Thursday, April 21
Openings and Events in Westwood
Sylvia Earle with Laura Dern, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Gerald Jackson: The Remedy of Color: Blue and Green, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, through June 18.
Openings and Events Downtown
CAAM Cinema: We Gather, California African American Museum, 7pm.
Sola Bamis: The Tutorial, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $8–25. Through April 23.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
The Dividual, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA), 7–9pm. Through May 21.
Openings and Events in Silver Lake
Daniel Taylor: Melonball, Larder, 6–9pm. Through June 5.
Openings and Events in Atwater Village
Julia Thompson: No Archive Will Restore You, 3218 Glendale Boulevard, 6pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Art and Music: A Duet: Parallel Stories with the Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30pm.
Exhibitions Opening Party, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 6–11pm. $25–100.
Friday, April 22
Openings and Events in Venice
A Poetry Reading with Nicky Beer & Lynne Thompson, Beyond Baroque, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Girl Head: Feminism and Film Materiality with Genevieve Yue, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
In Harmony with Nature: The Work of James Hubbell, Helms Design Center, through June 18.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Inverted Dome publication launch, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Reclaiming Performance: Reverence of Self, LAXART, through April 29.
Ania Hobson: Playing With Fire, Shadi Al-Atallah: Waters That Never Quench, and Claire Whitehurst: Follow the Moon, Steve Turner, through May 21.
Openings and Events in Silverlake
James Florio: On Light, Time, and Materiality, THE BAG, 6–8pm.
Saturday, April 23
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Pile 2 Patio, a mulch/compost sculpture by Maru García, 18th Street Arts Center, 11am–3pm.
Joseph Minek: Rewind and Mark Sheinkman: New Paintings, Von Lintel Gallery, 4–7pm. Through June 4.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Pop-up Studio: Exploring Nature with Photograms, Hammer Museum, 11am–1pm.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Beginning, Gagosian, through June 4.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Good Things Come in Threes, Rele Gallery, 12–5pm. Through May 28.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound, El Nido by VC Projects, 4pm.
MARK READ: Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil, LIBERTINE, 6-9pm. Through June 5.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Elika Hedayat: Mutations, Hamzianpour & Kia, 5–9pm. Through May 23.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Abi Salami & Andrew Gray: INDETERMINATE SPACE OF THE IMAGINARY and Hubert Neal, Jr.: NOTHING TO SEE HERE, Band of Vices, 2–6pm.
Aviary, The Loft at Liz’s, 3–5pm. Through June 14.
Maura Bendett: Transport, RDFA, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
EASY MORNINGS, Grand Park, 10am–1pm.
For Race and Country Zine Workshop, California African American Museum, 2pm.
Marc Horowitz: The Aesthetics of Stability, de boer gallery, 4–8pm; performance, 6pm. Through May 28.
NATE ZOBA: centre-zero prophecies, Keystone Art Space, 6–9pm. Through May 8.
Shadow City, 515, 7–9pm. Through May 14.
Lucy Wood Baird: What am I, to you?, Monte Vista Projects, 7–10pm. Through May 21.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Devin Osorio: Who Am I But a Heights Kid, Charlie James Gallery, 6–9pm. Through June 3.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Gordon Robichaux, LA: Kerry Schuss Color Electrograms 1978-2022, 1464 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026, through June 5.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Something to Crow About, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, through June 26.
Openings and Events in Cypress Park
ZAKi CHRIST: Nothing But Mammals, la BEAST gallery, 6–9pm. Through May 28.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
An Inside/Outside Night to Remember: The Armory's 2022 Annual Benefit,, Armory Center for the Arts, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events in San Pedro
Open Studios Day, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 12–4pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Lit to Life at LAM: What We’ll Build: Plans for our Future Together, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 10am.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part I, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (Irvine), 2–5pm. Through May 7.
Mystery in Masterpieces, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 6–9pm.
The VADA DRAW, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 7–10pm.
Sunday, April 24
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Art of the Empire: Monumental Cities of Ancient Persia, Getty Villa, 2pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Noir Television: “Johnny Staccato—Directed by John Cassavetes”, UCLA, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Alvaro Barrington and Angie Martinez, Blum & Poe, 3pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Ali Dadgar: Disoriental artist talk and exhibition closing reception, ADVOCARTSY, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Costume & Movement Workshop with Mimi Haddon & Cody Brunelle-Potter, Craft Contemporary, 1–4pm. $70–75.
Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, LACMA, through October 9.
Openings and Events Downtown
Fundraiser benefiting Ukraine relief efforts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1–5pm.
Black Ark: Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘For George Lewis’ by Monday Evening Concerts, Hauser & Wirth, 4:30pm.
Openings and Events in El Sereno
Move into Stillness: Meditation and Healing Arts: Joy Angela Anderson, El Sereno Community Garden, 11:30am–1pm.
Monday, April 25
Openings and Events Downtown
Adam Khalil, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $5–12.
Openings and Events in San Marino
The Past, Present, and Future of the James Webb Space Telescope: Seeking Our Origins in Stars and Galaxies, The Huntington, 7pm.
Openings and Events Online
Poetry in Color—A Virtual Slam inspired by Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You., LACMA, 7pm.
Tuesday, April 26
Openings and Events in Westwood
Some Favorite Writers: Danielle Evans, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
The Candy House: A Novel, Central Library, 7pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Why It Matters: Lonnie G. Bunch III in conversation with Karen R. Lawrence and Robert C. Davidson Jr., The Huntington, 6pm.
Wednesday, April 27
Openings and Events Downtown
CalArts Film/Video Showcase, REDCAT, through April 30.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Pieter Open Air Studio, Lewis Macadams Riverfront Park, 12–3pm.