Thursday, April 29
Openings and Events in Venice
Welcome to Motor City, Iris Project, through May 16.
Openings and Events Online
The Art of Leaving: A Conversation with Ayelet Tsabari, American Jewish University, 11am.
Art + Inspiration, Venice Family Clinic, 12pm.
Art Break: Mapping a Dutch Drawing, Getty Center, 12pm.
Split: Portrait of a Drag Queen, UCLA, 4pm.
Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Abigail Collins, CalArts, 4:30pm.
We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World, Hammer Museum, 5pm.
Global Cuisine Cooking Lesson: Chifa LA, Fowler Museum, 5pm.
Artist Collaborative People’s Kitchen Collective, Platform, 5:30pm.
Our L.A. Voices 2021, Grand Park, 6pm.
¡Que Viva Chicano Park! Art, Culture, and History, Riverside Art Museum, 6–8pm. $25.
Lead with intent: There are no coincidences with Sunni Meador, Show Box L.A., 6:30pm. $5–15.
CalArts Spring Dance Concert, REDCAT, through April 30. $8–15.
Film Screening and Conversation—Nasir, LACMA, through May 1.
Friday, April 30
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Molly Larkey and Brian Wills: Selected Works, Porch Gallery (Ojai), through July 5.
Openings and Events Online
Big Read: Native American Beading with Meztli Projects, LAMAG, 1pm.
Virtual Art Talk: Art + Activism, Venice Family Clinic, 1pm.
Three Perspectives on Contemporary Painting: A Conversation with Suzanne Hudson, Math Bass, and Christina Quarles, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 5pm.
Film Screening and Conversation—Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire, LACMA, through May 2.
Saturday, May 1
Openings and Events in Culver City
Joshua Petker: The Flirt, Anat Ebgi, through June 5.
Kim DeJesus: Erasures, Washes, and Memory, Whale and Star Studio, through May 14.
Hector O. Hernandez: My America Is Not Your America, Studio 203, through August 1.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Mikael B: Flow State, Maddox Gallery, through May 31.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
BLOOM, PARK VIEW / PAUL SOTO, through May 14.
Millo: At the Crack of Dawn and Mando Marie: Tell Me All About It, Thinkspace Projects, through May 22.
Sophie Barber: Kim and Kanye kiss without tongues, Chris Sharp Gallery, through June 12.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Openings and Events Downtown
Calliope Pavlides: Seasons of Unraveling, Monte Vista Projects, through May 8.
Beverly Fishman: Love Letter to L.A., GAVLAK, through June 5.
ENSEMBLE, Château Shatto, through June 26.
Umar Rashid: PER CAPITA, Transformative Arts, through June 30.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Megan Lindeman: Hey Lover Letters (2019-2021), HannaH Hanson Gallery, through May 30.
Openings and Events in Glendale
40 Years of Light: Works From The Collection and Collective, Museum of Neon Art.
Openings and Events Online
Family Friendly Workshop | Found Object Mobiles, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, 11am.
The Politics of Street Vendors in Los Angeles, LACMA, 12pm.
(Jorge Mino: Balance, Lois Lambert Gallery, 1–5pm.
Pieter Community Check-In, Pieter, 6pm.
Main Event 2021: Acts of Optimism, SCI-Arc, 6–9pm.
Micaela Tobin: BAKUNAWA: Opera of the Seven Moons, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $8–15.
Lauren Kasmer: Momenta, El Camino College Art Gallery, 9:50am–5pm on May 1 and 2; exhibition online until May 9.
Monday, May 3
Openings and Events Online
The Girl Can’t Help It: Trans Portraits at the Dawn of the Sexual Revolution, REDCAT, 8pm. $5–10.
Tuesday, May 4
Openings and Events Online
Studio Visit and Conversation with Glenn Kaino, Fowler Museum, 11am.
Understanding Ever Growing Antisemitism and Conspiracy Theories, American Jewish University, 2pm. $40.
Wednesday, May 5
Openings and Events Online
West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire, The Huntington, 12pm.
My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption, ALOUD a program of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, 5pm.