Events on Tuesday, March 25

Saul Williams w/ Dragons of Zynth

Music

Saul Williams

Tuesday 3/25 @ The Troubadour

Saul Williams emerged as a star of the NY open-mic poetry scene in the mid '90s, performing with Allen Ginsberg and... 

José Gonzaléz w/ Mia Doi Todd

Music

José Gonzaléz

Tuesday 3/25 @ The Wiltern

José Gonzaléz created a nice stir when his debut LP, Veneer, hit in 2003 — in part because some couldn't quite... 

Bob Mould Band

Music

Bob Mould Band

Tuesday 3/25 @ El Rey

With the groundbreaking Hüsker Dü and subsequent Sugar behind him, post-punk pioneer (and current gay-club icon) Bob Mould brings his heartfelt... 

Ongoing Events

Cal Lane: <em>Sweet Crude</em>

Art

Cal Lane

Tuesday 3/25 @ Samuel Freeman

The beauty of Canadian-born, New York-based artist Cal Lane's work is in its remarkable juxtapositions. Lane transforms anything-but-delicate objects, such as... 

Robert Crumb: <em>Cr&egrave;me de la Crumb</em>

Art

Robert Crumb

Tuesday 3/25 @ David Lawrence Gallery

Since his early days drawing for Zap Comix, Robert Crumb has made quite a name for himself as the comic world's... 

<em>Panopti(con)</em>

Art

Panopti(con)

Tuesday 3/25 @ Bank

Los Angeles multimedia artist Martin Durazo curates this collection of work by 17 artists under the broad thematic umbrella of power... 

<em>Sweeney Todd</em>

Theatre

Sweeney Todd

Tuesday 3/25 @ Ahmanson Theatre

Johnny Depp's acclaimed cinematic stab (ahem) at Mr. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, has refreshed our memories on... 

<em>Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film</em>

Film

Alfred Hitchcock

Tuesday 3/25 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Stylized, self-mythologizing director Alfred Hitchcock would have you believe him to be a one-man originality machine — when, in fact, his... 

<em>First Generation: Art in Claremont 1907-1957</em>

Art

First Generation

Tuesday 3/25 @ Claremont Museum of Art

Nestled 30 minutes outside of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles lies Claremont — not known for much other than... 

Aaron Smith: <em>Estofada</em>

Art

Aaron Smith

Tuesday 3/25 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery

The history of art may seem an obvious source of inspiration, but a new collection of paintings by LA's Aaron Smith... 

<em>Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland</em>

Art

Las Vegas Diaspora

Tuesday 3/25 @ Laguna Art Museum

Dave Hickey has one of the most original minds in the contemporary art world. His best-selling collection of critical essays, Air... 

<i>SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s</i>

Art

SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s

Tuesday 3/25 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Exhibitions addressing mythologies of Southern California are suddenly seemingly ubiquitous. The Orange County Museum of Art's Art Since the 1960s: California... 

Wayne White: <em>Drop the Country Boy Act</em>

Art

Wayne White

Tuesday 3/25 @ Western Project

Billed as "punk Mark Twain defiance," Wayne White's latest show features the recent collection of his famous word paintings and sculptures.... 

Tim Bavington: <em>There We Were, Now Here We Are</em>

Art

There We Were, Now Here We Are

Tuesday 3/25 @ Mark Moore Gallery

LA artist Tim Bavington reinvents the once-obsolete "stripe painting" with hometown verve. Bavington incorporates sound into many of his dense compositions,... 

<em>Two Lines Align</em>: Drawings by Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge

Art

Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge

Tuesday 3/25 @ REDCAT

Even if you don't recognize their names, you are likely familiar with the art of Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge. In... 

Alison Saar: <em>Hither</em>

Art

Alison Saar

Tuesday 3/25 @ LA Louver Gallery

Though Los Angeles is her stomping ground, provocative painter/sculptress Alison Saar is internationally acclaimed. Daughter of the groundbreaking Betye Saar, whose... 

Tony de los Reyes: <em>Ahab's America</em>

Art

Tony de los Reyes

Tuesday 3/25 @ Carl Berg Gallery

Los Angeles-based painter and sculptor Tony de los Reyes has more in common with 19th-century author Herman Melville than most politically... 

Nicole Cohen: <em>Please Be Seated</em>

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Tuesday 3/25 @ The Getty Center

Nicole Cohen engineers recombinant layers of still and video imagery, investigating the network of associations that interior spaces contain. Also, she... 

Art

Everything But the Kitschen Sync

Tuesday 3/25 @ La Luz de Jesus

The type of work that's usually celebrated at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, located inside Wacko (the Costco of kitsch), is... 

<em>California Video </em>

Art

California Video

Tuesday 3/25 @ The Getty Center

As video art's growing reach now extends from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera to commuters watching YouTube on their iPhones,... 

Max Miceli: <em>Hard Icing</em>

Art

Max Miceli

Tuesday 3/25 @ Milo Gallery

Two-parts pop to one-part folk, Max Miceli's landscapes and portraits force viewers to examine the relationships between man and beast, industry... 

Rosson Crow: <em>Night at the Palomino</em>

Art

Rosson Crow

Tuesday 3/25 @ Honor Fraser

In a departure from her usual allusions to European art, Crow focuses on America, particularly Los Angeles, in her latest collection... 

Michael Asher

Art

Michael Asher

Tuesday 3/25 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

Rather than create new spaces and pieces, conceptual mixed-media artist Michael Asher prefers to deconstruct and punctuate extant spaces with found... 

Toby Ziegler: <em>The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse</em>

Art

Toby Ziegler

Tuesday 3/25 @ Patrick Painter Gallery

Toby Ziegler's work is full of dichotomies. For his new collection of painting and sculpture in Patrick Painter's West Gallery, the... 

Mindy Shapero

Art

Mindy Shapero

Tuesday 3/25 @ Anna Helwing Gallery

Bright and brash, Mindy Shapero concocts sculptures with a childlike zeal: always curious and never satisfied. Her works seem like visual... 

<em>Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966</em>

Art

Bob Dylan's American Journey

Tuesday 3/25 @ Skirball Cultural Center

This year's resurgent Dylanmania — from Todd Haynes' byzantine biopic, I'm Not There, to Murray Lerner's performance-driven documentary, The Other Side... 

Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy

Art

Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy

Tuesday 3/25 @ LAXART

Los Angeles' Anna Sew Hoy takes inspiration from her medical-doctor father in her latest exhibition POW!, which focuses on the theme... 

<em>A Narrative History of the Light Bulb</em>

Art: Photography

A Narrative History of the Light Bulb

Tuesday 3/25 @ Gallery Luisotti

Photographer Catherine Wagner used the Baltimore Museum of Industry's impressive collection of lightbulbs as the inspiration for her latest exhibition, which... 

Faith47, Johnny Yanok, Joulu, Mike Kershnar, and Misery: <em>Anything Could Happen...</em>

Art

Anything Could Happen...

Tuesday 3/25 @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

In the group show Anything Could Happen..., five international artists get together to celebrate the vibrancy of contemporary street art. From... 

<em>Freeze Frame: Five Decades of Photographs by Douglas Kirkland</em>

Art: Photography

Freeze Frame

Tuesday 3/25 @ Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

The Academy honors Douglas Kirkland's carefully composed photography with Freeze Frame, an exhibit of celebrity portraits riddled with familiar faces. Besides... 

Kara Walker: <em>My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love</em>

Art

Kara Walker

Tuesday 3/25 @ Hammer Museum

Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" in 2007 — sparks... 

<em>The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present </em>

Art

The Color of Life

Tuesday 3/25 @ The Getty Villa

Looking at tony museum collections of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, one might think that the whole of antiquity existed only... 

Tom Atwood: <em>Kings in their Castles</em><em> </em>

Art: Photography

Tom Atwood

Tuesday 3/25 @ Farmani Gallery

Portrait photography of celebrities in their own homes is always compelling fare, but Tom Atwood's images of high-profile figures from the... 

<i>My Kid Could Paint That</i>

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Tuesday 3/25 @ Various locations

An abstract-art prodigy for the digital age, four-year-old Marla Olmstead is a rare bird indeed. In My Kid Could Paint That,... 

Sarajo Frieden: <em>Another Green World</em>

Art

Sarajo Frieden

Tuesday 3/25 @ Little Bird Gallery

That Sarajo Frieden's Los Angeles studio is at the nexus of Koreatown, Little Armenia, and Thai Town makes perfect sense after... 

<I>La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels</i>

Art

La Vida Lowrider

Tuesday 3/25 @ Petersen Automotive Museum

The lowrider tradition originated in the Chicano barrios of Los Angeles, inspired by a fierce love for classic cars and the... 

<em>Good Doll Bad Doll </em>

Art

Good Doll Bad Doll

Tuesday 3/25 @ Armory Center for the Arts

ArtForum critic and independent curator Michael Duncan encourages childish behavior in Good Doll Bad Doll, an exhibition featuring modern and contemporary... 

Tom Servais: <em>el&middot;e&middot;men&middot;tal</em>

Art: Photography

Tom Servais

Tuesday 3/25 @ epOxybOx

Celebrated surf photographer Tom Servais comes to Venice Beach's original "green" gallery for his debut fine-art exhibition. Servais is known for... 

Jeffrey Vallance w/ James Goodwin, Laurie Hassold, Marjan Hormozi, Dave Shulman, and Scotty Vera

Art

Jeffrey Vallance

Tuesday 3/25 @ Track 16 Gallery

Extravagance, irony, and ephemera converge in five concurrent exhibitions. The focus is the 30th-anniversary celebration of Jeffery Vallance's performance piece Blinky... 

<em>Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera</em>

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Tuesday 3/25 @ The Getty Center

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Getty Center presents Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera. The exhibition...