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Thursday, May 21st, 2009THURSDAY, MAY 21
LACE Benefit and Art Auction
LACE, 8pm (Hollywood)
For this year’s Benefit Art Auction, LACE invited a select group of artists, curators and creative professionals to each organize their personal “visual playlist.” The resulting array of mini-exhibitions will reflect the multitude of styles and interests that make Los Angeles’ contemporary art world what it [...]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009THURSDAY, MAY 7
EXTRA EXTRA
China Art Objects, 6–9pm
The first of China Art Objects’ Summer Projects openings, on view until May 23, includes work by Charlie White, Shana Lutker, Nina Garduno, Kate Costello, Jedediah Caesar, Christopher Kreiling and many others
Fowler OutSpoken Lecture with Chris Abani
Fowler Museum, UCLA, 7pm
Award-winning writer and UC Riverside professor Chris Abani intersperses readings [...]
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30
Show&Tell
Zimmer Children’s Museum, 6–9pm
Presenting “the art of language,” artwork that has been made from the idea and inspiration of the language of humor, body language and sign language. All sales will benefit the Zimmer Museum and youTHink (arts education programs in public schools). Please RSVP to zoe@zimmermuseum.org
FRIDAY, MAY 1
Evaluating Exchange
Crisp London Los [...]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009THURSDAY, APRIL 23
Fowler OutSpoken Conversation with Doug Aitken and Lauri Firstenberg
Fowler Museum @ UCLA, 7pm
Fowler OutSpoken with artist Doug Aitken and LA><ART director and curator Lauri Firstenberg in conjunction with the exhibition Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa and curator Polly Roberts. Continental Rifts is on view until June 14
Jeanne Batalova and Josh Kun [...]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009THURSDAY, APRIL 16
Deborah Butterfield
LA Louver, 6–8pm
Opening reception for Deborah Butterfield’s solo exhibition. A fully illustrated catalogue will be published in conjunction with the show. On view until May 9
Bike Night at the Hammer
Hammer Museum, 7pm
Ride your bike to the Hammer for a night of fun featuring free admission, a screening of Breaking Away, performance by [...]
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009Each week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
Scratching on Things I Could Disavow: A History of Art in the Arab World / Part 1_Volume 1_Chapter 1 (Beirut: 1992–2005)
REDCAT, 6–9pm
Exhibition by Walid Raad as a culmination of Raad’s research examining the cultural infrastructure of the Arab [...]
Tonight: LA Art Weekend
Friday, April 3rd, 2009FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Culver City Gallery Walk, 6–8pm
Participating galleries include Blum & Poe, David Kordansky, Honor Fraser, Kim Light, LA><ART, Susanne Vielmetter, Taylor de Cordoba, Peres Projects and Western Project.
Hosted by ForYourArt, LA><ART Regroup and X-Tra with several exhibition walkthroughs and food available via trucks: Green Truck, Kogi BBQ and Taco Bevida, as well as a [...]
LA Art Weekend
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009April 2–5, enjoy ForYourArt’s 2nd Annual Los Angeles Art Weekend, the four-day event highlighting the city’s vast array of art, architecture, design and performance.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
Transit And The City
MAK Center, 7pm
Hosted by the LA Forum and MAK Center, inspired by the SCI-Arc’s A New Infrastructure: Innovative Transit Solutions for Los Angeles, join Eric Owen Moss, [...]
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009Each week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
L8S ANG3LES: 11 LA photographers
The Annenberg Space for Photography, 11am–6pm
The inaugural exhibition for the space that celebrates contemporary photography featuring eleven internationally known photographers: Julius Shulman, Tim Street-Porter, Douglas Kirkland, Greg Gorman, Lauren Greenfield, Carolyn Cole, Lawrence Ho, [...]
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009THURSDAY, MARCH 19
An Evening of 20th Century Glamour
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 7pm
In association with Downtown LA Fashion Week, Los Angeles magazine and Decades, hosted by Cameron Silver and Rachel Griffiths, a runway show and after party (until midnight) to benefit MOCA. Tickets at door for standing room $50, tickets for seated start at $100 [...]
