Saturday, April 11, 2026 art parties and events keeps us busy all day Saturday, and into the evening. We have openings, and closings, art talks, and book signings. Plus we have featured a few fabulous theatrical performances, as well as live music coming soon. Mama is traveling again, but stay tuned, I’ll be adding more events in the next few days.
April 11, 2026 Art Parties and Events
In West Hollywood…LAAA hosts an art talk in conjunction with its current exhibitions. Expect to hear from artist participating in the group show Interiority as well as solo artists Richard Bruland, Zelia de Sousa and Carlos Grasso.
All exhibitions will remain on view through May 1, 2026. Art Talk: 2pm; LAAA/Gallery 825, 825 N. La Cienega Blvd. LA 90069; https://www.laaa.org
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Beverly Hills
The Wallis presents the Pulitzer Prize winning play English by Sanaz Toossi and directed by Knud Adams. This acclaimed Atlantic Theater Company & Roundabout Theatre Company production runs for a limited engagement of 24 performances at the Wallis’ Bram Goldsmith Theater on April 4 to 26, 2026. The play spotlights four Iranian adults preparing for an English language exam in a storefront school near Tehran. Due to family separations and travel restrictions they are now prompted to learn a new language that may alter their identities. Needless to say, the plot of English is ironically pertinent in 2026 and tells a touching story of young people caught in the crossfire of political assimilation. Runs through April 26, 2026; Performance: 2pm and 7:30pm; Admission begins at $53.90; Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Bram Goldsmith Theater, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, 90210; https://thewallis.org/
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Beverly/Fairfax area
Craft in America offers Build it and Ride it: How Skateboards Began. Todd Huber, skateboard historian and founder of the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum will lead the in-person and online talk.
He will discuss the innovative origins of the skateboard. He personally owns a large collection of skateboards, and some are included in the exhibition. Email to attend the free webinar at rsvp@craftinamerica.org or attend in person. Art Talk: 3-4pm; Craft in America, 8415 W. Third St. LA, 90048; https://craftinamerica.org
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Santa Monica
At Bergamot Station…bG Gallery hosts a closing art party for Water on Air by Wrona Gall. The solo show celebrates the vigor and power of the sky. She further explores fields of shifting light, color, and movement with her cloudscape paintings. Art Party: 3-6pm; bG Gallery, 2525 Michigan Avenue, A2, Santa Monica, 90404; https://santamonica.bgartdealings.com/
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Venice
At the Electric Lodge, take in The Best Boarding House in Delaware written and directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan. The play is inspired by the chilling true crimes of Dorothea Puette. It tells the horrid story of Puette running a social security scam out of her boarding house for seniors. Performances: 3pm and 7pm; The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice, CA 90291; https://www.electriclodge.org
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Venice
ARCANE Space Gallery debuts Not Like Eden by Joan Pearson. Inspired by nature, the Los Angeles artist utilizes soft chalk pastel on sanded Mi-Tientes paper. Runs through March 1, 2026; Art Party: 5-8pm; ARCANE Space Gallery, 324 Sunset Ave., Unit G, Venice, CA 90291 (next to Gjusta Bakery); https://www.arcanespacela.com/
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Inglewood
Serious Topics unveils a solo show titled Michael Arata: Culture, Borderline, Layered Time.
Michael Arata, News, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 48 inches.
The exhibition of new still-life paintings by the LA-based artist highlights his joyful figurative works. Growing up in San Francisco in the 1960s, Arata’s work is influenced by civil rights protests. Now here we are again with massive protests taking place around the country. However, the artist keeps a positive outlook within his work, despite the harsh reality of the state of today’s current affairs. Culture, Borderline, Layered Time runs through May 16, 2026; Art Party: 3-6pm; Serious Topics, 1207 N. La Brea Ave., Down the Driveway, Inglewood, 90302; https://www.serious-topics.com/
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Melrose Hill
David Zwirner celebrates the art of Magdalena Suarez Frimkess (b. 1929), organized by Shio Kusaka (b. 1972). A longtime resident of Venice Beach, Suarez Frimkess is known for popular imagery portraying characters like Mickey Mouse, Condorito (from Chilean comic-book), and more. While the curator Shio Kusaka also an artist has become known for her playful ceramics. This presentation will also include collaborative works created together by the two artists. Runs through May 22, 2026; Art Party: 3-6pm; David Zwirner, 606 N Western Ave., LA, 90004; https://www.davidzwirner.com/
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Also in Melrose Hill…OCHI brings us a new exhibition titled Beginning of a Poem. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition and it features the work of LA-based artist Hannah Tishkoff. Beginning of a Poem runs through May 23, 2026. Art Party: 5-8pm; OCHI, 605 N Western Ave., LA, 90004; https://ochigallery.com
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One more in Melrose Hill
Next door…Wilding Cran Gallery pays tribute to the work of artist Fran Siegel with an opening art party. Featuring collaged tapestries as well as drawings, the imagery moves across multiple subjects. In addition to landscapes, subjects such as materiality as well as culture linking viewpoints and distinct patterns. The solo show will remain on view through May 16, 2026; Art Party: 6-8pm; Wilding Cran, 607 N. Western Ave LA, 90004; https://wildingcran.com/
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Beverly Hills
Marc Selwyn Fine Art spotlights a new exhibition titled Hannah Wilke: Drawings and Performalist Self-Portraits. This is the third solo exhibition of the late American artist’s work. Wilke was a leading figure in feminist art who challenged the traditional male viewpoint. Her work included both Post-Minimalism as well as Abstract Expressionism genres. Hannah Wilke: Drawings and Performalist Self-Portraits runs through May 19, 2026; Art Party: 5-7pm; Marc Selwyn Fine Art Camden Annex, 427 N Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, 90212; https://www.marcselwynfineart.com
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Culver City
A special presentation of Books & Co takes place at Arcana Books. An exhibition of publications by appropriation artist Eric Doeringer recreates iconic books by artists such as Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince, Sol Lewitt, and Dieter Roth. For example, his edition of Some Los Angeles Apartments presents photographs of each of the buildings in Ed Ruscha’s book of the same title, but shot by Doeringer forty years after the original. Book Signing: 4-6pm; Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 90232; https://www.arcanabooks.com/
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Downtown
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery offers an opening art party for several exhibitions. This is the third solo exhibition for Wilhelm Neusser. In Bogged Down, the Boston-based artist features recent paintings inspired by the cranberry harvest in his home state of Massachusetts. Additionally a two-person show titled Cover Story opens. The artists Tara Lewis and Teddy Benfield both push the boundaries of still life. However each artist’s approach is very different. All exhibitions will remain on view through May 30, 2026; Art Party: 5-8pm; Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, 1923 S. Santa Fe Avenue, LA, 90021; https://abigailogilvy.com/
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dnj Gallery holds an opening art party for a new exhibition. Unpack your Mind is a group show by artists with mental health conditions.
Emotional Rescuing, 2019 by Mila Fejzo
The Art and Med program, curated byPamela Schoenberg, owner/director of dnj Gallery, and Ted Meyer includes a ten-week exhibit and corresponding, community-focused events. The events will all highlight a chronic disease. The Art and Med program has designed this program to increase awareness, further education, and raise funds for charities. Find out more on the dnj Gallery April Feature; Art Party: 6-8pm; dnj Gallery, 3015 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, 90405; https://www.dnjgallery.net
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Beverly Hills
The Unexpected Guest recently opened at Theatre Forty. Written by Agatha Christie, and directed by Warren Davis, it is a classic “whodunit?” The wealthy Richard Warwick has been murdered, needless to say, there is no shortage of suspects. Inspector Thomas is on the case – find out how the story ends. Performance: 7:30pm; Theatre Forty, 241 S. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills 90212; https://theatre40.org
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