Events on Wednesday, April 2

Greg Lynn: <em>I'll see it when I know it</em>

Art

Greg Lynn: I'll see it when I know it

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ SCI-Arc

Venice Beach architect and designer Greg Lynn has a prolific residential and commercial practice — but just as often, he finds... 

Serge Gainsbourg Night

Music

Serge Gainsbourg Night

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Bordello Bar

The sensual, rolling baritone of Parisian singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg sits alongside esteemed company — the nasally twirl of Bob Dylan, the... 

The Gutter Twins w/ Great Northern

Music

Gutter Twins

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Avalon Hollywood

Self-described as the "Satanic Everly Brothers," the Gutter Twins are Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli, both longstanding alt-rock heroes — Lanegan... 

Ongoing Events

Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy

Art

Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ LAXART

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

Mark Bradford: <em>Help Us</em>

Art

Mark Bradford

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious... 

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

Art

Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

Max Miceli

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Here Is Where You'll Find Me</em>: Small Photographs by Ashley Tibbits & David Horvitz

Art: Photography

Here Is Where You'll Find Me

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ The Lab 101 Gallery

As the much-beloved Polaroid photograph takes its final bow, David Horvitz and Flavorpill editor Ashley Tibbits harness the medium's lo-fi grace... 

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

Film

Alfred Hitchcock

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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>The Imaginary 20th Century</em>

Art

The Imaginary 20th Century

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

There was a time when the 20th century seemed like an unimaginable and distant future. The Orange County Museum of Art... 

Elena Manferdini: <em>Merletti</em>

Art

Elena Manferdini

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ SCI-Arc

"Merletti" means lace in Italian; for architects, it refers to the pattern of folds along a watchtower's defensive rims and other... 

Mindy Shapero

Art

Mindy Shapero

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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>California Video </em>

Art

California Video

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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,... 

<em>Sweeney Todd</em>

Theatre

Sweeney Todd

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Ahmanson Theatre

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

Anne-Laure Sacriste

Art

Anne-Laure Sacriste

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Chung King Project

For her debut solo bow in the United States, French artist Anne-Laure Sacriste shows new large-scale paintings at Chung King Project.... 

<em>Good Doll Bad Doll </em>

Art

Good Doll Bad Doll

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Panopti(con)</em>

Art

Panopti(con)

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Bank

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

Michael Asher

Art

Michael Asher

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

Alison Saar: <em>Hither</em>

Art

Alison Saar

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

Nathan Mabry

Art

Nathan Mabry

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Cherry and Martin

Spanish conquistadors beware: payback is a bitch. Nathan Mabry exacts Montezuma's revenge with irreverently styled bronze sculptures based on Pre-Columbian Moche... 

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Art

Cal Lane

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

AFI Music Documentary Series

Film

AFI Music Documentary Series

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Arclight Hollywood

This year's AFI Music Doc series kicks off with a sneak peek at Scott Hicks' inventive, intimate film Glass: A Portrait... 

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

Art

Anything Could Happen...

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Sarajo Frieden

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>HEF</em>

Art

HEF

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Jail Gallery

Hef. The single syllable alone conjures up images of smoking jackets and decadent mansion parties. Exploring that imagery, a group of... 

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

Art

La Vida Lowrider

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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>Lights! Camera! Glamour!</em>

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ California Heritage Museum

George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups,... 

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

Art

The Color of Life

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ The Getty Villa

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

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

Art

Jeffrey Vallance

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Wayne White

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Western Project

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

Art

Make Art/Stop AIDS

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

Before red ribbons became de rigeur accessories at televised awards ceremonies, artists from around the globe inspired and provoked the radical... 

<em>Toys</em>

Art

Toys

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Gallery 1988

Watching kids fry their eyeballs playing video games can make some of us feel old. There was a time when board... 

Anselm Kiefer: <em>Palmsonntag</em>

Art

Anselm Kiefer

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ First Baptist Church

Out of 36 glass panels and multiple tonnage of cracked clay and resin, German artist Anselm Kiefer has created an illusion... 

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

Art: Photography

Freeze Frame

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Hammer Museum

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

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ The Getty Center

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

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

Art

Las Vegas Diaspora

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Robert Crumb

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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>The Darjeeling Limited </em>(2007) and <em>The Royal Tenenbaums </em>(2001)

Film

The Darjeeling Limited and The Royal Tenenbaums

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ New Beverly Cinema

New Beverly Cinema, beloved Hollywood home of niche films, puts together a mean double feature with The Royal Tenenbaums and The... 

Edgar Heap of Birds: <em>Moving With the Storm</em>

Art

Edgar Heap of Birds

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ See Line Gallery

New York artist Edgar Heap of Birds doesn't use text to support his visual aesthetic — the text is the aesthetic.... 

Christopher Chinn: <em>On the Row</em>

Art

Christopher Chinn

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Overtones Gallery

Upon graduating from art school and relocating to the city, local painter Christopher Chinn was struck by how intrepid artists would... 

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

Art: Photography

A Narrative History of the Light Bulb

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ Gallery Luisotti

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

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

Art

First Generation

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Tony de los Reyes

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Bob Dylan's American Journey

Wednesday 4/ 2 @ 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...