Thursday, August 16
Openings and Events in Culver City
The Ground Our Food Eats: Industrial Fertilizer Production in the USA, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, 12–5pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
POETIC STRUCTURE, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, 6-8pm.
Openings and Events in Leimert Park
Artist Talk: May Sun with Juri Koll, Art + Practice (Leimert Park), 7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Muse ’til Midnight, LACMA, 8pm–12am. $20–30.
Mad World, Marciano Art Foundation, 11am–5pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Charles Long & Anne Ellegood, Hammer Museum Senior Curator, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Poison Remedy Scapegoat, Human Resources, 5pm.
Openings and Events in Cypress Park
Bridget Klappert: Systems and Superstitions. Curve Line Space, 10am–6pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Book Talk & Signing - "Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai'i", The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
California in their Own Words, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 5–9pm.
The Santa Barbara Art Scene in the 70s: A Conversation, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30pm.
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 6pm.
CALIFORNIA CASUAL - Jacob Stewart-Halevy, Potts (Alhambra), 7pm.
Film Night: Obey Giant, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 7pm.
Friday, August 17
Openings and Events in Culver City
Westwind (2011), Wende Museum, 6pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Alison O'Daniel leads a walkthrough, meditation and conversation in ASL, Hammer Museum, 1–4pm. **
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Current Perspectives on Books and Art with Johanna Drucker, Getty Center, 7pm.
Friday Flights, Getty Center, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
FIRST EDITION, Karma International, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Prototyping In Tokyo: A Visual Story of Design-Led Innovation, Japan House, 10am–8pm.
Art in LA Affair, AC Gallery, 8pm. Through August 19.
Openings and Events Downtown
Paul McCarthy’s 'cisuM fo dnuoS ehT / The Sound of Music', Hauser & Wirth, 7pm.
Brooklyn Castle, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 7pm.
Grand Performances: La Marisoul curates: The California Feetwarmers & Hermanos Herrera, Grand Park, 8pm.
DJ Nights: Curated by Alejandro Cohen, Grand Park, 9pm–12am.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Lowell Nickel: Terra Firma; A Commentary on Land, Manhattan Beach Cultural Art Center (Manhattan Beach), 6–9pm.
Saturday, August 18
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Kenneth Tam: Griffith Park Boys Camp, Maria Agureeva, 18th Street Arts Center, 5–8pm.
Jo Ann Callis: Now and Then, ROSEGALLERY.
Openings and Events in Sawtelle
Liminimal, JAUS, 6:30–9:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Timothea Stewart's Selected Works, Robert Graham Studio, 5–8pm.
California Coalition for Women Prisoners Benefit Auction, Blum & Poe, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Carla Issue 13 Launch party + Closing of "As You Like It, Praz-Delavallade, 5–8pm.
Pick of The Litter, LACMA, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
The Los Angeles Archivists Collective: Australian Indigenous Community Archives, Hancock Park La Brea, 1pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Corita 100 Film Festival, The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, 2–6pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Autry Museum of the American West (Los Feliz), 1:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Summer Screenings: Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Kiki Smith, Rachel Whiteread, Mixografia, 3pm.
BARBARA, or Ardor, Grice Bench, 6pm.
Opening Reception: Inaugural Exhibition, Superposition, 6–10pm.
Grand Performances: Sogand, Grand Park, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Silver Lake
Storage Ensemble by Besler & Sons, Materials & Applications, 10am–5pm. Continues August 19.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
plantsssssssssssssssssssss : planthood magic & sway on display for your adoration and consideration purposes, Art In The Park, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Dave Pressler, Career Retrospective Idea to Object, Museum of Art & History (MOAH) (Lancaster), 1:30pm.
Stories of Boundaries, Arts Council for Long Beach (Long Beach), 6–9pm.
Summer Party, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 7–9pm.
Sunday, August 19
Openings and Events in Venice
The Nebraska Girl Open Reading, Beyond Baroque, 2pm.
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Jazz on the Lawn 2018, Gandara Park, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Picturing Beauty, Race, and Identity through Fashion: 1911–2011, Getty Center, 5pm.
Openings and Events in West Adams
Feelings of Belonging, and Tea, Acogedor (Private Residence), 3–5pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Philip Rich: Drawings, 1965 - 1967, as-is, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Natural History Museum, 9:30am–5pm.
In Conversation: Nicole Miller and Naima J. Keith, California African American Museum, 1–3pm.
Openings and Events in South Los Angeles
OPEN STUDIO: JOSE "PRIME" REZA & KARLOS "BUMPS" MARQUEZ, The Studio of Prime & Karlos, 12–6pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Gabriella Sanchez and Other Worlds Artists – Talk and Performances, 3–6pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Park
PiETERLATES 101:SummaSommaSkewl: Devika Wickremesinghe, 12:30–2:30pm. $25.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Chinese Music - Love, Hatred, Passion, and Vengeance: A Selection of Kun Opera Arias, The Huntington, 2–3pm. $10.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Epicurus' Conundrum by Rachel Yezbick, private home, 7–9pm.
Tuesday, August 21
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: Too Wise Wives, LACMA, 1pm.
Talk: Tristan Duke: Optical Investigations, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, August 22
Openings and Events in Westwood
Flora Wiegmann, Reduction Burn, Hammer Museum, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Leimert Park
In Conversation: Amanda Hunt and Gabrielle Civil, Art + Practice (Leimert Park), 7pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Simone Kennedy Doig & Antonia Showering, Baert Gallery, 6:30–8:30pm.
Screening: Sign Painters, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
2nd amwa film series, Echo Park Film Center, 8pm. $5. Continues August 23.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Curator Tour - Spirit and Essence, Line and Form, The Huntington, 5pm. $15–20.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Reading the Fine Print, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 10:30–11:30am.