Today is another big day. As always the second Saturday of this month is busy. September 14, 2024 Art Parties and event are poppin’ for sure. We have art events, fairs, music, and more taking place all over Los Angeles.
September 14, 2024 Art Parties & Events
Laura Krifka, In Bloom, 2024, oil on panel, 36 x 36 in (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles presents Laura Krifka: Carousel, Tristram Lansdowne: Burrito Plane, as well as UNLOCKING THE MIND: Nathan Gluck’s Early Surrealist Collages. The exhibitions will be open for viewing for the public September 14, 2024, however, the art party takes place next week – CLICK HERE to read more about these fantastic shows. Gallery Hours: 10-6pm; Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 1110 Mateo Street LA, 90021; https://www.luisdejesus.com
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West Hollywood
Los Angeles Art Association debuts four solo exhibitions. LAAA will host an all day opening for artists Lousine Hogtanian, Lori Markman, Bladine Saint-Oyant as well as Laura Van Duren. Event: 11am-5pm; Gallery 825, 825 N. La Cienega Blvd. LA 90069; https://www.laaa.org
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Head South
Palos Verdes Art Center Artists (PVACA) hosts the Malaga Cove Art on the Lawn Show this weekend. All mediums will be featured at the event. Additionally artists from seven art groups affiliated with Palos Verdes Art Center will participate: Artists Open Group (AOG), Pacific Arts Group, Paletteers, Peninsula Artists, Photographic and Digital Artists (PADA), Third Dimension, and The Artists’ Studio (TAS). Event runs Saturday, Sunday 11am-5pm; Free parking; Located at entrance to the City of Palos Verdes Estates on scenic Palos Verdes Drive West between Via Chico and Via Corta; https://pvartcenter.org
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LATER…also in the South Bay, Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education debuts the opening reception of Ann Weber: Let the Sunshine In.
Ann Weber, Tender Mercies, 2022, found cardboard, staple polyurethane, 48 x 101 x 10 in; photo by Gene Ogami
The solo exhibition features monumental, sensuous, as well as anthropomorphic sculptures. The work is created out of discarded cardboard boxes. Artworks from the last 15 years will be on view. Art Party: 6-9pm; Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275; https://pvartcenter.org/
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Hollywood
Regen Projects hosts an early art talk featuring Liz Larner with Jonathan Griffin. This is the artist’s ninth solo exhibition with the gallery. The show is also an official collaboration with The Getty’s PST ART: Art and Science Collide. The conversation is part of the VIP opening weekend for the Getty Initiative. Larner’s exhibition opened on September 12, 2024. Art Talk: 11am; [RSVP required: email office@regenprojects.com to confirm your attendance]. Art Party: 11am; Regen Projects, 6750 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038; http://regenprojects.com
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Hancock Park
The Fahey/Klein Gallery hosts an exhibition walkthrough of SINK / RISE: The Day May Break, Chapter Three and THE ECHO OF OUR VOICES: The Day May Break, Chapter Four, by Nick Brandt. The exhibition opening on September 12, 2024.
Nick Brandt, Serafina at Table, Fiji, 2023 © Nick Brandt, courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
This exhibition of new works, made as part of an ongoing global series of images portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction. CLICK HERE to find out more about the exhibition; Walkthrough 1-3pm; The Fahey/Klein Gallery, 148 North La Brea Ave., LA 90036; http://www.faheykleingallery.com
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Westwood
UCLA Art|Sci Center presents Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption. Part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, it is organized and co-curated by Victoria Vesna and Anuradha Vikram. The event will launch with Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier, a sound installation by Bill Fontana. Visit the website for additional info. Art Party: 2-4pm; UCLA, Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Ct., LA, 90095; http://artsci.ucla.edu/
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In Mid City….1301 PE celebrates a group show featuring work by Fiona Banner, Petra Cortright, Simryn Gill, SUPERFLEX, Blake Rayne, the Concinnitas series, and Keaton Macon. Art Party: 2-4pm; 6150 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048; 1301pe.com
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Downtown…Band of Vices presents Whispers of Renewal by Patrick Tagoe-Turkson as well as Cadencies of the City by Dutch artist, Jora Nelstein. Art Party: 2-6pm; Band of Vices, 1700 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Suite 371, LA, 90021; https://www.bandofvices.com/
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In the same building…Patricia Sweetow Gallery debuts Demirtri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Art Party: 4-7pm; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave Ste 351, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://www.patriciasweetowgallery.com
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Lastly, one more DTLA in the same building…Vielmetter Los Angeles celebrates new exhibitions with an opening art party. The art of Andrea Bowers will be on view in Gallery I. While the exhibition titled Reginald O’Neal: Souled Out can be found in the Greenhouse (located in the Parking area of the same building. Art Party: 4-6pm; Vielmetter Los Angeles, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave #101, LA, 90021; https://vielmetter.com
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Beverly Fairfax area
Puzzling with Paper and Papercut Perspectives opens at Craft in America. Erik and Martin Demaine create folded paper sculptures as dictated by mathematical theorems, as well as formulas for folding paper into text-based pieces. While Los Angeles artist Lorraine Bubar creates lush imagery reflecting the hierarchy and patterns of nature through the cutting and layering of fine Asian colored papers. Art Party: 3-5pm; Craft in America, 8415 W. Third St., LA, 90048; https://craftinamerica.org/
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Santa Monica
Pop by Bergamot Station for a couple…Lois Lambert Gallery presents a VIP reception for Primarily in the Right Hemisphere featuring over 30 artists represented by the gallery over the last 35 years. It opened last week at the Bergamot Station 30th Anniversary Celebration. The group show is presented as part of the Participating Gallery Program for Getty’s PST Art: Art & Science Collide, as well as the inaugural DNA (Digital New Arts) Festival in Santa Monica.
In addition, there will be a panel discussion in conjunction with the Analog Brain a Video Performance Art Series featured in the Project Room. Art Talk: 2:30pm; VIP Art Party: 4-6pm; Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., E3, Santa Monica, 90404; https://loislambertgallery.com
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Also at Bergamot Station…William Turner Gallery presents an art reception and walkthrough of Light Matter in partnership with the Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide. The group show explores the intersections and influences between art and science. Artists include: Dawn Arrowsmith, Larry Bell, Casper Brindle, Shingo Francis, Jimi Gleason, Eric Johnson, Jay Mark Johnson, Peter Lodato, Andy Moses, and Roland Reiss. Art Party: 4-8pm; William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., E1, Santa Monica, 90404; https://www.williamturnergallery.com/
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Culver City
Honor Fraser debuts Lauren Bon: Concrete is Fluid. The exhibition features room-scale installations of ancient soils and subterranean seedbanks reconfigured into magical assemblages for ecological thinking. Art Party: 2-5pm; Honor Fraser, 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90034; https://honorfraser.com
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Also in Culver City…Blum Los Angeles celebrates new solo exhibitions by artists Aaron Garber-Maikovska, as well as Eddie Martinez. Art Party: 5–7pm; Blum Los Angeles, 2727 La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90034; https://www.blum-gallery.com
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West Adams
DMST Atelier presents All The (Healing) Parts, a two-person exhibition featuring paintings and comic drawings by Shizuka Kusayanagi in addition to the photographic textile and also mixed media sculptures by Faith-Ann Kiwa Young. Visit the website to find out about healing workshops as well as activations open to public each Saturday. Save the Date October 19, 2024 for a closing art party. Art Party: 4-7pm; DMST Atelier, 606 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016; https://www.dmstatelier.com
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Also in West Adams…Lowell Ryan debuts several new exhibitions tonight. An artist reception will be held for Eric Stefanski: I’m Trying to Live Forever, as well as James Richards: Material Abstractions. Art Party: 6-8pm; Lowell Ryan Projects, 4619 W Washington Blvd., LA, 90016; https://www.lowellryanprojects.com/
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Mid City
Pace Gallery brings us Here, an exhibition of new paintings by Torkwase Dyson. The exhibition takes place in conjunction with the Getty’s initiative – PST ART: Art & Science Collide Participating Gallery Program. Art Party: 5-7pm; Pace Gallery, 1201 South La Brea Avenue, LA, 90019; https://www.pacegallery.com/
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Also in Mid City…CMAY Gallery offers two exhibitions – a group exhibition titled MATERIAL IMMATERIAL, as well as Stripes, Dots, Stacks and Twists by Daan den Houter. The group show features the art of four Southern California artists: Adam Belt, David DiMichele, Virginia Katz, and Joel King. While the solo show by Daan den Houter spotlights paintings crafted from wood and inlaid with epoxy paint, meticulously created in the artist’s Rotterdam studio. Art Party 6-9pm; CMAY Gallery, 5828 Wilshire Blvd., LA 90036; https://cmaygallery.com
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Later in Hollywood…
Lisson Gallery unveils Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand, the first solo exhibition in LA for over a decade by the British artist.
Artwork by Shirazeh-Houshiary; courtesy of the artist and the gallery
The show features new and recent works, exploring the origins of life and the mysteries of the cosmos, from a microscopic cellular level, to the stratospheric phenomenon of the aurora borealis. Art Party: 6-8pm; Lisson Gallery, 1037 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038; lissongallery.com
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Also in Hollywood…Make Room Los Angeles debuts Infinity Loop by Linn Meyers. You can find the immersive installation in the Project Room. Art Party: 6-9pm; Make Room Los Angeles, 6361 Waring Ave., LA, 90038; http://www.makeroom.la
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Another in Hollywood…Diane Rosenstein brings us a new exhibition titled Against Dystopia. Curated by independent curator nico w. okoro, the group show features works by ten international artists. These artists represent twelve cities across the United Kingdom, Jamaica, as well as all five regions of the United States. Art party: 6-8pm; Diane Rosenstein Gallery, 831 N Highland Ave., LA 90038; https://dianerosenstein.com/
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Finally, one more in Hollywood…Sean Kelly presents Staring at the Moon, Brian Rochefort’s first exhibition at the LA gallery. Rochefort’s installation of new sculptures will reconfigure the architecture of the gallery. The mixed-media sculptures incorporate an array of different textures, surfaces as well as colors, thus creating an exhibition of rich, otherworldly art forms. Art Party: 5-7pm; Sean Kelly LA, 1357 N. Highland Ave., LA, 90028; https://www.skny.com
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West Hollywood
Tierra del Sol Gallery presents Four Roots, an exhibition celebrating the art of Julia Hagen-Brenner, Marcella Kroll, Katie Mendoza and Cathy Ward. Art Party: 6-8pm; Tierra Del Sol Gallery, 7414 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 90046; https://tierradelsolgallery.org
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Also in West Hollywood…Louis Stern Fine Arts offers an opening art party for Helen Lundeberg: Inner/Outer Space. The Los Angeles-based artist Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999) had an impressive career spanning six decades. Moreover, she held an enduring fascination with the structures and patterns underpinning the natural world and the universe beyond it. Art Party: 5-7pm; Louis Stern Fine Arts, 9002 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, 90069; https://www.louissternfinearts.com
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In the Central LA/MacArthur Park area
Hannah Hoffman celebrates Caitlin MacQueen, Fascination with an opening art party. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Caitlin MacQueen, night out, 2023-2024. Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Art Party:6-8pm; Hannah Hoffman, 2504 W 7th St 2nd floor, Los Angeles, CA 90057; https://hannahhoffman.la/
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Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw
The Landing offers an artist reception to celebrate the opening of Henry Glavin: Still Light. Art Party: 6-8pm; The Landing, 5118 w Jefferson Blvd.. LA, 90016; https://www.thelandinggallery.com
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Chinatown
Charlie James Gallery debuts Joyfully Grown, a solo exhibition by Narsiso Martinez. Art Party: 6-9pm; Charlie James Gallery, 961 Chung King Road, LA, https://www.cjamesgallery.com
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Los Feliz
The Los Angeles Zoo’s wildly popular Roaring Nights series returns in 2024 with a totally tubular ’80s theme! It’s the 21-and-over way to do the Zoo, with dance areas, animal experiences, tasty food and beverages, and more. In addition to a DJ Dance party, attendees will enjoy the high-energy ‘80s cover band Flashback Heart Attack. CLICK HERE for additional info.
Flashback Heart Attack; courtesy of band
Expect full bars, as well as some of the best food trucks in LA. Plus the zoo will host a fun paint party where you can take home your masterpiece. Event: 6-10pm; Admission runs $20 for members; $25 for nonmembers; LA Zoo, 5333 Zoo Dr, LA, 90027; https://lazoo.org/
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Glendale
The Center for Armenian Arts presents Alexander Sadoyan: Spiritual Colors. The solo show will be on view throughout the weekend. Tonight’s event: 3-9pm; The Center for Armenian Arts, 250 North Orange, Glendale, 91203; https://www.armenianarts.com/
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