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Performing Arts: Spoken Word
Paul G. Maziar & Matt Maust
Thursday July 31 (6pm) @ Barker Block
Free
Brooklyn-based author Paul G. Maziar and artist Matt Maust (whose day job involves playing bass in the Cold War Kids) banged their brains together and... View details »
Paul G. Maziar & Matt Maust
Art
The Horror of Tradition
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ AndrewShire Gallery More times »
Free
The five artists brought together for this end-of-summer group show have little in common — except perhaps episodes of childhood trauma involving home-ec class. They... View details »
The Horror of Tradition

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Ugo Wine Bar
Thursday July 31 (5:30pm–12:30am) @ Vinum Populi More times »
Free
Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie selection — with one... View details »
Ugo Wine Bar
Art: Architecture/Design
Phalanstery Module
Thursday July 31 @ 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
Jerome Witkin
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts More times »
Free
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 »
Jerome Witkin
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Cadence Pearson
Thursday July 31 (7am–3pm & 5–8pm) @ Kara Wily Pilates More times »
Free
When dancer and art enthusiast Kara Wily wanted to open her own Pilates studio (having learned the ropes from the movement's founder himself) she always... View details »
Cadence Pearson
Art
COLA Artist Fellowships
Thursday July 31 (noon–5pm) @ Barnsdall Art Park More times »
Free
The Cultural Affairs Department recently issued a statement to declare its unprecedented satisfaction with the state's arts budget — proof that our programs are hale... View details »
Art
Mark Bradford
Thursday July 31 @ 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
Rebel Legacy
Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Pharmaka More times »
Free
Hot on the heels of LACMA's controversial Phantom Sightings exhibition, Pharmaka Gallery tackles the issue of contemporary Chicano art with Rebel Legacy: The Abstract in... View details »
Rebel Legacy
Art
Against the Grain
Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions More times »
Free
Known for its progressive, boundary-pushing performances and interdisciplinary bravado, LACE's lofty space transforms into a clean, white gallery for Against the Grain, perhaps this summer's... View details »
Against the Grain
Art: Photography
Harry Benson
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ David Gallery More times »
Free
As the Beatles greeted New York City's cold winter weather for the first time in 1964, looming in their shadows was Scottish photographer Harry Benson.... View details »
Harry Benson
Art
Contemporary Art from India
Thursday July 31 (11am–5:30pm) @ d.e.n. contemporary art More times »
Free
A single definition of Indian contemporary art is tricky to pin down, as one might expect when funneling the widely varying creative output from any... View details »
Contemporary Art from India
Art: Photography
Ten Years in Focus
Thursday July 31 (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
Corbin Smith
Thursday July 31 (9am–6pm) @ MODAA gallery More times »
Free
Photographer Corbin Smith's initial impressions of LA seemed to buy into into Baudrillard's description of Los Angeles as an illusion, "the horizontal fault, California breaking... View details »
Corbin Smith
Art
Dennis Koch & Claudia Nieto
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ High Energy Constructs More times »
Free
Angelinos Dennis Koch and Claudia Nieto work on the same plane — the flat one. Utilizing the simplest of all media, paper and colored pencil,... View details »
Dennis Koch & Claudia Nieto
Art
Flaunt
Thursday July 31 (1–7pm) @ Junc Gallery More times »
Free
This annual exhibition at Junc typically features new work by both its most promising emerging talents and good-old standbys. The 2008 edition acts as a... View details »
Flaunt
Art
Haegue Yang
Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ REDCAT More times »
Free
REDCAT continues to be a beacon for cutting-edge contemporary art, featuring the first solo show of Haegue Yang in the US. The Korean artist's multimedia... View details »
Haegue Yang
Art
Cover Version
Thursday July 31 (11am–5:30pm) @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery More times »
Free
Thematic summer shows are as de rigueur in the art world as summer reading lists were in high school — and now a new group... View details »
Cover Version
Art
Antonio Ballester Moreno
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Peres Projects More times »
Free
Antonio Ballester Moreno's first solo show in America explodes in vibrant colors and playful forms. His bold palette recalls the traditions of his native Spain,... View details »
Antonio Ballester Moreno
Art
Weekend Warrior
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai More times »
Free
The Ojai-based Nathan Larramendy Gallery has teamed up with the illustrious Beautiful/Decay magazine to produce Weekend Warrior, a group show of LA artists... View details »
Weekend Warrior
Art
Witnessing the War
Thursday July 31 (2–7pm) @ Carol Henry Studio More times »
Free
An overstuffed white glove might bring to mind images of a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but for artist and curator Cecelia Kane, it stands for something... View details »
Witnessing the War
Art
(Neo) Realism
Thursday July 31 @ George Billis Gallery More times »
Free
Just like the A.O.S. song says, history repeats itself. The new exhibition at George Billis Gallery offers a refreshing take on mid-19th-century realism, as an... View details »
(Neo) Realism
Art
Jekyll Island
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Honor Fraser More times »
Free
Artist Erik Parker and curator/critic Max Henry put their heads together to gather a group of talented artists for Honor Fraser's annual summer show, which... View details »
Jekyll Island
Art
Two Madmen
Thursday July 31 (10am–7pm) @ Otis College of Art and Design More times »
Free
Clive Barker is a successful author, director, screenwriter, playwright, and poet; Myron Dyal is a classical musician. But both artists also maintain an interest in... View details »
Two Madmen
Art: Photography
Andy Warhol
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Michael Kohn Gallery More times »
Free
The quintessential pop artist was much more than a factory for silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's soup cans. In fact, the prolific Andy Warhol... View details »
Andy Warhol
Art
In the Eye of the Beholder
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Louis Stern Fine Arts More times »
Free
What do submerged nudes, fire-ravaged landscapes, and monstrous energy towers have in common? Not much at first glance, but they're all featured in In the... View details »
In the Eye of the Beholder
Art
Gillian Wearing
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ Regen Projects More times »
Free
This dual exhibition from British artist Gillian Wearing begins with Pin-Ups, displayed at the Regen Projects' Almont Drive location. For her collaboration with illustrator Jim... View details »
Gillian Wearing
Art
Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments
Thursday July 31 (11am–5:30pm) @ 18th Street Arts Center More times »
Free
The 18th Street Art Center continues its tradition of presenting politically and socially engaged visual art with its four-part exhibition series Future of Nations, an... View details »
Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments
Art
Roger Herman and Melissa Meyer
Thursday July 31 (noon–5pm) @ Jancar Gallery More times »
Free
Roger Herman wields thickly applied oils to attack figures, landscapes, and architecture with equal verve and vigor. He trowels layer upon layer of gooey, vibrantly... View details »
Roger Herman and Melissa Meyer
Art
David Eddington
Thursday July 31 (11:30am–6:30pm) @ Frank Pictures Gallery More times »
Free
British ex-pat painter David Eddington may have left the grandeur and historical heft of Europe for a life by the Pacific shore, but his new... View details »
David Eddington
Art
No Room
Thursday July 31 (10am–5:30pm) @ Christopher Grimes Gallery More times »
Free
Architects and international-design darlings Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are known for innovative materials and forms. Visually and conceptually promiscuous, Christopher Grimes Gallery has invited... View details »
No Room
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Mike Stilkey
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery More times »
Free
While Mike Stilkey's fanciful-yet-edgy works draw comparisons to Egon Schiele, Modigliani, and Aubrey Beardsley, their contemporary illustrative twists give the Los Angeles artist's output real... View details »
Mike Stilkey
Art
Kori Newkirk and Miguel Angel Rios
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ LAXART More times »
Free
Kori Newkirk transforms the mundane into the monumental with his new installation, RANK. The deceptively simple sculpture — an outsized, mirrored podium — invokes the... View details »
Kori Newkirk and Miguel Angel Rios
Art
Gravity & Transformation
Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Kristi Engle Gallery More times »
Free
The world of art is one place where the laws of physics do not apply, and LA-based artist Suzanne Adelman assembles a group exhibition that... View details »
Gravity & Transformation
Art
Eduardo Sarabia
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ LA Louver Gallery More times »
Free
A participant in LA Louver's group show Rogue Wave '07, Sarabia proves that his work is dynamic enough to stand on its own with a... View details »
Eduardo Sarabia
Art
Big Kids/Little Kids
Thursday July 31 (1–6pm) @ Subliminal Projects More times »
Free
Big Kids/Little Kids is the brainchild of curator John Freeborn, author of a book of the same name that chronicles the graffiti-inspired art movement that... View details »
Big Kids/Little Kids
Art
Summer Smockshop
Thursday July 31 (noon–4pm) @ Smockshop More times »
Free
For artists who don't yet sustain themselves from their work, there are myriad ways to bring in some income — peddling smocks is one of... View details »
Summer Smockshop
Art
Edwin Ushiro
Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ project: gallery More times »
Free
Edwin Ushiro's multimedia paintings are ethereal combinations of pop art and anime, which explains why he is in high demand as a production designer, art... View details »
Edwin Ushiro
Art
Frédéric Magazine
Thursday July 31 @ Fette's Gallery More times »
Free
Every day, at least one new drawing posts to the online magazine/gallery Frédéric. Founded in 2004 by Isabelle Boinot, Frédéric Fleury, Emmanuelle Pidoux, Frédéric Poincelet,... View details »
Frédéric Magazine
Art
Splash
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Cerasoli Gallery More times »
Free
While others seek refuge from this season's sweltering heat, Cerasoli Gallery director Freddi Cerasoli is inspired by it — hence Splash, a group exhibition that... View details »
Splash
Art: Photography
Contemporary Photography from China
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ DNJ Gallery More times »
Free
In DNJ's latest exhibition, eight artists take their cameras on the road and on rail, underground into mines, onto farms, and deep into abstract realms... View details »
Contemporary Photography from China
Art: Photography
Jim Marshall
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Duncan Miller Gallery More times »
Free
During his 40-year career, rock 'n roll photographer Jim Marshall has captured some of Bob Dylan's, John Coltrane's, and Janis Joplin's most intimate moments. "There's... View details »
Jim Marshall
Art
Aragna Ker
Thursday July 31 (11am–6pm) @ Sabina Lee Gallery More times »
Free
Cambodian artist Aragna Ker can't help but poke and prod at cultural meanings until they fall apart. His elaborate mixed-media installations infuse Asian traditions of... View details »
Aragna Ker
Art
Sean Cassidy & Cody Hudson
Thursday July 31 (1–6pm) @ New Image Art More times »
Free
It's only been a little over a year since Sean Cassidy's brilliantly scatterbrained Memory Is a Vacuum exhibition at New Image Art, but already the... View details »
Sean Cassidy & Cody Hudson
Art
Dave McKean
Thursday July 31 (noon–6pm) @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery More times »
Free
During this solo show, Dave McKean leaves no medium unexplored. McKean is a prolific artist who dabbles in — among other things — digital photography,... View details »
Dave McKean
Art
Pierogi Et Al
Thursday July 31 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Daniel Weinberg Gallery More times »
Free
Before Williamsburg was Williamsburg (in other words, when taking the L train to Brooklyn was a perilous undertaking devoid of glossy gallery-district maps), there was... View details »
Pierogi Et Al
Art: Photography
Melanie Pullen
Thursday July 31 (10am–6pm) @ ACE Gallery More times »
Free
Melanie Pullen extends her macabre view of the world in her latest series, Violent Times, which explores the aesthetics of war and takes her elaborately... View details »
Melanie Pullen
Art
Rozi Demant
Thursday July 31 (11am–5pm) @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery More times »
Free
The work of New Zealander Rozi Demant depicts feathered friends, but her birds don't always stand for things like freedom, peace, and beauty. Demant's utterly... View details »
Rozi Demant
Art: Photography
Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs
Thursday July 31 (noon–9pm) @ 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