Thursday, September 9
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
LIZASTRATA, Getty Villa, Thursdays–Saturdays through October 2.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Nick Brandt: The Day May Break, Fahey/Klein Gallery, through October 30.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Cole Sternberg: FREESTATE: Experience 47, ESMoA (El Segundo), 6–8pm.
The Modern Chair, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs).
Openings and Events Online
The Soul of a Nation Reader: Writings by and about Black American Artists, 1960–1980, Getty Center, 11am.
Friday, September 10
Openings and Events in Culver City
Mark Grotjahn: Backcountry and Kazunori Hamana
in collaboration with Yukiko Kuroda, Blum & Poe, through October 23.
Openings and Events in Beverly Grove
SOCAL FIBER: FEMINISM AND FORM—A CONVERSATION, Craft in America, 11am–12:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Curator Open House for PARABLE 003, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), 12–9pm.
Aaron Rose: Suitcase City, The Lodge, through October 23.
Openings and Events Downtown
Brooke Holm: Ephemera, 6–9pm. Through October 23.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Nic Gaby: inter; mode; module, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA), 6–9pm. Through October 10.
Emblazoned World, Bel Ami, 6–9pm. Through October 30.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Amanda Maciel Antunes: Ithaca, Luna Anais Gallery, Tin Flats, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Brooke Holm: EPHEMERA, Sage Culture, 6–9pm.
Art and Hope at the End of the Tunnel, USC Fisher Museum, through December 9.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Family Fridays: Movie Nights: A Bug’s Life, The Huntington, 6:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Lawn Bowling Party, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 5:30–8:30pm. $10.
Openings and Events Online
Repeat after me: An online screening and conversation, 18th Street Arts Center.
Getty Get-Together: Duets, Getty Center, 5pm.
Saturday, September 11
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Floris Neusüss – 50 Years, Von Lintel Gallery, 4–7pm. Through October 27.
Judy Nimtz: Intermundium, Billis Gallery Los Angeles, through October 9.
Rebecca Farr: CAVE, Five Car Garage, 12–4pm. Through October 17.
Casper Brindle: Light | Glyphs, William Turner Gallery, through November 5.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Barry Anderson: Fragments of Space, Walter Maciel, through October 30.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Katharina Grosse: Repetitions without Origin, Gagosian, through October 23.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Nan Goldin: 1972–1977, Matthew Marks Gallery, through October 9.
Kellyann Burns: Processing, Louis Stern Fine Arts, through October 23.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Open studio, Western Ave Collective, 1–5pm.
Jim DeFrance: Slots, Whales & Corvus, STARS, 3–6pm. Through October 30.
Camille Rose Garcia: Obsidian Butterfly, KP Projects, 3–7pm. Through October 2. RSVP to rsvp@kpprojects.net.
Kylie White: Sphere of Influence, Moskowitz Bayse, through October 9.
Jack Pierson: Less and more, Regen Projects, through October 23.
Amalia Pica: Accumulations and Overlaps, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, through October 30.
Jim DeFrance: Slots, Whales & Corvus, STARS, through October 30.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Elliott Jamal Robbins: A marker, or maybe more., PARK VIEW / PAUL SOTO, 4–6pm.
Chris Peters, Michael Benevento, 5–7pm. Through November 6.
Justin Adian: Carousel, Lowell Ryan Project, 5–7pm. Through October 23.
Hanna Hur: Red Ecstatic, Kristina Kite Gallery, 4–6pm. Through November 8.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Deconstructing the Garment: A Workshop by Casey Baden & Minga Opazo, Craft Contemporary, 11:30am–4:30pm. $45–50.
JOHN MILLER: THE RIGHT NOT TO BE STARED AT OR EXAMINED, Praz-Delavallade, through October 23.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
ANITA STECKEL, Hannah Hoffman Gallery.
Openings and Events Downtown
EASY MORNINGS, Grand Park, 10am–1pm.
Merwin Belin: Condensed, as-is.la, 2–5pm. Through October 23.
LARA JO REGAN and THOMAS MICHAEL ALLEMAN: Crossing the Millennium, 515, 6–9pm. Through September 25.
February James: (Don't Take Me With You), Wilding Cran, 2–6pm. Through October 31.
HYBRID, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, 7–10pm. Through September 26.
Knowledge Bennett: Less Is More and YoYo Lander: Onto Something, The KNOW Contemporary, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Marlena Arthur: The Rainbow Girls, Tierra del Sol Gallery, through October 30.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Wentrcek Zebulon: HOG TRAP, Marta, 5–8pm. Through October 31.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Krista Machovina: Transient Storage of Tactile Memory, Keystone Art Space, 5–8pm. Through September 19.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Brand 49 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library, 7–9pm. Through October 29.
Openings and Events in San Pedro
OPaf (Other Places art fair 2021), Angels Gate Cultural Center, 12–6pm. Through September 12.
Openings and Events Online
Deconstructing the Garment: Workshop by Casey Baden & Minga Opazo, Craft Contemporary, 11:30am–4:30pm. $45–50.
SPOTLIGHT GRAND FINALE, The Music Center, 7pm.
Sunday, September 12
Openings and Events in Culver City
Synthetic Wilderness, Honor Fraser, through December 18.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
Autonomous Design Closing and Catalog Launch, Schindler House at the MAK Center, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, through June 6, 2022.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
James Rose, FOYER-LA, 3–6pm. Through October 23.
Openings and Events Online
Talk To Me: T.C. Boyle, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2:30pm. $5–10.
Monday, September 13
Openings and Events Online
Sunday at the Getty with James: The Making of Sunday in the Park with George, Getty Center, 1pm.
Curating California, Riverside Art Museum, 5pm.
Anthony Lepore and the R.J. Arnold Photography Archive, LACMA, 6–7pm.
Tuesday, September 14
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
All This Happened: 29 Years at ROSEGALLERY, ROSEGALLERY, through November 28.
Openings and Events in Venice
No Mask is Wholly a Mask, Yvette Gellis: Verdure, and Michael C. McMillen: A Theory of Smoke, L.A. Louver, through October 16.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Fluxus Means Change: Jean Brown's Avant-Garde Archive, Getty Center, through January 2, 2022.
Openings and Events Downtown
Lorna Simpson. Everything and Günther Förg. Appearance, Hauser & Wirth, through January 9, 2022.
Openings and Events Online
Community Strategy Session: Resources & Capital, Arts for LA, 10:30am.