Thursday, November 18
Openings and Events in Westwood
Goddesses and Other Truths: Shorts by Lesbian Filmmakers (1978-2003), UCLA, 4pm.
UCLA Department of Art 2021 Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, UCLA, 5–8pm. Through December 9.
Openings and Events Downtown
The Artist Channels 33 Intimate Technologies of Soul, Transformative Arts, 6pm. Through January 8, 2022.
Carmina Escobar: Bajo la Sombra del Sol (Under the Sun's Shadow), REDCAT, through November 20. $12–25.
Filipa Tojal: Verdant, Sage Culture.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Drinking and Scribbling in the Garden: Xu Wei's Wild Cursive Calligraphy, The Huntington, 7:30–9pm.
Openings and Events Online
Damsel in Distressed, A conversation with Dominique Mielle & Autumn Breon, ESMoA, 6–7:30pm.
Catfish Dreamin' Artist Talk with Neelanjana Banerjee and Kate Lain, Armory Center for the Arts, 6–7pm.
Gallery Conversations: Betwixt and/or Between, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 6:30–8pm.
Friday, November 19
Openings and Events in Westwood
Parisa Tashakori, UCLA, 1pm.
Ralph Story’s Los Angeles: On the Move!, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Family Album: Dannielle Bowman, Janna Ireland, and Contemporary Works from LACMA, LACMA, through June 5, 2022.
Openings and Events Downtown
HIVE RISE, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 7:30pm. Also November 20.
FIRE SIGN: GOOD NAKED, LADIES' ROOM, through January 15, 2022.
Openings and Events Online
The Practice of Disguise – Artists in Conversation with Ling-lin Ku, Ara Oshagan, and Cynthia Madansky, 18th Street Arts Center, 12–1pm.
Saturday, November 20
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Skye Volmar: I See How You Look at Me and Oli Epp: New Paintings, Richard Heller Gallery, 4–6pm. Through December 18.
Openings and Events in Venice
Fundamentals of Fiction Writing (A Writer's Toolbox with Laurie Horowitz), Beyond Baroque, 11am–2pm. $60–75.
Artist Walkthrough with Mikael Owunna, followed by a screening of Obi Mbu (The Primordial House: An Igbo Creation Myth), Iris Project, 2:30–5pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Bonita Helmer: CHANGE IN VELOCITY, George Billis Gallery, 3–7pm. Through January 1, 2022.
Sky Glabush: Weight of Light, Philip Martin Gallery, through December 23.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Lee Mullican: Computer Joy, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, through January 8, 2022.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
ANDRÉ BUTZER: 12 Years of collecting André and NEL AERTS: Squirm, Nino Mier Gallery, through December 18.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Kyungmi Shin: citizen, not barbarian, Various Small Fires, 3–6pm.
Benjamin Styer: Crystal Piano Rain and Mary Herbert: Like Glaciers, Moskowitz Bayse, 6–8pm. Through December 23.
Hannah Hughes: Zeroed, LIBERTINE, 6–9pm; performance, 7pm.
Molly Greene: Repeaters, Ellie MacGarry: Disappearing Act, and Zachary Ochoa: Return of the Magic Sword, Steve Turner, through December 31.
SEXY XMAS V, The Lodge, through December 24.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Heather Cook & Analia Saban: Blurring the lines between painting, imagery, and objecthood, Praz-Delavallade Los Angeles, 1–5pm. Through December 13.
Betzi Stein, Arlene Weinstock, Fielden Harper, and Liliana D'Ambrosio, TAG Gallery, 4–8pm.
Chloé Zhao, Mary Sweeney, and Jonas Kaplan, Academy Museum, 6pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Alex Olson, PARK VIEW / PAUL SOTO, 2–5pm.
A Practical Guide to Parlour Games & Magic, The Loft at Liz’s.
Openings and Events in Inglewood
ARTISTS TALK: 3B Collective, Residency Art Gallery, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
WISHLIST 9, Gabba Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Sophia Dahlin, Violet Spurlock, Sophia Le Fraga, Poetic Research Bureau, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
The Un-Private Collection: Nathaniel Mary Quinn + Arthur Lewis, The Broad, 2–3:30pm. $15.
Creating a Compassionate Community: Engaged Women in Skid Row, Gladys Park, 2–4pm.
Ranee Henderson: Fending for Ourselves, TX2 Gallery, 4–8pm.
Jonny Negron: Spirits, Château Shatto, 6–8pm. Through January 15, 2022.
Invader: POI - Points Of Invasions and Liz Nielsen: I’d Like to Imagine You’re in a Place Like This, Over the Influence, through December 23.
Hugo McCloud: translated memories, Vielmetter Los Angeles, through January 8, 2022.
Since Unveiling: Selected Acquisitions of a Decade, The Broad, through April 3, 2022.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Laura Schawelka: A Fallen Type, The Fulcrum, 6–9pm. Through December 29.
Steve Kado: Me!, Leroy’s, 9pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Borderlands, The Huntington.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Ghostbusters Confidential: Inside The Original Ghost Shop, Museum of Neon Art, 5pm. $10.
Openings and Events Online
Fundamentals of Fiction Writing (A Writer's Toolbox: An online workshop with Laurie Horowitz), Beyond Baroque, 11am.
November Family Art Workshop, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 1–2:30pm.
Sunday, November 21
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Equitable Vitrines Presents Florian Hecker - Resynthesizers, Fitzpatrick-Leland House, through March 13, 2022.
Openings and Events Online
Underground Movies, Parts 1–3, Los Angeles Filmforum, 4pm.
Monday, November 22
Openings and Events Online
Vital Matters: The Astonishing Survival of the Gladzor Gospels, Fowler Museum, 11am.
In Conversation: Lonnie G. Bunch III and Michael Govan, LACMA, 12–1pm.
Tuesday, November 23
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Mary Brøgger: Altercation, ROSEGALLERY, through January 8, 2022.
Wednesday, November 24
Openings and Events Online
Black Joy and Resilience Film Series—My Name is Pauli Murray and Post-Screening Conversation, LACMA, 5–7pm.