Thursday Tonight in WeHo at Louis Stern Fine Arts is the opening of a very impressive exhibit of drawings on paper. In the Eye of the Beholder features the works of LA based artists Denice Bartels, Jennifer Celio, Mary Mallman, and Elizabeth Patterson. The drawings reflect each artists view of the local landscape; creating a unique look at the city. Opening reception – 6-8pm, thru Aug. 23rd Friday Friday evening is the closing of a... [continue]

Thursday If you’ll be in Venice this evening head over to L.A. Louver for Eduardo Sarabia’s History of the World. The large-scale installation includes paintings drawings, ceramics and sculpture featuring imagery inspired by the “black market” and “illegal cross-border commerce”. – thru Aug. 23rd Opening reception - 6-9pm L.A. Louver 45 N. Venice Blvd. – Venice www.lalouver.com Saturday Lace up those walking shoes for the Miracle Mile Art Walk! This month’s hosting gallery is Lawrence... [continue]

Thursday Enjoy another perfect evening in the heart of LA; and take in the gallery scene at tonight’s Downtown Art Walk. A few of the evenings highlights include the opening of Warren Keating’s Overviews at M.J Higgins. These “digital impressionistic” paintings examine unsuspecting subjects from the tops of bridges, buildings, roofs, etc. Also don’t miss the festivities at the Crewest Gallery. This cool graffiti art gallery always goes all out with demos, and fun activities... [continue]

After a Friday filled with BBQ, beer & fireworks, spend the weekend checking out a couple art openings around town. Saturday Mark Gleason & Caia Koopman begin a group show together at La Luz de Jesus. Though they paint in completely different styles; themes of humanity & nature are prevalent in these works. Gleason currently teaches art in the Bay area and has shown at galleries across the country. While Koopman’s works have been featured... [continue]

Saturday The meditative power of steel will be explored this weekend at Bandini Art with the opening of Miya Ando Stanoff’s Revelation and Reflection. Raised by swordmakers, turned Buddhist priests, Stanoff mixes industry with spirituality in these luminous pieces. – thru Aug. 9th Opening reception – 6-8pm Bandini Art 2635 S. Fairfax Ave. Culver City 310.837.6230 www.bandiniart.com Across town in Santa Monica, The Greenfield Sacks Gallery presents 12 new prints by the late Robert Rauschenberg.... [continue]

Saturday Celebrate summer this Saturday while enjoying the art of the Miracle Mile! Voila! Gallery is hosting this month’s Miracle Mile Art Walk, featuring an artist lecture, guided tour, and food courtesy of Sante La Brea. The “Holly Trolley” will also be on hand to shuttle folks from gallery to gallery beginning at 1pm. Download your map here. – 1-5pmIn commemoration of its fifth anniversary, Spencer Jon Helfen Fine Arts is presenting the special exhibit... [continue]

Thursday Tonight’s weather should be fantastic for another great Downtown Art Walk! Art lovers are encouraged to utilize public transportation to take advantage of this monthly event. Creating a vibrant atmosphere, the walk is a great way to explore the areas galleries, and eclectic eateries. Maps are available at www.downtownartwalk.com. – 12-9pm Friday Thinkspace Gallery presents a new installation by Amy Sol entitled Karmic Magic. The fantastical wood surface paintings from this Las Vegas based... [continue]

Tonight The worlds of science and sci-fi collide tonight in Santa Monica at the Michel Mew exhibit Robotanicals. Four of Mew’s robots are currently on display as part of the Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon exhibit at San Jose’s Museum of Art, & he will soon be featured in the upcoming book Art Revolution. - thru July 12th Opening reception 6-9pm Deborah Page Gallery 1028 Montana Ave. Santa Monica 310.458.4400 www.deborahpagegallery.com... [continue]

Saturday night, La Luz De Jesus Gallery is hosting a CD release party & signing for the new Aimee Mann record @#%&! Smilers, featuring the work of critically hailed artist Gary Taxali. Mann, who is no stranger to teaming with artists for cover artwork, won a Grammy in 2006 for her collaboration with painter Owen Smith. This one night event will feature 17 original Taxali illustrations done for the album. Extremely limited silkscreen prints will... [continue]

SATURDAY Spend your Saturday afternoon soaking up the sun & art in Culver City for their 3rd annual ARTWALK. Neighborhood galleries & eateries near the intersection of Washington & La Cienega Boulevards will be open, along with live jazz. A listing of participating galleries is available here. Also in the afternoon, The Folk Tree in Pasadena is showcasing Anything Goes: A Small Works Show. This “mini” exhibit will present tiny works from dozens of participating... [continue]

Friday Kick off your Memorial Day weekend at a few cool art happenings around town. Friday night Pawshop Gallery is presenting the solo show of Justin Hansch with Surfing and Art are the Same; They’re Both Cool. The Van Nuys native, who is the owner of JMOCA (Justin’s Museum of Contemporary Art) a gallery out of his own LA home, will debut several paintings & sculpture exploring the relationship of language as a perpetrator of... [continue]

In 1974 farmers in the Shaanxi province of China made an astonishing discovery while digging for water. Buried beneath the surface, an entire legion of Terra Cotta soldiers, their horses, and chariots built to protect Emperor Qin, (the first emperor of China) for all eternity. Since that discovery, four pits have been excavated revealing over 1,000(!) soldiers, along with hundreds of horses and chariots. Beginning Sunday, The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana proudly presents the... [continue]

Thursday Look at the news in a different light tonight in North Hollywood, as NoHo Gallery presents Art of News II. Photographs, paintings, and sculpture make up this exhibit of works by various broadcasting professionals. - thru June 1st Opening reception – 6:30-10:30pm 5108 Lankershim Blvd. NoHo 818.761.7784 www.nohogalleryla.com... [continue]

“Welcome to violence, the word and the act”. Those are the opening words from Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, the Russ Meyer cinematic ode to cool screening tonight at the Vista in Hollywood. Starring the voluptuous badass Tura Satana as Varla, FPKK is the story of 3 drag racin’ go-go dancers looking for kicks & trouble when they con their way onto an old man’s desert property after a day of murder & kidnapping. The... [continue]

A cool and rather large crowd of art lovers attended last night's fun Downtown Art Walk; enjoying an evening of great works, good music & yummy food. Next month's artwalk is scheduled for Thursday, June 12th. Check out www.downtownartwalk.com for more info and if you need more reason to go, here are seven.... [continue]

Thursday While at today's Downtown Art Walk, check out the fabulous retro imagery of Melissa Sims in Neon Vacation at M.J Higgins. Crediting her inspiration to Doris Day and Elvis movies & the golden age of TV; this exhibit will be a fun Technicolor time capsule! Runs thru June 8th. Opening reception tonight from 6-9 p.m. M.J Higgins Fine Art & Furnishings 400 S. Main Street, Suite 103 (enter on 4th-east of Main) 213.617.1700 www.mjhiggins.com... [continue]

Since the 80’s Ikea has become a cultural icon of the do-it-yourself furniture world, here in the U.S. Almost all of us at some point or another have struggled putting a piece of Ikea furniture together for ourselves. Artist Felis Stella explores these concepts in her latest exhibit IKEA My House: Part 1 on view now through May 17th at the L2kontemporary Gallery in Chinatown.... [continue]

Put down that martini glass, and jet set over to the Santa Monica Civic this weekend for the LA Modernism Show. A delectable feast of goodies for collectors & decorators alike; over 80 drool-worthy exhibitors will be on hand, representing the best in mid-century furniture, art, and other design treasures. This years theme, “Design in Motion”, will be marked with an “entrance spectacle” by sculptor Stan Bitters, and displays celebrating the streamline design of trains,... [continue]

Friday As part of First Fridays on Abbot Kinney, Altered Space Gallery in Venice hosts an evening with Master Craftsman Richard Patterson. Patterson’s artistic furniture made with hand made dowels, and other joints (not a single nail!) along with many other hand crafted tools is functional, modern, and a little surreal. An impressive Dali meets Herman Miller interpretation on practical pieces. Invitations for this one night only exhibit of Patterson’s one-of-a-kind works are available by... [continue]

Friday Forty-five years ago, a small museum in Pasadena garnered an exhibit of the modern art forefather's first retrospective. Beginning today, that small museum, now known as the Norton Simon, is presenting Marcel Duchamp Redux. The installation will display several works owned by the Norton Simon including Boite-en-Valise (some of the artists works reproduced in miniature), The Bottle Rack, and L.H.O.O.Q, his famous poster of Mona Lisa with moustache & goatee, which was embraced by... [continue]