Events on Tuesday, July 15

The Melvins

Music

The Melvins

Tuesday 7/15 @ Amoeba Records

Sludge-metal pioneers and left-coast heroes the Melvins have released more than 25 albums in about as many years. This evening, the... 

Let's Independent feat. the Black Pine, EXITMUSIC, and the Black Kites

Music

Let's Independent

Tuesday 7/15 @ Boardner's

For this month's installment of Let's Independent, you might want to wear your favorite shoes; not your walking or even your... 

Ongoing Events

John Moore: <em>Dreamscapes: Excavating Our Inner Landscape</em>

Art

John Moore

Tuesday 7/15 @ DCA Fine Art

One of Dublin, Ireland's most popular and prolific painters, John Moore makes richly hued portraits and abstractions that use the seemingly... 

<em>(Neo) Realism</em>

Art

(Neo) Realism

Tuesday 7/15 @ George Billis Gallery

Just like the A.O.S. song says, history repeats itself. The new exhibition at George Billis Gallery offers a refreshing take on... 

<em>Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Tuesday 7/15 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs looks at Israel's female citizenry as a reflection of the state's 60-year history of independence.... 

<em>Pierogi Et Al</em>

Art

Pierogi Et Al

Tuesday 7/15 @ Daniel Weinberg Gallery

Before Williamsburg was Williamsburg (in other words, when taking the L train to Brooklyn was a perilous undertaking devoid of glossy... 

Edwin Ushiro: <em>While Tides Guide You Back Home</em>

Art

Edwin Ushiro

Tuesday 7/15 @ project: gallery

Edwin Ushiro's multimedia paintings are ethereal combinations of pop art and anime, which explains why he is in high demand as... 

<em>Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal</em>

Art

Two Madmen

Tuesday 7/15 @ Otis College of Art and Design

Clive Barker is a successful author, director, screenwriter, playwright, and poet; Myron Dyal is a classical musician. But both artists also... 

<em>Politics as Usual: As Seen by Harry Benson</em>

Art: Photography

Harry Benson

Tuesday 7/15 @ David Gallery

As the Beatles greeted New York City's cold winter weather for the first time in 1964, looming in their shadows was... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Tuesday 7/15 @ Natural History Museum

Pavilion of Wings returns to the Natural History Museum for the exhibition's tenth anniversary. Now, anyone jealous of the Shins' experience... 

Antonio Ballester Moreno: <em>Hunter House & Bear Suit Number Two</em>

Art

Antonio Ballester Moreno

Tuesday 7/15 @ Peres Projects

Antonio Ballester Moreno's first solo show in America explodes in vibrant colors and playful forms. His bold palette recalls the traditions... 

<em>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Tuesday 7/15 @ Materials & Applications

M&A gallery continues to push the frontiers of architecture and landscape research with Jimenez Lai's installation Phalanstery Module. Zero-gravity design presents... 

<em>Hand to Hand: Witnessing the War</em>

Art

Witnessing the War

Tuesday 7/15 @ Carol Henry Studio

An overstuffed white glove might bring to mind images of a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but for artist and curator Cecelia Kane,... 

Mike Stilkey: <em>Slightly All the Time</em>

Art

Mike Stilkey

Tuesday 7/15 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

While Mike Stilkey's fanciful-yet-edgy works draw comparisons to Egon Schiele, Modigliani, and Aubrey Beardsley, their contemporary illustrative twists give the Los... 

Robert A. Nelson: <em>Common Ground</em>

Art

Robert A. Nelson: Common Ground

Tuesday 7/15 @ another year in LA

In Robert A. Nelson's exhibition Common Ground, viewers are treated to a new side of the '60s experimental filmmaker. Nelson's offbeat,... 

Jerome Witkin: <em>Revelations in Drawing</em>

Art

Jerome Witkin

Tuesday 7/15 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Many art critics and scholars consider Jerome Witkin to be America's greatest living figurative painter. His portraits and landscapes combine an... 

<em>The Puppet Show</em>

Art

The Puppet Show

Tuesday 7/15 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

SMMoA gathers an eclectic array of work by 30 impressive artists — from Kara Walker to Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, and... 

Gillian Wearing: <em>Pin-Ups</em> and <em>Family History</em>

Art

Gillian Wearing

Tuesday 7/15 @ Regen Projects

This dual exhibition from British artist Gillian Wearing begins with Pin-Ups, displayed at the Regen Projects' Almont Drive location. For her... 

<em>In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor</em>

Art

The Juxtapoz Factor

Tuesday 7/15 @ Laguna Art Museum

To those who have been reading the contemporary-art magazine Juxtapoz since it was founded in the mid-'90s, it may come as... 

Corbin Smith:<em> Venice Boulevard: Close Encounters </em>

Art: Photography

Corbin Smith

Tuesday 7/15 @ MODAA gallery

Photographer Corbin Smith's initial impressions of LA seemed to buy into into Baudrillard's description of Los Angeles as an illusion, "the... 

Caia Koopman & Mark Gleason

Art

Caia Koopman & Mark Gleason

Tuesday 7/15 @ La Luz de Jesus

Though painters Caia Koopman and Mark Gleason take vastly different approaches, both make the human/animal relationship a cornerstone of their work.... 

Mondongo: <em>Gaslighting</em>

Art

Mondongo

Tuesday 7/15 @ Track 16 Gallery

As students of cultural iconoclasm, the members of Argentinian art collective Mondongo — Juliana Laffitte, Manuel Mendanha, and Agustina Picasso —... 

Haegue Yang: <em>Asymmetric Equality</em>

Art

Haegue Yang

Tuesday 7/15 @ REDCAT

REDCAT continues to be a beacon for cutting-edge contemporary art, featuring the first solo show of Haegue Yang in the US.... 

<em>Splash</em>

Art

Splash

Tuesday 7/15 @ Cerasoli Gallery

While others seek refuge from this season's sweltering heat, Cerasoli Gallery director Freddi Cerasoli is inspired by it — hence Splash,... 

Carlos Ramos: <em>Natural History Museum Part I</em>

Art

Carlos Ramos

Tuesday 7/15 @ Corey Helford Gallery

In this collection of 24 large-scale paintings, Carlos Ramos recalls the deep impressions that realistic-looking dioramas had on him as a... 

<em>Jekyll Island</em>

Art

Jekyll Island

Tuesday 7/15 @ Honor Fraser

Artist Erik Parker and curator/critic Max Henry put their heads together to gather a group of talented artists for Honor Fraser's... 

HK Zamani: <em>Shelter from the Storm</em>

Art

HK Zamani

Tuesday 7/15 @ SolwayJones Gallery

HK Zamani is best known to LA art lovers as Habib Kheradyar, the peripatetic multimedia artist, one-time owner of Post Gallery,... 

Melanie Pullen: <em>Violent Times</em>

Art: Photography

Melanie Pullen

Tuesday 7/15 @ ACE Gallery

Melanie Pullen extends her macabre view of the world in her latest series, Violent Times, which explores the aesthetics of war... 

Sophia Allison & York Chang: <em>Automatic Enigmatic</em>

Art

Sophia Allison & York Chang

Tuesday 7/15 @ Lawrence Asher Gallery

The title of this two-person exhibition refers to the artists' different approaches to dependence on media and consumerism. For collagist Sophia... 

Cadence Pearson: <em>Disjointed</em>

Art

Cadence Pearson

Tuesday 7/15 @ Kara Wily Pilates

When dancer and art enthusiast Kara Wily wanted to open her own Pilates studio (having learned the ropes from the movement's... 

Wine & Jazz Summer Concert Series

Music

Wine & Jazz Summer Concert Series

Tuesday 7/15 @ Hollywood & Highland Center

Jazz venues are notorious for their high cover prices and drink minimums. Luckily, the Hollywood & Highland Center is teaming up... 

<em>Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments</em>

Art

Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments

Tuesday 7/15 @ 18th Street Arts Center

The 18th Street Art Center continues its tradition of presenting politically and socially engaged visual art with its four-part exhibition series... 

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Art: Photography

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Tuesday 7/15 @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia's meticulously planned pictures look as effortless as Polaroids. Most of his works feature a single person — who... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Tuesday 7/15 @ The Getty Center

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

David Eddington: <em>Bridges Over the LA River </em>

Art

David Eddington

Tuesday 7/15 @ Frank Pictures Gallery

British ex-pat painter David Eddington may have left the grandeur and historical heft of Europe for a life by the Pacific... 

Andy Warhol: Photographs

Art: Photography

Andy Warhol

Tuesday 7/15 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

The quintessential pop artist was much more than a factory for silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's soup cans. In fact,... 

<em>Contradictions & Complexities: Contemporary Art from India</em>

Art

Contemporary Art from India

Tuesday 7/15 @ d.e.n. contemporary art

A single definition of Indian contemporary art is tricky to pin down, as one might expect when funneling the widely varying... 

The Art Directors Guild presents <em>MiniWorX</em>

Art

MiniWorX

Tuesday 7/15 @ Ghettogloss Presents: An art conglomerate on the move

The Art Directors Guild IA Local 800 is a deliriously talented group of production designers, art directors, and scenic, title, and... 

<em>Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner</em>

Art

John Lautner

Tuesday 7/15 @ Hammer Museum

The risk-taking John Lautner is often described as an architect's architect, even though some of his designs brought him both criticism... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 7/15 @ 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>Flaunt</em>

Art

Flaunt

Tuesday 7/15 @ Junc Gallery

This annual exhibition at Junc typically features new work by both its most promising emerging talents and good-old standbys. The 2008... 

Victoria Reynolds: <em>Drawn and Rendered</em>

Art

Victoria Reynolds

Tuesday 7/15 @ Richard Heller Gallery

Living in Sweden proved to be an invaluable influence on Victoria Reynolds' artwork. Not only does she emulate the painstakingly naturalistic... 

<em>Party Favors</em>

Art

Party Favors

Tuesday 7/15 @ Bonelli Contemporary

An ambitious undertaking by art critic and curator Holly Myers, this month-long celebration of interactive visual and performance art promises to... 

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Tuesday 7/15 @ The Getty Center

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

<em>Vexing: Female Voices from East LA Punk</em>

Art

Vexing

Tuesday 7/15 @ Claremont Museum of Art

In the early '80s, the Vex was an all-ages music club located in Self Help Graphics and Art, a Chicano landmark... 

<em>No Room</em>

Art

No Room

Tuesday 7/15 @ Christopher Grimes Gallery

Architects and international-design darlings Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are known for innovative materials and forms. Visually and conceptually promiscuous, Christopher... 

<em>Cover Version: A Summer Reading List</em>

Art

Cover Version

Tuesday 7/15 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

Thematic summer shows are as de rigueur in the art world as summer reading lists were in high school — and... 

<em>LA Nude X </em>

Art: Photography

LA Nude X

Tuesday 7/15 @ A&I Hollywood

LA's most industry-beloved photo lab, Photo Impact, officially closed when its owner went in with A&I, but the group show LA...