Its the first week of June and already the art season has slowed, with people beginning to take vacations and quite a few lucky folks off to Venice or other such exotic locals.

For a week with both a first thursday and friday there's not a ton going on this week. Saturday at Root Division Strange Bedfellows: Collaborative Practice in Queer Art looks to have some good work in it, and defintely don't miss ¡Oye, Mira!: Reflective Approaches in Contemporary Latin American Video Art at the Walter McBean Gallery at SFAI which closes on the 8th.

Both shows are presentations of a particular type of art practice by a particular type of artist and though this identity/locality based curatorial strategy isn't itself exciting, the collection of artists in both shows is strong, with a few stand out works in the McBean show including those by Edgardo Aragón and Eamon Ore-Giron.

We'll keep it simple this week, as I often request, if you have any suggestions for content for this site or want to help out, please get in touch at mrharbour[at]gmail.com. 

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Wednesday:
+ Benefit: "Headlands 2013 Benefit Art Auction" at Headlands Center for the Arts ( June 10, 2009 Herbst International Exhibition Hall, in the Presidio )

Thursday:
+ Dan Miller, William Scott "40 Years: New York by Dan Miller & William Scott" at Creative Growth

Saturday:
+ Book launch: "Power to the People: A Conversation with Iain Boal and Fred Turner" at Kadist Art Foundation

Sunday:
+ Tour: Dan Swindel, Seth Curcio "CORNERWAYS" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Stairwell's

Tuesday, June 4

Screening: "Film Screening: Howl" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, Free, 2-3:30pm

Wednesday, June 5

+ Benefit: "Headlands 2013 Benefit Art Auction" at Headlands Center for the Arts ( June 10, 2009 Herbst International Exhibition Hall, in the Presidio )
Marina District: 385 Moraga Avenue, $125 General | $100 Members | $150 Week of Event, 6:30pm

Lecture: Indre Viskontas, Robert Buelteman, Vijaya Nagarajan "Leonardo Art/Science Evening" curated by Piero Scaruffi at UC Berkeley (470 Stephens Hall)
Berkeley: , UC Berkeley Barrows Hall Room 110, 0, 7-9pm

Thursday, June 6

Reading: "Quiet Lightning: The Neighborhood Heroes Edition" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, FREE with regular admission as follows: General Admission, $12; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $10; Members, free. 21+ only., 6:30-8pm

Tom Hawkins "The Biggest Garden" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Matthew Picton "Fictional Perspectives" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

David Wolf "Nurturing Time, Life in a Backyard Garden" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Ian Kimmerly "Continuous Wave" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, FREE and open to the public, 5:30-7:30pm

Daniel Phill "The Vernation Series" at Sandra Lee Fine Art Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 3, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Catherine Palmer "Side Street" at Hang Art
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, Free, 6-8pm

Adrian Mendoza "Delta" at 18 Reasons Gallery
Mission District: 3674 18th St., Free, 6-9pm

"Angles & Curves" at San Francisco Women Artists
Richmond District: 3489 Sacramento St., Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Matthew Zefeldt "What Are I?" curated by Svea Lin Soll at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Free, 6-8pm

Chris Pew "80 Milliseconds in the Past" curated by Svea Lin Soll at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, free, 6-8pm

+ Dan Miller, William Scott "40 Years: New York by Dan Miller & William Scott" at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , Free, 5-8pm

Friday, June 7

Auction: "Changemaker Social" at Intersection for the Arts (Intersection 5M)
SOMA: 925 Mission Street, at 5th Street, Suite 109, $100, 7pm

Christian Davies, Noah Ptolemy "Either/Or" at INCLINE Gallery
Mission District: 766 Valencia Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

Sabine Reckewell "A Function of Lines" at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, Free, 6-8pm

Sasha Kelley "Headspace" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, Free, 6-9pm

Rachel Abrams "frustrules" at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, Free, 6-8pm

Cheryl Calleri, Christy Kovacs, Cyrus Tilton, Donald Fortescue, Luke Heimbigner, Mari Marks, Morgania Moore, Sanjay Vora, Walter James Mansfield "Landscapes: Near and Afar" at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, Free, 6-9pm

Barry Underwood , Sarah Kabot at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Andrea Muñoz Martinez, Andrew Armas, Evan Jose, Jason Engelund, John Tronsor, May Wilson, Sarah Julig "2013 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition" at Nelson Gallery at UC Davis (Nelson Hall)
Davis: 1 Shields Avenue, floor 1, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Saturday, June 8

Suong Yangchareon "Suong Yangchareon: Paintings" at Paul Theibaud Gallery
North Beach: 645 Chestnut Street, Free, 2-5pm

Hadas Tal "Hadas Tal: Paintings" at Paul Theibaud Gallery
North Beach: 645 Chestnut Street, Free, 2-5pm

Alyson Belcher, Gerald Ratto, Margaretta Mitchell, Rebecca Martinez, William Heick "Summer Showings: Five Gallery Artists" at Robert Tat Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 3-5pm

Karla Wozniak "This Weather is Cosmic" at Gregory Lind Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, Free, 4-7pm

Alex Stursberg, Christine Gray, Erling Sjovold, Joe Hengst, Joseba Eskubi, Kate Shaw, Marcus Jansen, Michael Zansy, Nome Edonna, Sam Green "Dreamtime: New Surrealism" at Mirus Gallery
Downtown: 540 Howard Street, Free, 6-10pm

Aaron Nagel "Bastion" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

Greg Gossel "Head Over Heels" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

David Marc Grant "My Magic Will Bring Them Back" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

Yumiko Kayukawa "Madness" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

Adrienn, Alex Hernandez* with Rude House, Amos Mac & Juliana Huxtable LaDosha, Barbara McBane & Susan Working, Billy Ocallaghan, Bren Ahearn, E.G. Crichton, Greg Der Ananian & Jesse M. Kahn, Jordan Arsenault & POSTER VIRUS, Sarah Hirneisen, Sean Fader, Tara Mateik "Strange Bedfellows: Collaborative Practice in Queer Art" curated by Amy Cancelmo at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, free, 7-10pm

+ Book launch: "Power to the People: A Conversation with Iain Boal and Fred Turner" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, free, 5-7pm

Rina Banerjee "Tender Mahal - Lifted" at Hosfelt Gallery
Potrero Hill: 260 Utah Street, Free, 4-6pm

Lordy Rodriguez "Code Switch" at Hosfelt Gallery
Potrero Hill: 260 Utah Street, Free, 4-6pm

Artist Talk: "Artist Talk with Rachel Abrams and Sabine Reckewell" at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, Free, 2-3pm

Sunday, June 9

Closing reception: David Fullarton "I Can't Apologize Enough - Closing Tea and Artist Talk" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, 3-6 pm

Closing reception: "Door Closing Party" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, Free, 4pm

+ Tour: Dan Swindel, Seth Curcio "CORNERWAYS" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Stairwell's
Oakland: 1050 47th Avenue, Unit #6, Viewing hours, 12-5pm

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