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Art
Neu Wave Feminism
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–6pm) @ Femina Potens Gallery More times »
Free
Radical, queer-friendly gallery Femina Potens presents Neu Wave Feminism, a bold collection of subversive works that spotlights feminism's shifting borders. The stripped-down look at female... View details »
Neu Wave Feminism

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Tim Lee
Saturday Apr 5 (11am–6pm) @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts More times »
Free
Although it's tempting to dismiss Vancouver-based artist Tim Lee's use of comedy-as-conceptual-device as lacking in depth or social concern, to mistake his work for a... View details »
Tim Lee
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Paul McCarthy
Saturday Apr 5 (11am–6pm) @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts More times »
Free
Paul McCarthy built his impeccable reputation from art's most basic materials: paint, food, human bodies, and criticism of cultural codes. McCarthy's bizarre, shrewd provocations encompass... View details »
Paul McCarthy
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Chuck Arnett
Saturday Apr 5 (1–5pm) @ GLBT Historical Society More times »
Free
June 26, 1964: Life magazine proclaims San Francisco "the gay capital" in its landmark spread, "Homosexuality in America." The cover photo featured the masculine denizens... View details »
Chuck Arnett
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Victor Cartagena
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–6pm) @ Galería de la Raza More times »
Free
Salvadoran artist Victor Cartagena has worked in the Bay Area for nearly three decades, cataloging heartfelt narratives about cultural displacement, immigration, class disparities, identity, and... View details »
Victor Cartagena
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Chris Johanson
Saturday Apr 5 (11am–6pm) @ Jack Hanley Gallery More times »
Free
2002 was the year long-time Mission fixture Chris Johanson achieved large-scale success in the art world, landing a site-specific installation in the Whitney Biennial and... View details »
Chris Johanson
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Jeremy Blake
Saturday Apr 5 (11am–5:30pm) @ Catharine Clark Gallery More times »
Free
Through haunting, polychromatic compositions, the late Jeremy Blake's digital-video works sought to unify the realms of painting and film. When Blake rose to fame nearly... View details »
Jeremy Blake
Art: Photography
Whimsy
Saturday Apr 5 (10am–8pm) @ RayKo Photo Center More times »
Free
Whimsy, a group show by members of the Bay Area Photographers Collective, manages to be lighthearted without coming off as frivolous. The photos share a... View details »
Whimsy
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Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter
Saturday Apr 5 (11am–5:30pm) @ Hosfelt Gallery More times »
Free
Hosfelt Gallery presents two concurrent solo exhibitions of work by Liliana Porter and Reed Danziger. Porter's trademark tchotchkes star in Fox in the Mirror, her... View details »
Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter
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Propogations
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–6pm) @ Johansson Projects More times »
Free
Paul Hayes' folded-paper-and-wire sculpture Cultivated Momentum hangs from Johansson Projects' ceiling like a recycled-kelp forest, its black squiggles calling fish to mind. Hayes' organic, abstract... View details »
Propogations
Art
At the Movies
Saturday Apr 5 (11am–8pm) @ Giant Robot More times »
Free
It's not often that Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is spoken of in the same breath as Akira Kurosawa's Rashômon, but for the... View details »
At the Movies
Art
Ukranian Citizens and Strangers
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–6pm) @ Queen's Nail Annex More times »
Free
Four Walls founder Julie Deamer organized Ukrainian Citizens and Strangers, an impressive collaboration between nine American and Ukrainian artists. Filled with narratives haunted by memories... View details »
Ukranian Citizens and Strangers
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Feral
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–5pm) @ The Luggage Store More times »
Free
In Feral, Monica Canilao and Swoon build a wild, creative world out of layers of urban flotsam and jetsam, fabric scraps, and paper collage. Canilao's... View details »
Feral
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Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough
Saturday Apr 5 (11am–6pm) @ Silverman Gallery More times »
Free
Taking its title from a Black Sabbath tune, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough's solo show Symptom of the Universe taps Ozzy's evil vibes in a series of... View details »
Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough
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DeGiulio, Jenkins, and Rantanen
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–6pm) @ Jancar Jones Gallery More times »
Free
Jancar Jones Gallery consecrates its new space with a group exhibition showcasing works from Lucas DeGiulio, Bill Jenkins, and Chadwick Rantanen. Though the three men... View details »
DeGiulio, Jenkins, and Rantanen
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Art & Artifice
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–5pm) @ Museum of Performance & Design More times »
Free
Emerging with a rejuvenated image and collection in March, the Museum of Performance & Design mounts an impressive exhibit chronicling the visual splendor of the... View details »
Art & Artifice
Art
Science Fair
Saturday Apr 5 (noon–7pm) @ Rock Paper Scissors Collective More times »
Free
Rock Paper Scissors' Science Fair hosts much stranger exhibits than those found in elementary schools' baking-soda-and-vinegar volcano competitions. Guest curator Andrew Thompson has compiled creative... View details »
Science Fair