Thursday, December 15

Openings and Events in Westwood

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, with director Guillermo del Toro, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.

Openings and Events Downtown

Marc Dennis: Once Upon a Time, Gavlak, 11am–3pm. Through January 28, 2023.

Darian Symoné Harvin, Monica Ahanonu, and Taj Rani, California African American Museum, 7pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Afrofuturism and Psychedelic Therapy, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 5:30pm.

Saturday, December 17

Openings and Events in Santa Monica

Until All is Resolved, Five Car Garage, 2–6pm. Through January 21, 2023.

Dora De Larios, Gilbert "Magu" Luján, Carlos Almaraz, Craig Krull Gallery, 3–5pm. Through February 4, 2023.

Openings and Events in MacArthur Park

James Benning & Sharon Lockhart: Over Time, O - Town House, 3pm.

Openings and Events Downtown

Sticky Holiday Market, Night Gallery, 11am–4pm.

CAAM Kuumba Kwanzaa Celebration, California African American Museum, 1–3pm.

A Closing Reading: Mountain of the Collapse, JOAN, 4–6pm.

The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary Group Show, Corey Helford Gallery, 7–10pm.

ART SHARE L.A. CANCEPTUAL, L.A. Art Share, 7–10pm.

Openings and Events in Echo Park

AHOF Holiday Occasion, Marta, 12–6pm.

Openings and Events in Chinatown

Holiday Bazaar, Tierra del Sol Gallery, 11am–5pm.

4 for 20, Automata, 8:30pm. $18.

Openings and Events in San Pedro

December Family Art Workshop, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 1pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Inland Pacific Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Fox Performing Arts Center (Riverside), through December 18.

Storytime Saturday, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach, 11am. $7–14.

Sunday, December 18

Openings and Events on Miracle Mile

The Five Directions: Lacquer Through East Asia and Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938–1945, LACMA, through April 16, 2023.

Openings and Events in Mid-City

Toby Huss, Matter Studio Gallery, 4–8pm. Through January 16, 2023.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Jean Stern Presents: Artists as Conservationists: Looking at the Past Through California Paintings, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 10am. $7–14.

Monday, December 19

Openings and Events Downtown

Barrier Breakers: From Jackie to Pumpsie, 1947-1959, Los Angeles Public Library, through February 19, 2023.

Tuesday, December 20

Openings and Events in Hollywood

Sanyok Gallery LA Art Launch Party, SHOW Gallery, 6–9pm.

Image courtesy of Inland Pacific Ballet.