Just when the summer seemed to signal a slowdown, the art world bursts back into full bloom. 

You can see this with one look at our 'Editor's Picks'. Usually, maybe four shows stick out as must sees per week, but this week it is overflowing with great stuff to see, and it starts early. Wednesday there are two great shows, Arseniy Zhilyaev at Kadist SF and two openings at Important Projects. Full disclosure, I work closely with the Kadist Foundation, but I've peeked in and this show looks to be as exciting as its counterpart earlier this year in Paris, so its certainly worth a visit. But, across the bay in Oakland, Art Cards favorite Important Projects has shows with Zachary Davis and Puppies Puppies, both of whose work I like quite a bit.

Thursday sees openings all through downtown and 49 Geary; though none stand out as must sees, it might pay to wander through it all. And Friday... Friday has five things I'd love to be at... and Saturday... 
But don't despair, don't let the wealth of choices keep you from seeing some of the amazing art this week.

Wednesday:
+ Arseniy Zhilyaev "M.I.R.: Polite Guests from the Future" at Kadist Art Foundation
+ Benefit: "Creative Growth - 40th Anniversary" at Creative Growth
+ Zachary Davis "Vent Life" at Important Projects
+ Puppies Puppies ft. Martin Creed at Important Projects

Friday:
+ Teresa Baker "2013-14 Tournesol Awardee Exhibition: Teresa Baker" at Luggage Store Gallery
+ Dashiell Manley, Margo Wolowiec, Philipp Timischi, Samuel Levi Jones, Simon Denny "The History of Technology" at Jessica Silverman Gallery
+ Performance: "Monster Drawing Rally" at Southern Exposure (Verdi Club)
+ Angela Hennessy, Benjamin De Kosnik, Elizabeth Sims, George Pfau, Kate Short, Michael Berens, Takeshi Moro, Tamra Seal "Bay Area Currents 2014: The Disquiet" curated by Dana Beard at Pro Arts
+ Book launch: Cortney Cassidy, Debbie Carlos "Here Is Me" curated by CCOOLL at City Limits

Saturday:
+ Anthony Discenza, Billboard Liberation Front, Jacqueline Gordon, Robert Fried, Victor Moscoso "What Keeps Mankind Alive" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts

+ Quintessa Matranga, Rafael de la Cruz "Rot Farm" at 1038

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Wednesday, July 9

+ Arseniy Zhilyaev "M.I.R.: Polite Guests from the Future" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 6-9pm

+ Benefit: "Creative Growth - 40th Anniversary" at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , $100, 6-9pm

+ Zachary Davis "Vent Life" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

+ Puppies Puppies ft. Martin Creed at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

Thursday, July 10

Amber Crabbe, Christina McPhee, David Pace, Jason Tannen, Joe Cornett, Kyle Smith, Louis DeLuco, Meghann Riepenhoff, Thom Sempere "Up All Night" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 1011 Market Street, floor 2, 6-8pm

John Gossage "Who Do You Love" at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Yoshitomo Saito ""Ethos in Bronze" Opening Reception, July 10th" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Audrey Tulimiero, Brian Dettmer, Casper Brindle, Claire Burbridge, Edmund Wyss, Gregg Renfrow, Judy Dater, Lance Scott, Mark Evans, Monica Lundy, Robi Feldman, Suzan Woodruff, Yvette Gellis "Some Great New Things" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Jason Fulford, Michael Lundgren, Ruth van Beek, Viviane Sassen "Where There's Smoke" curated by Darius Himes at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Michael Gregory "Long Way Home" at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Anish Kapoor, Donald Judd, Helen Frankenthaler , Joel Shapiro, Julian Lethbridge, Julie Mehretu, Robert Mangold, Sarah Morris, Sterling Ruby, Suzanne McClelland, Tom Freidman, Yayoi Kusama "Summer Highlights" at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Amberlee Rosolowich at Hespe Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Evri Kwong, Gregg Chadwick "Revenants and Social Narratives" at Sandra Lee Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Terry St. John at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

David Buckingham "Turn on, Tune in, Drop out" at Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Downtown: 341 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Anne Stryke , Bill Fultz, David Regan, Peter Andrea "Variable Depth" at Hang Art
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Michael Wolf "Paris Abstract" at Robert Koch Gallery
Bernal Heights: 0 49 Geary Street, Grant St., floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, July 11

Summer Mei Ling Lee "Into the Nearness of Distance" at Chinese Culture Center
Downtown: 750 Kearny Street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Lecture: Anthony Aziz + Sammy Cucher "SFAI Graduate Lecture Series (GLS)" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free, 6:30 pm

Carolina Gimeno, Caroline Hornaüer, Claudia Pino, Francisco Ceppi, Gabriela Fissore, Maria Eugenia Muñoz, Maria Ignacia Walker, Nicolás Hernandez , Paola Raggo, Pia Walker, Rafaella Pruzzo, Rocco Napoli, Valentina Rosenthal, Verónica Perez Artigas, Walka, Yessica Bordon "Delirio y Cordura (Delirium and Sanity): Chilean Contemporary Jewlery" at Velvet da Vinci
Russian Hill: 2015 Polk Street, 6-8pm

+ Teresa Baker "2013-14 Tournesol Awardee Exhibition: Teresa Baker" at Luggage Store Gallery
Civic Center: 1007 Market Street, floor 2, 6-8pm

+ Dashiell Manley, Margo Wolowiec, Philipp Timischi, Samuel Levi Jones, Simon Denny "The History of Technology" at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Tenderloin: 488 Ellis Street, 6-8pm

+ Performance: "Monster Drawing Rally" at Southern Exposure (Verdi Club)
Mission District: 2424 Mariposa Street, between Hampshire and Potrero Streets, $15 SoEx Members/ $20 General Public, 6:00pm - 11:00pm

Jim Houser "Night Got Quiet - Not Quite Light" at FFDG
Mission District: 2277 Mission Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Anne Veraldi, Darija Jelincic, Nina Dietzel ""Be/Longing": Summer Photography Show" curated by Holly Fouladi at Fouladi Projects Hayes Valley: 1803 Market Street, 6-8pm

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+ Angela Hennessy, Benjamin De Kosnik, Elizabeth Sims, George Pfau, Kate Short, Michael Berens, Takeshi Moro, Tamra Seal "Bay Area Currents 2014: The Disquiet" curated by Dana Beard at Pro Arts
Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, 6-8pm

+ Book launch: Cortney Cassidy, Debbie Carlos "Here Is Me" curated by CCOOLL at City Limits
Oakland: 300 Jefferson Street, 7-11pm

Saturday, July 12

Lacey Bryant "Lacuna" curated by Bradley Platz at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, 6-10pm

James Roper "The Inscending Spiral" at Mirus Gallery
Downtown: 540 Howard Street, free, 6-10pm

KeFe (Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock) "Floating World: Part One" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, 7-11pm

Warren Jacques "All Night Every Day" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Project Space, 7-11pm

Maryl Pataky "The Golden Hour" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Project Space, 7-11pm

Niels Shoe Meulman "The Unearthly Paintings" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, 7-11pm

+ Anthony Discenza, Billboard Liberation Front, Jacqueline Gordon, Robert Fried, Victor Moscoso "What Keeps Mankind Alive" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 7-10pm

Allie Blanchard, Crystal Vielula, Heather Murphy, Jon Gourley (w/ Alice Shintani), Masako Miki , Merav Tzur, Michelle Ramin, Tana Quincy Arcega, Tom Loughlin "Survival Adaptations" curated by Calcagno Cullen & Christian Davies, Conrad M. Meyers II & Amy Cancelmo at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3130 24th Street, 7-10pm

Gina Tuzzi , Jenny Sharaf "Daughters of the Summer" at Goodnight
Mission District: 4391 24th Street, 6-10pm

Donald Feasél "Cannery Park Paintings" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Potrero Hill: 248 Utah Street, 4-6pm

Alan Rath, Andrew Schoultz, Bruce Conner, Ed Ruscha, Emil Lukas, Jay DeFeo, Jean Conner, Jess, Joe Brainard, John Ashbery, John O'Reilly, Liliana Porter, Matt Lipps, Matthew Hale, Nick Cave, Patricia Piccinini, Rina Banerjee, Ruth Marten, Sarah Cain, Tim Hawkinson, Vik Muniz, Wangechi Mutu, William T. Wiley "Holding It Together: Collage, Montage, Assemblage" at Hosfelt Gallery
Potrero Hill: 260 Utah Street, 4-6pm

+ Quintessa Matranga, Rafael de la Cruz "Rot Farm" at 1038 Haight Ashbury: 1038 Clayton Street, 7:30-10:38pm

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Doug Hall, Eirik Johnson, Len Jenshell, Martin Mull, Tracey Moffatt, Tracey Snelling "Summer Road Trip" at Rena Bransten Projects
Hayes Valley: 1639 Market Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Jann Nunn "Breathing Space: New Sculptural Installations" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 4-6pm

Ruth Tabancay "Geometricity" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 4-6pm

Doug Glovaski "The Connection Series" at littlebigspace
Albany: 1341 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, floor 1, 3-6pm

Kim Froshin "Reliquaries: Exposed" at Gallery Citi
Burlingame: 1115 Howard Ave, 5-7pm

Sunday, July 13

Imen Yeh "Project Mah Jongg" curated by Jeanne Gerrity at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, members only, 10am-3pm

Monday, July 14

Lecture: Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney "An Evening Talk with Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney" at NanHai Art
Millbrae: 510 Broadway, Suite 301, 6-8pm

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