It’s a busy Saturday June 22, 2024 for art parties and events. The list features happenings all over Los Angeles. In addition to art parties, you can enjoy festivals, performances and lots more.
June 22 2024 Art Parties & Events
In Mar Vista…Venice Summer Fest 2024 is back and will feature the work of hundreds of local artists, brands as well as designers.
The one day event happens three times a year and draws more than 100,000 visitors each year. The festival features live music, food for sale, artist workshops and more. In addition, it is pet-friendly, so bring your pouch. Event: 12-8pm; Be aware this event runs takes place on Venice Boulevard in between Centinela & Inglewood Blvd. in downtown Mar Vista, (NOT Venice Beach). https://www.thevenicefest.com/
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Santa Monica
DNA: 4th of 4 Show opens at the Barrett Gallery. There are additional events that take place in conjunction with DNA throughout the run. CLICK HERE for additional info about DNA. Art Party: 2-4pm; SMC Barrett Gallery, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, 90401 (next to the Broadstage); https://www.dnafestivalsm.com
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In Koreatown…&& Gallery presents intersections by Maddie Lim and Amy Wibowo. Infloresce Records presents a new album from Maddie Lim with accompanying comic illustrated by Amy Wibowo is published by. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to the album before it releases and view all the artwork from the comic as framed Risograph prints! This gallery exhibit features physical artworks revealed in real time in sync to the music from the album. It is a timed experience lasting about 45 minutes. Time slots are limited. CLICK HERE to schedule a time. && Gallery, 3045 W 8th St. LA 90005; https://andand.gallery/
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Downtown
The Joffrey Ballet debuts Anna Karenina at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It is a timeless tale of love and drama as told in Leo Tolstoy’s epic Imperial Russian novel.
Courtesy of the Music Center
CLICK HERE for more info. Performance: 2pm and 7:30pm; Admission $45; The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Avenue, LA, 90012; https://www.musiccenter.org
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Close by…in Chinatown
Eastern Projects Gallery hosts an opening art party for LOS FOUR: 1974- 2024: 50 years after LACMA. The original famed exhibition was held in 1974. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art curated an exhibition of four Chicano artists: Carlos Almaraz, Beto de la Rocha, Gilbert “Magu” Lujan, and Frank Romero. Together they were known as “Los Four,” and made history that year as the first Chicanos to exhibit in a world-renowned, national art museum. Art Party: 3-9pm; Eastern Projects, 900 N Broadway #1090, LA, 90012; https://www.easternprojectsgallery.com/
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West Hollywood
Head to the Diane Rosenstein Gallery to enjoy an art talk and book signing, as well as an art party for VANESSA PRAGER: PAINTINGS 2020-2024. The conversation will be held between Amanda Fortini, who wrote the essay and artist Vanessa Prager. Art Talk & Art Party: 3pm (to be followed by a celebration); Diane Rosenstein Gallery, 831 North Highland Ave., LA, 90038; https://dianerosenstein.com
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Beverly Hills
Marc Selwyn Fine Art hosts an opening art party for Dancing with Nature by Richard Misrach along with a short performance by dancers from Alonzo King LINES Ballet.
Misrach a prominent photographer will feature large-scale photographs from his never-before-exhibited series shot in Hawaii. The Alonzo King LINES Ballet was an integral part of the series. The artist incorporated the dance troupe into his new series while spotlighting the interplay between art, environment, and the human form. A new video by the artist, Notations – Solo to Symphony will be on view in the project gallery. Art Party: 5-7pm; Dance Performance 6pm; Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 9953 South Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, 90212; https://www.marcselwynfineart.com
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In Malibu…Stoked Surfboards celebrates the opening of SUN SURF and SKATE, its new gallery in Malibu. Artists include: Bobbi Bennett, Sunny Bak, Kristina Grace, Julia Isabel, Bob White, Will Pierce, and also Rivers Redclay. Music provided by DJ Rainbow as well as Blaze Olsen; A portion of all proceeds benefits the Boys and Girls Club Malibu; Art Party 5-9pm; Sun Surf and Skate, at the Malibu Country Mart at Cross Creek Inside Third Space Malibu, 22357 Pacific Coast Highway. Malibu, 90265; https://www.stokedforsurf.com; https://thirdspacemalibu.org; https://bgcmalibu.org/
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Downtown
Band of Vices throws an art party to celebrates its new DTLA home. Its inaugural exhibition is titled PUBLIC FIGURES by Al-Baseer Holly. This is the first exhibition by Philly-born, Seattle-based artist with the gallery. Art Party: 4-6pm; 1700 S. Santa Fe Ave., Suite 371, LA, 90021; https://www.bandofvices.com
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Luis de Jesus Los Angeles celebrates three new exhibitions with an opening art party. The solo shows include: Melissa Huddleston: Primordial Spring, Phung Huynh: Return Home, as well as Luis Emilio Romero Fortaleza de Luz (Fortress of Light). There will be a ceremonial performance taking place in conjunction with Phung Huynh: Return Home at 6:30pm.
L-R: Melissa Huddleston, All nighter in the Mariana Trench, 2024, acrylic on paper, 60 x 43 in. (66 x 49.5 in framed); Phung Huynh, The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Head of a female deity B60S100, 2024, graphite on paper, 30.25 x 22.25 in (41 x 33 in, framed); Luis Emilio Romero, Fortaleza Vertebral / Spinal Fortress, 2023, oil on linen, 58 x 52 in.
CLICK HERE for additional info about these exhibitions. Art Party: 6-8pm; Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 1110 Mateo St., LA, 90021; https://www.luisdejesus.com/
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Also in Downtown…GDCA celebrates its annual BLOOM show. The group show focuses on literal, abstract and metaphoric explorations of growth in the natural, spiritual and metaphysical realms. BLOOM features painting, photography, mixed media and digital photo-collage. Artists include: Susanne Belcher, Richard Bell, Mark Brosmer, Robin Chappell, Carol Cirillo-Stanley, Siri France, Sondra Jolles, Suki Kuss, Richard Reiner, Linda Stelling and Christina Ilene Thomas. Art Party: 6-10pm; GDCA, 727 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014; https://www.gdcagallery.com
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More Downtown
Night Gallery debuts American Gothic, a two-person exhibition of new work by JPW3 and Grant Levy-Lucero, as well as False Spring, an exhibition of new paintings by Kemi Onabulé.
JPW3’s oil on panel paintings abstract the nameplates of American newspapers into textured, gray expanses and vibrant environmental scenes. Other new works feature bunnies, celestial motifs, and reduced green and black compositions that reference type. Levy-Lucero debuts a series of ceramic sculptures that depict American pop culture icons as cookie jars. Together, the pair defamiliarize the language and symbols that have earned our collective trust.
The second exhibition opens in Night Gallery East (according to the website). False Spring by Kemi Onabulé is the artist’s debut solo exhibition in the United States and follows her participation in the group show Shrubs, 2022. Moreover Onabulé is known for her humanoid figures who interact with her vivid, post-apocalyptic landscapes. While broadening her world-making environments, Onabulé takes direct reference from her lived experience in painting bodies in shades of brown as she undermines Western landscape tropes. Art Party: 6-8pm; Night Gallery North, 2050 N Imperial St., LA, 90021; https://www.nightgallery.ca/
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Then also nearby…Night Gallery South celebrates Iva Gueorguieva: Seascapes, Snowscapes, Kukeri. This is Gueorguieva’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Gueorguieva paints the space between softness and resilience, layering materials and pigments with mark making that agitates the senses against contemporary atrophy. Art Party: 6-8pm; Night Gallery South, 2276 E 16th St., LA 90021; https://www.nightgallery.ca/
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Cypress Park
la BEAST Gallery holds an opening reception for Subterranea. The group show features the art of Ian Cato, Logan Criley, Beáta Hechtová, Gillian Haigh, Emily Rose Rudnick, Robert Sipchen, Laura Soto, and also Evelyn Tan. Art Party: 6-9pm; la BEAST Gallery, 831 Cypress Ave. LA, 90065; https://labeastgallery.com
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Hollywood
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels brings back its foodie gala and fundraiser 2024 Hollywood Under the Stars.
The third annual event will once again be held at the Paramount Studios Lot. This year, Longtime Circle of Angels Donors Gwen Humble McShane and Ian McShane will be honored, while news anchor Susan Hirasuna and actor/writer E-Kan Soong will co-host. Admission: $250; CLICK HERE for additional info; Event: 6:30-10pm; Paramount Pictures, 5515 Melrose Ave,. Hollywood, 90038; https://www.svmow.org/hollywood/
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Also nearby…MASH Gallery presents Muscle Memory, a new exhibition that celebrates queer art. Additionally, the group show delves deeper into the themes of intimacy, and love among same-sex relationships. Artists include: Aaron Sheppard, David Jester, Ivan Madrigal, Jon Pannier, Maurizio Battifora, Michael Vilkin, and also Vojislav Radovanović. Art Party: 6-9pm; MASH Gallery, 812 North La Cienega Boulevard LA, 90069; https://www.mashgallery.com
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For its Third Annual Proud Out Loud celebration, Theatre West honors the work of five-time Tony® Award winning playwright and librettist Terrence McNally (1938-2020).
The event will feature readings from his plays, as well as songs from some of the musicals that McNally provided the librettos. Readings include scenes from Master Class, The Lisbon Traviata, Some Men, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, The Perfect Ganesh, and also a few surprises.
Moreover, tomorrow attendees can enjoy a screening of the Emmy® nominated American Masters documentary about McNally, Every Act of Life, produced, written, and directed by Theatre West member Jeff Kaufman. See Sunday’s post for screening info. Admission is a suggested donation of $15. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Play reading: 8pm; Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, LA, 90068; https://theatrewest.org
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For additional art exhibitions, and performances as well as culinary events, see LAArtParty’s Upcoming Events Page.
