Saturday June 28, 2025 Art Parties & Events take place all over Los Angeles. Moreover they include art talks, openings, as well as theatre too. Plus don’t forget – Free concerts are happening all over LA. See the full list of venues on our sister site on EatTravelGo.com, an art inspired travel site. we also have a direct link below.
June 28, 2025 Art Parties & Events
Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education hosts a curator’s talk in conjunction with CHRONICLES: The Photography of Ray Carofano. The solo show was curated by friend and artist Ron Linden. Art Talk: 1-3pm; Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes CA 90275; https://pvartcenter.org
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In West Hollywood…Perpetual Rolling Knots; A Performance by Madeline Hollander takes place at Jeffrey Deitch. Enjoy the activation of Bob, & Charlie, and two large aluminum trefoil knots by the artist and choreographer Madeline Hollander. This performance piece is presented in conjunction with The Abstract Future. Bob & Charlie as well as dancers, Katie Gaydos & Nayomi Van Brunt, who will perform movement sequences. These will be guided by the choreographies inherently embedded within these sculptures’ own code. Each entwined mobius-like form is composed using a formula. This therefore optimizes its rolling capabilities; once nudged into action they have the capacity to roll perpetually. Performance: 2-5pm; Jeffrey Deitch, 925 N. Orange Drive, LA, 90038; https://deitch.com
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Downtown
Vielmetter Los Angeles hosts an art talk with artist Karl Haendel and art historian Andy Campbell. The conversation takes place with a book launch of Haendel’s newest book Great Ass at The Met published by Triangle Books. Copies will also be available for purchase. Art Talk: 2 – 3pm; Vielmetter Los Angeles, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave #101, LA, 90021; https://vielmetter.com/
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Also Downtown…Night Gallery South hosts an art talk between artist Esiri Erheriene-Essi and writer Shaquille Heath. The conversation takes place in conjunction with the artist’s solo exhibition titled Reflections currently on view at the gallery.
While the Nigerian artist (1982) was born in the United Kingdom, she is based in Amsterdam. Art Talk: 2pm; RSVP to rsvp@nightgallery.ca; Night Gallery South, 2276 E. 16th St., LA, 90021; https://www.nightgallery.ca/
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One more downtown…Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) debuts an international group exhibition titled Expand and Contract: AI and Alternative Processes. Curated by Dr. Rotem Rozental, the exhibition examines the use of AI as a creative generator. Artists include: Aurora Wilder (Jennifer Pritchard, Patrick Corrigan and Dall-E), Dana Bell, Adam Chin, Ann Cutting, Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Liron Kroll, Lev Manovich, and Osceola Refetoff. Art Party 3-5pm; Free with RSVP – see website: Los Angeles Center of Photography, 252 S. Los Angeles Street, LA, 90012; https://lacphoto.org
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Beverly Hills
M+B celebrates Blue Sentinel by Jonathan Casella with an opening art party. The exhibition of new works marks Casella’s second solo presentation with the gallery. Attendees can indulge in hot dogs and cold beverages during the opening. Art Party: 4-7pm; M+B, 612 N Almont Drive, LA, 90069; https://www.mbart.com
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Glendale
The Pit presents new exhibitions – Llyn Foulkes: Time’s Witness, Tomorrow’s Not What It Used to Be by Anthony Miler, and Pepe Mar: Doppelganger. The solo exhibition by Llyn Foulkes traces the artist’s oeuvre of seven decades. In addition to featuring work created from 1949 to 2025, the solo show will debut five new artworks. These were completed in the past year. The artist continues to utilize several mediums such as painting, assemblage, drawing, as well as sculpture. His art offers a visceral directness that feels at once handmade and hardwired to the cultural unconscious.
Tomorrow’s Not What It Used to Be by Anthony Miler includes paintings on canvas as well as a new series of unique aluminum sculptures. This is the artist’s second exhibition with the gallery. And finally, Pepe Mar’s Doppelganger features new works and is the return of Mar to California–the place where his artistic practice began. Art Party: 5-7pm; The Pit Los Angeles, 3015 Dolores St., LA, 90065; http://www.the-pit.la
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Downtown
François Ghebaly presents Homecoming, the newest exhibition by Matt Bollinger. This is the Ithaca-based artist’s first time showing at the Downtown Los Angeles gallery. The artist is a painter, draftsman, animator, and elegist utilizing both visual and narrative language.
Matt Bollinger, Homecoming, 2025. Flashe and acrylic on canvas, 96 x 144 inches (244 x 366 cm.)
The exhibition spotlights quintessential small-town “homecoming” parade. Thus exploring ideas of cyclicality, resilience, as well as social divides. Art Party: 6-8pm; François Ghebaly, 2245 E. Washington Blvd, LA, 90021; http://ghebaly.com
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Also Downtown…Lucky Cat Gallery presents an exhibition titled The Big Show. The group show features a collection of large format art that challenges the boundaries of convention and scale. The artists use size and space to create powerful experiences. Artists include: Patrick Hendry Johnson Nate Seubert Snow Mack Reyhan Gulses Demircioglu Dan Litzinger Diana Bittar Shanna Cox, Rod Benson, and Steven Morrell. Art Party: 6-10pm; Lucky Cat Labs, 620 Main St, LA, 90014; https://www.luckycat.gallery/
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Hollywood
839 Gallery hosts its annual group show titled Summer 25. Artists include: Jesse Benson, Olivia Gibian, Andrés Janacua, Kyle Knodell, Natalie Lerner, Ruhee Maknojia, Tucker Neel, Pau S. Pescador, Maddy Peters, Carolyn Lockhart Schoerner, Joshua Smith, and Yunghun Yoo. Art Party: 5 – 8pm; 839 N Cherokee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038; https://839gallery.com
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Larchmont
David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new and recent work by Marcel Dzama. In this exhibition, the artist works are fantastical visions of a lush and at-times flooded world where anthropomorphized animals and dancing figures are set against dense junglescapes and expansive skies. Among the new works are several large-format drawings, some of which are filled to the brim with animal life. Thus these works also serve as a reminder of the toll being taken on the planet and its effects on all life-forms. Art Party: 6 – 8pm; David Zwirner, 606 N Western Avenue, LA, 90004; https://www.davidzwirner.com
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Beverly Hills
Gagosian hosts an opening art party for The Domes by Y.Z. Kami. The solo exhibition of paintings brings together two bodies of work. These include a survey of Dome paintings made from 2011 to the present, and also a group of new Messenger paintings.
Furthermore, this is a meaningful return to the West Coast for Kami, as he spent his early years in Northern California after moving to the United States from Tehran in 1973. Furthermore several of his institutional presentations were held in Southern California. This also includes a solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Art Party: 6-8pm; Gagosian, 456 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; https://gagosian.com
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West Hollywood
Maryam Taba Studios debuts a group show titled Four in Bloom curated by Maryam Taba. The nature inspired exhibition offers an ethereal srenity. Artists include: Elika Ebrahimi Ghajar, Rayka Milanian, Rooha Dabaghian, and Azin Baghernia. Art Party: 6:30-9pm; Maryam Taba Studios, 8750 Holloway Dr, West Hollywood, 90069; https://www.maryamtaba.com
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Also in West Hollywood…Hauser & With West Hollywood presents Long Loops by British artist Christina Kimeze. The solo show features new paintings that investigate the complexity of interior spaces, both domestic and psychological.
Christina Kimeze, Carnival, 2025, Oil, pastel and oil stick on suede matboard, 102 x 81 cm / 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in, Courtesy the artist
See the Hauser & With West Hollywood Feature for additional information about this exhibition. Art Talk: 6pm; Art Party: 7-8pm; Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood, 8980 Santa Monica Boulevard West Hollywood, 90069’ https://www.hauserwirth.com/
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Westwood
As of June 26, 2025 the world premiere of The Reservoir officially opened at the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse. Written by Jake Brasch (Trip Around the Sun, How to Draw a Triangle) and directed by Shelley Butler (A Doll’s House, Part 2; The Scarlet Letter), the show runs through July 20, 2025.
This production is presented in partnership with Denver Center for the Performing Arts as well as Alliance Theatre. Read more on The Reservoir at the Geffen Feature.
Tickets begin at $36; Purchase tickets by phone at 310.208.2028 or online at www.geffenplayhouse.org. Fees may apply. Performances: 3pm and 8pm; Gil Cates Theater atThe Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., LA, 90024; https://secure.geffenplayhouse.org/
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