July 10- 11, 2025 Art Parties & Events

Thursday, Friday, July 10-11, 2025 debuts art parties and all kinds of events bringing us another fabulous weekend filled with art inspired magic. The events happen all over Los Angeles as usual, and include art openings, live music, comedy, an art pop-up as well as an art fair.

Also I wanted to remind everyone that the Great Elephant Migration, a traveling installation has arrived in LA. It is currently on display at the Beverly Hills Gardens Park and it will remain on view through August 1, 2025. If you love elephants, you will adore it. I had the chance to catch it while I was in New York City. Read the Great Elephant Migration article on our sister site EatTravelGo.com, an art inspired travel site.

Free Summer Music Events are also in full swing NOW, see ETG for a full list of venues – EatTravelGo.com

Thursday, July 10, 2025

El Nido will be open this afternoon for another gathering of tea and conversation. Enjoy a quiet oasis in the courtyard of the gallery on Western Avenue. Make new friends, share thoughts, and spend time with art. Cutting Through Space is currently on view at El Nido Gallery. View a selection of works on paper and canvas by Icelandic painter Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson.

Moreover the photographs of Victoria Chapman (curator/owner of VC Projects/El Nido) will also be on view. Chapman created Echoes of Hellissandur, earlier this year during a retreat to Iceland. Guided by Bjarni to places that inform his practice, these images reflect a shared sensitivity to time, space, and the quiet mysticism of the land. Event: 2-4pm; El NIDO by VC Projects, 1028 1/2 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029; https://www.vcprojects.art/

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Todd Weaver, Summer Evening Crowd, 2020, © Todd Weaver, courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles

In the Park La Brea area…Fade to West opens at Fahey Klein Gallery tonight. The photographic exhibition brings together the work of Paul Jasmin as well as Todd Weaver. Both artist pay tribute to LA’s landscapes, sunsets and also its residents. Art Party: 7-9pm; The Fahey/Klein Gallery, 148 North La Brea Ave., LA 90036; http://www.faheykleingallery.com

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West Hollywood

Louis Stern Fine Arts brings us an opening art party for Cecilia Z. Miguez: A Thousand Years in One Night. Miguez’s Altadena home and studio was impacted during the Eaton Fire (January 2025).

This solo show features what survived. Needless to say much of the work was altered by the fire, bearing the scars of the fire. It includes bronze torsos and limbs, glass cups as well as marbles. Art Party: 5-7pm; Louis Stern Fine Arts, 9002 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, 90069; https://www.louissternfinearts.com/

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Also in West Hollywood…The Troubadour hosts the band A Girl named Tom tonight. Sasha Allen will open the show. Siblings Bekah, Caleb, and Joshua Liechty grew up making music together but officially formed their band in 2019, hitting the road with a self-funded tour and their debut EP, Another World. They were the first group to win the television hit show The Voice (and season 21). Show: 7pm; Admission $35 + fees; Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica blvd, West Hollywood, CA, 90069; https://troubadour.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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Friday, July 11, 2025

Torrance Art Museum hosts its contemporary art pop-up NOMAD IV as well as the international art fair named TRYST.

While it is the fourth year of Nomad IV, featuring all types of media by over 175 artists, it is also the third year of Tryst. The art fair run by artists spotlights the work of independent artists along with collectives and art organizations.

Parking is available in the parking structure, entrance off Hawthorne. Or across the street in the Del Amo mall parking area. Nomad is located on floors 2 and 5; Tryst is located on the third floor; Art Party: 4-6pm; Del Amo Crossing, 21535 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503; https://www.torranceartmuseum.com

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Santa Monica

At Bergamot Station…Marshall Gallery celebrates two separate installations debuting work from LA-based artists Alex Turner and Kaya & Blank. These follow the gallery’s exhibition, Into the Uncanny Valley, that featured both artists in 2023. Art Party: 5-8pm; Marshall Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. A6, Santa Monica, 90404; https://marshallgallery.art/

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In West Hollywood…Nice Girl continues its run at Rogue Machine tonight at 5pm. This poignant play was written by two-time Lecomte du Noüy Prize winner Melissa Ross, and directed by Ann Bronston.

Anaïs Fairweather, Bailey Humiston in Nice Girl; Photo by Jacques Lorch

Performance: 5pm; Tickets are $45 – $60; Seniors: $35; Students with ID: $25;  Call  for more information 855-585-5185 and reservations or visit the website; Rogue Machine at the Matrix Theatre, upstairs on the Henry Murray Stage, 7657 Melrose Ave., LA, 90046; https://www.roguemachinetheatre.org/

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Hollywood

VHS Dreams: The Art of Ghana’s Mobile Cinema opens at Beyond the Streets. The exhibition spotlights Ghana’s hand-painted movie poster tradition. Painted on recycled flour sacks by artists from Accra and beyond, the posters reimagine global cinema through a West African lens. Art Party: 6-9pm; Beyond the Streets, 434 N La Brea Ave, LA 90036; www.beyondthestreets.com

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Lincoln Heights

Wonzimer hosts an opening art party for its next exhibition titled Mother and Child: A Portal. The group show features paintings, drawings as well as tapestries by Lucien Dante Lazar and Sculptural Works by Cybele Rowe, Patrick Nickell, Ann Weber, and Cheyann Washington. Art Party: 5-10pm; Wönzimer Gallery, 341-B S Avenue 17, Los Angeles, CA 90031;https://www.wonzimer.com/

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West Hollywood

Jetpack Comedy is LA’s best Friday stand-up comedy showcase. Comics from HBO, Netflix, and also SNL cast members, all drop-in for a night of laughter.

Headliners and surprise drop-ins have included: Sarah Silverman, Kevin Nealon, Fred Armisen, Bob Odenkirk, Pete Holmes, Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Maria Bamford, Hasan Minhaj, Jeff Garlin, Ali Wong, Demetri Martin, as well as many more. Event begins: 8:30pm; Admission starts at $20; Visit the website to RSVP for events (multiple dates); FB Page; Bar Lubitsch, 7702 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, 90046; https://jetpackcomedy.com/

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Don’t forget Free Summer Music Events are NOW happening, see our sister site for more info – EatTravelGo.com

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.