Its a bit of a lighter week around town, though there are definitely some things not to be missed. Top of that list is the first show at Jessica Silverman's new space in the San Francisco tenderloin. Amikam Toren, Of the Times and Other Historic Works will present two bodies of the artist's work. I'm excited by Silverman doubling down in her undervalued neighborhood and I hear the space is very nice. 

Last weekend saw first shows at Moroso and CULT, as the year winds down (!) it will have been a banner year for new art spaces in the bay area with far more opening than closing. Both those shows are worth a visit, and I look forward to making it to new spaces Tyler Wood and 1038 soon too. 

Wednesday:
+ Screening: Ann Lislegaard, Joachim Koester "Silent As Spirit" at Kadist Art Foundation

Thursday:
+ Jockum Nordstrom "Begin, Began, Begun" at Anthony Meier Fine Art

Friday:
+ Amikam Toren "Of The Times and Other Historic Works" at Jessica Silverman Gallery
+ "This Will Never Work" curated by Corrina Peipon, Mary Magsamen at Southern Exposure

Saturday:
+ Christina Empedocles, Kevin B. Chen "Two Pencils" at Jack Fischer Gallery

Wednesday, November 20

Alex Couwenberg "crosscurrent" at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Screening: Ann Lislegaard, Joachim Koester "Silent As Spirit" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, free, 6-9pm

Thursday, November 21

Jason Lazarus "Jason Lazarus: Live Archive" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, $12 adults, $10 students and senior citizens with a valid ID, and $5 on Thursdays after 5pm. Youth 18 and under free., Open daily (except Wed.): 11am–5pm and Thursday, 1–8pm

Arnold Lobel "Frog and Toad and the World of Arnold Lobel" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, $12 adults, $10 students and senior citizens with a valid ID, and $5 on Thursdays after 5pm. Youth 18 and under free., Open daily (except Wed.): 11am–5pm and Thursday, 1–8pm

+ Jockum Nordstrom "Begin, Began, Begun" at Anthony Meier Fine Art
Downtown: 1969 California Street, at Octavia, floor 1, free, 6-8pm

Pedro S. de Movellan "Kinetic Sculpture" at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Lecture: "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Michelle Grabner" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and Open to the Public, 7:30pm

Artist Talk: Gail Dawson, Sabine Reckewell, Zachary Royer Scholz "SFAC Galleries Artist Talk featuring Sabine Reckewell, Gail Dawson and Zachary Royer Scholz" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (Salle Pianos and Events)
Hayes Valley: 1632 Market Street, Free, 6-8pm

Friday, November 22

Jeremiah Jenkins "Survival Guide" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 7-10pm

+ Amikam Toren "Of The Times and Other Historic Works" at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Tenderloin: 488 Ellis Street, 6-8pm

+ "This Will Never Work" curated by Corrina Peipon, Mary Magsamen at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , Free, 7-10pm

Anna Wong, Anne Wong, Christine A. Chen, Liang Ming Ming, Pan Yuchuan, Richard Aswad, Shelley Smith, Tiffany R. Chen "Artists in Residence: Creative Works from the Residents of EBALDC" at Kearny Street Workshop (Asian Resource Center Gallery )
Oakland: 310 8th Street, 5-8pm

Saturday, November 23

Damon Soule "Quintessence" curated by Brian Chambers at Mirus Gallery
Downtown: 540 Howard Street, Free, 6-10pm

Sonja Navin "The Insistence of Color" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Lucky Rapp "c’est moi, chérie" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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+ Christina Empedocles, Kevin B. Chen "Two Pencils" at Jack Fischer Gallery
Potrero Hill: 311 Potrero Avenue, 4-7pm

Screening: Kelly Inouye "The Company You Keep" at Interface Gallery (Temescal Alley)
Oakland: 486 49th Street, 1pm

Monday, November 25

Lecture: "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Brad Kahlhamer" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and Open to the Public, 7:30pm

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