Thursday, November 3
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
The Irish Contemporaries, Building Bridges Art Exchange, 6–8pm. Through November 8.
Openings and Events in Westwood
The Panic in Needle Park, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Daniel Richter: Furor II, Regen Projects, 6–8pm. Through December 23.
Openings and Events Downtown
Christiane Jatahy: Depois Do Silêncio (After the Silence), REDCAT, through November 5. $25.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
What Might Have Been: The Promise of Thomas Cole’s Late Career Art Matters Lecture, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30–6:30pm.
Art & Nature Festival, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach).
Friday, November 4
Openings and Events in Brentwood
Authenticating the Códice Maya de México, Getty Center, 12pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
Alexander the Great, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Jon Key: Suits Me and Figuring, Steve Turner, through December 2.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Jennifer Guidi: In the Heart of the Sun and Sam Gilliam: White and Black Paintings, 1975–1977, David Kordansky, 6–8pm. Through December 17.
Openings and Events Downtown
Paulo Nimer Pjota: Every Empire Breaks Like a Vase and Patricia Iglesias Peco: Naturaleza Viva, Ghebaly, 5–8pm. Through December 17.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Jimena Sarno: aeolian, Human Resources, 6–9pm. Through November 12.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Ink, Paper, Stone: Six Women Artists and the Language of Lithography, Norton Simon Museum, 1pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Say Gay! T-Party & T-Dance, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 2pm. $15.
Saturday, November 5
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Justin Ortiz: The Golden Arm, Five Car Garage, 12–4pm.
Multi Venue Event: CASPER BRINDLE BUS TOUR AND WALK THROUGH AT THE LUCKMAN FINE ARTS COMPLEX, JIMI GLEASON: PRIMA MATERIA EXHIBITION WALK THROUGH AT WTG, MUSIC EVENT BY LATIN GRAMMY NOMINATED ARTIST KAY-TA AND THE CRYPTO STRINGS SOCIETY., William Turner Gallery, 12pm.
Justin Liam O'Brien: Vespers, Richard Heller Gallery, 3–5pm. Through December 17.
Openings and Events in Culver City
Lisa Solomon/But where are you from from?, Walter Maciel Gallery, 3–7pm.
Anna Park: Mirror Shy and Linder: Sex-Pol, Blum & Poe, 6–8pm. Through December 17.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
LACP Fundraising Gala & Auction 2022, W Hotel, 11am.
ANDRÉ BUTZER: Fränkische Tänze, ANDRÉ BUTZER: Thüringer Wald (Works on Paper 2001–2022, ANDRÉ BUTZER: Vaterländischer Gesang: Friedrich Hölderlin), Nino Mier, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events on Hollywood
Jinbin Chen: Returnees and Alia Ahmad: "من الحلم .. . روضة (A meadow... from a dream), Kohn Gallery, 6–9pm.
Reception, Hollywood Sculpture Garden, 6–10pm.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Communities Create LA! Sculpting the Wind, LACMA, 10:30am.
Communities Create LA! Expressive Hero Portraits, LACMA, 1pm.
Iqi Qoror: Perception In Tow, Artplex Gallery, 4–6pm. Through November 11.
CALEB HAHNE QUINTANA: AURORA, Anat Ebgi, 5–8pm. Through December 17.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Aubrey Longley-Cook: FILM STUDIES, The Lodge, 3pm.
George Clinton: The Rhythm of Vision and Rammellzee: Gothic Futurism, Deitch, 5–7pm. Through December 23.
Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg: A Pancake Moon, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, 6–8pm. Through January 21, 2023.
DEB: Textu(ral), LIBERTINE, 6–8pm.
Openings and Events in MacArthur Park
Benjamin Lowder: Splendor and Formation, Poetic Research Bureau, 2–6pm. Through February 25, 2023.
Openings and Events Downtown
Códice Maya de México: Discovery and Authenticity of the Oldest Maya Codex, California State University Los Angeles, 9am–6pm.
ʟᴀ ʀɪᴠᴇʀ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴜᴘ led by Susanna Battin, Murmurs, 10am–1pm. $25.
Artist Talk with Lynn Aldrich x Ladan Sedighi, royale projects, 1pm.
Conversation@PAM: Gallery Tour of AFTER MODERNISM: THROUGH THE LENS OF WAYNE THOM, USC Pacific Asia Museum, 1pm.
Daniel Jack Lyons: LIKE A RIVER, These Days, 1–3pm.
Closing reception: Val Kilmer: Some Notes on Nature, Daniel Hawkins: Desert Lighthouse: V, and VPAC X DLV: Plein Air Views of the Desert Lighthouse, PRJCTLA, 3–6pm.
Hugo McCloud: Tiempo, Vielmetter Los Angeles, 4–7pm. Through December 23.
49th Annual Día de los Muertos Exhibition and Celebration, Self Help Graphics, 4–10pm.
Practicalities, Baert Gallery, 5–8pm. Through December 17.
Stan VanDerBeek Panels for the Walls of the World: Phase II, The Box, 5–7pm.
KEN GONZALES-DAY: Sharing Space, GABRIEL SANCHEZ: Silencio, and PHUNG HUYNH: Don't Call Me FOB, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 5–8pm. Through December 17.
Don Ed Hardy & Laurie Stee, Track 16, 6–9pm. Through December 17.
A Rendezvous with Destiny, Good Mother Gallery, 6–9pm.
Openings and Events in Chinatown
Open Studios, Wonzimer, 12–7pm.
Ed Johnson: Sugar Creek, 5–8pm. Through January 7.
Luis Sahagun: Riding the Three-Headed Serpent, Charlie James Gallery, 6–9pm. Through December 17.
Openings and Events in Echo Park
Los Angeles Filmforum Presents: Colectivo los ingrávidos, Whammy! Analog, 7:30pm. $6–12.
Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights
FALL OPEN STUDIOS & ART BOOK FUNDRAISER, Mark Licari’ Studio B21, Keystone Art Space, 5–9pm.
Openings and Events in Vernon
L.A. Currents, TBN Projects, 6–10pm. Through November 12.
Openings and Events in San Pedro
November ArtLab Marine Science and Art Workshop, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 1–3pm.
Spoken Word with AQUÍ Collective, Angels Gate Cultural Center, 1:30pm.
Openings and Events in Glassell Park
JAYME BURTIS / ANDRÉ BUTZER: Painters of the San Gabriel Mountains pt. 2, Nino Mier, 12–4pm.
Andrés Janacua, Elephant, 7–10pm. Through December 10.
Openings and Events in Highland Park
Closing reception for Michael Rey & Ian Trout, Radical Patience, 3–6pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
The Allure of Dress in Ingres and Picasso, Norton Simon Museum, 5pm.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
CHRISTOPHER WORMALD: YOU + A.I. = A.I.M., Grand Central Arts Center (Santa Ana), 7–10pm. Through May 14, 2023.
Sunday, November 6
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Fall Auction, Santa Monica Auctions, 1pm.
Openings and Events in Brentwood
The First Black Archaeologist: Exploring the Life and Work of John Wesley Gilbert, Getty Center, 2pm.
Openings and Events in Westwood
826LA@Hammer: Take Me Away: Writing That Moves Us, Hammer Museum, 11am.
Spinning, Spinning, Turning, Directing: A Portrait of Bob Thompson, Hammer Museum, 3pm.
The Hunters, Hammer Museum, 7pm.
Openings and Events in West Hollywood
ART TALK: Inspiration And The Female Voice, With Contemporary Artist, Haleh Mashian, MASH Gallery, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
LIVE Spoken Word performance by George Clinton inside his exhibition The Rhythm of Vision on a stage by Lauren Halsey, Deitch, 3pm.
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Charles Dickson closing reception, Matter Studio Gallery, 4–6pm.
Openings and Events in Los Feliz
Franklin Williams: Meditative Spectacle: Paintings 1974–76 and Pui Tiffany Chow: Hurly-Burly, Parker Gallery, through December 23.
Openings and Events Downtown
Healing through Movement with Tatiana Zamir, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 11am–1pm.
ꜰᴇʀᴍᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏꜱᴛ ᴅʏᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋꜱʜᴏᴘ instructed by Noon Tran, Murmurs, 12pm. $50.
INSPIRED LA: Screening & Artist Talk, Central Library, 2pm.
Henry Taylor: B Side, MOCA Grand Avenue, through April 20, 2023.
Monday, November 7
Openings and Events Downtown
LECTURE: SEAN CANTY, USC School of Architecture, 6pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Why It Matters: Billie Tsien in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence, The Huntington, 6:30pm.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Trees for a Future Climate, The Huntington, 2:30pm.
The Dark Side of the Eiffel Tower, The Huntington, 7:30pm.
Underrepresented Voices in the Archive, The Huntington, 12pm.
Tuesday, November 8
Openings and Events Downtown
Pioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth, MOCA Grand Avenue, 6:30pm.
Wednesday, November 9
Openings and Events in Koreatown
Together with Refugee Children, Shatto Gallery, 2–5pm. Through November 15.
Openings and Events Online
Migrant Sounds Film Series—Mija and Post-Screening Conversation with Doris Muñoz, LACMA, 5pm.
Image courtesy of LACMA.