Thursday, November 17
Openings and Events in the Pacific Palisades
Archaeology and Biblical History at Megiddo, Getty Villa, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories, Together for Good: Caron Tabb and the Quilting Corner, and Chloë Bass: Wayfinding, Skirball Cultural Center, through March 12, 2023.
Openings and Events in Westwood
UCLA Department of Art: 2022 Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, UCLA, 5–8pm. Through December 8.
Ange Mlinko, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Moulting New Artwork by KAMA, LA TATE, 3–6pm. Through December 19.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Fred Lonidier, Benevento Los Angeles, 3–6pm. Through January 21, 2023.
Openings and Events Downtown
Containment and Community: The History of Skid Row and Its Role in the Downtown Community Plan, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 6:30pm.
Barbara McCullough—Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space, CAAM, 7pm.
Barbara McCullough—Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space, California African American Museum, 7pm.
William Kentridge: Houseboy, REDCAT, through November 20. $45.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
MATTIE BARBIER and M.A. TIESENGA AND MADDI BAIRD, Automata, 8pm. $15–18.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
An evening with GYOPO and Stop DiscriminAsian, Oxy Arts, 6pm.
Which Side Are You On: Authors and Activists Ryan Lee Wong, Christopher Soto, and Jai Lee Wong in Conversation, Oxy Arts, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
https://huntington.org/event/learning-edo-how-traditional-japans-approach-sustainability-can-help-show-us-way-forward text Learning from Edo: How Traditional Japan’s Approach to Sustainability Can Help Show Us the Way Forward, The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Parallel Stories - Mecca with Susan Straight, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30pm.
Openings and Events Online
Art & Conversation: Adbusters, LACMA, 12pm.
Friday, November 18
Openings and Events in Venice
Southern California Poetry Festival 2022, Beyond Baroque, through November 20.
Openings and Events in Playa Vista
Artist’s Lecture and Tour, LMU Laband Art Gallery, 12:15pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
The Night of the Iguana, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Mathew Cerletty & Naomi Fry In Conversation, Karma, 6pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Terrible Time and Hope, LAST Projects, 7–10pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Supercollider Closing Reception: Artist Discussion, Wonzimer, 7pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
The Huntington Holiday Market, The Huntington, through November 19.
Openings and Events Online
Border Walk, USC, 12pm.
Saturday, November 19
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Domestic Fictions: A Life Less Ordinary, ROSEGALLERY, 4–7pm.
Carolyn Marks Blackwood: Water, Water, Everywhere, Von Lintel Gallery, 4–7pm. Through January 7, 2023.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Lost African American TV: Robert L. Goodwin’s “The Upper Chamber”, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Christine Rasmussen: Liminal Transcendence and Justin N. Kim: From Me to You in Different Places and Memories, George Billis Gallery, 4–7pm. Through December 31.
Richard Serra: Casablanca, Gemini G.E.L., 3:30–6:30pm.
The Erotic Impulse In An Ever Becoming Universe, MASH Gallery, 6–9pm. Through December 18.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
John Divola in conversation with Michael Slenske, AF Projects, 3pm.
Brandon Ndife: What's the sun to a raisin?, Matthew Brown, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Anselm Kiefer: Exodus, Gagosian at Marciano Foundation, 6–8pm. Through March 25, 2023.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Richard Dupont: Self Medication, Lowell Ryan Projects, 5–8pm. Through December 31.
Sam Contis and Kahlil Robert Irving: Pitch, Kristina Kite, 3–6pm. Through January 21, 2023.
Openings and Events in Koreatown
X-TRA Fall Launch Party, Commonwealth & Council, 11am–2pm.
Good Times, Shatto Gallery, 1–6pm. Through December 17.
WISHLIST 10, Gabba Gallery, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Kneaded Bread Fest, Natural History Museum, 9:30am–3pm.
The We in Me: House of RESILIENCE, homeLA, 2:30–7pm.
LASCAPE and Rob Voerman: Mind the Gap, PRJCTLA, 3–6pm. Through December 23.
An Only Child presents Go to Your Room, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 4pm.
; and Ulrike Müller: On Edge, Vielmetter Los Angeles, 4–6pm. Through January 7, 2023.
Film-In-Residence: Who Wants To Kill Jesse? Kdo chce zabít Jessii?, The Velaslavasay Panorama, 4pm. Also November 26 and December 3.
Andy Woll: Green Earth, Night Gallery, 5–8pm. Through January 21, 2023.
Caroline Denervaud: RANDOM WALK, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, 5–8pm. Through January 14, 2023.
Carlie Trosclair: a semblance of b r e a t h...., 7–10pm. Through December 11.
Cameron Cameron and Beth Fiedorek: Sharp Flames, Monte Vista Projects, 7–10pm. Through December 11.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Phil Chang: Picture, Unfixed, The Fulcrum, 6–9pm.
TAPETAIL presents LIMINAL FREQUENCIES: Eric Lennartson, Automata, 7 and 8:30pm. $15–18.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Tony Shore: Black Velvet if you please, Carlye Packer, 1–5pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Bob Baker Marionette Theater's 24 Hour Telethon, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, through November 20.
Openings and Events in San Marino
The Huntington Holiday Market, The Huntington, 10am–5pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Modernism Large and Small, Norton Simon Museum, 1pm.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
FULL CIRCLE, The Clinic Gallery, 4–7pm. Through January 7, 2023.
Openings and Events in San Pedro
Slanguage Across Generations, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3pm.
Openings and Events Online
Jacqueline Groag Webinar, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 10am. $5–15.
Sunday, November 20
Openings and Events in Westwood
Karin Higa: Reverberations, Hammer Museum, 2pm.
The Dust of Time, Hammer Museum, 7pm.
Visualizing Devotion: Jain Embroidered Shrine Hangings, Fowler Museum, through March 26.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Book Signing with David Shrigley for Get Your Sh*t Together, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Los Angeles Filmforum Presents: Lewis Klahr: Circumstantial Pleasures, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
Art for Earth’s Sake: Dirty Topic: Environmental Justice in L.A. Art. With Eric Avila, Maru Garcia, and Kim Abeles. Moderated by Jennifer Swann., The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 12pm.
SCREENING: Lick, Stick, Leak, 2220 Arts + Archives, 1pm. $12.
The G•Spot, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 2–6pm.
Monday, November 21
Openings and Events Downtown
LECTURE: KIBWE TAVARES, USC School of Architecture, 6pm.
Tuesday, November 22
Openings and Events Downtown
PRESS CONFERENCE presenting Policy paper & EXHIBITION OPENING of the Blue Book, Los Angeles Poverty Department, 11am.
Wednesday, November 23
Voiceless Mass and Selections by Pulitzer Prize–Winning Composer Raven Chacon, LACMA, 6–8pm.
Image courtesy of LA FilmForum.