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Saturday, January 18 2025

SF Art Week Kickoff Party at ICA San Francisco

1/18/25

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The San Francisco Art Week Kickoff Party will take place Saturday, January 18, 2025, at the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco’s new Downtown location. This free party invites art lovers from across the community to come together and celebrate arts and culture in the Bay Area, highlighting the revitalization of the City’s storied cultural and architectural Downtown.

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Institute of Contemporary Art San José

1/18/25

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join ICA San Jose for our second Curator and Artist Tour of the current exhibition, Allegedly the Worst is Behind Us.

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San Francisco Public Library

1/18/25

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Exhibition tour of Life in San Francisco: Chinatown a Century Ago, led by the exhibition curator.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA)

1/18/25

11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 2:00 PM

Floor 7 Elevator Landing, Event is Free with Museum Admission

Join journalist and author Bonnie Tsui for a special walk-through of "Get in the Game," focusing on what moves us — muscles. In her new book "On Muscle," Tsui blends science, culture, investigative reporting, and personal narrative to explore not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. Designed for visitors of all ages, each session lasts approximately 30 minutes.

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Glass Rice

1/18/25

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM  

Convivió & Conversación, featuring Alexi G. Orduño, Kevin Figueroa, Natalie Gavidia Modernated by Fabiola Catalan 

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

1/18/25

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Artist’s Talk: Tanya Aguiñiga and Anthony Graham

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Artist’s Talk: Amol K. Patil and Victoria Sung

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an.ä.log SF

1/18/25

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Garage Sale with Michael Jang

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Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

1/18/25

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Gallery-led talk: Heesoo Kwon and Livien Yin: Spirit House

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Fraenkel Gallery

1/18/25

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Open reception: Carrie Mae Weems

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Blunk Space

1/18/25

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Rio Kobayashi & Fritz Rauh Opening Reception

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Catharine Clark Gallery

1/18/25

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Rope and Revolver: Artists Respond to Frederic Remington’s ‘The Broncho Buster’ Sandow Birk, Michael Goldin, Charles Lee, Deborah Oropallo, Andy Rappaport, Stephanie Syjuco, Wanxin Zhang. Remarks at 4:00 PM

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Edge on the Square

1/18/25

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Babo Waheed of Babo’s Kitchen

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Sunday, January 19 2025

Marin Art Day

1/19/25

Explore Marin County's many art offerings with special hours, events, tours, and family programming at some of its leading galleries and museums!

Participants Include:

Art Works Downtown

Bolinas Museum

Blunk Space

Headlands Center for the Arts

MarinMOCA

Anthony Meier

Sarah Shepard Gallery

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San José Museum of Art

1/19/25

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Join us for an observation-based, scientific inquiry of Beta Space: Patty Chang and David Kelley. 

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Strike Slip Gallery

1/19/25

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 

Creative Workshop
Join self-taught muralist and artist Sawai for a creative workshop.
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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

1/19/25

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Free film screening: Stranger Inside

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Monday, January 20 2025

Legion of Honor

1/20/25

9:30 AM - 5:15 PM

Open with special hours in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

1/20/25

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

MLK Day Celebration with Free Admission. with lively shows by the Prescott Circus Theater, moving tributes by Marcus Shelby’s Youth Orchestra, and the CO-LLAB Choir. 

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Value Culture

1/20/25

7:00 PM - 2:00 AM 

Join us in celebrating SF ART WEEK with a Special Edition of Motown on Mondays at Madrone Art Bar

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Tuesday, January 21 2025

Anderson Collection at Stanford University

1/21/25

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

SFAW Welcome Reception, generously hosted by Pamela Hornik. Space is limited, RSVP required.

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

1/21/25

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Exhibition Viewing and Panel Discussion: Art of Resistance: Iranian Diasporic Perspectives on Revolutionary Creativity

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CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

1/21/25

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Opening Reception:  STEADY: Michelle Lopez and Ester Partegàs.

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Minnesota Street Project SFAW Celebration

1/21/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Featuring special hours and gallery receptions, including the opening for Dark Matter, presented by The Space Program San Francisco in collaboration with Minnesota Street Project, featuring a selection of works from Space Program teammates and 2024 resident alumni.

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re.riddle

1/21/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening reception: Odonchimeg Davaadorj: Sound of Sun

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Altman Siegel

1/21/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The opening celebration for Beyond the Bodies’ Edge, in conjunction with Jenkins Johnson Gallery and / (Slash).

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The Space Program San Francisco

1/21/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening Reception: Dark Matter at Minnesota Street Project along with the MSP San Francisco Art Week Celebration!

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Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

1/21/25

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Artist Talk: Heesoo Kwon & Livien Yin

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Gallery Wendi Norris

1/21/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening Celebration: Leonora Carrington: Mythopoesis

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San Francisco Center for the Book

1/21/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Artist talk: Lang Ingalls: OPEN/SET

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GCS Agency

1/21/25

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Electric Coffin Opening Reception

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Wednesday, January 22 2025

FOG Design+Art Preview Gala

Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture

1/22/25

4:00 PM - 10:00 PM (tiered entry)

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Sarah Shepard Gallery

1/22/25

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Breakfast with the artist: Dora Somosi

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

1/22/25

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Free Art Workshop: Dreamlike Diorama: Design your own dreamlike world by making a fun, creative diorama, inspired by artist Nicky Nodjoumi’s surreal and satirical paintings.

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California College of the Arts Deborah and Kenneth Novack Gallery

1/22/25

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Opening Reception: Pioneering Biomaterials Exhibition 

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Thursday, January 23 2025

FOG Design+Art | General Admission

Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture

1/23/25

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

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Transamerica Pyramid Center

1/23/25 

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Pyramid Arts Presents: Opening Reception with Les Lalanne, The Vertical City, and Pyramid Dreams

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CULT Aimee Friberg

1/23/25 

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Curatorial walk-through of Nicki Green’s Eye of the Fountain exhibition with curator Aimee Friberg and Contemporary Jewish Museum Firmament Curator Heidi Rabben.

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Kadist

1/23/25 

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join Director Jo-ey Tang to experience three audio-visual works by Indira Allegra, Tony Cokes, and Joe Namy: Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

1/23/25

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

“The Only Door I Can Open” exhibition preview: Curated from within prison, The Only Door I Can Open: Women Exposing Prison through Art 

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Romer Young Gallery

1/23/25

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Curatorial walk-through of Amanda Curreri's exhibition, In Bocca al Lupo, with gallery director and founder Joey Piziali.

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Creativity Explored

1/23/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Reception - Ethel Revita:
Ethereal Material
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Stanford Art Gallery

1/23/25  

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Opening Reception: Ashes of Memory - Installations and Paintings by Xiaoze Xie

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Et al.

1/23/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening reception: Same Blue as the Sky

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Glass Rice

1/23/25 

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Conversación with OF THREADS founders (Alma + Sergio)

Walkthrough & Talk: Bridging Culture and Design

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Institute of Contemporary Art San José

1/23/25

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Conversation with artists Trina Michelle Robinson and Tricia Rainwater, alongside political scientist Hakeem Jefferson and curator Matthew Villar Miranda.

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Root Division

1/23/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Curator tour and reception: Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

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Gray Area

1/23/25

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Opening reception: Gretchen Andrew

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Strike-Slip Gallery 

1/23/25

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

SF ART INDUSTRY NIGHT

Wine by Bar Part Time

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Annual FOG Party - Club Limelight

Saint Joseph's Arts Society

1/23/25

7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Welcome to Club Limelight, an unforgettable evening of art, music, and celebration! Inspired by the iconic 1980s Limelight club frequented by visionaries like Andy Warhol.
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Friday, January 24 2025

FOG Design+Art | General Admission

Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture

1/24/25

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

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Morning Gallery Tours and Coffee Reception

1/24/25

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Join neighboring galleries Berggruen Gallery and Crown Point Press for coffee receptions and tours of the exhibitions on view.

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Berggruen Gallery
Crown Point Press

CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

1/24/25

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Curator Tour with Bagels and Coffee: Michelle Lopez and Ester Partegàs: STEADY

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA)

1/24/25

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Join the curators of the SFMOMA 2024 SECA Art Award Exhibition for a special tour.

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Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

1/24/25

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Gallery-led talk: Spirit House

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Hosfelt Gallery

1/24/25

3:00 PM

Exhibition tour: Bruce Conner: Wayfinding

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Paul Thiebaud Gallery

1/24/25

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Join us for a walk-through of our exhibitions "William Theophilus Brown: In the Studio" and "Paul Wonner: A Bountiful Feast", led by Gallery Director, Greg Flood.

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FOR-SITE

1/24/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Artist talk: Bryan Keith Thomas 

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Haines

1/24/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening reception: Meghann Riepenhoff: State Shift

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Fort Mason Art Walk

1/24/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join Fort Mason Center, Haines, FOR-SITE, SF Camerawork, San Francisco Children’s Art Center, Arion Press, and Museo Italo Americano for an evening Art Walk.

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CCA Campus Gallery

1/24/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening Reception: Works in Progress III

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Olympia

1/24/25

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening Reception: Emily Davidson's solo exhibition "Twin Paintings"

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an.ä.log SF

1/24/25

5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Opening Reception: Time to Keep Looking with Nick Beymer

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Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

1/24/25

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Reception honoring the 2025 FOG Design+Art Fair and MoAD’s groundbreaking design exhibition, Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors and Radical Black Joy.

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COL Gallery

1/24/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening reception: Bruce Wilhelm and Martin Kippenberger

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Jonathan Carver Moore

1/24/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join us for the opening of Of the Earth; a group show featuring Amir Fallah, Asad Faulwell, Jamie Munõz, Kour Pour, and Lavar Munroe. 

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San Francisco Center for the Book

1/24/25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Artist reception of 35+ fine books and bindings by contemporary fine bookbinders worldwide: OPEN/SET

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

1/24/25

6:30 PM

UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema at YBCA: Empty Nets, which explores young love and the world of caviar smugglers.

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    Value Culture

    1/24/25

    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 

    SF Art Week Shabbat. 

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      Saturday, January 25 2025

      FOG Design+Art | General Admission

      Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture

      1/25/25

      11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

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      East Bay Art Day

      1/25/25

      Experience the East Bay Art scene with special hours, tours, artist studio visits and talks at some of its leading galleries and museums.

      Participants Include:

      Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

      Cult Bureau (by CULT Aimee Friberg)

      Creative Growth Art Center

      Johansson Project

      Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)

      pt. 2 Gallery

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      Chinese Culture Center

      1/25/25

      10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 

      Art Pop-Up at the 2025 Chinatown Flower Market Fair feature large scale art installations “Arm Day, Leg Day” by artist Bijun Liang, representing fortune, luck, and protection, as well as interactive activities with limited edition Lunar New Year-themed giveaways for the public.

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      Jessica Silverman

      1/25/25

      10:30 AM 

      Join us for a conversation between Davina Semo and Daniel Palmer, Chief Curator at the SCAD Museum of Art.

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      Glass Rice

      1/25/25

      12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 

      Taller de Artista, customizing garments with artist Juan Fernando Valdez.

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      Museum of Craft and Design

      1/25/25

      1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

      Artist panel: Ruglife

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      San José Museum of Art

      1/25/25

      1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

      Lunar New Year Celebration. Welcome the Year of the Snake, with artmaking activities, cultural demonstrations, and live performances. 

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      an.ä.log SF

      1/25/25

      1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

      Open Gallery Hours: Time to Keep Looking with Nick Beymer

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      Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

      1/25/25

      2:00 PM

      UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema at YBCA: The Land of Brothers, with three interconnected episodes of an Afghan refugee family’s struggle to make a home in Iran.

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        Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

        1/25/25

        2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

        Gallery-led talk: Spirit House

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        SFArtsEd

        1/25/25

        3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

        Closing Reception with a performance by Tommy Becker at 4:00 PM
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        CULT Bureau (by CULT Aimee Friberg)

        1/25/25

        2:00 PM - 6:00 PM  

        Exquisite Thing Vinyl Party: exhibition/ concept shop viewing with curator Aimee Friberg, DJ Yers Trooly, Truffle Man, and Rose’s Taproom at CULT Bureau.

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        Scott Richards Contemporary Art

        1/25/25

        4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

        Opening reception: Teo Gonzalez

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        Fraenkel Gallery

        1/25/25

        5:00 PM

        Artist Talk at FOG: Art + Design: Carrie Mae Weems & San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Director Christopher Bedford

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        SOMArts Cultural Center

        1/25/25

        7:30 PM

        Artist conversation: hosted by Adrian L. Burrell, Executive Director Maria Jenson and Jonathan Carver Moore

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        Gray Area

        1/25/25

        2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

        On Saturday, January 25, join Gray Area Associate Curator Wade Wallerstein for a tour of Gretchen Andrew's 'Facetune Portraits' in the presence of the artist.

        This event is free and open to the public. 

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        Sunday, January 26 2025

        FOG Design+Art | General Admission

        Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture

        1/26/25

        11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

        Programming:

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        Art Works Downtown

        1/26/25

        9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

        Special Hours

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        Chinese Culture Center

        1/26/25

        9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

        Art Pop-Up at the 2025 Chinatown Flower Market Fair feature large scale art installations “Arm Day, Leg Day” by artist Bijun Liang, representing fortune, luck, and protection, as well as interactive activities with limited edition Lunar New Year-themed giveaways for the public.

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        Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

        1/26/25

        1:00 PM

        MoAD’s Key Jo Lee joins a panel discussion at FOG Design+Art, featuring Cheryl R. Riley, Chantal Hildebrand, and Essence Harden.

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        Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

        1/26/25

        1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

        Workshop: Mixed media drawing with Anjelica Colliard

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        Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

        1/26/25

        2:00 PM

        UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema at YBCA: Roxana, which poetically investigates the life consequences of a chance encounter.

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