Think of it as a Saturday night excursion. Just get in your car and drive, stopping, of course, at dozens of galleries along the way. Dallas has plenty, and next weekend might be the perfect time for a binge.

The local art world follows a predictable pattern: Galleries take the holidays off en masse, and new shows explode once the year begins. It’s the same again this year, with multiple galleries trotting out new shows, most of which debut Saturday. Put the Grateful Dead’s “One More Saturday Night” in the CD player and head out, moving from the Design District to Uptown to the Bishop Arts District and points in between. Most of these places offer food and wine.

In the Design District, Photographs Do Not Bend (or PDNB Gallery for those who prefer its trendier moniker) next weekend opens “Clothesline” by John Albok, accompanying Michael Kenna’s self-titled exhibition.

Conduit Gallery ushers in the new year with a show that begins Saturday night, opening its doors to Robert Jessup and (love the name) Rosalyn Bodycomb.

Holly Johnson Gallery celebrates the new year with a show by Randy Twaddle that opens Saturday.

The Dallas Art Dealers Association is bullish on new shows opening at the Irving Arts Center (“Black and White,” which features Chinese brush paintings) and the MADI Museum (“Optical Spaces: The Art of Victor Vasarely”). The MADI show opens Friday, the Irving show next Sunday.

A personal favorite of mine, Houston artist Orna Feinstein, curated the Vasarely show. Vasarely is deemed, according to his hosts, “the acknowledged leader of the Op-Art movement, and his innovations in color and optical illusion have had a strong influence on many modern artists.”

Cohn Drennan Contemporary opens a three-artist show on Saturday, bringing out Ron Clark, Susan Perkins and Betty Sewell, who collectively promise “diverse personal histories in Dallas.”

In the spirit of these new beginnings, a new gallery opens in the Bishop Arts District, in gentrified Oak Cliff. It’s the Ginger Fox Gallery, which unveils a group show on Saturday at 408 N. Bishop.

If you’re up for a drive to Fort Worth, William Campbell Contemporary Art opens its new show Saturday. It’s a celebration of art from the estate of Scottie Parsons.

For those who prefer art with a spiritual bent, you might try Congregation Beth Torah in Richardson, where Santa Fe, N.M., artist-author Sara Novenson will share stories and artwork from her book, Illuminated Visions: Women of the Bible. Novenson will be at the synagogue throughout the weekend.

The deluge rolls on with Trey Egan bringing his first solo exhibition to Cris Worley Fine Arts, which is hosting a reception for Egan on Saturday night.

The following weekend promises even more, with Cuban artist Raul Cordero launching a show at CentralTrak and David Dike Fine Art hosting its Texas Art Auction.

LuminArte Gallery kicks off the new year with “Red: Existentialism in Art,” which debuts Jan. 19.

McKinney Avenue Contemporary is always worth a look. Its new show opens Jan. 19. It’s called “Michael Miller: Out of Commerce” and features Trenton Doyle Hancock, Daniel Kurt, Lawrence Lee, Robyn O’Neil and Jeff Parrott.

The Latino Cultural Center opens its winter exhibition Jan. 18 with “Timeless Mexico: The Photographs of Hugo Brehme,” which is on loan from the Wittliff Collection at Texas State University, in San Marcos.