A quiet week, but there are quite a few group shows open already worth taking a peek at, including ones at Jessica Silverman, Altman Siegel, Eli Ridgway, The Popular Workshop (full disclosure the editors of art cards had a part in this one, and the one opening friday at Et al.), a pair of shows of new-to-the-gallery work at Steven Wirtz curated by represented artists Laurie Reid and Catherine Wagner, and Altar Space (especially a wide array of awesome, strange things by Jonah Suskind).

A group show is best viewed on multiple scales; sometimes great works are hidden in group shows which don't do much as a whole while occasionally a great group show will lack a stand out work with the combination of pieces/practices coming together to make something interesting. There are some excellent works scattered throughout these spaces right now.

Wednesday:

+ Closing reception: DJ Young Neil (artist Tim Lee) "End of Season Party" at Kadist Art Foundation

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+ Screening: Ant Farm "West of Center Screening: Ant Farm" at Mills College Art Museum

Thursday:
+ Chris Fraser, Clint Wilson, Colin James Lyons, Koo Kyung Sook, Margaret Leininger, Noah Wilson, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, Sanaz Mazinani, Stella Ebner "Where Water Comes Together With Other Water, Residency Projects: New Work by 2012-2013 Kala Fellows" at Kala Art Institute

Friday:
+ Performance: Kevin Killian, Lindsey Boldt, Sara Wintz "Poet's Theater" at Gallery 16

+ Claire Nereim, Laurie Reid, Rick Bahto & Julia Holter, Sean Talley "An Exhibition Which Comes and Goes As It Pleases" at Et al.

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Wednesday, July 24

+ Closing reception: DJ Young Neil (artist Tim Lee) "End of Season Party" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, free, 7-10pm

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+ Screening: Ant Farm "West of Center Screening: Ant Farm" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, FREE, 7:00 pm

Thursday, July 25

Antoni Tapies, Bob Law, Franz Kline, Jules Olitski, Lee Bontecou, Milton Resnick, Richard Diebenkorn "Forms of Flight" at Hackett Mill
Downtown: 201 Post Street, STE 1000, 5-7pm

Workshop: eric Scollon "CLUB OF THE MONTH CLUB QUARTERLY #3" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , free, 6PM-7:30PM

Artist Talk: "Site Unseen: [Relics and Response]: Participatory Potluck Dinner" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, Free, but RSVP is required, 7:30pm

+ Chris Fraser, Clint Wilson, Colin James Lyons, Koo Kyung Sook, Margaret Leininger, Noah Wilson, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, Sanaz Mazinani, Stella Ebner "Where Water Comes Together With Other Water, Residency Projects: New Work by 2012-2013 Kala Fellows" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, FREE, 6-8pm

Friday, July 26

+ Performance: Kevin Killian, Lindsey Boldt, Sara Wintz "Poet's Theater" at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, 7-10pm

+ Claire Nereim, Laurie Reid, Rick Bahto & Julia Holter, Sean Talley "An Exhibition Which Comes and Goes As It Pleases" at Et al. Chinatown: 620 Kearny Street, Free, 7-10pm

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Saturday, July 27

Adrian Navarro, Alexey Luka, Brian Guidry, Christine Morla, Claudio Drë, Darren McManus, Felipe Goncalves, Francesco Lo Castro, Gilbert1, Grant Miller, Jeroen Erosie, Katrina Neumann, LX One, Mark Schoening, Mary McCarthy, Nawer, Richard Roth, Robert Moya "Geometry of Chance" at Mirus Gallery
Downtown: 540 Howard Street, 6-10pm

Performance: Nelson Loskamp "Electric Chaircut" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 1-5pm

ADAM CAHOON, Dale Erickson, Eileen Moderbacher, Gordon Cook, Heidi McDowell, James Edmonds, Jane Fisher, Keith Gaspari, Lundy Siegriest, Mary Robertson, NICHOLAS COLEY, Pam Glover, Randy Beckelheimer, Sonja Navin, Stan Washburn, Terry Thompson "Fun in the Summertime" curated by Steve Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Jose Ramon Lerma, William Wolff "Works on Paper" curated by Steve Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Workshop: eric Scollon "CLUB OF THE MONTH CLUB QUARTERLY #3" at Southern Exposure
Potrero Hill: Vermont Street off of 20th Street , adjacent to Mckinley Square Park in Potrero Hill, Outdoor Location, free, 6pm-8pm

Artist Talk: Colin Lyons "Artist Talk with Kala Fellowship Artist Colin Lyons" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, free, 3:30pm

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