Events on Thursday, July 2
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Marnie Weber redefines multimedia with a visionary blend of video, installation, collage, music, photography, sculpture, and performance. Tonight, the Santa Barbara...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Santa Monica Pier
Playing for Change is more than a band, and more than a documentary-film project, too — it's also an activist peace...
Ongoing Events
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Bootleg Theater
Stranger has the look, sound, and feel of everything glorious about the old west — and its classy, interpretive design ropes...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Western Project
When it comes to depictions of the body, indictments of the power structures of human sexuality, and unapologetic appetites for flesh,...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ LOOK Gallery
Curated by Coagula Art Journal publisher Mat Gleason, Locals Only features works by nine artists who reflect the Southland's inherent multiplicity....
Mia Babalis and Deborah Martin
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Deborah Martin Gallery
Mia Babalis' epic sculptural video installation home carves out space with its architectural maze of reclaimed doors, window frames, and a...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Skirball Cultural Center
Jerry Robinson, cartoonist and creator of Batman's iconic villain, the Joker, guest curated ZAP! POW! BAM! The Golden Age of Comic...
The Billboard Show: Selling the So-Cal Lifestyle
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Take My Picture Gary Leonard
Ever since taking a photograph of the Dodgers as a little boy in 1959, Gary Leonard has documented the mercurial landscape...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ another year in LA
Fallen Fruit — the artist collective formed by David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young — has typically been known more...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Gallery Skart
Beyond Björk and ice hotels, most Americans don't have a lot of familiarity with Iceland — but the eerie beauty of...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Claremont Museum of Art
The Claremont Museum of Art makes no secret of its mission: the preservation, study, and dissemination of the legacy left by...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ LA Memorial Coliseum & Exposition Park
Artists, scientists, public-policy makers, and concerned citizens find common ground at unique outdoor art installation Cool Globes. The result of a...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ The Geffen Playhouse
Westwood's Geffen Playhouse presents a timely hybrid of Survivor, West Wing, and The Hills, outlining the value of loyalty and the...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery
Employing watercolors, heavy oils, and spray paint, LA-based artist Cole Sternberg blends mediums to produce his striking works. Paint often obscures...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Michael Kohn Gallery
Dark Night of the Soul is a two-pronged project: The visual element, represented here, features psych-noir master David Lynch's photographic interpretations...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Norton Simon Museum
In the 1960s, soon-to-be Pop icon Wayne Thiebaud created a series of monochromatic, two-dimensional prints of nine pieces of pie, sufficiently...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Morgane Le Fay
High fashion, fine-art photography, animal protection, and environmental activism meet a love of shameless beauty in the Horse Goddess exhibition. In...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ GRAMMY Museum at LA Live
Spanning the decade between 1976 and 1986, the GRAMMY Museum's first photography exhibition features 30 pictures of rock stars by Israeli-born,...
Sweets & Treats: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art
In the 1960s, soon-to-be Pop icon Wayne Thiebaud created a series of monochromatic, two-dimensional prints of nine pieces of pie, sufficiently...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Los Angeles State Historic Park
Cirque Berzerk at Downtown's LA State Historic Park features a custom-built Italian big top, seven new alt-circus acts, and a midway...
Andrew Schoultz and Hank Willis Thomas
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Roberts & Tilton Gallery
Bay Area artist Andrew Schoultz crafts expansive murals and other large-scale paintings from innumerable individual lines and details. His densely swirled,...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Flux Salon
Known for its quarterly screenings at the Hammer, as well as its monthly Cinema Tuesdays, Flux also brings a haunting and...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Koplin del Rio Gallery
Billboards and other outdoor advertising methods are a source of contention in every landscape they grace, from the rural to the...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
The City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowships in the Arts, granted by the Department of Cultural Affairs, are distinguished...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Scribble Press
Technically, Scribble Press is for children, but if you behave yourself, you can use the impressive bookmaking emporium — complete with...
Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Kopeikin Gallery
While much of Lizabeth Eva Rossof's visual art might recall the colorful confectionary treats of our youth, it actually focuses on...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Thursday 7/ 2 @ GRAMMY Museum at LA Live
The recently opened GRAMMY Museum at Downtown's mammoth entertainment complex LA Live offers visitors a rare, intimate glimpse into the life...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Macha Theatre
Erik Patterson's provocative play He Asked for It explores the dark underbelly of one-night stands: the HIV-indifferent behavior of "bug chasers."...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ SolwayJones Gallery
Solway Jones Gallery's summer group show takes on the celebrated cross-pollination of music and art, with an exhibition of mostly sculptural...
Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis
Thursday 7/ 2 @ The Getty Center
Over 100 prints by prolific New York photographer Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) are on view at the Getty Center through August 9....
Thursday 7/ 2 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
LA-based art and action collective Fallen Fruit uses the visual arts (specifically photography, installation, and performance-oriented actions) to examine the imbalance...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ The Getty Center
Thirty staged photographs are on view at the Getty Center as part of its In Focus series, a thematic presentation of...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Pharmaka
This group exhibition examines the process of mentorship and its influence in the unfolding of art history, to the degree that...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art
Imagine the florid, hyper-decorative seduction of Kehinde Wiley's large-scale portraits of young black men, only rendered with an urban, folk-outsider edge,...
League of Imaginary Scientists
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Outpost for Contemporary Art
Outpost for Contemporary Art takes its name literally this month, as it presents an offshoot project of Apex Art, a New...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Vinum Populi
Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Kinkead Contemporary
Los Angeles-based photographer Heather Cantrell lays elaborate groundwork for her seemingly fresh and casual portraits. Employing props, costumes, and references to...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ M+B Gallery Los Angeles
As a photography student at LA's Occidental College in 1980, Lisa Jack took a series of portraits with a handsome, charismatic...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Overtones Gallery
Starting in 1975 as a staff photographer for The Advocate and an employee in the Harvey Milk-owned Castro Camera shop, Daniel...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ The Loft at Liz's
A diverse group of emerging LA artists join forces to give your garbage a new lease on life. Work in the...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum
Joseph Cornell's surrealist shadowboxes reconfigured found objects into multidimensional creations, classified as neither sculpture nor collage, but as assemblages. The Craft...
Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City
Thursday 7/ 2 @ The Getty Museum
The city of Algiers, on the north coast of Africa, historically sheltered a diverse population. During the Ottoman centuries (1529-1830), this...
You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Studio Art Faculty
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art
Featuring work of five UC Davis faculty members Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri, Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley,...
Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution
Thursday 7/ 2 @ The Getty Museum
This exhibition represents an overview of three centuries of French bronze sculpture, when monarchs and private collectors came to embrace bronze...
Annie Lapin: Parallel Deliria Iteration
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art
The PMCA is proud to present Los Angeles painter Annie Lapin's Parallel Deliria Iteration, which the artist describes as "a never-ending...
Edith Heath: Tabletop Modernist
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art
This exhibition focuses on the life of Edith Heath and her defining influence on California design through pottery. Popular at dinner...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art
Benny Chan has worked diligently over the past few years to photograph overhead views of Los Angeles freeways during the height...
Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Norton Simon Museum of Art
The Norton Simon Museum presents a selection of artworks donated to the Museum since 2002. Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the...
