Thursday, May 30
Openings and Events in Westwood
Making Social Spaces in Museums: Jori Finkel, Shinique Smith & Rirkrit Tiravanija, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Halston, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Monsters Are Made By Hannah Langley, The Fountain Theatre, 8pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Community Forum for Arts Education: Boyle Heights, Self Help Graphics, 6–9pm.
Conversation@PAM: Paul Binnie, USC, 7–8:30pm.
Gallery talk: Dale Brockman Davis, The Broad, 7pm.
Exhibition Walkthrough Bennett Simpson and Rebecca Lowery on The Foundation of the Museum: MOCA's Collection, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 7pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
La Traviata Extravaganza (the dinner... the drama... the death... with Sabrina Tarasoff), O-Town House, 8pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Geoff Dyer: All Our Yesterdays, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30pm.
Wayne Thiebaud: California Memories, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.
In Dialogue: Robert Patrick on Patrick Angus, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 6–7:30pm.
Friday, May 31
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Late Night! Pride in Fashion, Skirball Cultural Center, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Marco Castillo: The Decorator's Home, UTA Artist Space, 6–9pm; performance by Seu Jorge, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.: The Promised Land), Gavlak, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
FEMMEBIT Festival, Civic Center Studios, 6pm–2am. Through June 2.
In Search of Stonewall – Los Angeles, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Cody Putman, Marta Tiesenga, Amanda Bonaiuto, Gabriela Escovar, Human Resources, 8pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Long Beach Architecture Week, various locations (Long Beach), 6–9pm.
eXit pARTy, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 7–10pm.
Saturday, June 1
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Alison Blickle: The Three Fates, Five Car Garage, 2–5pm.
Pico Block Party & Artisan Marketplace, 18th Street Arts Center, 3–6pm.
Chrissy Angliker: Nudes, Kelly Berg: An Ever-Shifting World, and Rachel Rosenthal: Early Works on Paper, Craig Krull Gallery, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events in Sawtelle
Yoskay Yamamoto: My Colour With U in Mind, Giant Robot 2 Gallery, 6:30–10pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Drinking from the Past: Wine and Astrology from the Middle Ages to Today, Getty Center, 6–9pm. Continues June 2.
Openings and Events in Century City
“King of New York” Portrait Sessions with Photographer Barron Claiborne, Annenberg Space for Photography, 11am–1pm and 3–5pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Open House, Irving Place Studio, 10am–4pm.
Graduate Open Studios, UCLA, 4–7pm.
SEAN MAHAN: Translucent Vision, Thinkspace Projects, 6–9pm.
Florian Maier-Aichen and Tony Lewis: Charlatan And Ultimately A Boring Man, Blum & Poe, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
“King of New York” Portrait Sessions with Photographer Barron Claiborne, Annenberg Space for Photography, 11am–1pm. Continues June 2.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Shelter or Playground: The House of Dust closing event, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, 1:45–5:30pm.
George Herms and Terence Koh, Morán Morán, 2pm.
THE HALF AXEL, Richard Telles Fine Art, 5–7pm.
Bailey Scieszka: One Arm Bandit, AA|LA, 6–9pm.
Pilar Gallego: Between the Seam and the Skin, Plummer Park, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
A Day of Readings by Scoli Acosta, AF Projects, 10am–5pm.
Maria Berrio: A Cloud's Roots, Kohn Gallery, 6–8pm.
The Project Room, Shulamit Nazarian, 6–9pm.
Living in a Lightbulb, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, 6–8pm.
Kunié Sugiura Masaomi Yasunaga, Nonaka-Hill, 6–9pm.
The Artist Made book show, Big Pictures L.A., 6–10pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
The RIDDLE Effect & On The Inside, Craft Contemporary, 6–9pm. $12.
How to Learn How to Surf, El Rey Theatre, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
FLUTTER, 217 South La Brea, Los Angeles, 90036, 9am–9pm.
Exhibition walkthrough, Ochi Projects, 12pm.
The Stonewall Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Terry Sweeney and Lanier Laney, Chimento Contemporary, 5–8pm; walkthrough, 4:30pm.
Alexandra Grant: Born to Love, Lowell Ryan Projects, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Morley: In All Things Aspire Madly, Nagisa Kamae: Sharing is Caring, Iskar: Sanctuary, and Jeremy Novy: A Queer Examination, Gabba Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
2019 Benefit Brunch: Betye Saar, ICA LA, 12pm. $500–1,500.
Duality, Mixografia, 4–6pm.
Sculpture, Vielmetter Los Angeles, 4–6pm.
Making Tacos Not War | Alejandro Diaz Sampler Closing Reception, Royale Projects, 4–7pm.
Terry Sweeney and Lanier Laney: The Stonewall Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Chimento Contemporary, walkthrough with Ellen Birrell of X-TRA, 4:30; reception, 5–8pm.
Tom Forkin: The Thoroughfare, LY, 6–9pm.
Stephen Neidich: Making the rounds (a place to wait) and Marwa Abdul-Rahman: Eternal Return), Wilding Cran, 6–9pm.
Krysten Cunningham: Balls to the Wall, LADIES’ ROOM, 7–9pm.
Paul Heyer: Blue Boy and Jin Shan: Hall of Mirrors, Night Gallery, 7–10pm.
FRANCESCA LONGHINI: Golden Anesthesia, Baert Gallery, 7–9pm.
Soul of a Nation Celebration: a Special Musical Performance Curated by Qunicy Jones, The Broad, 8:30–11pm. $25.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Closing: INTO THE WILD: Kerry Buchman and Michael Blasi, Keystone Art Space, 1–4pm.
Dancing Diaspora Festival, Pieter, 11am–3pm and 8–10pm. Continues June 2.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Off the Wall: 30th Anniversary Art Auction and Gala, The Armory, 6:30–9pm.
Openings and Events in Glendale
glendaleOUT, ace/121 Gallery, 6–9pm.
shiNE ON: TWO ARTISTS REMEMBERED, MONA Museum of Neon Art, 7:30–10:30pm. $20.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
The Mini Sculpture Garden, by Raphaele Cohen-Bacry, Pasadena Central Library, 9am–6pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Taste of Art: A Little Romance, The Huntington, 9am–12:30pm.
Children's Flower Arranging: Floating Roses, The Huntington, 1–2:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Brave New Worlds: Explorations of Space, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 10am–5pm.
Guided Meditation in Chris Kallmyer: Ensemble, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 10:30am.
The Art of Consciousness Community Art Fair, Tarzana Community and Cultural Center (Tarzana), 11am–5pm.
ART OF THE BATTLESHIPS, Pacific Battleship Center (San Pedro), 5pm. $50.
soundpedro, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 6–10pm.
Sunday, June 2
Openings and Events in Westwood
826LA@Hammer: Fashion Speak, Hammer Museum, 11am.
Songs of the City with the Santa Monica Youth Orchestra, Hammer Museum, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Century City
Stretch and Bobbito: Live! Featuring Photographer Estevan Oriol, Annenberg Space for Photography, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Bel-Air
Cross Sections, Part II: A Morning of Art Events, AJU, 11am–1pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, LACMA, 10am–7pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Revealing Matter, Matter Studio Gallery, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: Relax Into The Invisible, LAXART, 4–7pm.
Los Angeles Filmforum presents Representations of Leaving Queer Death and heavens, Egyptian Theatre, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
In Conversation: Adia Millett and Kori Newkirk, California African American Museum, 2–4pm.
Every Woman Biennial, Bendix Building, 4–7pm.
Every Woman Biennial, Bendix Building, 4–7pm.
Studio: Spring 2019, REDCAT, 8:30pm. Also June 3.
Openings and Events in Mount Washington
Boogaloo Assassins at Sycamore Grove Park, Sycamore Grove Park, 6–7pm.
Monday, June 3
Openings and Events in San Marino
Richard Neutra, Landscape Architect, The Huntington, 7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Kip's Desert Book Club: THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER BY FRANCISCO CANTU, Tatiana (Joshua Tree), 7pm.
Tuesday, June 4
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Reading Between the Lines: Drawing Illustrations, Getty Center, 10am–5:30pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Virginia Heffernan & Howard Rodman, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Compton
Community Forum for Arts Education: Compton, Douglas F. Dollarhide Community Center, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Tuesday Matinee: Super Fly, LACMA, 1–3pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Spotlight Grand Finale Performance, The Music Center, 7pm. $20.
Wednesday, June 5
Openings and Events in Venice
Summer Celebration honoring Mark di Suvero and the Venice Family Clinic, L.A. Louver, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Gender Equality and the Vimalakirti Sutra, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.