Events on Friday, July 3
Friday 7/ 3 @ The Ford Theater
For the seventh consecutive year, explosive art-meets-dance multimedia troupe Viver Brasil returns to the Ford. A new production delves into the...
Ongoing Events
Friday 7/ 3 @ Vinum Populi
Culver City's latest spot of interest is Ugo Wine Bar, a cozy wine bar with the usual bistro couches and charcuterie...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Happy
There's no excuse to feel glum when you're at Happy, a home and lifestyle nook in Los Feliz that features well-designed...
Friday 7/ 3 @ LOOK Gallery
Curated by Coagula Art Journal publisher Mat Gleason, Locals Only features works by nine artists who reflect the Southland's inherent multiplicity....
Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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....
Friday 7/ 3 @ Overtones Gallery
Starting in 1975 as a staff photographer for The Advocate and an employee in the Harvey Milk-owned Castro Camera shop, Daniel...
Friday 7/ 3 @ The Getty Center
Thirty staged photographs are on view at the Getty Center as part of its In Focus series, a thematic presentation of...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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,...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Theatre of NOTE
Theatre of Note's current "Season of the Passion Plays" continues with this original noir production of Kill Me, Deadly! Loaded with...
Andrew Schoultz and Hank Willis Thomas
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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,...
League of Imaginary Scientists
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Mia Babalis and Deborah Martin
Friday 7/ 3 @ Deborah Martin Gallery
Mia Babalis' epic sculptural video installation home carves out space with its architectural maze of reclaimed doors, window frames, and a...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Kinkead Contemporary
Los Angeles-based photographer Heather Cantrell lays elaborate groundwork for her seemingly fresh and casual portraits. Employing props, costumes, and references to...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ another year in LA
Fallen Fruit — the artist collective formed by David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young — has typically been known more...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Lizabeth Eva Rossof and David Fokos
Friday 7/ 3 @ Kopeikin Gallery
While much of Lizabeth Eva Rossof's visual art might recall the colorful confectionary treats of our youth, it actually focuses on...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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."...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
In the '50s, blacklisted actor Will Geer opened a theater on his Topanga property for fellow performers ostracized during the McCarthy...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
The Billboard Show: Selling the So-Cal Lifestyle
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Betty Blue: The Director's Cut
Friday 7/ 3 @ Landmark Nuart Theatre
Upon its release in 1986, Betty Blue fascinated audiences with its unabashed sexuality, raw performances, and heart-wrenching subject matter. Now, the...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Gallery Skart
Beyond Björk and ice hotels, most Americans don't have a lot of familiarity with Iceland — but the eerie beauty of...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Bootleg Theater
Stranger has the look, sound, and feel of everything glorious about the old west — and its classy, interpretive design ropes...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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,...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Flux Salon
Known for its quarterly screenings at the Hammer, as well as its monthly Cinema Tuesdays, Flux also brings a haunting and...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Sweets & Treats: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Western Project
When it comes to depictions of the body, indictments of the power structures of human sexuality, and unapologetic appetites for flesh,...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Pharmaka
This group exhibition examines the process of mentorship and its influence in the unfolding of art history, to the degree that...
Friday 7/ 3 @ Scribble Press
Technically, Scribble Press is for children, but if you behave yourself, you can use the impressive bookmaking emporium — complete with...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Studio Art Faculty
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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,...
Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Annie Lapin: Parallel Deliria Iteration
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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
Friday 7/ 3 @ 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...
Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution
Friday 7/ 3 @ The Getty Museum
This exhibition represents an overview of three centuries of French bronze sculpture, when monarchs and private collectors came to embrace bronze...
