Thursday, May 16
Openings and Events in Westwood
READINGS: Poetry: Nick Laird, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Brooks AdaLioryn, there-there, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
David Hammons: Phat Free, The Mistake Room, 11am–6pm.
NO CRUISING: ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING, NAVEL, 11am–1pm. $5 suggested donation.
Going Clear, ArtCenter DTLA, 6–9pm.
NO CRUISING: GHOSTED, NAVEL. Through May 18.
40 for LA: Sylvia Lavin on Arata Isozaki, MOCA Grand Avenue, 7pm.
NO CRUISING: Pistil, NAVEL, 8:30–10pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Alan Nakagawa and Isabelle Harada, LACA, 8pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Historia Plantarum, The Huntington, 4:30–6pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
School of Music Visiting Artist Series: Fil Eisler, CalArts (Valencia), 2–4pm.
Downtown at Sundown, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 5–8pm.
James Benning: Quilts, Cigarettes & Dirt (Portraits of America), Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6–8pm.
Film Night: Murder, My Sweet, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.
ESMoA Book Club: "Why You Eat What you Eat" by Rachel Herz, ESMoA (El Segundo), 6:30–8pm.
Here, Tonight: 24/700, CalArts (Valencia), 7:30–9pm.
Friday, May 17
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Villa Theater Lab: Trojan War, Getty Villa, 7:30pm. Continues May 18.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Gallery Talk: Victoria Lautman on Indian Stepwells, Fowler Museum, 12pm.
Openings and Events in Watts
A Jordan Downs Illumination, Cornerstone Theater, 8pm. Through May 26.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Kenn Taylor, The Newsstand Project, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Elliott Hundley: Clearing and Liz Larner: As Below, So Above, Regen Projects, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Odd Nights, The Autry, 6–11pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
NO CRUISING: BODIES IN PLAY, NAVEL, 3–5pm. $5 suggested donation.
Genesis Belanger: Coins for the Ferryman and Candice Lin: Meaningless Squiggles, Ghebaly Gallery, 6–9pm.
Movie Nights: Harvest of Empire, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 7pm.
NO CRUISING: PRIDE, PRISONS AND THE POLICE STATE, NAVEL, 7:30pm. $5 suggested donation.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Alison O'Daniel: SKATERS' SCORE, Lincoln Heights Skatepark, 6pm. Also May 18.
Openings and Events in San Marino
1802: Cultural Exchange during the Peace of Amiens, The Huntington, 9am–5pm. Continues May 18.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Casablanca (1942, PG), Norton Simon Museum, 6pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
dublab: Dusk Campout, La Jolla Indian Campground (La Jolla), 11am. Through May 19.
Patrick Angus: Voyeur and Bob Mizer: Physique Pictorial, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 7–10pm. $20.
Saturday, May 18
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Bodies of Evidence: Living Art, Getty Villa, 10am–4pm. Continues May 19.
Marion Amacher: Adjacencies, REDCAT, 8:30pm.
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Deep Water, William Turner Gallery, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Venice
Thaisa Frank & Brian Evenson, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Off the 405: Sasami, Getty Center, 6pm.
Theodosia Marchant: Domestic Animals | Life In 16 Frames, FATHOM Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Hammer Projects: Andrea Fraser, Hammer Museum, 11am–5pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Raffi Kalenderian: Memento Vivo, Vielmetter Los Angeles, 4–6pm.
ROHINA HOFFMAN: HAIR STORIES BOOK SIGNING + CONVERSATION WITH ALINE SMITHSON, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Danny Heller: Tiki Modern and Daniel Phill: Abound, George Billis Gallery, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
The Beverly Hills artSHOW, Santa Monica Boulevard, 10am–6pm. Continues May 19.
Openings and Events in South Los Angeles
Maya Angelou Mural Festival, Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School, 4–9pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Kenn Taylor: Birds Two, The Newsstand Project, 11:30am–1:30pm.
Tanya Brodsky: Yolki Palki, Plummer Park, 4–5:30pm.
Dapper Bruce Lafitte: Artwork By Dapper Bruce Lafitte, A NOLA Icon and Cameron Martin: Signals, M+B, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Symposium—Isaac Julien: Playtime, LACMA, 9am–5pm.
Artist Walkthrough—Life Model: Charles White and His Students with Judithe Hernández, LACMA, 2–3pm.
Augustus Thompson: Our Unity is a Business, Praz-Delavallade, 4–7pm.
Gus Harper: Transfiguration, Tom Wheeler: Human/Nature and Gary Polonsky: My Stamp Collection, TAG Gallery, 6–9pm; artist walkthrough, 5pm.
Event Horizon, CMay Gallery, 6–8pm.
KIRSTEN EVERBERG: Life Still, 1301PE, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Inherited Memories, Castelli Art Space, 6pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
YoungEun Kim and Alexandre Dorriz, Visitor Welcome Center, 5–8pm.
Yukako Ando: Open Fence and Alice Könitz: Display Systems of the Los Angeles Museum of Art, Commonwealth and Council, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
soft: the longest kiss: Vanessa German in Performance, Gavlak, 11am–5pm; conversation, 5–6pm.
Transfeminist Discourses / Knots, LACE, 2–6pm.
Scoli Acosta: To Ward The Setting Sun, AF Projects, 6–8pm.
WARD & KWESKIN: nothing gold can stay, THE LODGE, 6–9pm.
Scoli Acosta: Toward the Setting Sun, AF Projects, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
33 Years of Bug Fair, Natural History Museum, 9:30am–5pm. Continues May 19.
NO CRUISING: QUEER YOGA, NAVEL, 11am–12pm. $5 suggested donation.
NO CRUISING: CRUISING DTLA, NAVEL, 12–2pm. $8.
Workshop@PAM: Manga, USC, 1–4pm.
Guillermo Kuitca and David Hammons, Hauser & Wirth, 3–7pm.
21st Century Odyssey: A film by Barbara T. Smith & Kate Johnson, The Box, 4pm.
Launch party: Folsom St. Food Court by Michael Rababy, The Antonioni Adventure by George Porcari, and Death Valley Superstars by Duke Haney, Delancey Street Press, 5–9pm.
MOMENT OF SILENCE, The Know Contemporary, 6–9pm.
Summer Blues, ROW DTLA, 6–10pm.
Candice Lin: Meaningless Squiggles and Genesis Belanger: Coins for the Ferrymen, Ghebaly Gallery, 6–9pm.
Lucky 13 Part 2 Anniversary, Young Chun: Look!, Happy D:Forbidden Kingdom, Erika Sanada: Wonder, and Where Do We Go From Here?, Corey Helford Gallery, 7–11pm.
NO CRUISING: THE HAPPY ORGAN, NAVEL, 8pm.
Maryanne Amacher: Adjacencies (1965), REDCAT, 8:30pm. $10–20.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
tamarind by Adee Roberson, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 4–8pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
new paintings, patterning, music and dance: Tara Jane O'Neil and Jmy James Kidd, Pieter, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Carla Issue 16 Launch & 4 Year Anniversary Party, The Pit, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Balikbayan Box: A Care Package Workshop with Sara Chao, ESMoA (El Segundo), 1–4pm.
Modernism in Germany, Norton Simon Museum, 1–2pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
DIY Days: Woodbus W/ Sarah Espinoza, Side Street Projects, 11am–1pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Contemporary Sublime: The Photographic Collecting of William G. Butler, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 10am–5pm.
MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Part II: Andrea Welton, Mountain House, Nicolas G. Miller, Ariel McCleese and Michael Thurin and Open Studios, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (Irvine), 2–5pm.
GANAS DE EXISTIR!, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 6–9pm.
Sunday, May 19
Openings and Events in Venice
40th Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction, Google, 12–6pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Medieval Bestiaries and Their Original Purpose, Getty Center, 4pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
K.A.M.P. (KIDS ART MUSEUM PROJECT), Hammer Museum, 10am–2pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
"WALK INS WELCOME": NEW WORK BY LAZAREFF / BELLER EXHIBITION OPENING + RECEPTION, Arcana Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Anna Lucasta, LACMA, 1–3pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Reflecting Matter closing reception, Matter Studio Gallery, 2–6pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Sound & Vision: Barnsdall Arts, The Schindler House, 2pm. $15–75.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: BOGOSI SEKHUKHUNI AND MANUEL ARTURO ABREU, LAXART, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Coyote Leaves the Res: The Art of Harry Fonseca, The Autry, 10am–5pm.
COLA 2019, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 2–5pm; performance, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Silver Lake
Julien Ceccaldi, Jenny’s, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUSEUM: MOCA’S COLLECTION, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 11am–5pm.
Family Garden Workshop: Themed Gardens, Hauser & Wirth, 12–3pm.
Befriending Bemis, LACE, 1–3pm.
More Than Surviving: Asian Pacific Islander People Living with HIV, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries 2–4pm.
Psychic Donut Sunday, THESE DAYS, 2–5pm.
Saul Fletcher: Scared Lonely Rider, Grice Bench, 4–6pm.
Closing reception: STUCK TOGETHER, Track 16, 4–6pm.
Premiere: Cal State LA Community Impact Media Documentaries, Hauser & Wirth, 6pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Instant Gratifications with €ric D Clark, O-Town House.
Openings and Events in Eagle Rock
15th Annual Art Auction, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock (Eagle Rock), 1–5pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
A Conversation with Tang Qingnian, The Huntington, 2:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Ensemble Free Day: A Day of All Possible Music, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 1–4pm.
READERS, 2017, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 3pm.
Monday, May 20
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Antiquities in Motion: From Excavation Sites to Renaissance Collections, Getty Villa, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Mindful Monday: Cultivating Empathy and Connectedness, LACMA, 4–5pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
FLAX Drive-In Theater: Arnaud Dezoteux, Dark Meta Reeves, 2016 (29 min and Damon Packard, Foxfur, 2012 (61 min)), Tin Flats, 8pm.
Tuesday, May 21
Openings and Events in Westwood
CONVERSATIONS: Susan McClary & Peter Sellars, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
COLORFUL LIFE: GERE KAVANAUGH, DESIGNER BOOK SIGNING + CONVERSATION WITH LOUISE SANDHAUS, Helms Design Center, 6:30–8:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Tuesday Matinee: Ulzana's Raid, LACMA, 1pm.
L.A. Print: Edition 9—Celebrating Women of the L.A. Print World, LACMA, 7pm.
Wednesday, May 22
Openings and Events in Century City
Hip-Hop as Activist Megaphone: A Discussion with Talib Kweli, Jasiri X, and Martha Diaz, Annenberg Space for Photography, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Artist Talk II, The Loft at Liz’s, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
GYOPO: Celine Song and Julia Cho on Asian American Storytelling, East West Players, 7–8:30pm.
Jennifer Doyle: On Difficulty, ICA LA, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Conversation with Jeffrey Stuker and Lakshmi Luthra, Garden, 7–8:30pm.