All events on Tuesday May 20
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- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
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Rich Ferguson
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Tuesday May 20 (9pm) @ Tangier Restaurant in Los Feliz
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This evening's program fuses Rich Ferguson's self-immolating poetry with the energy of rock music, as this veteran free-versifier is backed by a band that includes... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Karabal Nightlife
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Tuesday May 20 (9pm) @ Boardner's in Hollywood
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This month's edition of Radio Free Silverlake's Let's Independent features three spotlight-deserving acts from the Southland. Three-piece Karabal Nightlife headline with harmony-laden indie-pop in the... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Clinic
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Tuesday May 20 (9pm) @ The Troubadour in W Hollywood
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Since their inception over a decade ago, Liverpool psych-retro-whatever wizards Clinic have been frequently described as "spooky," "cryptic," and "creepy." But this does less... View details »
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Bob Dylan's American Journey
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Tuesday May 20 @ Skirball Cultural Center in Brentwood
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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 »
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Kara Walker
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–7pm) @ Hammer Museum
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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 »
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California Video
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Tuesday May 20 @ The Getty Center in Brentwood
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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 »
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Las Vegas Diaspora
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–5pm) @ Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach
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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 »
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Good Doll Bad Doll
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Tuesday May 20 (noon–5pm) @ Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena
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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 »
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The Color of Life
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Tuesday May 20 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Villa in Malibu
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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 »
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Masami Teraoka
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–6pm) @ Samuel Freeman in Santa Monica
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Cheeky artist Masami Teraoka is most famous for his ukiyo-e woodblock paintings, which combine Japanese imagery, themes from American culture, and a mischievous sense of... View details »
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100% Other
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–5pm) @ 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica
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For the next installment of Future of Nations exhibition series 100% Other, curator Tyler Stallings asked artists Matthew Bryant, Cheryl Gilge, Perry Vasquez, Reggie Woolery,... View details »
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Dave McKenzie
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Tuesday May 20 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT in Downtown
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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 »
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KC in LA
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–5pm) @ Milo Gallery
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Curator Ashley Emenegger went all the way to the unlikely art capital of Kansas City, Missouri, and brought back a little piece of the progressive... View details »
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Lush
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Tuesday May 20 @ Salon Oblique
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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 »
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Menace & Charm
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Tuesday May 20 (noon–6pm) @ Black Maria Gallery
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Not everyone's childhood memories contain happy-go-lucky images of bubblegum chewing and bicycle riding. As the artists in Black Maria Gallery's upcoming show prove, sometimes our... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Newer Topographics
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Tuesday May 20 (noon–5pm) @ UC Riverside California Museum of Photography in Riverside
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This exhibition juxtaposes the work of idealist photographers Jeremy Kidd and Eric Curry, both of whom use digital manipulation in arresting multimedia and photographic works.... View details »
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Yoskay Yamamoto
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Tuesday May 20 (noon–6pm) @ project: gallery in Culver City
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In his debut solo show, Japanese-born, California-bred artist Yoskay Yamamoto combines emotional expression with figures of timidity and doubt to illustrate his struggle with dualities.... View details »
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Gary Palmer
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–5pm) @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery in Santa Monica
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With this series of works, Gary Palmer addresses one of the most ancient concerns in art: the representation of landscapes. Using sumi ink, Palmer has... View details »
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Anna Dusi
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Tuesday May 20 (10am–6pm) @ The Loft at Liz's
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Long known for fantastic salvage store Liz's Antique Hardware (a favorite with high-end interior designers and industry art directors), Liz Gordon has also created a... View details »
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DREAM(land)
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Tuesday May 20 @ JAIL Gallery in Downtown
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The globally diverse artists in JAIL's latest endeavor have one thing in common: their work ignores the ugly cable-news cycle of reality in favor of... View details »
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Blood & Glitter
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–5pm) @ Bandini Art in Culver City
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Co-curated by Patrick Painter Gallery's Heather Harmon and Bandini's own Ashley McLean Emenegger, Blood & Glitter is a group exhibition about the seductive dangers of... View details »
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Culmination
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Tuesday May 20 (noon–6pm) @ Morono Kiang Gallery in Downtown
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As Internet galleries and portfolio sites make it increasingly easy to navigate the deep waters of the international emerging art scene, the prevalence of Chinese... View details »
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Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet
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Tuesday May 20 (1–6pm) @ Subliminal Projects in Echo Park
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The newest exhibition to hit Shepard and Amanda Fairey's Subliminal Projects gallery features the work of LA-based artists Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet. Cheriel's background... View details »
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Jerome Witkin
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Tuesday May 20 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
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Many art critics and scholars consider Jerome Witkin to be America's greatest living figurative painter. His portraits and landscapes combine an unerring eye for detail,... View details »
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Vexing
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–5pm) @ Claremont Museum of Art
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In the early '80s, the Vex was an all-ages music club located in Self Help Graphics and Art, a Chicano landmark in East LA. Although... View details »
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It's a Beautiful World
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Tuesday May 20 (11am–6pm) @ The Scion Installation LA Space in Culver City
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The Scion Installation Space in Culver City has lined its walls with works by the heavyweights of urban romanticism — including Sage Vaughn, Mel Kadel,... View details »
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Elizabeth McGrath
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Tuesday May 20 (noon–6pm) @ Billy Shire Fine Arts in Culver City
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For The Secret Party, Elizabeth McGrath ditches her usual creepy dolls and freaky dioramas and fully embraces her works' intrinsic whimsy with a frothy, quirky... View details »
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Terence Koh
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Tuesday May 20 (10am–6pm) @ Peres Projects in Chinatown
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Anyone who can sell his own bodily fluids for thousands of dollars on the art market has "made it" as an artist. Of course, there's... View details »
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Mark Bradford
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Tuesday May 20 @ Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
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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 »
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Ten Years in Focus
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Tuesday May 20 (10am–6pm) @ The Getty Center in Brentwood
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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 »
