As the last day of the month will drag itself onto Friday, openings will be a bit spread out this month. 
Noteworthy are the new shows at the Berkeley Art Museum. The curatorial theme here is a bit routine, but the works should be exciting, ranging from Magritte to Tino Segal. Also opening is MATRIX 245, with a group of Rudolf de Crignis’s subtle near monochromes of blue and grey. The notable absence of Mr. McGee’s huge retrospective will add a counterpoint in ones memory to what will be possibly a more subtle set of shows.

One show closing soon and not to be missed is Marine Hugonnier & Taha Belal: Disrupt at Highlight Gallery. Both of the artists’ work is doubly engaging as pure visuals of color and geometry and as deeply invested in a difficult political address. It closes on February 2nd.

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Curiously Direct Pick
Romer Young Gallery//Amanda Curreri: The Aunque= Great solo show by Curreri of paintings, video, sculpture, and (eventually, January 30th) performance. The show engages each of these materials whole-heartedly; the paintings are beautiful paintings, a large hand-dyed flag is a precisely made thing... and though as single objects the pieces all work, the whole paints an obscure picture which takes time to tease out. Or rather, to begin to unfurl; there is not a simple one-to-one with a set of ready symbols here. Instead, a mixture of strangeness and color begin to outline a process of personalization and deliberateness. A must see.

Tuesday:
+ Lecture: "Wattis Talks: Craig Baldwin" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)

Wednesday:
+ Performance: Amanda Curreri "Jean Genet in the Aunque" at Romer Young Gallery
+ "Silence" at Berkeley Art Museum

Friday:
+ Lecture: "Graduate Lecture Series: Dan Cameron: Racing the Catch Up" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Aaron Finnis, Aaron Wacks, Andrew Norman Wilson, Bryan Morello, Emily Verlo Bovino, Facundo Arganaraz, Johnny Abrahams, Kamau Patton, Melissa Sachs, Miguel Serra, Tim Sullivan "OPENING" curated by Nikki Mirsaeid, Taj Robinson at Altar (The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist)
+ Alicia Escott "And the Crowd Had Rushed Together, Trying to Keep Warm" at Interface Gallery (Temescal Alley)
+ Adam Donnelly "When Words Image" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Saturday:
+ Elisheva Biernoff "Look Out" at Eli Ridgway Gallery
+ Lauren Douglas "i drew a sign at a point in space" curated by David Yun at Backstock Gallery

Monday:
+ Lecture: "VAS Lecture Series: Ruby Neri" at San Francisco Art Institute

Tuesday, January 29

Lecture: "Lecture Series: Cathy Bailey and Robin Petravic" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7pm

+ Lecture: "Wattis Talks: Craig Baldwin" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 360 Kansas Street, Free, 7:30pm

Artist Talk: Jeff Hantman, Julia Goodman, Michael Damm "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio
Bayshore: 401 Tunnel Avenue, free, 7pm

Jeff Hantman, Julia Goodman, Michael Damm "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio ( SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist in Residence Studio )
South San Francisco: 503 Tunnel Avenue, free, 5-7pm

Wednesday, January 30

Adam Katseff, Alice Shaw, Amanda Boe, Amelia Konow, Carlos Chavarria, Christopher Woodcock, David Gardner, Eleonora Ronconi, Eric Carroll, Jamil Hellu, Jeffrey Cheung, Kseniya Makrova, Meghan Riepenhoff, Michael Napper, Monica Denevan, Nick Lally, Raphael Villet, Rebecca Horne, Sam Wolson, Sonja Hinrichsen, Timothy Pinault "Take Me Away" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (City Hall)
Civic Center: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Performance: Amanda Curreri "Jean Genet in the Aunque" at Romer Young Gallery
Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, Free, 7pm

Artist Talk: Hung Liu "Offerings - Artist Talk and Gallery Walkthrough" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, Free, 7pm

Sakaki Hyakusen "Facing Two Directions: A Japanese Painter Looks to China" curated by Julia M. White at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, 5:30-7:30pm

Rudolf de Crignis "Rudolf de Crignis / MATRIX 245" at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, 5:30-7:30pm

+ "Silence" at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, January 31

"Tanka after the Tsunami" curated by Carolyn Ho at The Art Gallery at Cesar Chavez Student Center
Sunset: 1650 Holloway Avenue, floor 2, FREE, 5-8pm

Friday, February 1

David Choong Lee "Organic Updates" curated by Micah Lebrun at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, Free to the public age 21+, 5 pm - 11:30 pm

+ Lecture: "Graduate Lecture Series: Dan Cameron: Racing the Catch Up" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 4:30pm

+ Aaron Finnis, Aaron Wacks, Andrew Norman Wilson, Bryan Morello, Emily Verlo Bovino, Facundo Arganaraz, Johnny Abrahams, Kamau Patton, Melissa Sachs, Miguel Serra, Tim Sullivan "OPENING" curated by Nikki Mirsaeid, Taj Robinson at Altar (The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist)
Mission District: 1661 15th Street, Free, 6-9pm

Jay Howell "Enthusiastic Person" at FFDG
Mission District: 2277 Mission Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

Lecture: "Writers' Series: John Searles" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 195 De Haro Street, Writer's Studio, Free, 3:30pm

Beau Beausoleil, Sarah Bodman "Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here" curated by Sas Colby at San Francisco Center for the Book
Potrero Hill: 300 De Haro Street, Free, 6-8pm

Ally Trigg, Alyson Thomas, Andrew Venell, Dan Brazelton, Heather Hardison, Karen Curtiss, Lauren Venell, Samantha Barsky, Tina Jett "Sustenance" curated by Lauren Venell at Rare Device
Western Addition: 600 Divisadero Street, Free, 6-9pm

Allison Bamcat, Amy Vazquez, Angeline King, Chelsea Brown, Crystal Gonzalez, Dayna Gilbert, Jessica Hess, Lauren Max, Tofusquirrel, Veronica Fish ""Ice Cream Girl" presented by Paint Pens in Purses" curated by Paint Pens in Purses, Shayna Yasuhara at DSF Clothing Company & Art Gallery
Western Addition: 520 Haight Street, Free w/ RSVP, 8-11pm

Jerry Carniglia "Continuous Compounding" at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Randy Colosky "Another shape of things that happened again" at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, free, 6-9pm

+ Alicia Escott "And the Crowd Had Rushed Together, Trying to Keep Warm" at Interface Gallery (Temescal Alley)
Oakland: 486 49th Street, Free, 6-9pm

Abderrezak Nazi, Alec MacLeod, Amy Ahlstrom, Angela Johal, Ashley Carlisle, Barbara Horiuchi, Barbara Maricle, Bill Walzer, Bonnie Bonner, Carol Morse, Darrell Hunger, David Burke, David Pilosof, Doug Minkler, Eisuke Muroga, Elida Scola, Emily Van Engel, Fran Osborne, Francesca Saveri, Gabriela Nunez, Grace Mendez, Hadley Williams, Harry Weisburd, Helen Dannelly, Jane Neilson, Jane Norling, Janet Lucroy, Janine Hudak, Jann Nunn, Jeff Kramm, Jessica Joy Jirsa, Jessica Phrogus, Jill McLennan, Joanna Katz, Jocelyn Meggait, Jon Kwak, Jon Weiss, Joni Marie Theodorsen, Josephine Tsay, Judy Seidel, Justine Frischmann, Kate Kuaimoku, Kelly Hammargren, Linda Yao, Lisa Haderlie Baker, Lori Pino, Lorrie Fink, Maggie Cockrell, Marcela Cabrera, Marianne Lettieri, Marilia Lutz, Marjorie Lynne Wagner, Mark Hendricks, Matthew Gottschalk, Matthias Leue, Megan Reed, Mike Callaghan, Nicole Wakeman, Nicollette Smith, Olga Frame, Paul Merryman, Peter Baczek, Philip Tice, Rachelle Reichert, Rebecca Shortle, Rene Thomas, Richard K. Bacon, Robert Pratto, Ronald Owens, Salma Arastu, Samantha Chundur, Samuel Jones, Sanda Manuila, Sarah Whitecotton, Shara Hannah Shadowspeaker, Sid Rohan, Susan Parish, Tara Reinertson, Tim Ryan, Toby Kahn, Tom Cooke, Valerie Jacobs, Valerie Scott, Wayne Sholl, William LaRue, William Malo, Yana Goldfine, Yvette Rolufs "TRANSPORT: Where we go from here..." Pro Arts Members' Exhibition at Pro Arts Gallery
Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, Free, 6-8pm

+ Adam Donnelly "When Words Image" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, Free, 7-10pm

Andrew Benson, David O'Brien, Tamara Albaitis "Pixilated Drift" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Saturday, February 2

Caitlin Foster "Drawings" at Chandler Fine Art and Framing
SOMA: 170 Minna Street, San Francisco, ca, first floor, 6-8pm

Amber Crabbe, Evan Barbour, Keegan Lutrell, Michal Wisniowski, Nadja Eulee Miller, Sara Dykstra "Futures" curated by Jack Fischer, Michael Yochum at Arc Studios & Gallery
SOMA: 1246 Folsom Street, Free, 7-9pm

+ Elisheva Biernoff "Look Out" at Eli Ridgway Gallery
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, Free, 4-7pm

Frank Kozik, Winston Smith "SEDITIONS: Frank Kozik & Winston Smith" curated by Jen Rogers, Kerri Stephens at Varnish Fine Art
Downtown: 16 Jessie street, suite 120, 6-9pm

Driss Ouadahi "Trans-Location" at Hosfelt Gallery
Potrero Hill: 260 Utah Street, free, 4-6pm

Ben Belknap "States of Mind" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, free, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Eric Bohr "Eric Bohr: Ritual" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, free, 4-6pm

Artist Talk: Richard Koci Hernandez, Silvia Poloto "Digital Media in Contemporary Art" at Slate contemporary
Oakland: 473 25th Street, floor 1, 4-6pm

Artist Talk: Peter Honig "Peter Honig: Glendessary" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, Free, 4-6pm

Artist Talk: Jill McLennan, Jody Medich "Histoire Noir" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, Free, 4-6pm

"Open-NEW ARTIST STUDIOS" at Norton Factory Studios Oakland: 3098 E. 10th Street, 10:00 am- 2:00 pm

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+ Lauren Douglas "i drew a sign at a point in space" curated by David Yun at Backstock Gallery
Oakland: 3231 Grand Avenue, Free, 6-9pm

Monday, February 4

+ Lecture: "VAS Lecture Series: Ruby Neri" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 7:30pm

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