The big art news in San Francisco this week is the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum (that big blue cube across from the Metreon and Yerba Buena Gardens on Mission Street). It’s likely to be quite a scene this weekend, but cartoon fans have an extra reason to brave the opening season crowds:

From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig, features a wide selection of original drawings for both his New Yorker cartoons and his children’s books such as Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, Amos & Boris, Gorky Rises, Dominic, When Everybody Wore a Hat, and Shrek! (“fear” in Yiddish). Additionally, the exhibition will showcase his lesser known mid-life symbolic drawings, correspondence, and other documentary materials that will shed light on Steig, the man and the artist. From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig was organized by Claudia Nahson, Associate Curator at The Jewish Museum, New York.