While hearing stories of winter storms in the east, we here in the bay wonder if we’ll get a few drops this week, which is to say, its always lovely weather to go see some art. 


During what may be a rainy night, perfect for anything film noir, Ming Wong’s complex, multi-channel video work Making Chinatown will be shown Wednesday at the Kadist as part of their current string of 24-hour exhibitions (24 hours spread over the opening and several weekends viewing hours) As a fan of Wong’s work we’re quite excited to see this hard to stage installation which muddies the lines between the work and the making of the work.

In the mood for more video? There will be a screening in conjunction with the exhibition Mere Top, with works by Anne Walsh, Chris Vargas & Greg Youmans, Cybele Lyle, and Torreya Cummings, all of whom make work we like a ton. Curated by Christina Linden, at Royal NoneSuch Gallery, the show itself is all video and full of surprising moments.

Curiously Direct Picks

Museum stuff… I saw and liked Rudolf de Crignis: MATRIX 245 and Apichatpong Weerasethakul: MATRIX 247 at the Berkeley Museum, Without Reality There is No Utopia and Erin Shirreff: Lake at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and am excited to see soon the Trisha Donnelly New Works and Lebbeus Wood, Architect shows at SFMOMA.

Tuesday:
+ Lecture: "Infinite Screens Talk by Lynn Marie Kirby: The Gift of Time" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
+ Lecture: "Shirin Neshat Lecture: From Photography to Cinema" at Berkeley Art Museum

Wednesday:

+ Ming Wong "24 Hour Exhibition: Making Chinatown" at Kadist Art Foundation

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+ Performance: Chris Fraser "From Picture to Room" at Kala Art Institute

Thursday:
+ Lecture: "Infinite Screens Talk by Brook Hinton: Lost (and Found) in Translation" at California College of the Arts (CCA)

Friday:
+ Screening: Anne Walsh, Chris Vargas & Greg Youmans, Cybele Lyle, Torreya Cummings "Front Tier, Back Water: A Screening for Mere Top" curated by Christina Linden at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Saturday:
+ Auction: "Parade, Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction" at Southern Exposure

Tuesday, March 19

Artist Talk: "Artist Talk and Exhibition Walk-Through with Eric Finzi" at Mark Wolfe Contemporary
Downtown: 1 Sutter Street, floor 3, Free, 6:00pm

+ Lecture: "Infinite Screens Talk by Lynn Marie Kirby: The Gift of Time" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Carmen M. Christensen Production Stage, Free, 7:30pm

+ Lecture: "Shirin Neshat Lecture: From Photography to Cinema" at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, Free, enter through Sculpture Garden on Durant Avenue, 6-8pm

Wednesday, March 20

Cara Barer, Melinda Tidwell, Mike Stilkey "Between the Lines" at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Artist Talk: Berndnaut Smilde, Doug Rickard, Melissa Buron "Artist Talk: Indoor Clouds, Google Street View and Dutch Masterworks" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (Koret Auditorium, SF Library, Main Branch)
Tenderloin: 100 Larkin Street, Lower Level, Free, 6-7:30pm

+ Ming Wong "24 Hour Exhibition: Making Chinatown" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, Free, 5-9pm

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Lecture: "Photography Lecture Series: Gregory Halpern" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Ralls Painting Studio, Free, 11am-12pm

+ Performance: Chris Fraser "From Picture to Room" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, FREE, 7-9pm

Thursday, March 21

"GAME ON" at 1AM Gallery
SOMA: 1000 Howard Street, 6:30-9:30pm

Lecture: "Grad Fine Arts Satellite Lecture Series: Mildred Howard" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Graduate Center, GC4, Free, 7:15pm

+ Lecture: "Infinite Screens Talk by Brook Hinton: Lost (and Found) in Translation" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Carmen M. Christensen Production Stage, Free, 7:30pm

Friday, March 22

Scott Serrano "Picturesque Flora Wallaceana: Botanical Ambulations in Greater Wallaceana 1854-1857" at Electric Works
SOMA: 1360 Mission Street, Free, 6-8pm

Amber Stucke "Parasitic, Mutualistic, Commensalistic Relationships" at Electric Works
SOMA: 1360 Mission Street, Free, 6-8pm

Shawn Ray Harris "PhotographsPLUS" curated by John Warner at Dogpatch Gallery Dogpatch: 2295 3rd Street , at 20th Street, floor 1, 6-8pm

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+ Screening: Anne Walsh, Chris Vargas & Greg Youmans, Cybele Lyle, Torreya Cummings "Front Tier, Back Water: A Screening for Mere Top" curated by Christina Linden at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, Free, 8pm

Saturday, March 23

Chuck Jones "Chuck Jones: Drawing on Imagination" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Evan Nesbit "Evan Nesbit: Light Farming / Heavy Gardening" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-10pm

+ Auction: "Parade, Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , Main Event: $40 to $50; VIP Reception: $150 to $2,500, 6-11pm

Lecture: "Architecture Lecture Series: Gregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 6:30pm

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