On Thursday, April 10, and Friday April 11, 2025 the arts are alive and well in Los Angeles. We have a large selection of arts and entertainment events to start our weekend with a hefty offering of art parties on Friday. We have also spotlighted some live music and comedy. Also let’s not forget The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place this weekend. See below for a link to our sister site (an art inspired travel site) EatTravelGo.com
Thursday, April 10, and Friday April 11, 2025 Arts
Thursday April 10, 2025
In West Hollywood…The Journal Gallery hosts an opening art party to celebrate the opening of The Silver Cord by Caroline Absher. Art Party: 6-8pm; The Journal Gallery, 9055 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069; https://www.thejournalgallery.com
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In Beverly Crest…James Tormé and the West Coast Jazz Hour Big Band perform at Vibrato Grill Jazz tonight. Smooth, sexy jazz vocals & big band with a modern vibe, descended from a proud history. Performance: 7pm, Vibrato Grill Jazz, 2930 Beverly Glen Circle Los Angeles, CA, 90077; https://www.vibratogrilljazz.com
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Hollywood
The Hollywood Improv presents Steph Tolev in the main room. Most recognized for her contribution to the netflix special Bill Burr Presents Friends Kill.
She has been featured on Comedy Central as well as many festivals. Catch her at the Comedy Store where she is a paid regular. She also headlines clubs across the country. Doors open: 9:00pm; Show: 9pm30pm; Tickets: 19.04 (with fee); 21+; Hollywood Improv (The Main Room) 8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046; https://improv.com/
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Friday April 11, 2025
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicks off today, and runs through the weekend. In addition to live music, you’ll enjoy fantastic visual art installations. Find out more about the festival and view images of the installations on our Coachella Festival feature on EatTravelGo.com
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Perrotin Los Angeles presents Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986–2019 opening tonight. The gallery recently announced its global representation of the Estate of Young-Il Ahn. The solo exhibition is a historical survey of Ahn’s work over three decades. Art Party: 5-8pm; Perrotin Gallery, 5036 W Pico Blvd, LA, 90019; https://www.perrotin.com
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Hollywood
Lisson Gallery unveils its first exhibition with Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019). It is also the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.Schneemann is one of the most influential artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Her groundbreaking work has challenged societal and artistic conventions by using her own body and diverse media to address issues of sexual expression, gender, politics, and war. Schneemann’s career has spanned six decades.
The Carolee Schneemann foundation has been represented by the gallery since October of last year. Art Party: 6-8pm; Lisson Gallery, 1037 N Sycamore Ave, LA, 90038; https://www.lissongallery.com
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In Beverly Hills…M+B debuts Somewhere Else, Right Here, a two-person exhibition of new works by Matthew Rosenquist and Rob Thom. This is Rosenquist’s first solo show with the gallery and Thom’s third solo show. In their two-person show, Matthew Rosenquist and Rob Thom present parallel visions of personhood and place shaped by the idiosyncrasies of Los Angeles, each artist forging a mythic narrative out of the everyday. Rosenquist’s carved wooden Angelenos and Thom’s hallucinogenic topographies form a surreal duet, refracting the city through lenses both intimate and fantastical. Art Party: 6-9pm; M+B, 612 North Almont Drive, LA, 90069; https://www.mbart.com/
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Melrose Hill
PSYCHOMANIA opens at Wilding Cran Gallery tonight. The solo exhibition of recent oil paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Alex Becerra is a visual reflection on his travels to the Yucatan Peninsula. Remember this is the gallery’s brand new location. Art Party: 6-8pm; Wilding Cran, 607 N. Western Ave LA, 90004; https://wildingcran.com
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Also in Melrose Hill…David Zwirner hosts an opening art party for Sidewalk Chalk by Katherine Bernhardt. The solo show of new paintings by American artist will include playful imagery with colorful voluminous paint strokes. The works will spotlight the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster, the Pink Panther, as well Garfield. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles since 2015 and also her third with David Zwirner.
Katherine Bernhardt, It’s Butter!, 2024 (detail)
Bernhardt’s exhibition is scheduled to run concurrently with A Match Made in Heaven, a two-person presentation with fashion designer Jeremy Scott at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas. Additionally Hangaram Art Museum at the Seoul Arts Center presents a retrospective of the artist opening June 5, 2025. Art Party: 6-8pm; David Zwirner, 616 N Western Ave, LA 90004; http://davidzwirner.com
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Mid City
Moskowitz Bayse hosts an opening art party for two new shows – Michael Henry Hayden: Speaking in Translation as well as Ryan Flores: The Undergrowth. Art Party: 6-9pm; Moskowitz Bayse, 743 N. La Brea Avenue, LA, 90038; http://www.moskowitzbayse.com/
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Downtown…Night Gallery debuts several shows tonight. Exhibitions include: Color Test featuring the art of Hasani Sahlehe, Fragment of the Self, an exhibition of new work by Reza Aramesh, and also Lost Time with oil paintings by American-Pakistani artist Zaam Arif. This is the first solo exhibition with the gallery for all of the artists. Art Party: 6-8pm; Night Gallery North, 2050 N Imperial St, Los Angeles, CA 90021; https://www.nightgallery.ca/
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For additional art exhibitions, and performances as well as culinary events, see LAArtParty’s Upcoming Events Page.
Read more about Arts and Entertainment throughout the world on our sister site EatTravelGo.com, an art inspired travel site.
Or enjoy artist / gallerist interviews on our Art Talk Page also on ETG.
