As we enter mid-weekend, we hope you are all staying safe, and trying to heal from the destruction all around us in our beloved City of Angeles. Again we are posting events as a distraction if you choose to take it. While most galleries seem to be moving forward with events, a few are canceling.  Always check the gallery websites. We have reached out to all of the below events, and are adjusting our post accordingly. January 18, 2025 spotlights Lowell Ryan, MAF, LAAA, Craft in America, and many more. Be aware several of tonight’s openings were postponed from last week. We are happy the artists can finally be celebrated. Stay Safe LA…our hearts are with you!

January 2025 Lowell Ryan Projects, MAF, LAAA, Craft in America, and more

Marciano Art Foundation (MAF) offers weekly performances and activations for Doug Aitken’s exhibition Lightscape. The installations also features immersive live music. Concurrently, MAF will present Quaternion by Kristen Wentrcek and Andrew Zebulon, showcasing functional furniture encouraging reading and conversation. Tickets for Lightscape, Quaternion, and weekly programs on January 18, 2025. Tickets are available for free online. If you would like to attend, visit the website.

Marciano Art Foundation Doug Aitken

Marciano Art Doug Aitken

Installation view of Lightscape. Courtesy of Marciano Art Foundation; Photo by Michael Anthony Hernandez.

Aitken’s Lightscape explores interconnectedness and our future through cinematic narratives across Southern California and the American West. The January 18 performance spotlights the LA Phil New Music Group presents piano works by Terry Riley and Philip Glass. Marciano Art Foundation, 4357 Wilshire Boulevard, LA, 90010; https://marcianoartfoundation.org

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In West HollywoodLos Angeles Art Association presents The Marks of our Time, a special collaborative exhibition with Art 1307 at Gallery 825. Curator Cynthia Penna thematically traces the individual and collective history that contributes to our passage on earth. Every human presence marks a transition on earth; it creates a footprint that it leaves behind. All day opening: 10-5pm; LAAA/Gallery 825, 825 N. La Cienega Blvd. LA 90069; https://www.laaa.org

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BERMUDEZ PROJECTS

In the Cypress Park areaBERMUDEZ PROJECTS offers a FREE art making workshop with FREE pizza as well. The gallery extends its heartfelt invitation to families and children of all ages to join a community of artists in a safe and nurturing space. Artists Jessie Mahon and Josh Cabello will offer inspiring ways of creating joyful, colorful, and uplifting artworks in the spirit of togetherness and community. The free event takes in conjunction with the group exhibition Daylight currently on view. No RSVPs necessary. Event 11am-3pm; BERMUDEZ PROJECTS, 1225 Cypress Ave., LA, 90065; https://www.bermudezprojects.com

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Downtown Art Events

Vielmetter Los Angeles hosts an art talk  between Join Dominique Clayton as well as artist Mario Joyce. The event takes place in conjunction with the solo exhibition Spirit, Spirit by Mario Joyce.

 

Art Talk: 2pm-3:30pm; Vielmetter Los Angeles, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave #101, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://vielmetter.com

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Patricia Sweetow Gallery

UPDATE: Patricia Sweetow Gallery has postponed this artist reception until February 8, 2025. However the exhibition will be open today. The gallery has decided to still host an event today from 2-5pm, however it is meant as a reception to honor the arts community, their resilience and recovery.

Patricia Sweetow Gallery presents the work of Ferne Jacobs, and John Paul Morabito opening tonight. This is Los Angeles-based artist Ferne Jacobs first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. In addition John Paul Morabito will also enjoy a debut exhibition in LA as well as with the gallery. The title Take Me To Heaven spotlights woven, beaded tapestries by John Paul Morabito. Event to honor arts community: 2pm-5:00pm; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, 1700 S. Santa Fe Ave. Suite 351, LA, 90021; https://www.patriciasweetowgallery.com

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Nicodim Gallery

One more in that same building…Nicodim Gallery presents REMAIN IN LIGHT, an ouroboros of the day-night continuum. This exhibition is a study of flesh-in-light as it reflects, refracts, and reframes the sun and elements in the daytime, as well as the streetlights and neons in the night, etc. Artists include: Tomas Harker, Laurent Proux, and Robert Yarber. Art Party: 4-7pm; Tacos provided by Arturo! Nicodim Gallery, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave #160, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://www.nicodimgallery.com/

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WICKED Live

In Hollywood…The original stage version of WICKED (the touring company) is now playing at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre through February 2, 2025; Visit the WICKED Live Feature for more info. Performance: 2:00pm; See our Wicked Feature for additional info and ticket prices; Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd, LA, 90028; https://www.broadwayinhollywood.com

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Craft in America

An opening art party celebrates new exhibitions. These include: Chris Maynard: Soar and Feather Adornments: Boris Huang. Both shows explore the cultural significance and artist beauty of feathers through the eyes of each artist.

Chris Maynard Soar

Chris Maynard, White Amarillo Tempest, detail, 2017. Courtesy of the artist.

Chris Maynard re-purposes feathers into intricate art by carving delicate bird shapes with a surgical scalpel. While Boris Huang apprenticed under Feather Lei Master Aunty Mary Louise Kekuewa for five years. He mastered the meticulous craft of tying individual feathers to create leis, capes, and adornments. Art Party: 3-5pm; Craft in America Center, 8415 W. Third St., LA, 90048; https://www.craftinamerica.org

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Billis Williams Gallery

In Culver City…Billis Williams Gallery presents new exhibitions – BRADLEY HANKEY: ALMOST A DREAM, as well as IRIS KUFERT-RIVO: INORDINAT. This is the gallery’s first solo exhibition by Bradley Hankey. it features his newest body of large and medium scale urban landscape and skyscape paintings. Iris Kufert-Rivo’s solo exhibition features medium and large scale geometric abstractions from The Structure Series by the New Jersey based painter. Art Party: 4-7pm; Billis Williams Gallery LA, 2716 S La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90034: http://www.billiswilliams.com

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West Adams Art Events

Lowell Ryan Projects celebrates a solo exhibition titled Waves Take Shape by Ellen Picken. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. It includes a series of paintings in addition to a mural encompassing the upper level of the gallery space. Picken utilizes materials from the land surrounding her home in Spokane, Washington, and items that contain a personal connection through a friend or neighbor to create handmade paints.

January 2025 Lowell Ryan

Ellen Picken, Time conceived four times, 2024, Ocher, ash, oil paint, beeswax, and pine resin on clayboard with artist frame, 37 x 37 inches / 93.98 x 93.98 cm

These works explore the liminal space between the physical and spiritual realms while synchronizing with the cyclical nature of earth’s rhythms and their impact on our own lifecycle’s perpetual transformation. Waves Take Shape takes the form of a guide, opening the consciousness to investigate transitions—pathways and boundaries, secret places to protect, danger to avoid, and reactions to keep in check. Art Party: 5-7pm; Lowell Ryan Projects, 4619 W Washington Blvd., LA, 90016; https://www.lowellryanprojects.com/

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Good Mother Gallery Los Angeles

Also in the West Adams area…A group exhibition titled override opens at Good Mother Gallery.  The group exhibition features new works by Jason Revok, Noah Malone, Chris Velez, Zoe Alameda and Liz Lee. Art Party: 5-7pm; Good Mother Gallery Los Angeles, 5103 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016; https://goodmothergallery.com/

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TAG Gallery

Also in Mid CityTAG Gallery holds an opening art party (postponed from last week) to honor artists and celebrate two group exhibitions. The shows feature art from around the city as well as across the globe. The evening will also host the L.A. Open Awards to local artists. In addition, TAG Curatorial offers Black & White Captures Of The World which highlights photographs from international artists. Art Party: 5-8pm; TAG Gallery, 5458 Wilshire Blvd. LA, 90036; https://www.taggallery.net

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In Chinatown…Charlie James Gallery is moving ahead with its opening, hoping the event allows community healing. 10% of the show’s proceeds will be donated to the artist-run relief campaign griefxhope. Lisa Edelstein: DANCE ME TO THE END OF THE WORLD is an exhibition of new watercolor paintings and the artist’s first at the gallery.

Edelstein mines her own family history in works that transform vintage photographs into compositions that acutely capture the color and texture of a particular moment in time. The images are candid, the figures largely unposed and caught off-guard, implying action on either side of the frozen moment depicted. The title of the exhibition references the Leonard Cohen classic whose instrumentation evokes traditional Jewish klezmer music. The song shares a cultural pride and dark sweet sadness with Edelstein’s paintings. Art Party: 5-8pm;  Charlie James Gallery, 969 Chung King Road, LA, 90012; https://www.cjamesgallery.com/

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Sarah Schumann Diane Rosenstein

In HollywoodDiane Rosenstein brings us new exhibitions – Sarah Schumann: Shock and Beauty, as well as Eleanor Antin: Persona. These shows were originally scheduled for last Saturday, but postponed due to the fires. Schumann’s first solo exhibition in LA features collages, photographs, and also paintings from 1959-1998. Sarah Schumann (GER, 1933-2019) is a Surrealist feminist artist who was based in Berlin until her death in 2019. Eleanor Antin’s solo show includes selected photographs and works on paper created between 1972 – 1977. The exhibition features various works depicting the conceptual artist  in performance as her “persona” – The Nurse, The Ballerina, and The King of Solana Beach. Art  Party: 6-8pm; Diane Rosenstein Gallery, 831 N Highland Ave., LA 90038; https://dianerosenstein.com/

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Also in HollywoodRegen Projects debuts Psychic Debris Field, an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles-based artist Doug Aitken. In this exhibition Aitken sets forth a poly-media composition of artworks. These works create a narrative exploring the juxtaposition of deep ecological history within our landscape and contemporary habitation. Therefore a fever-dream interpretation of our landscape is the result. The installation includes large-scale sculptures created from urban debris, light and sound, botanic artworks, and fabric works. All of these elements seamlessly combine these mediums.

Regen Projects

Art Party: 6-8pm; Regen Projects, 6750 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90038; https://www.regenprojects.com

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Lois Lambert Gallery

UPDATE: The Lois Lambert Gallery was postponed for a second time to January 25, 2025. 

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Tierra del Sol Gallery

UPDATE:Tierra del Sol Gallery has decided to cancel this opening. You can stop in, between 11-6pm to view the exhibition, but there will no longer be a reception at this time. 

In West Hollywood…a sculptural exhibition titled Ceramics Only! opens at Tierra del Sol Gallery. The group show features many works created at Tierra del Sol Upland and Sunland studios. Artists include: Marlena Arthur, Kevin Bermudez, Lauren Geraths, Jenna Greene, Karen Goldstein, Aura Herrera, Jeremiah Keller, Abraham Khan, Michael LeVell, Ericka Lopez, Jackie Montes, John Peterson, Jeffrey Rinsky, and Angel Rodriguez.

The gallery will be open today from 11am-6pm; Tierra Del Sol Gallery, 7414 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 90046; https://tierradelsolgallery.org

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dnj Gallery

In Santa MonicaRestoring Your Core a group show by artists with Inflammatory Bowel Disease opens at dnj Gallery. The new exhibition is presented by Pamela Schoenberg, owner/director of dnj Gallery, and also Ted Meyer, founder of the original “ArtandMed.” Art Party: 5-7pm; dnj Gallery, 3015 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405; https://www.dnjgallery.net

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Sean Kelly, Los Angeles

UPDATE: Sean Kelly has now canceled tonights event. However the gallery will be open during the day from 10am-6pm.

Artists Lindsay Adams, as well as Wu Chi-Tsung are celebrated at Sean Kelly, Los Angeles. This is the West Coast debut of Keep Your Wonder Moving, by Chicago-based artist Lindsay Adams. This is also her inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery. Wu Chi-Tsung’s innovative work features a broad range of media including photography, video, installation and painting. The artist combines traditional and contemporary forms and methodologies to explore perceptions of the physical and natural worlds. Gallery will be open from 10am-6pmSean Kelly, 1357 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028; https://www.skny.com

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Honor Fraser Nadya Tolokonnikova

Also later in Culver City…Honor Fraser spotlights Siberian artist Nadya Tolokonnikova with an artist residency as well as an opening art party tonight.

Honor Fraser

As creator of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, Tolokonnikova continues to fight against authoritarian power. In addition, during her residency she will compose a series of artworks and performances featuring unruly compositions. This event was originally scheduled on Thursday (January 9, 2025), but was postponed till today due to the wild fires; Art Party: 7-9pm; Honor Fraser, 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90034; https://honorfraser.com

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Wicked Live

In Hollywood…The evening show of the original stage version of WICKED (the touring company) takes place at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. See more info above (2pm show); Performance: 8:00pm;  for additional info and ticket prices; Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd, LA, 90028; https://www.broadwayinhollywood.com

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For additional art exhibitions, and performances as well as culinary events, see LAArtParty’s Upcoming Events Page.