Events on Wednesday, January 2

<i>The V.I.P.s</i> (1963)

Film

The V.I.P.s

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ The Castro Theatre

Hot off the heels of their bloated and lavish CinemaScope monument to each other, 1963's Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton... 

Ongoing Events

<i>Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles</i>

Art

Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

Celebrity retreats, situated far from the gossip-hungry public, are anything but a new phenomenon. Marie-Antoinette's Petit Trianon at Versailles was just... 

<i>In the Fullness of Time: Celebrating 20 Years</i>

Art

In the Fullness of Time

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ The Luggage Store

Perched above a gloomy stretch of Market Street and bookended by roughed-up façades, the Luggage Store Gallery has weathered two decades... 

Debbie Fleming Caffery and Larry Schwarm: <i>Aftermath</i>

Art

Debbie Fleming Caffery and Larry Schwarm

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Robert Koch Gallery

Debbie Fleming Caffery and Larry Schwarm's photographs of ravaged homes in Louisiana and Kansas, respectively, straddle the line between fine art... 

<I>Robots Are Art</I>

Art

Robots Are Art

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Float

  From prosthetic limbs to dental-training aids to in-car GPS navigation, robots and robotics technology have become fully integrated into our... 

Edward Gorey's <i>Dracula</i>

Art

Dracula

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Cartoon Art Museum

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) remains one of the most admired and emulated illustrators to date, each meticulous shade and line of his... 

Jovi Schnell: <i>New Work</i>

Art

Jovi Schnell

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Gregory Lind Gallery

Chim: <i>The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)</i>

Art

The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ de Young Museum

Until he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while covering the 1956 Suez War armistice, Polish-born David Seymour (also known as... 

Gee Vaucher: <i>Introspective</i>

Art

Gee Vaucher

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Jack Hanley Gallery

Having designed much of the album art for '80s anarcho-peace punks Crass, Gee Vaucher continues to turn her straight razor on... 

<i>Civil Twilight</i>

Art

Civil Twilight

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Electric Works

Electric Works' new group show serves as the perfect prelude to the year's end. Civil Twilight addresses the opposing forces of... 

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Art

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Berkeley Art Museum

Like a new-media update on Marcel Duchamp's mustachioed Mona Lisa, the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive's latest show exhibits contemporary artists'... 

Ruth Asawa

Art

Ruth Asawa

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Rena Bransten Gallery

Despite the obvious differences in their work, Ruth Asawa's fabric sculptures inspire comparisons with the late Georgia O'Keefe. Both evoke the... 

<i>The Book Art of Edward Gorey</i>

Art

The Book Art of Edward Gorey

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ The Book Club of California

When he wasn't writing and illustrating his own darkly humorous and anachronistic books, Edward Gorey often lent his dexterous hand and... 

CCA Wattis Institute presents: <I>Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War</I>

Art

Apocalypse Now

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Politically engaged duo Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla have become a major presence on SF's art scene this fall with their... 

<i> Big Ideas, Small Works: Miniature Sculptures and Maquettes </i>

Art

Big Ideas, Small Works

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ Sculpturesite Gallery

Big-ticket American art sometimes seems to come in one size only: extra-large. Such scaling can be subversive, but all too often...