Thursday, February 20
Openings and Events in Westwood
Constitution Happy Hour 2020, Hammer Museum, 6pm.
Paul McCarthy Artist Walk-through: Victor Estrada, Hammer Museum, 6pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Gala Porras-Kim and Glenn Wharton in Conversation, MOCA Grand Avenue, 7pm.
Primary Tautologies book launch, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, 7–9pm.
Tabaimo & Maki Morishita: Fruits borne out of rust, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $11–22. Through February 23.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Lúcia Prancha: CASA DO SOL, Human Resources, 8–10pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Yosimar Reyes: Undocumented and Thriving, OxyArts, 7pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Historia Plantarum, The Huntington, 4:30pm.
The Making of a Medium: Borrowing Views from Painting and Fiction in Early Modern Chinese Garden Designs, The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
SKY, ArtCenter College of Design, 7–9pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 5–8pm.
Film Night: Impact, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.
Friday, February 21
Openings and Events in Venice
Poets Feed The People, Beyond Baroque, 7pm. $20.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Sunshine State, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Faculty Talk: Jennifer Chen, SCI-Arc, 1pm.
Revolution ‘67, Skid Row History Museum and Archive, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
Beside the Edge of the World: Art Making in Dark Times: Reading and Conversation with Gabrielle Civil and Samantha Fuentes, Clockshop, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Eagle Rock
NELA Music, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 7–9:30pm. $10.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Orpheus (1950, NR), Norton Simon Museum, 6pm.
Saturday, February 22
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
ARTIST TALK, HILLARY GRUENBERG: GRATITUDE, Lois Lambert Gallery, 2pm.
Ansel Adams: Beauty & Truth, Peter Fetterman Gallery, 4–7pm.
DRAWING CONNECTIONS and Las Hijas de los Días: 7 Female Views from the Margins, 18th Street Arts Center (Airport Campus), 5–8pm.
Fortoul Brothers, NO FREE BREAD GALLERY, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Simone Forti Logomotion Workshop, Hammer Museum, 11am–2pm.
The Secret of Roan Inish, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Elizabeth Gahan: On Second Thought and Christopher Stott: New Paintings, George Billis Gallery LA, 5–8pm.
Tina Girouard: A Place That Has No Name: Early Works and AE2: Zoé Blue M.: Phantasmal, Anat Ebgi, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Postmodern Reactions, Michael Becker - DANCERS, and ART + VIDEO, TAG Gallery, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
DOESN’T WHINE BY BLUE MOON and HANA WARD: WHAT WAS THERE ALL ALONG, Ochi Projects, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
The Language of Flowers: CANSTOPGOODBOY, Entitled: Lucas Raynaud, Daydreaming: Nichole McDaniel, and Painting Homage: Shlome J. Hayun, Gabba Gallery, 7–11pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
L. Aviva Diamond: Light Stream, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Anyes Galleani: Who Owns You, FATHOM Gallery, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Wrong is Right: Remembering John Baldessari, Mixografia, 4–6pm.
Inside Killjoy’s Kastle: Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings, USC, 6–9pm.
//HEAVY METAL//, DENK Gallery, 6–8pm.
Brian Harte: SUBBUTEO, These Days, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Sandy Rodriguez - Walk through & Readings, Charlie James, 2–5pm.
Tim Tsang Plays Tim Tsang: A Piano Recital, Automata, 7pm.
Michael Smoler, Steve Benson, Alexis Krasilovsky, Poetic Research Bureau, 8pm.
Openings and Events in Frogtown
WCCW Bingo Benefit Bonanza Starring Dynasty Handbag, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 5–8pm. $25–35.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
EAST MEETS WEST, to present a semblance of a whole, Pieter, 8:30pm.
Openings and Events in Monterey Park
Perceive Me | Artist Walk-through and Closing Reception, Cal State University LA, 2–4pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
In Verbis Artis, HMCT, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
POP-UP! COMMUNITY ART: LBMA DOWNTOWN AND ATOMIC BASEMENT COMICS PARTNER FOR BLACK COMIC BOOK ARTIST DAY, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 12–5pm.
CLOSING PARTY, POTTS, 8pm.
Sunday, February 23
Openings and Events in Venice
A Celebration of Toni Morrison, Beyond Baroque, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
826LA@Hammer: Monster Mayhem: A Game-Making Workshop, Hammer Museum, 11am.
Fire Drill Fridays: Jane Fonda, Laura Flanders & Janet Valenzuela, Hammer Museum, 4pm.
Shot on Videotape: Social Issue Dramas Preserved by UCLA, 7pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Michele Asselin: Clubhouse Turn, there-there, 3–5pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
LAMAGLearn Artist Talk with Samira Yamin, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Animate Space with Debbie Allen Dance Academy DADA Ensemble, California African American Museum, 2:30pm.
Closing Party: NEW DRAWINGS ARAM SAROYAN and Typed Series by Paul Tzanetopoulos, 3–5pm.
CAAM Reads! Hunger, California African American Museum, 3pm.
Book Launch and Conversation: Ivan Morley and John C. Welchman, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 3–5pm.
SWING, Dab Art Co., 7–9pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Brett Flanigan & Ellen Rutt: A Garden or A Grave, pt. 2: LA, 12–8pm; talk, 4pm.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
Activating Experiments In Joy!, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 2–4pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
AFRO-LATINX FESTIVAL, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 11am–5pm.
Armchair Travels with Mara Papatheodorou: Fun, Facts & Folklore: Cuisine and Culture of French Polynesia, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 3pm.
Monday, February 24
Openings and Events in Culver City
American Friends of the Israel Museum West Coast Gala, Sony Pictures Studios, 6:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Shocks to the System: An Evening with Manuel DeLanda, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $9–12.
Jen Stark: Light Spectrum, FIGat7th, ongoing.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Daniel Terna's Home Movies and My First Wife Stella, Echo Park Film Center, 7:30pm. $5.
Openings and Events in Eagle Rock
Olga Ponomarenko, Cactus Gallery, 4–7pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Debbie Korbel & Ellen Rose, Riverside City College (Riverside).
Tuesday, February 25
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Michelangelo: Mind of the Master, Getty Center, through June 7.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Some Favorite Writers: Jamaica Kincaid, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
X: a Performance by Gabriela Ruiz, OxyArts, 7pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Annette Weisser, ArtCenter, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Phung Huynh: Resistance and Representation, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum (Long Beach), 12pm.