thinking Like the Universe" curated by Aimee Friberg at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Free, 7-9:30pm

George Wilson, Laura Jo Pierce, Maria Bustillos, Merritt Wallace "Between Spaces" at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , Free, 5-8pm

Friday, January 18

+ David Kasprzak , Kate Nartker, Melody Owen, Nancy Nowacek, Stephen Slappe, Yayoi Asoma "Remembering Is Everything" curated by A. Will Brown, Bean Gilsdorf at Alter Space
SOMA: 1158 Howard Street, floor 1, free, 7-10pm

Taraneh Hemami "Resistance" at Luggage Store Gallery
Civic Center: 1007 Market Street, floor 2, Free, 6-9pm

Book Signing: Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman "Artist Talk and Book Signing: Gabriele Stabile & Juliet Linderman, Refugee Hotel" curated by Voice of Witness at Carte Blanche
Mission District: 973 Valencia Street, floor 1, Free, 6-8pm

Noah Bennett Cunningham "1998-2012: Polaroids by Noah Bennett Cunningham" at Four Barrel Art Series
Mission District: 375 Valencia Street, Free, 6-8pm

Christopher Baird "Bad Company" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, Free, 7-10pm

+ Jason Benson, Mark Benson "The Bensons: A Show of Art by Two Bensons" curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at Royal NoneSuch Gallery Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, Free, 7-10pm

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Saturday, January 19

Bryan Hurt, Chris Ofili, Dorothy Napangardi, Ed Ruscha, Eric Fischl, Joel Fisher, Laura Owens, Richard Tuttle, Robert Bechtle, Sol LeWitt, Tom Marioni, Tony Cragg, Wayne Thiebaud, William Bailey, Wilson Shieh "Small Gems: Winter Group Show" at Crown Point Press
SOMA: 20 Hawthorne Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Alan Ebnother "Alan Ebnother" at George Lawson Gallery
Downtown: 780 Sutter Street, Free, 5-8pm

James Edmonds "Real, Relevant" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Stan Washburn "Life, with Adjustments" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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+ Claire Fontaine "Sell Your Debt" at Queens Nails
Bernal Heights: 3191 Mission Street, Free, 6-9pm

Claire Fontaine "Sell Your Debt" at Queens Nails Bernal Heights: 3191 Mission Street, Free, 6-9pm

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Beth Yarnelle Edwards "CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHY | Beth Yarnelle Edwards: Suburban Dreams" at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Sunday, January 20

+ Allison Holt, Christopher Burch, Hyeyoung Maeng, Jeremiah Barber, Jon Gourley, Kristen van Diggelen, Marya Krogstad, Nicolaus Chaffin, Nightmare City, Raphael Noz "Translocura: Art at the Brink of Madness" curated by John Jota Leaños at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, Project Space, Free, 12-5 pm

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