Events on Tuesday, July 8

<em>Sunrise</em> (1927) feat. My Education

Film

Sunrise

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ The Silent Movie Theatre

Silent-film director F.W. Murnau's Sunrise is often cited on all-time best-of lists, and for good reason. The story of a wishy-washy... 

Surprise Me Mr. Davis

Music

Surprise Me Mr. Davis

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Spaceland

Nathan Moore's road to rock 'n roll reads like the dream of many a spiky-haired teen. While working as a merch... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Harry Benson

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ David Gallery

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

Mondongo: <em>Gaslighting</em>

Art

Mondongo

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Track 16 Gallery

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

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

Art

Sophia Allison & York Chang

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

Wine & Jazz Summer Concert Series

Music

Wine & Jazz Summer Concert Series

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Hollywood & Highland Center

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

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ The Getty Center

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

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Art: Photography

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

MiniWorX

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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>The Puppet Show</em>

Art

The Puppet Show

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

<em>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Contradictions & Complexities: Contemporary Art from India</em>

Art

Contemporary Art from India

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

Caia Koopman & Mark Gleason

Art

Caia Koopman & Mark Gleason

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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.... 

<em>Flaunt</em>

Art

Flaunt

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Junc Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ The Getty Center

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

Mariah Anne Johnson: <em>We Are All Well and Fine</em>

Art

Mariah Anne Johnson

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Little Bird Gallery

Blame it on her traditional Southern upbringing, but Mariah Anne Johnson (born and raised in Arkansas) has an affinity for her... 

<em>LA Nude X </em>

Art: Photography

LA Nude X

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

HK Zamani

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ SolwayJones Gallery

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

<em>Chris & Don</em>

Film

Chris & Don

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre

The remarkable tale at the center of Chris & Don opens on a Malibu beach 50 years ago, when British writer... 

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

Art

Cover Version

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

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

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

Art

Victoria Reynolds

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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.... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Carlos Ramos

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

Mods & Rockers

Festival: Performing Arts

Mods & Rockers

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Egyptian Theatre

Mods and rockers both worshiped bands, rode scooters, and cultivated impossibly hip hairstyles. But the two UK groups had a distinct... 

Matt Dangler's <em>Treehouse</em>

Art

Matt Dangler

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Gallery 1988

Artist Matt Dangler is a wee young thing to be garnering such art-world acclaim. The 24-year-old's spooky and fantastical paintings are... 

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

Art

Antonio Ballester Moreno

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Hand to Hand: Witnessing the War</em>

Art

Witnessing the War

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Carol Henry Studio

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

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

Art

Jerome Witkin

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Robert A. Nelson: Common Ground

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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,... 

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

Art: Photography

Corbin Smith

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Vexing

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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>In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor</em>

Art

The Juxtapoz Factor

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

John Moore

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Haegue Yang

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ REDCAT

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

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

Art

Two Madmen

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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>Party Favors</em>

Art

Party Favors

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Bonelli Contemporary

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

Cadence Pearson: <em>Disjointed</em>

Art

Cadence Pearson

Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...