As always, Saturday, September 27, 2025 Art Parties & Events continue to be busy. We have two all weekend art fairs continuing as well as multiple art openings all over LA. Downtown LA is poppin’ tonight, so get out there.
September 27, 2025: Art Parties & Events
It is the second day of LA Design Weekend (LADW), which continues through the weekend. The independently organized, citywide design fair will showcase studios, showrooms, exhibitions, workshops, group shows, parties, and iconic private residences across LA that help shape the city’s character. This year, LADW 2025 will expand into more neighborhoods, engage over 100 hosts, and welcome participants from across the country and around the world. See a full list of Saturday, September 27, 2025 LADW Events HERE; Some start as early as 10am; Be aware some are free, but some events are NOT; Multiple Locations in Los Angeles ; https://www.ladesignweekend.com
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Santa Monica
The Los Angeles edition of The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art takes continues. The art fair is being held at Barker Hangar and runs through Sunday. It features over 150 artists. Moreover, there is on-site parking available on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking costs $20. Today’s hours: 11am-7pm; The Other Art Fair, 3021 Airport Ave Suite. Santa Monica, 90405; https://www.theotherartfair.com
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Oktoberfest
Downtown Santa Monica celebrates Oktoberfest on the Third Street Promenade. Enjoy a Bavarian Oktoberfest with a free beer steins with a beer purchase from participating locations. Plus the event will feature live performances as as well as a kid zone. Event: 2-7pm; Oktoberfest, 1200 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401; (Between Wilshire & Arizona); More SM Oktoberfest Info!
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Oktoberfest in Hermosa Beach
Locale 90254: Oktoberfest returns in Downtown Hermosa Beach with a fresh layout, and a South Bay spin on Oktoberfest. The event will feature a beer garden, live music, games, contests, and of course food. There is ONE day to purchase presale entry tickets – Friday September 26, 2025 (from 12-6pm). You cannot purchase drink tickets early or purchase online ether. However you can purchase entry tickets along with drink tickets on the day of the event. Event: 12-7pm; Admission: $10 entrance (10 & under free); Downtown Hermosa Beach – Parking Lot A & Pier Plaza; https://locale90254.com/
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West Adams area
Shoshana Wayne Gallery hots an art talk with John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Assistant Curator Chava Krivchenia and artist Ashwini Bhat. The conversation takes place in conjunction with Ashwini Bhat’s exhibition The Morning After The Fire Swept Through which is currently on view at the gallery. Chava Krivchenia is a curator as well as a writer and serves as the Assistant Curator at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI). Art Paraty: 2pm; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, 5247 W. Adams Blvd., LA, 90016; http://shoshanawayne.com
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Downtown
Hauser Wirth hosts intimate walkthroughs with friends and family of Luchita Hurtado on the occasion of ‘Yo Soy’—the first exhibition dedicated to the Venezuelan-born, LA-based artist at Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles.
Luchita Hurtado with artwork 1973; courtesy of Hauser Wirth
The show runs through October 5, 2025. Find out more about this exhibition on our Hauser Wirth New Exhibitions Feature. Exhibition Walkthrough: 2pm; Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, 901 East 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90013; https://www.hauserwirth.com/events/
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More Downtown
The Hive Gallery hosts an opening reception for The ANIMAL VIDEO SHOW. The exhibition is a fundraiser called for TOBEY the Dog. Therefore, all proceeds at the door will go to help Tobey with his upcoming surgery and care!!! RSVP on the website: Art Party: 3-5pm; HIVE Gallery, 729 S. Spring St., LA CA 90014; https://hivegallery.com
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One more downtown…Balance by Lee Moriarty debuts at Night Gallery. Curated by Adam Abdalla (founder of Orange Crush: The Journal of Art & Wrestling), this is the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery. Furthermore, the solo show blends art with sports, thus spotlighting wrestlers beyond the ring. Art Party: 4–6pm; Night Gallery North, 2050 N Imperial St, Los Angeles CA 90021; https://www.nightgallery.ca
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Another downtown…Duncan Miller Gallery presents a group show titled Icons of Fashion. The exhibition includes rarely seen portraits from over 40 of the world’s top fashion designers.
The work of legends such as Coco Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Valentino Garavani, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Lilly Dache, Gianni Versace and others will be featured. Moreover the photography of Herb Ritts, Harry Benson, Irving Penn, Bruce Weber, Cecil Beaton, Jean-Loup Sieff, Horst P. Horst, Yousuf Karsh, Peter Hujar, David Bailey, Dorothy Wilding and others will also be included. Art Party: 4-6pm; Duncan Miller Gallery, 1933 S Broadway #1270; LA 90007; https://www.duncanmillergallery.com
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Even More Downtown
Vielmetter Los Angeles presents Contours of Memory by Muna Malik. This is the LA-based artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition includes a new series of paintings that expand on Malik’s distinctive visual language. The gallery will host an art talk from 3-4pm between Muna Malik and Principal/Creative Director of Studio Kër, Michael Bennett, prior to the opening reception. Art Talk: 3-4pm; Art Party: 4-7pm; Vielmetter Los Angeles, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave #101, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://vielmetter.com
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Stay Downtown…we have more for you, at NICODIM. The art of Igor Hosnedl will be celebrated with an opening reception for Night Tide. Art Party: 4-7pm; NICODIM, 1700 S Santa Fe Ave #160, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://www.nicodimgallery.com
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Chinatown
Charlie James Gallery debuts Hug the sky for it. The exhibition features the paintings by Oakland-based artist Esteban Raheem Abdul Raheem Samayoa, his first with the gallery.
Esteban Raheem Abdul Raheem Samayoa, Share my World, Airbrush on canvas, 60 x 84 inches, 2025
Samayoa is known for his airbrush on canvas, he also achieves a hauntingly expressive greyscale palette. While featuring his Guatemalan and Mexican heritage, as well as his Islamic faith, his works are community based, yet intensely personal. The exhibition title is derived from the chorus of a 1998 DMX song. The lyrics warns the listener that one has to be willing to give everything to the hustle. Art Party: 5-8pm; CJG2, 961 Chung King Road, LA, 90012; https://www.cjamesgallery.com/
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And finally one more in DTLA…Art Share LA presents Whispers of the Earth. The group art exhibition weaves together visual prayers, blessings, as well as meditative expressions for the planet and all living beings. Referencing Zen aesthetics and visionary art infused with sacred intention, thus each piece offers a moment of quiet reflection. Art Party: 6-9pm; Art Share LA – 801 East 4th Place LA, 90013; https://www.artsharela.org/
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Culver City
Arcana: Books on the Arts hosts an opening art party party for Los Angeles’s own Lauri Gaffin to celebrate the release of her new Damiani publication, Moving Still: A Cinematic Life Frame-By-Frame! The book is a personal portrait of filmmaking from set decorator Lauri Gaffin. With four decades of experience, Gaffin intertwines stunning behind-the-scenes photographs and intimate narrative to provide a rare glimpse into the fascinating world of cinema. The book highlights life on set for indie gems ‘Fargo’ and ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ as well as blockbuster hits such as ‘Charlie’s Angels,’ ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Thor.’ Book Release: 4-6pm; Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 90232; https://www.arcanabooks.com/
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Also in Culver City…DON’T LOOK Projects offers an opening reception for a solo show by Tess Jenkins. Thank You Universe, May I Delight You is a celebration of the chaotic, confusing, and paradoxical nature of the human experience. Art Party: 5-7pm; DON’T LOOK Projects, 2680 S La Cienega Blvd, LA, 90034; https://www.dontlookprojects.com/
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Santa Monica
At Bergamot Station…bG Gallery presents Stratus, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based painter Gay Summer Rick. The exhibition features a new body of atmospheric paintings that reflect on shifting environments, layered emotions, and the beauty found within moments of uncertainty.
STRATUS takes its title from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) definition of “Stratus” clouds: broad, layered, diffuse forms that blanket the sky with soft cove. Art Party: 4-7pm; bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave #A2, Santa Monica, CA 90405; https://santamonica.bgartdealings.com/
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West Hollywood
In commemoration of the artist’s 100th birthday, Louis Stern Fine Arts unveils Karl Benjamin: A Centennial Exhibition. This special exhibition features a selection of rare and early works from the 1950s. This was the decade that launched Benjamin’s (1925—2012) 45-year artistic career.
This diverse and exploratory output set the stage for the innovative expressions of color and form that followed, and predicted his 1959 star turn as a founding member of the Hard Edge painting movement. Although the solo show officially opened last week (Sept 20), The opening art party will be held tonight; Art P arty: 5-7pm; Louis Stern Fine Arts, 9002 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, 90069; https://www.louissternfinearts.com/
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Echo Park
Musée du Al celebrates the opening of Mortal Coils a groundbreaking exhibition of recent work by artist Leah Doyle. In addition to utilizing wood, stone and other materials, the artist transforms them into meditations on life, death as well as human connection. Art Party: 5-8pm; Musée du Al, 1343 Allesandro Street, LA 90026; https://www.museedual.com/
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Mid City
Roberts Projects celebrates new exhibitions tonight with an opening art party. The solo shows include: Fables, Guineps and the Sweetness of Unknowing, by Suchitra Mattai as well as What Does Webster’s Say About Soul? by Esmaa Mohamoud. The exhibition of recent works on paper by Suchitra Mattai is her second solo presentation with the gallery. Created with Mattai’s singular approach to collage that blends different traditions of craft and cultural references, the exhibition adopts the literary form of the fable as its organizing structure to consider the enduring resonance of moral tales today.
What Does Webster’s Say About Soul? is Esmaa Mohamoud’s first solo presentation with the gallery. Featuring a suite of new sculptures that build upon Mohamoud’s rich visual lexicon, this exhibition considers the loss of innocence experienced by Black youth and also how these experiences become imprinted on the body, mind, spirit and soul. Art Party: 6-8pm; Roberts Projects, 442 South La Brea Ave., LA, 90036; https://www.robertsprojectsla.com
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Lincoln Heights
Keystone Gallery unveils Jesse Vogel: Edge City. The solo exhibition investigate the edges of Los Angeles seeking, witnessing and capturing moments in the lives of subcultures strewn across the city. Art Party: 6-9pm; Keystone Gallery, 338 South Avenue 16, LA 90031; http://www.keystoneartspace.com
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LA Theatre
Geffen Playhouse presents a world premiere production of Am I Roxie?, written and performed by Roxana Ortega (The Casagrandes, The Groundlings). The play is directed by Bernardo Cubría (Crabs in a Bucket; The Giant Void In My Soul). In this funny one-woman tour-de-force based on her own life, writer/actor Roxana Ortega navigates the chaos of her mother’s mental decline with outrageous humor. Playing everything from a mermaid-obsessed aunt to a prickly sherpa, Roxie takes us on a humorous journey.
Roxana Ortega in Am I Roxie? at Geffen Playhouse; Photo by Jeff Lorch.
Rush tickets for each day’s performance are made available to the general public one hour before showtime at the box office. $40.00 General/$20.00 Student. Performance: 2pm & 7pm; Admission runs from $36.00 – $139.00. Available by phone at 310.208.2028 and on website. Gil Cates Theater at Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Avenue, LA 90024; https://geffenplayhouse.org
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