November 20-21 2025 Art Parties & Events
Thursday, Friday, November 20-21 2025 Art Parties & Events include holiday festivities. This is going to be a very busy weekend. So don’t miss it kids. WestEdge Design Fair kicks off Thursday evening, and continues through Saturday. The Holiday Ice Rink in Pershing Square celebrates the season early, and then on Friday, Hermosa Beach begins their weekend holiday celebration. Of course we have art events at KCCLA, NOON Projects, Wönzimer Gallery as well as Hive Gallery across Thursday and Friday.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
In Santa Monica…WestEdge Design Fair is back with its annual design show. The opening event takes place tonight and it is always fabulous. The show runs through Saturday. LAArtParty.com is a proud sponsor. I absolutely love this fair. There are so many one of a kind artist elements to add to your home. WestEdge features over 150 design and furnishings brands across 50,000 square feet. Read more about it on our 2025 WestEdge Feature. Art Party: 6-9pm; The Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, 90405; https://westedgedesignfair.com/
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Mid Wilshire
The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA, Director Haedon Lee) & Korean-American Calligraphy Association (KACA, President Theresa Hwang) present The 34th Annual Exhibition of Korean-American Calligraphy Association.
The exhibition spotlights traditional and contemporary calligraphic art. In addition to featuring works by 34 member artists, it also welcomes guest artists Soheon Jeong, Do-Joon, Simseok Kim, Byeong-Gi, Mookjae Kwon, and Myoung-Won. Event: 5pm; Korean Cultural Center’s Art Gallery, KAASC, 5505 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036; https://www.kccla.org
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DTLA
It’s that time of year again. Head to the opening of The Holiday Ice Rink Pershing Square! Celebrate the holiday season in the heart of Downtown LA.
The event will features performances, holiday treats, as well as the first skate of the season. So get out there. On-Ice entertainment presents a show-stopping hula hoop skate, along with choreography from LA Ice Theater, and jaw-dropping tricks from extreme ramp skaters.
Event: 5-7pm; The Holiday Ice Rink Pershing Square, 532 South Olive Street, this landmark destination is easily accessible by car, bus, Metro (Pershing Square stop) or Metrolink. General admission to the rink, including skate rental, is $22, locker rental is $5, and skate helpers are $6. Tickets can be purchased at www.holidayicerinkdowntownla.
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Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles presents the opening activation of CRADLED. This immersive exhibition is curated by artist Suzanne Bocanegra and actor/producer Frances McDormand in collaboration with Shaker Museum (Chatham, NY). CRADLED expands on the original 2024 staging at Shaker Museum in upstate New York. It spotlights the Shakers’ embrace of caregiving and community from cradle to grave.
The exhibition invites viewers to step into a vision of life shaped by the Shaker ethos of devotion made manifest in communal industry and care. Shaker Lemon Pie will be served in the Garden in collaboration with Manuela LA from 6-7pm. *Pies will also be available for purchase and featured on the restaurant’s menu during the run of the exhibition. Then from 7-9pm Rocking of eldresses with Nancy Buchanan, Barbara T. Smith, Suzanne Bocanegra and Frances McDormand will take place.
Photo of Frances McDormand and Suzanne Bocanegra from the CRADLED installation in Kinderhook, NY 2024 © Kristen Tomkowid
Find out more about this installation on the Hauser & Wirth Cradled Feature. This event is free, however, reservations are recommended – visit the website; Art Party: 6-9pm; Hauser Wirth, 901-909 E 3rd St, LA, 90013; https://www.hauserwirth.com
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Lincoln Heights
Join Wönzimer Gallery for an evening of performance and installation. It takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Ode To Sunflower. It features new works by artist Joshua AM Ross and designer Caleb Engstrom. Tonight’s event includes a puppet performance, Ripe Fruit, Bruised Fruit by William PK Carter as well as live music by the group Pour Deux. Moreover, enjoy a cello performance by XOWOMO from Sade Gallery. Parked directly in front of the gallery will be The Freak Family Roadshow, a traveling sculptural art installation. Art Party: 6-9pm; Wönzimer Gallery, 341 S Avenue 17, LA, 90031; https://www.wonzimer.com
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Beverly Hills
An Inspector Calls, written by J.B. Priestley classic mystery continues its run at Theatre 40. The classic mystery directed by Cate Caplin is produced for Theatre 40 by David Hunt Stafford. A young woman meets with an untimely demise and a respectable family is subject to a routine inquiry in connection with the death. The theatre is located on the campus of Beverly Hills High School. There is also ample free underground parking is available via a driveway at the intersection of Durant and Moreno Drives. Performance: 2pm; Tickets: $35; Call (310) 364-0535 or visit the website; Theatre Forty, in the Mary Levin Cutler Theatre, 241 S. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; http://theatre40.org
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Friday, November 21, 2025
It’s the second day of WestEdge Design Fair 2025. Featuring the latest in modern design, this is a gorgeous show. Attendees can shop the top home furnishings brands. In addition, attendees gain insight from leading names in the design industry with a full series of educational programs and special events.
Read more about it on our 2025 WestEdge Feature. Art Party: 10am-6pm; The Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, 90405; https://westedgedesignfair.com/
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Hermosa for the Holidays kicks off tonight – Friday, and runs through the weekend. Sunday there will be a tree lighting. Also both Saturday and Sunday will feature live music. This is a great time to head to Hermosa early and enjoy this wonderful local community – read my ETG article Playing Hooky in Hermosa about our Hermosa Beach staycation. Hermosa is also hosting an Elf on a Shelf Scavenger Hunt with some pretty cool prizes. The contest runs from November 14 – 24 at 5pm. So hop to it. Visit the website for all the details. Event: 5-9pm; 1 Pier Ave: Hermosa Beach: 90254; https://www.hbchamber.net/
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Chinatown
NOON Projects celebrates the art of Matt Lifson with an opening art party for Corner Time. The solo exhibition features new paintings which include a series of intimate portraits and still lifes. This is Lifson’s third presentation with the gallery. Art Party: 6-9pm; NOON Projects, 951 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012; https://noon-projects.com
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DTLA
Hive Gallery hosts Sculpt Nerd Night. Hosted by Nathan Cartwright, this is a laid back night, night where sculptors get together, hang out, watch weird movies, and SCULPT!
In addition to sculpting, Superbee, Dirty Patti and Kingbee and will be hosting an Instagram Live, showing off all of the cool pieces of its 17th Annual Master Blasters of Sculpture show!
All are invited, even newbies. Just bring your own supplies and whatever you want to work on. The gallery will provide a toaster oven for you to cook sculpey in if that is your medium. Supplies to bring: small block of super sculpey, few wooden pot skewers or small sculpt tools, an exacto knife, a dough roller, and aluminum foil. Event: 8:30pm; HIVE Gallery, 729 S. Spring St., LA CA 90014; https://hivegallery.com
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Beverly Hills
You have one more chance to catch a performance of An Inspector Calls, at Theatre 40. See the listing above for more details. The theatre is located on the campus of Beverly Hills High School. There is also ample free underground parking is available via a driveway at the intersection of Durant and Moreno Drives. Performance: 2pm; Tickets: $35; Call (310) 364-0535 or visit the website; Theatre Forty, in the Mary Levin Cutler Theatre, 241 S. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; http://theatre40.org
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West Hollywood
Jetpack Comedy is LA’s best Friday stand-up comedy showcase. Comics from HBO, Netflix, and also SNL cast members, all drop-in for a night of laughter. Headliners and surprise drop-ins have included: Sarah Silverman, Kevin Nealon, Fred Armisen, Bob Odenkirk, Pete Holmes, Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Maria Bamford, Hasan Minhaj, Jeff Garlin, Ali Wong, Demetri Martin, as well as many more.
Event begins: 8:30pm; Admission starts at $20; Visit the website to RSVP for events (multiple dates); FB Page; Bar Lubitsch, 7702 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, 90046; https://jetpackcomedy.com/
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