Thursday, September 20
Openings and Events in Westwood
Flux, Fall 2018, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Music: Vijay Iyer & Friends: Activations, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Whew Chile, The Ghetto! Rakeem Cunningham & Ramon Espinosa, 5458 Wilshire Blvd., 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
GYOPO Inaugural Benefit Rooftop Party, Petit Ermitage, 6–9pm. $350–750.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Raûl de Nieves, Freedman Fitzpatrick, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Bloom, Bel Ami, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Book Launch - This Is (Not L.A.), Natural History Museum, 6–9m.
Reimagining the Public, The Reef, 6pm.
MOCA Music: LATE NIGHT LAGGERS WITH JESSE BAEZ, THE.WAV, NICK & NAVI + SPECIAL GUESTS DAVE NADA X TITTSWORTH, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 6:30–9:30pm.
Hotel Modern (Holland), REDCAT, 8:30pm. Through September 23.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Andrew Pearson: Dearly Beloved: A Union, Out of Wedlock, The Ruby Street, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
PMCA 1234: Third Thursday Evening: Big Birth Junkie, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 5–9pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Being Here With You/Cuando estoy contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 5-8pm.
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 6pm.
Film Night: Bombshell, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 7pm.
Friday, September 21
Openings and Events in Culver City
Closing Reception for Textile Arts L.A. Residency, Helms Design Center, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in West Adams
Out in the Street, Muzeumm, 7:30–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Little Town of Bethlehem, Los Angeles Poverty Department, 7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Fortnight Concert Series, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 7pm. $30.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
PAUL KOS AND TREVOR SHIMIZU, POTTS (Alhambra), 7–9pm.
Saturday, September 22
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Dave Lefner: What is in a word?, Skidmore Contemporary Art, 4–6pm.
ARTIST TALK with Kyla Hansen, Five Car Garage, 4pm.
Charles Brittin: Revolutions, Sloan Projects, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Hammer Projects: Shadi Habib Allah, Hammer Museum, 11am–5pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
B. Wurtz, RICK POTTS, and Martel Window Project: David Shull, Richard Telles Fine Art, 5–7pm.
Anita Payró: 1950s–1960s and Seann Brackin: Mapping Time, Louis Stern Fine Arts, 5–7pm.
Adam Saks: Pilgrim on a Hidden Path, Meliksetian | Briggs, 5–7pm.
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer: The Chiefest of Ten Thousand, Nino Mier Gallery, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Tony Berlant: Fast Forward, Kohn Gallery, 5–7pm.
Kansuke Yamamoto / Kentaro Kawabata, Nonaka-Hill, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Talk: Gallery Course: The Beginnings of Modern Art, LACMA, 8:30am.
Fiona Banner and SUPERFLEX, UNIT 5, 11am–5pm.
Free Screening—A Million Little Things (Pilot), LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
If I go there, I won't stay there, ltd los angeles, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Laub | OneHouse ArtExperience, Guan Rong & Andy Cao, Visitor Welcome Center, 5–8pm.
Jemima Wyman: At the Fray and Nikita Gale: DESCENT, Commonwealth and Council, 3–6pm.
Dan Finsel, Trulee Hall, Chris Peters, Kaari Upson, Michael Benevento, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in Leimert Park
Slavery, The Prison Industrial Complex: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, Art + Practice, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Edgar Arceneaux’s New Financial Architectures for Creative Communities, The Broad, 2–5pm.
Discussion: The Architectonics of Larry Bell’s Glass Cube, Hauser & Wirth, 2pm.
Book Launch: The Invention of Ana by Mikkel Rosengaard, Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth LA, 4–6pm.
Live screening of Don Carlo, The Music Center, 6pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Project Blue Boy, The Huntington (San Marino, 10am–5pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Open House, William S. Hart Museum (Newhall), 11am–4pm.
Crystal Michaelson, Janssen Art Space (Palm Springs), 6–10pm.
INK’D: A Runway Show, Museum of Latin American Art, 6–10pm. $40–50.
RECEPTION: DAE-BAK SUPER COOL, Torrance Art Museum (Torrance), 6–9pm.
Sunday, September 23
Openings and Events in Westwood
Family Flicks Film Series: The NeverEnding Story, Hammer Museum, 11am.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Discussion: Art – Past – Present, Wende Museum, 3pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: Film Premiere—Beneath the Hagia Sophia, LACMA, 1pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Performance talk by Dr. Raúl Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet: (DeEncounters and The Weaving of Relational Memories in the MeXicanx_Latinx Territories (1987-2017: )), LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), 2–4pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 11am–6pm.
Take Back the House Fundraiser, Ghebaly Gallery, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
DIY PhD Back 2 (UnSchool Night), Women’s Center for Creative Work, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Divine Creators: Intro to Divination Practices for Creatives: Edgar Fabián Frías, MFT, Pieter, 6:30–8:30pm. $30.
Openings and Events in Glassell Park
Other Places art fair fundraiser and forum, California Carts, 5–8pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Anna Mayer: Admit, Emit, Adjunct Positions, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Utopia Issue Launch Party, Brand Library & Art Center, 3–7pm.
Monday, September 24
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: Artist Stanya Kahn's Stand in the Stream, LACMA, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
os Angeles Filmforum and Acropolis Cinema present Napalm: A Tribute to Claude Lanzmann, Downtown Independent, 8pm.
Tuesday, September 25
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Jeff Keen, WME and Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 7:15pm. RSVP to rsvp@marcselwynfineart.com.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Film: Moonstruck, LACMA, 1pm.
Double Feature | 'Inspired By': David Lowery | Two-Lane Blacktop & RoboCop, LACMA, 6:30pm.
Openings and Events in Leimert Park
Reflecting on Angola, Art + Practice, 7pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Salon Series in the Garden: Urban Ecology, Hauser & Wirth, 7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Film Screening | On the Edge of A Dream, MCA Santa Barbara, 6 and 7pm.
Wednesday, September 26
Openings and events in Westwood
RBG, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
The Future of Nazi Looted Art Recovery in the US and Abroad, Skirball Cultural Center, 8am–5:45pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Mark Lee, Johnston Marklee, Los Angeles, USC School of Architecture, 6pm.
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: California Bound: Slavery on the New Frontier, 1848–1865 and Los Angeles Freedom Rally, 1963, The Notion of Family, California African American Museum, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Rogers Distinguished Fellow Lecture - Our Civil War: How Americans Understand the Great American Conflict, The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Artist Talk | Barry McGee, MCA Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), 6pm.