Thursday, May 5, 2016

May Guide: Art Shows and Events: SF & Bay Area


Image courtesy of Legion SF and Carissa Potter Carlson.

View our guide to upcoming events this month.
Week 1 -
5/5 - Belongings by Joel Daniel Phillips Hashimoto Contemporary.
6-10pm, 804 Sutter, San Francisco, CA.

5/5 - What Is Remembered by Mimi Plumb at Rayko Photo Center.
6-8pm, 428 3rd St, San Francisco, CA.

5/6 - Other Echoes by Elizabeth Russell at Interface Gallery.
6-9pm, 486 49th St, Oakland, CA.

5/6 - Only the Habit by Oliver Hawk Holden at Residence/SF.
7-9pm, 3338 24th St, San Francisco, CA.

5/6 - SFAI Spring Semester Intro to Film class at ATA.
8pm, 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA.

5/7 - Paper Pushers group show + Jeremiah Jenkins solo at The Compound Gallery.
6-9pm, 1167 65th St, Oakland, CA.

Week 2 - 
5/11 - Extrastellar Evaluations by Yin-Ju Chen at Kadist.
6-9pm, 3295 20th St, San Francisco, CA.

5/13 - SFAI Graduate Exhibition at Fort Mason.
7-9pm, at Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason.

5/13 - New Material at Casemore Kirkeby at Minnesota Street Project. Featuring work by eight artists from Japan, including Kenta Cobayashi, Motoyuki Daifu, Fumiko Imano, Yoshi Kametani, Momo Okabe, Hiroshi Takizawa, Naohiro Utagawa, and Daisuke Yokota.

5/14 - SFMOMA Opening Celebrations. Neighboring museums and galleries offering free admissions and public programs.
8am-8pm, 151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA.

5/15 - Disfigure curated by Kate Klingbell at Turpentine Gallery. Featuring work by Dan Isaac Bortz, Niv Bavarsky, Em Kettner, James Servais, Gayle Walsworth, and more.
12-6pm, 557 Forest St. Oakland, CA.

Week 3 - 
5/18 - Plane.Site at Gagosain Gallery. Featuring works by works by Louise Bourgeois, Joe Bradley, Richard Diebenkorn, Helen Frankenthaler, Alberto Giacometti, Mark Grotjahn, David Ireland, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Bruce Nauman, Giuseppe Penone, Pablo Picasso, Richard Serra, Robert Therrien, Tatiana TrouvĂ©, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, and Rachel Whiteread.
5-7:30pm, 657 Howard St. San Francisco, CA.

5/19 & 20 - Chinatown Night Out organized by Chinese Culture Center. Two nights featuring a collection of galleries and openings. 
4-7pm, 750 Kearny St, Fl 3rd, San Francisco, CA.

5/20 - This, That, and Hours in the Sun: Leah Rosenberg + Carrissa Potter Carlson at Legion SF.
5-8pm, 678 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA.

5/20 - This Matriarchy by Timo Fahler and May Wilson at Some.Time.Salon.
6pm, 91 Walter St, San Francisco.

12-8pm, 428 3rd St, San Francisco, CA.

Week 4 - 
5/26 to 5/29 - Eva Hesse by Marcie Begleiter at YBCA.
7:30pm, 701 Mission St, San Francisco. CA. Tickets $10.