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Art: Architecture/Design
La Vida Lowrider
Sunday May 11 (10am–6pm) @ Peterson Automotive Museum More times »
The lowrider tradition originated in the Chicano barrios of Los Angeles, inspired by a fierce love for classic cars and the need for expressing cultural... View details »
La Vida Lowrider
Art: Photography
Lights! Camera! Glamour!
Sunday May 11 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups, "The grand seigneur of... View details »
Lights! Camera! Glamour!
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Bob Dylan's American Journey
Sunday May 11 @ Skirball Cultural Center More times »
This year's resurgent Dylanmania — from Todd Haynes' byzantine biopic, I'm Not There, to Murray Lerner's performance-driven documentary, The Other Side of the Mirror —... View details »
Bob Dylan's American Journey
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Kara Walker
Sunday May 11 (11am–5pm) @ Hammer Museum More times »
Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" in 2007 — sparks a tense dialogue between... View details »
Kara Walker
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Make Art/Stop AIDS
Sunday May 11 (noon–5pm) @ Fowler Museum, UCLA More times »
Free
Before red ribbons became de rigeur accessories at televised awards ceremonies, artists from around the globe inspired and provoked the radical awareness that the AIDS... View details »
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California Video
Sunday May 11 @ The Getty Center More times »
Free
As video art's growing reach now extends from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera to commuters watching YouTube on their iPhones, the Getty... View details »
California Video
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James Turrell
Sunday May 11 (10am–8pm) @ Draper Courtyard, Pomona College More times »
Free
It's up for debate whether James Turrell is a sculptor, an architect, a light-and-space artist, or an earth-works artist. Whichever he is, the transcendent, full-body... View details »
James Turrell
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Las Vegas Diaspora
Sunday May 11 (11am–5pm) @ Laguna Art Museum More times »
Dave Hickey has one of the most original minds in the contemporary art world. His best-selling collection of critical essays, Air Guitar, built bridges between... View details »
Las Vegas Diaspora
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Good Doll Bad Doll
Sunday May 11 (noon–5pm) @ Armory Center for the Arts More times »
Free
ArtForum critic and independent curator Michael Duncan encourages childish behavior in Good Doll Bad Doll, an exhibition featuring modern and contemporary artists who use dolls... View details »
Good Doll Bad Doll
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The Color of Life
Sunday May 11 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Villa More times »
Free
Looking at tony museum collections of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, one might think that the whole of antiquity existed only in tones of white... View details »
The Color of Life
Art: Architecture/Design
Elena Manferdini
Sunday May 11 (10am–6pm) @ SCI-Arc More times »
Free
"Merletti" means lace in Italian; for architects, it refers to the pattern of folds along a watchtower's defensive rims and other secure rooftops. In Elena... View details »
Elena Manferdini
Art: Architecture/Design
Phalanstery Module
Sunday May 11 @ Materials & Applications More times »
Free
M&A gallery continues to push the frontiers of architecture and landscape research with Jimenez Lai's installation Phalanstery Module. Zero-gravity design presents the central challenge, as... View details »
Phalanstery Module
Art: Photography
Mister Lonely
Sunday May 11 @ Agnes B. More times »
Filmmaker Harmony Korine's newest movie, Mister Lonely, follows a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) living in a remote French castle with a group of fellow... View details »
Mister Lonely
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Sue-Ling Hyde
Sunday May 11 (noon–4pm) @ Ghettogloss More times »
Free
Sue-Ling Hyde is more than a pretty face. You might recognize her from modeling gigs with Shiseido, Versus, and Moshino, but the Puerto Rican artist... View details »
Sue-Ling Hyde
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Dave McKenzie
Sunday May 11 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT More times »
Free
Jamaican-born artist Dave McKenzie's first solo show in Los Angeles is a multimedia affair that asks multifaceted questions about where a single cell fits within... View details »
Dave McKenzie
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Lush
Sunday May 11 @ Salon Oblique More times »
Free
With Lush, West Side sensation Salon Oblique upholds its growing reputation for intellectually and aesthetically engaging multimedia group exhibitions. As in previous shows, a cadre... View details »
Lush
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Witnessed from Afar
Sunday May 11 (2–7pm) @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art More times »
Free
Some of the most talented, recognizable practitioners of Carmichael Gallery's trademark urban-romantic aesthetic show new work in Witnessed from Afar. Highlights include Mel Kadel's feisty,... View details »
Witnessed from Afar
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Marcel Duchamp Redux
Sunday May 11 (noon–6pm) @ Norton Simon More times »
This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum... View details »
Marcel Duchamp Redux
Art: Architecture/Design
Peter Gronquist
Sunday May 11 (11am–6pm) @ Gallery 1988 More times »
Free
"Weapons of mass designer," Peter Gronquist's tongue-in-cheek label for his hilarious and poignant sculptures, is actually a quite literal description of his work: think tanks... View details »
Peter Gronquist
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Mexican Calendar Girls
Sunday May 11 (11am–4pm) @ California Heritage Museum More times »
Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The color-soaked exhibition comprises a... View details »
Mexican Calendar Girls
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Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
Sunday May 11 (noon–6pm) @ La Luz de Jesus More times »
Free
When he's not busy inking clients like Master P and Kiki Smith, internationally known tattoo artist Scott Harrison maintains a sweet little reputation as a... View details »
Scott Harrison, Sam Saga, and Thomas Wargin
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Amir H. Fallah
Sunday May 11 (11am–6pm) @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai More times »
Free
Installation artist and painter Amir H. Fallah finds intrigue in the ramshackle construction of boyhood clubhouses and other ill-designed, teetering structures. He tops those buildings... View details »
Amir H. Fallah
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Uncommon Gardens
Sunday May 11 (1–6pm) @ Thinkspace Gallery More times »
Free
Consider it Ladies' Choice at Thinkspace this month, as the gallery devotes its wall space to the work of four women with decidedly feminine bents... View details »
Uncommon Gardens
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Mark Bradford
Sunday May 11 @ Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery More times »
Free
Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious galleries and museums, but... View details »
Mark Bradford
Art: Photography
Ten Years in Focus
Sunday May 11 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Center More times »
Free
In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Getty Center presents Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera. The exhibition draws parallels between photography... View details »
Ten Years in Focus
Art: Photography
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs
Sunday May 11 (10am–5pm) @ Skirball Cultural Center More times »
Free
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs looks at Israel's female citizenry as a reflection of the state's 60-year history of independence. Drawing on documentary and... View details »
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs