Saturday, November 16, 2024 art parties and events bring us the final day of Westedge Design Fair. We have also spotlighted some great performances as well as art events.
November 16, 2024 Art Parties and Events
2024 WestEdge Design Fair is today!!! It’s the final day of the 9th annual design show at the Barker Hangar, and you don’t want to miss it. The Hollywood Food Coalition is this year’s nonprofit partner. Enjoy over 150 design brands showcasing the latest products all in one space. Find out more about Westedge Design Fair on the full feature. Art Party: 10am-6pm; Admission: 1 Day Pass – $25; Free for Design professionals with proper credentials during Friday/Saturday daytime event; Be sure to visit the website for more info, and to purchase tickets; The Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, 90405; https://westedgedesignfair.com/
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Downtown
Renegade Craft takes over the Los Angeles State Historic Park. Peruse over work from over 275 artisans selling all kinds of original items. Event: 10am-4pm; Renegade Craft Fair, Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring St., LA, 90012; https://www.renegadecraft.com/fair/los-angeles-winter/
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Downtown
Patricia Sweetow Gallery hosts an art talk with Asian art historian Meher McArthur, as well as artist Wakana Kimura. The art talk takes place in conjunction with the current exhibition at the gallery. Art Talk: 1pm; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave Ste 351, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://www.patriciasweetowgallery.com
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Hancock Park
Head to Fahey/Klein Gallery to enjoy an exhibition walk-through in conjunction with Albert Watson: No Idle View. This retrospective celebrates this acclaimed photographer Albert Watson, and his a career that began in Los Angeles in the 1970’s.
No Idle View will feature a combination of well-known images, vintage prints, Polaroids, as well as previously never before exhibited works. Event: 1-3pm; The Fahey/Klein Gallery, 148 North La Brea Ave., LA 90036; http://www.faheykleingallery.com
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In Culver City…Billis Williams Gallery presents new exhibitions – Bonita Helmer: Theory of Everything, and also Eric Hesse: Where the Space. This is the gallery’s eighth solo exhibition by LA based Bonita Helmer. The exhibition features the newest body of large and medium scale abstractions inspired by deep space and particle physics. Artist Eric Hesse is the gallery’s fourth solo exhibition with the artist. The exhibition showcases the artist’s new series of small and medium paintings in encaustic. Art Party: 4-7pm; Billis Williams Gallery LA, 2716 S La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90034: http://www.billiswilliams.com
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West Hollywood
Louis Stern Fine Arts presents a series of rarely seen works by Doug Ohlson (1936-2010), created during 1969 and the first half of the 1970s. The paintings, consisting of brilliant orbs of brushed and aerosol paint that hover on richly colored backgrounds, represent a transitional phase in the artist’s career. Acting as a vehicle for his developing investigations of chromatic relationships, these process-based works facilitated Ohlson’s changing focus to color as his primary subject matter. Art Party: 5-7pm; Louis Stern Fine Arts, 9002 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, 90069; https://www.louissternfinearts.com
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Hollywood
Sean Kelly presents Europa / America, Candida Höfer’s first solo exhibition at the Los Angeles gallery, curated by renowned architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of the Los Angeles-based firm Johnston Marklee. Art Party: 5-7pm; Sean Kelly LA, 1357 N. Highland Ave., LA, 90028; https://www.skny.com
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Also in Hollywood…Diane Rosenstein Gallery presents two solo exhibitions by Marty Schnapf, as well as Carl D’Alvia. An LA based artist, Schnapf works in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and performance. The artist grew up in a farmhouse in Newburgh, Indiana, and began his art making outdoors. In his paintings, figures overlap frequently, or a single figure assumes various irreconcilable positions. In addition, structurally dematerialized environments surround and penetrate these figures.
Marty Schnapf, RESCUE, 2024, Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
In the Project room the sculpture of Carl D’Alvia will be on view. This is the Connecticut-based artist’s first exhibition with the gallery. He will present figurative works in bronze, marble, and also limestone, created between 2013-2024. Art Party: 6-8pm; Diane Rosenstein, 831 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038; https://dianerosenstein.com/
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Arlington Heights (near Koreatown)
OCHI presents Promiscuous Ghost, an exhibition of new and recent work by artist Ohan Breiding. This is Breiding’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. In addition, attendees will enjoy an installation pulled directly from the film, Belly of a Glacier. Book Signing: 4pm; Art Party: 5-7pm; OCHI, 3301 W Washington Blvd, LA 90019; https://www.ochigallery.com/
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Santa Monica
At Bergamot Station…bG Gallery throws an opening art party for a new exhibition titled Discoveries. The group show spotlights artworks that were inspired by science and technology. Furthermore it focuses on the intersections of the human body with technology, climate change, and environmental sustainability. Art Party: 6-9pm; bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave #A2, Santa Monica, CA 90405; https://santamonica.bgartdealings.com/
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Also at Bergamot…Lois Lambert Gallery presents new exhibitions The Cinema of Memory by Juan Luis Jardí, and Layers of Light, by Raquel Alvarez. Juan Luis Jardí studied painting at the Tárrega Academy in Barcelona, Spain, as well as the La Llotja School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts, where he graduated in Mural Painting, Pictorial Procedures, and Fashion Design.
Based in Mexico City, Mexico, Raquel Alvarez received her BA in Graphic Design from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She has also participated in master artists’ workshops where she has not only honed her painting skills, but also expanded her artistic repertoire to include printmaking and ceramics. Art Party: 6-9pm; Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., E3, Santa Monica, 90404; https://loislambertgallery.com
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One more in Santa Monica…
The Verdi Chorus kicks off its 41st season with its Fall 2024 Concert We Are Verdi Bizet for two performances only at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica tonight and tomorrow. Led by Anne Marie Ketchum, who is celebrating forty-one consecutive years as Artistic Director of the organization. Furthermore, the Verdi Chorus is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. The program will feature selections from three Verdi operas – I Lombardi, Don Carlo and Rigoletto and Bizet’s Carmen and also The Pearl Fishers. Performance: 7:30pm; Priority seating is available for $50, general admission is $40, seniors are $30, and students aged 25 and under with a valid ID are $10; First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, 1220 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401; https://www.verdichorus.org/
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Downtown
Vielmetter Los Angeles presents Monday’s Child, Math Bass. This is the artist’s second solo show with the gallery. Additionally, the exhibition, features new paintings, the latest iterations of their iconic Newz!Series. Art Party: 4-6pm; Vielmetter Los Angeles, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave #101, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://vielmetter.com
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Five miles northeast of Downtown Los Angeles…The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA presents The Kingdom Choir. The UK’s preeminent gospel choir draws from various Christian traditions and is dedicated to creating a sound that reflects the community they share through their warm energy as well as enthusiastic performances. Performance: 8pm; Doors at 6:30pm; The Luckman, 5151 State University Drive, LA, 90032; https://theluckman.org/
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Westwood
The Geffen Playhouse presents a reimagining of the classic Waiting for Godot. The cast includes Conor Lovett (I’ll Find You, Versailles) as well as Rainn Wilson (Thom Pain, The Office). In addition to Aasif Mandvi (Evil, The Daily Show), and and Adam Stein, (Our Flag Means Death, Wait Until Dark), Lincoln Bonilla (Jane the Virgin, Star Wars) will play the part of the boy.
L-R: The cast of Waiting for Godot – Rainn Wilson, Conor Lovett, Aasif Mandvi, and Adam Stein. Photo by Erik Carter; Courtesy of the Geffen
Find out more about the show on the Geffen Waiting for Godot full feature or read a staff writer’s Waiting for Godot Review. Two Performances: 3pm and 8pm; Gil Cates Theater at Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., LA, 90024; https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/
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In Santa Monica…Cirque du Soleil is back at the Santa Monica Pier. The acclaimed show KOOZA kicks off tonight and runs through January 5, 2025. Moreover, audiences are invited under the iconic Big Top at the Pier to be part of the joyous return of Cirque du Soleil to this much-loved location. From daredevil performances to mischievous clowns, KOOZA delivers its signature Cirque du Soleil experience. Attendees can expect to see high-flying acrobatics, whimsical characters, lavish costuming, colorful sets, hilarious clowning, as well as a powerful live score. Read the full feature about Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza and read my Kooza review on our sister site EatTravelGo.com (an art inspired travel site); Admission for KOOZA start at $69; Tickets for Santa Monica performances of KOOZA are available online. Performance: 8pm; Santa Monica Pier, Under The Big Top at the Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, 90401; http://cirquedusoleil.com/kooza
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Venice
Pacific Resident Theatre (PRT) presents Hughie by the incomparable playwright Eugene O’Neil. Directed by Michael Rothhaar, the production is a “pay what you can show.” Hughie runs from November 1-24, 2024; Admission is $25 donation per person; Performance: 8pm; Visit website for more info or to purchase tickets; PRT, 707 Venice Blvd. (Between Lincoln and Abbott Kinney), Venice 90291; https://pacificresidenttheatre.org/
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