There is a great deal of good work up around town currently. The pictures of Matt Borruso's show at Steven Wolf look great, especially a large sculpture/table work, and images of Pablo Guardiola's work at Romer Young are enticing me to head to that distant neighborhood. I saw the 'Introductions' show at the new temporary location of Root Division over the weekend. They are holding a happy hour on Thursday which will hopefully draw even more visitors, there are some good works in there, and I especially liked a set of photos by Todd Lavine and a video by Marshall Elliot.

Saturday is the start of Asian Contemporary Arts Week organized by the Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium (full disclosure: my gallery is working with this program on our next exhibition). It kicks off with a symposium, an artist who cannot speak english is no artist. It runs from 2-7pm at CCA in San Francisco and features a wide variety of speakers and topics both expected of such an event and some which offer a surprising point of view.

Wednesday:
+ Mungo Thomson "Wall, Window or Bar Signs" at Kadist Art Foundation
+ Lecture: "The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Lecture: Joel Sternfeld" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
+ David Haxton, Jim Melchert "Scores for a Room: David Haxton and Jim Melchert" curated by Tanya Zimbardo at UC Berkeley (Worth Ryder Gallery)
+ David Haxton, Jim Melchert "Scores for a Room: David Haxton and Jim Melchert" curated by Tanya Zimbardo at Worth Ryder Art Gallery (UC Berkeley)

Thursday:
+ Lecture: Jill Magid "Lecture: Jill Magid" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Screening: Gil Leung, James Richards, Lucy Clout, Manuele Gernedel & Morag Keil, Rachel Reupke "Five videos by six artists" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)

Saturday:
+ Art Fair: "Asian Contemporary Art Week 2014 (ACAW-SF 2014)" at Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium
+ Agnes Widbom, Benjamin Ashlock, Conrad Guevara, Francisco Pinheiro "The Lonely Project" at 1038
+ Anna Banana/VILE Magazine, Brion Nuda Rosch, Bruce Conner, castaneda/reiman, David Ireland , Emory Douglas, Jasmin Lim, Jay DeFeo, Jess, John de Fazio, Lynn Hershman Leeson , Marie Johnson Calloway, Matt Barruso, Matt Lipps, Terry Berlier, Val Britton , Wallace Berman/Semina "Allegorical Procedures: Bay Area Collage, 1950-Present" curated by Gwen Allen at San Francisco State University (Fine Arts Gallery)

Tuesday, September 16

Lecture: "Photography Lecture Series: Jacqueline Hayden" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Ralls 202, free, 11am-12pm

Wednesday, September 17

+ Mungo Thomson "Wall, Window or Bar Signs" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 6-9pm

Screening: "BAHAHAHAHA: a queer comedy short movie showcase" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $7-$10, 8pm

+ Lecture: "The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Lecture: Joel Sternfeld" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, free, 7pm

+ David Haxton, Jim Melchert "Scores for a Room: David Haxton and Jim Melchert" curated by Tanya Zimbardo at UC Berkeley (Worth Ryder Gallery)
Berkeley: 2700 Bancroft way, Free, 4-7pm

+ David Haxton, Jim Melchert "Scores for a Room: David Haxton and Jim Melchert" curated by Tanya Zimbardo at Worth Ryder Art Gallery (UC Berkeley)
Berkeley: 116 Kroeber Hall, corner of Bancroft Way and College Avenue, Free and open to the public., 4-7 pm

Thursday, September 18

Warren Hellman "Hardly Strictly Warren Hellman" curated by Claire Frost, Renny Pritikin at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, free with Museum admission, 5-7pm

"Third Thursday in September" at Yerba Buena Gallery Alliance
SOMA: Various Locations, FREE, 5-8pm

Gottfried Helnwein "Of Mice and Children" at Modernism Inc.
Downtown: 685 Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-8pm

+ Lecture: Jill Magid "Lecture: Jill Magid" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, free, 7:30 pm

Screening: "sistah Sinema: Money Matters The Movie" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $7-$12, 7:30 pm

Andres Guerrero, Bill McRight, Lucien Shapiro, Richard Colman, Ryan De La Hoz, Victor Reyes "Ascension" at INCLINE Gallery
Mission District: 766 Valencia Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Lecture: "Illustration Program Lecture: John Hendrix" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7pm

+ Screening: Gil Leung, James Richards, Lucy Clout, Manuele Gernedel & Morag Keil, Rachel Reupke "Five videos by six artists" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 360 Kansas Street, 7:15pm

Friday, September 19

Lecture: "PhotoAlliance Lecture Series: Richard Renaldi" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, $10 general / $5 students with ID, tickets available at the door, 7:30 pm

Lecture: "Graduate Lecture Series: Chip Lord" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, free, 4:30 pm

Screening: Craig Baldwin "Craig Baldwin: ¡O No Coronado! & Wild Gunman" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $7-$10, 7pm

Screening: Craig Baldwin "Craig Baldwin: Sonic Outlaws" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $7-$10, 9pm

Reading: "Writers Series: Reading by Matthew Zapruder and Jack Livings" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 195 De Haro Street, Writers' Studio, free, 4:30-6 pm

Amanda Hughen , Andy Vogt, Arngunnur Yr, Jeff Morris , Lauren Davies , Lori Gordon, Sarah Smith "Shoebox Orchestra" at Ampersand International Arts
Potrero Hill: 1001 Tennessee Street, 6-9pm

Maya Lin "Art/Act: Maya Lin" The 6th Annual Art/Act Award and Exhibition at David Brower Center
Berkeley: 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 , Ground Floor, 7-9pm

Saturday, September 20

Workshop: Ala Ebtekar, Ali Dadgar, Amir Fallah, Amitis Motevalli, Arash Fayez, Azin Seraj, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Haleh Niazmand, Hushidar Mortezaie, Morehshin Allahyari, Sanaz Mazinani, Taravat Talepasand "Theory of Survival: Fabrications Saturday Bazaar" curated by Taraneh Hemami at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 12-6pm

+ Art Fair: "Asian Contemporary Art Week 2014 (ACAW-SF 2014)" at Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium
Mission District: 1111 Eighth Street, 6-9pm

Chelsea Rae Klein at The SF LBGT Center
Castro: 1800 Market Street, 6-9pm

+ Agnes Widbom, Benjamin Ashlock, Conrad Guevara, Francisco Pinheiro "The Lonely Project" at 1038
Haight Ashbury: 1038 Clayton Street, 7:30-10:38pm

+ Anna Banana/VILE Magazine, Brion Nuda Rosch, Bruce Conner, castaneda/reiman, David Ireland , Emory Douglas, Jasmin Lim, Jay DeFeo, Jess, John de Fazio, Lynn Hershman Leeson , Marie Johnson Calloway, Matt Barruso, Matt Lipps, Terry Berlier, Val Britton , Wallace Berman/Semina "Allegorical Procedures: Bay Area Collage, 1950-Present" curated by Gwen Allen at San Francisco State University (Fine Arts Gallery)
Sunset: 1600 Holloway Ave, Free, 1-3pm

"Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California" at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Artist Talk: Alana Perino, Arash Fayez, Christie Ginanni Stepan, Donna Brookman, Kristine Eudey, Michael Wilson & Natalie Zimmerman, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Wenxin Zhang curated by Mayumi Hamanaka at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 2 pm

Lecture: Christian Frock, Megan Wilson "Conversation with Christian Frock and Megan Wilson" at Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley: 1275 Walnut Street, FREE, 4-6pm

Sunday, September 21

Closing reception: Anna Zusman, Cricket, crissy bell snail, Emma Rose Laughlin, Felicita Norris, gregory ferrar scott, James Courtney, Jon Macy, Shayna Why, Shilo McCabe, Tyler Cohen, Win Mixter and Alex Fialho "Doing Your Dirty Work 3: Deeper, Closer" curated by Dorian Katz, Jenn Moreno at Center for Sex and Culture
SOMA: 1349 Mission Street, free, 4-7pm

Reading: David Buuck, Erika Staiti, Rachel Zolf, Sirama Bajo "Small Press Traffic" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $7-$10, 5pm

Richard Diebenkorn "Richard Diebenkorn: The Long Regard" at Richmond Art Center
Richmond: 2540 Barrett Avenue, Free, 1:30 - 3pm

Monday, September 22

Lecture: "Architecture Lecture Series: Frida Escobedo" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, free, 7-9pm

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