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PLAN ForYourArt February 2-February 8

Lecture and Exhibition Walk-Through: Performance Art in Southern California
Pomona College/Pomona College Museum of Art (Pomona)
5pm
A discussion on performance art in Southern California by the Getty Research Institute’s Glenn Phillips, Co-Director of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival and Co-Curator of It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973. The discussion will take place at Smith Campus Center 208 in Pomona College. An exhibition walk-through and reception will follow at Pomona College Museum of Art.

Aesthetics 2012
The Perfect Exposure Gallery (Mid-Wilshire)
6-9pm
This annual exhibition presents the work of upcoming and established photographers in a variety of mediums and themes. Aesthetics includes Pulitzer, World Press Photo, and Robert Capa award winners, as well as fine art and upcoming photographers from around the world. On view through March 17, 2012.

Etsy Craft Night: Personalized Journals Led by Lisa Engelbrecht
Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile)
7-9pm
Create a personalized journal with Lisa Engelbrecht, author of Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering. Lisa will begin by creating a nameplate for you in her distinctive lettering style. Then, you’ll customize a journal. $5 or free for CAFAM Members

America Martin: Exuberance
Joanne Artman Gallery (Laguna Beach)
6-9pm
An exhibition of works by Columbian-American artist America Martin. Martin works in various media but favors depicting the human form, and her works reflect influences of Cubism, Fauvism, and Minimalism. On view through March 31, 2012.

Christine Marie: Multiplying Spectacles
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (Santa Barbara)
7pm
Based on the history of mirrors, Christine Marie’s large-scale projected shadow theater performance is accompanied by a live score, incorporating video effects and 3D stereoscopic shadow work. A pre-performance happy hour will start at 6:30. This event is free.

UCLA Department of Art Lecture: Mari Eastman
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
7pm
A lecture by artist Mari Eastman, whose paintings have been shown in numerous exhibitions locally and abroad. She lives in Los Angeles and has been a frequent visiting lecturer on painting and drawing in the UCLA Department of Art. All Hammer public programs are free.

Spotlight on Lars von Trier: Zentropa and Medea
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
7pm and 9:25pm
As part of the Film Independent at LACMA series, a screening of two films by Lars von Trier. At 7pm see Zentropa, a thriller based in postwar Germany. In Medea, which will screen at 9:25pm, von Trier transforms the Greek myth of a woman scorned by her lover into an atmospheric and intimate epic. $10 for the general public, $7 for LACMA members, seniors and, students. $5 for Film Independent, LACMA Film Club, and New York Times Film Club members. $5 for Medea only. Tickets are available online.

CamLab: You Are an I
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Downtown)
7pm
For the second of three MOCA Engagement Parties, Camlab takes its cue from the tradition of the teach-in, providing a fabric infrastructure for receptive bodies to listen, learn, and speak to each other. Check out a full listing of workshops being offered here, and check out ForYourArt’s recap of their last Engagement Party, Dubious Equalities. This event is free and no reservations are required.

Early Morning Opera: Abacus
REDCAT (Downtown)
8:30pm
Award-winning director and media artist Lars Jan and his company Early Morning Opera employ the latest in high-tech wizardry to explore the power of multimedia persuasion. Abacus is a visually immersive production that introduces Paul Abacus, who is given a platform to expound on his theories. Also showing February 3 and February 4 at 8:30pm. Tickets are available online.

Night Comedy 2: Leaving the Dream
Night Gallery (Downtown)
10pm
A one-night-only comedy show featuring professional comedians Nick Flanagan, Nathan Fielder, and friends. The MC for the night is Los Angeles artist Mark Rodriguez, who has outfitted the gallery with a fake brick wall in the tradition of 80’s stand up comedy. BYOB.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Pop-Up Painting Exhibition
Fabien Fryns Fine Art (West Hollywood)
7-10pm
A group painting show presented by Sonny Ruscha Bjornson and Laura Grover, with works by Kimberly Brooks, Andrew Foster, Rives Granade, Sydney Littenberg, Sean P. McGaughey, and Anne-Elizabeth Sobieski. On view through February 18, 2012.

Suzanne Adelman: Hide the Evidence
WEEKEND (Los Feliz)
7-10pm
An exhibition of photographic works by Los Angeles based artist Suzanne Adelman. For this show Adelman explores the physiological experience of vision and perception through a series of images that expound on the nature of seeing. On view through February 26, 2012.

Matthew Bone: Paradise Lost, Soey Milk: Malus Sieversii, Bonni Reid: Cartes De Visite, and Christine Wu: Shhh…
La Luz de Jesus Gallery (Los Feliz)
8-11pm
The opening of four exhibitions, with paintings by Matthew Bone, oil on paper works by Soey Milk, drawings and paintings based on photographs by Bonni Reid, and oil and panel paintings by Christine Wu. On view through February 26, 2012.

Oldman Conversation/The Contender
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
7:30pm
As part of the Film Independent at LACMA series, a conversation with actor Gary Oldman followed by a screening of The Contender, a political thriller starring Oldman. $10 for the general public, $7 for LACMA members, seniors, and students. $5 for Film Independent, LACMA Film Club, and New York Times Film Club members. Tickets are available online.

Nightklub
Night Gallery (Downtown)
10pm-2am
A party to celebrate musician R. Kelly’s influential stylistic and aesthetic ways with hosts Laura Owens, Edgar Bryan, Parker Davis, and Amy Yao. BYOB.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Unusual Suspects: Paintings and Photographs by Holly Roberts
Museum of Photographic Arts (San Diego)
10am-5pm
This exhibition explores new approaches and expression in photography through the work of Holly Roberts. By combining painting and collage in her finished pieces, Roberts challenges perceptions of the photographic medium. On view through May 6, 2012.

Chinese New Year Festival 2012
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (Pasadena)
10:30am-4:30pm
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon at The Huntington. This two-day event taking place February 4 and February 5 will include dragon dancers, martial arts demonstrations, mask-changing performances, folk music, brush painting demonstrations, and more. All events are included with general admission.

Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: Route 66
Meet at Big Bang Coffee Shop (Downtown)
11am-3pm
Esotouric’s “Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles” tours each explore themes of industry, infrastructure, architecture, and the built environment. This third installment focuses on the built environment along the Mother Road with an emphasis on old and historic alignments of Route 66 as well as signage. Tickets are $58 and can be purchased online.

Ming Wong: Making Chinatown
REDCAT (Downtown)
6-9pm
For his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Berlin-based Singaporean artist Ming Wong creates a series of videos and scenic backdrops that center around the making of Roman Polanski’s 1974 film Chinatown. Filmed on location in the Gallery at REDCAT, Making Chinatown transforms the exhibition space into a studio backlot and examines the original film’s constructions of language, performance, and identity. On view through April 1, 2012.

Faraway, So Close: Photographs of Los Angeles in the ’80s
Morono Kiang Gallery (Downtown)
6-9pm
A group exhibition of photographs taken in Los Angeles between 1980 and 1989. With works by Sara Jane Boyers, Edward Colver, Willie Middlebrook, Ann Summa, May Sun, Mark Vallen, and Richard Wyatt. On view through March 31, 2012.

Hard Love and Lullabies and Nightmares
The Hive Gallery & Studios (Downtown)
8pm-12:30am
The opening of two exhibitions. Hard Love is a Valentine-themed group show, and Lullabies and Nightmares features the work of 16 children’s illustrators who expose the light and dark sides of childhood. $8 at the door. On view through February 25, 2012.

Wet Art 2012
Rittenhouse Building (Santa Cruz)
11am-5pm
Thirty-six wetsuits from local surfers were paired with thirty-six top artists to create a show for community viewing and auction to benefit the Boys and Girls Club and youth organizations of Santa Cruz. Gallery showings will take place February 4, February 5, February 11, and February 12 from 11am-5pm. $5 admission. Auctions and VIP party on February 18. Tickets and information available online.

…and Europe will be stunned: The Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland (JRMIP): Yael Bartana Conference
UC Irvine University Art Gallery (Irvine)
11:30am-7p
A one-day conference for which artist Yael Bartana, along with her collaborators on the JRMIP, have been invited to speak in tandem with the exhibition …and Europe will be stunned. Bartana’s video trilogy aesthetically references propaganda films of the 1930s, which, when presented as a gallery installation, collectively deconstruct a group of ideological positions that contributed to the founding of Israel. RSVP to gallery@uci.edu.

Putting It On The Wall
California African American Museum of Art (Leimert Park)
12-4pm
A workshop and roundtable discussion with muralists Elliot Pinkney, Mark Steven Greenfield, Joseph Sims, Ulysses Jenkins, Noni Olabisi, and Ian White. Mural workshop led by Elliot Pinkney will take place from 12-2pm followed by discussion from 2-4pm about the importance of the mural movement. This event is free.

Wearable Trunk Show
Craft and Folk Art Museum (Mid-Wilshire)
12-5pm
Five nationally known craft artists will exhibit their wearable art and jewelry at this two-day trunk show and sale. Featured artists include Biba Shutz, Valerie Hector, David Forlano, Randall Darwall, and Chris Triola. 10% of all proceeds will benefit CAFAM’s exhibitions and education programs. This event is free and will also take place on February 5 from 12-5pm.

Film Screening: The Cool School
Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara)
1pm
In anticipation of the February 11 opening of Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California 1951-1969, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will screen this documentary that tells the story of how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch. A discussion with the director and artists follows the screening. Tickets are available online.

Junior Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena)
1-4pm
Join artist and educator Corrie Siegel as she recreates the spirit of the renowned Tamarind Lithography Workshop that was established in Los Angeles in 1960. During this two-day workshop, teens learn basic printmaking techniques and create a portfolio of original prints.The course is free but space is limited. Register online.

Fresh Start
Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios (Santa Monica)
7-9pm
A one-night sale of paintings, works on paper, and photography to benefit therapeutic art programs for at-risk youth. This year’s recipient is LA’s BEST, an after school enrichment program. The event includes raffle prizes, DJ Anne Litt, food, and a hosted bar. Tickets are $65 at the door.

Jonathan Bickart: Towering Moments
Robert Berman Gallery (Santa Monica)
7-10pm
The premiere exhibition of Los Angeles artist Jonathan Bickart. The exhibition captures a moment in the artist/muse relationship, exhibiting the creation of surrealistic icons of gesture through human form. Bickart’s works employ many materials, such as polychromed terracotta, steel, concrete, hydrocal, brass, and well as found objects.

Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action 1965-1975
West Hollywood Library (West Hollywood)
2:30-4:30pm
This Pacific Standard Time exhibition will document the importance of poster art for developing and promoting the ideas and ideals of democracy in California during the turbulent decade from 1965-1975. On view through April 28, 2012 with various related events.

Into The Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society Benefit Preview Screening
The Yost Theatre (Santa Ana)
3-6pm
An advance screening of Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society. This film looks at the Cacophony Society, a network of guerrilla artists, dada pranksters, and various eccentrics pursuing “experiences beyond the mainstream.”  Advance tickets are $9.99 and can be purchased online. After the screening, head to the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana for the opening reception of The Cacophony Society Zone Show, a retrospective look at this underground collective. On view through April 15, 2012.

Portraits By The Students and Teachers of Art Division
Harris & Ruble Art (Hollywood)
4-8pm
An exhibition showcasing recent work produced by the students and teachers of Art Division, a non-profit organization dedicated to training and supporting under-served young artists. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to future programming at Art Division. On view through February 25, 2012.

Kristen Morgin: Snow White In Evening Wear and Other Works
Marc Selwyn Fine Art (Miracle Mile)
6-8pm
An exhibition of work by sculptor Kristen Morgin. The majority of Morgin’s work is made out of unfired clay and hand painted. On view through March 10, 2012.

Art Auction 2012
Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach)
6-9pm
Laguna Art Museum’s annual art auction with works by over 100 California artists to be sold during a live auction as well as a silent auction. This event features food, drinks, performances, and an after party. Tickets can be purchased online and cost $125 for members and $150 for non-members.

Post Pacific Standard Time: Three Artists in Los Angeles from the 1980s
UCR Sweeney Art Gallery (Riverside)
6-9pm
This exhibition picks up where the Pacific Standard Time exhibitions end with work by three artists – Jill Giegerich, Jim Isermann, and Erika Suderburg – who graduated just before or in the 1980s and then began their art careers. Together, they present divergent approaches in art making that includes painting, sculpture, and video. On view through March 24, 2012.

New Work by Terra McPherson, Deedee Cheriel, Lindsey Way, and Aiko
Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Mid-Wilshire)
8-11pm
An exhibition of work by four artists who have unique styles and mediums but share a parallel lyrical motif. On view through March 3, 2012.

Daniel Joseph Martinez: I want to go to Detroit: Cheerleaders Cheer
LA><ART (Culver City)
6-8pm
An exhibition of photographs by Los Angeles-based artist Daniel Joseph Martinez. This exhibition will encompass the debut of two bodies of work that Martinez produced in the late 1970s. These two series document the artist’s investigations of bodybuilding and beauty pageant culture in Southern California during this critical period in the region’s history. The exhibition will be accompanied by a public billboard project on La Cienega Blvd. between Washington Blvd. and Venice. On view through March 3, 2012.

Rudi Gernreich Fashion Show
Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles (Westwood)
7-9pm
A presentation of designs by groundbreaking fashion designer Rudi Gernreich. A formal fashion show will display Gernreich designs from the sixties and seventies while the Institute celebrates the closing of DEPOSITO – an exhibition featuring a selection of works from Galleria de Deposito. RSVP required to rsvp@nomadicdivision.org or 646-620-8289.

A Musical Conversation with La Santa Cecilia + Paper Fashion with Patssi Valdez
UCLA Fowler Museum (Westwood)
7-10pm
This Pacific Standard Time event features Grammy-nominated band La Santa Cecilia. The band draws inspiration from a hybrid of Latin culture, rock, and world music. After an interview, La Santa Cecilia will take audience questions and perform a selection of songs. During the post-concert reception, Asco icon Patssi Valdez will lead a workshop inspired by Asco’s 1970’s-era public appearances as self-made fashionistas in paper gowns and hats. $10 for Fowler/GRAMMY Museum members and students; $15 general. Call 213-765-6803 to reserve your tickets.

Drill Baby Drill
Fabien Castanier Gallery (Studio City)
7-10pm
An exhibition of new work by LA-based artist Michael Kalish and Paris-based artist Eric Liot. Through the reworking and repurposing of materials, Kalish and Liot cut, rivet, and screw together layers of found objects. RSVP to rsvp@castaniergallery.com. On view through March 4, 2012.

Outsiders Observe Los Angeles
Los Angeles Filmforum at the Echo Park Film Center (Echo Park)
8-10pm
This program will show films that look at Los Angeles by artists who were visitors to Los Angeles. What truths about the city are these non-Angelenos able to see, and how do they express them? Featuring two longer works by the late Robert Nelson and by David Lamelas, as well as some short works. $10 general, $6 students/seniors; free for Filmforum members.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5

L.A. Zine Week
Various Locations
Various Times
From February 5 to February 11, L.A. Zine Fest encourages bookstores, galleries, independent artists, and writing groups to organize zine, small press, or DIY-related events. Check out the schedule of planned events online.

Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972 and Intimate Immensity: The Susan and Larry Marx Collection
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
11am-5pm
Two exhibitions open at the Hammer Museum on February 5. Sculpture Undone is the first museum survey in the United States devoted to Polish artist Alina Szapcozinkow. The show includes approximately 60 sculptures, 50 works on paper, and a group of photographic works. At 2pm, scholar Grisalda Pollock will present a free lecture on the work of Alina Szapocznikow. This exhibition is on view through April 29, 2012. Intimate Immensity highlights a selection of works from Susan and Larry Marx’s large gift of postwar art. The collection includes works by seminal abstract expressionist and conceptual artists as well as newer artists. On view through May 6, 2012.

John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla)
11am-5pm
An expansive survey of John Baldessari’s printmaking practice, including more than 100 works made between 1973 and 2010 in such diverse media as lithography, etching, photogravure, aquatint, photo intaglio, embossing, silkscreen, and more. On view through May 13, 2012.

Studio Sunday
MOCA Grand Avenue (Downtown)
1pm
Gather inspiration from MOCA’s current exhibitions with the Echo Park Film Center and artists Rick Bahto, Alee Peoples, and Cosmo Segurson. This workshop will take place on an imaginary film set, where participants will take photographs that highlight props and costumes, catch the cast and crew at work, or alter the image using photographic tricks such as glass and mirrors. This event is free.

Art Talk with Ilene Segalove
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Downtown)
3pm
Artist Ilene Segalove will discuss her work in conjunction with Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981. This event is free with museum admission.

Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Visions of Gold, the Fine Art of Gilding
The Getty Center (Brentwood)
1-3pm
Drop by as artist Sylvana Barrett demonstrates the fine art of gold gilding used to create the embellishments found in European manuscripts and panel paintings of the Gothic era.

Korean International Exchange Show
LA Artcore Brewery Annex
1-3pm
International Exchange shows provide a conduit of artistic development between the diverse communities of Los Angeles and the fellowship of artists abroad. In an exchange that sends 10 Los Angeles artists to display their work in Seoul, South Korea, LA Artcore will in turn receive and exhibit the artwork of nine visiting artists. On view through February 16. 2012.

Moshe Elimelech: Arrangements and Simon Rahimian
LA Artcore Union Center for the Arts (Downtown)
3-5pm
The opening of two exhibitions. Arrangements presents Moshe Elimelech’s painted-structures consisting of grids of cubed blocks. Also on view will be works on canvas by Simon Rahimian. Both exhibitions on view through through February 29, 2012.

The History of Cuban Photography: A Personal Perspective
Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach)
2pm
A lecture on the history of Cuban Photography by MOLAA’s President and C.E.O. Stuart A. Ashman. The history of Cuban photography began in 1840, a few years after the invention of photography in France in 1836. The conversation will include historical events in Cuba and how they affected the development of the medium on the island. $10 or free for members and students.

Artists’ Response
Pasadena Museum of California Art (Pasadena)
3pm
Join Los Angeles artists Monica Majoli and Tom Knechtel with Carol S. Eliel, Curator of Modern Art at LACMA, as they discuss and respond to the artists and artwork in the L.A. RAW exhibition.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

The Life of Art: Context, Collecting, and Display
The Getty Center (Brentwood)
10am-5:30pm
This exhibition takes selected objects from the Getty Museum’s galleries and encourages visitors to sit down and spend time with them, offering the opportunity to examine the objects closely to understand how they were made and functioned, why they were collected, and how they have been displayed. Opening February 7, and ongoing.

Spare Me
Night Gallery (Downtown)
10pm-2am
An exhibition of works by Matthew Greene, Mark Hagen, and Bobbi Woods. Curated by Mark Verabioff. On view through February 16, 2012.

Music + Image
REDCAT (Downtown)
8:30pm
In the early 1980s, many artists were excited by the possibility of showing video art on television—a promise that was broken by commercialism. This selection of short videos highlights some of the era’s most compelling video art accompanied by music. Tickets are $5-$10 and can be purchased online.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Culture Fix: John Valadez on the Chicano Art Movement Outside East L.A.
UCLA Fowler Museum (Westwood)
12pm
Painter and muralist John Valadez examines the development of the Chicano art movement outside East L.A., focusing on Highland Park and Downtown Los Angeles. This event is free.

Corporate Power and Social Responsibility
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
7pm
With demonstrations against corporations erupting around the world, Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Ellen Schultz will lead a discussion on corporate greed. Joining her is Vermont Law School professor Jennifer Taub, whose research focuses on corporate social responsibility, shareholders’ rights, and consumer protection. All Hammer public programs are free.

Book Launch: Laura Owens: Fruit and Nuts
Ooga Booga (Chinatown)
7-9pm
Celebrate the publication of a handmade artist book by Laura Owens, titled Fruits and Nuts. The book takes its name from an old 60’s conservative joke about California being full of “fruits” and “nuts,” and is constructed from pages of 60′s California newspapers as the backdrop to her illustrated alphabet of fruits and nuts. Refreshments provided.

Chouinard: An Overture
REDCAT (Downtown)
8:30pm
An evening of discussions and screenings dedicated to one of the great early forces in the emergence of Los Angeles as an international art center: the Chouinard Art Institute. Tickets are $10 or $5 for students and can be purchased online.

SAVE THE DATE

Mary Weatherford: The Bakersfield Project
Todd Madigan Gallery at CSU (Bakersfield)
Thursday, February 9 at 6-8pm
An exhibition of new paintings by Mary Weatherford. Weatherford lives in Los Angeles but has been visiting Bakersfield since October. Recently, she has been living in Bakersfield full time to work on this exhibition, and the works in it come from her learning and understanding of this particular site. On view through March 9, 2012.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Palm Springs Fine Art Fair: Opening Preview Party
Palm Springs Convention Center (Palm Springs)
5-8pm
From February 17-19, 2012, an international roster of 50+ art galleries will gather to exhibit and sell more than 2,000 works of post-war and contemporary art. The preview party on February 16 offers the first opportunity to acquire the works of art for sale at the fair. One day pass to the fair for Friday, Saturday, or Sunday is $25, three day pass for all three days is $40, and three day pass and opening preview party admission is $100. Tickets are available online

Modernism Week Opening Night Reception
Arthur Elrod House (Palm Springs)
7-10pm
Modernism Week is an 11-day celebration of mid-century modern design, architecture, and culture in Palm Springs. For the opening night reception, guests will have a chance to visit the Arthur Elrod House, one of the most remarkable houses in America. Tickets are $150 and can be purchased online. The full list of Modernism Week events is available online.

Machine Project in Monterey Bay #3: Pitch Battles: A Multimedia Investigation into Musical Tunings
TAT Studio, CSU Monterey Bay (Monterey Bay)
7-9pm
A night of art and writing exploring an esoteric bit of musical ephemera and the controversy its generated.  In overlapping performances, Colin Dickey, Nicole Antebi, and Chris Kallmyer will explore the difference between two rival pitches, 440 Hz and 432 Hz.

Conversation: Visions of India in California: Bringing South Asia to the Sunshine State
Santa Monica Museum of Art (Santa Monica)
7pm
Independent scholar Edward L. Rothfarb discusses the mythology of India in California’s visual culture. This event is free. RSVP: rsvp@smmoa.org or 310-453-9184.

Screening: Yael Bartana & Dani Gal
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
7pm
A screening in conjunction with the current exhibition Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972. Polish artist and Holocaust survivor Alina Szapocznikow often reflected on the ephemeral condition of human life in her work. This program presents the work of two contemporary filmmakers who provide context to her experiences. All Hammer public programs are free.

Discussion: Perspectives: Made with Words
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla)
7-8pm
Join emerging artists Jamilah Abdul-Sabur, Nina Preisendorfer, and Brian Zimmerman in a discussion about their own practices as they relate to John Baldessari’s work, in particular his work with language. This program falls on a free Third Thursday; tour the exhibition for free from 5–7pm. This program is free for Members, UC Students and Faculty, $10 for non-members with Museum admission, and $5 for students with Museum admission.

Lecture: Bauhaus Reconsidered
The Getty Center (Brentwood)
7:30pm
For this lecture Niklas Maak, a critic and editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and author of Le Corbusier: The Architect on the Beach, reconsiders Bauhaus culture, viewing it as an approach rather than style, with relevance for today. This event is free but reservations are recommended.

Live Read of Reservoir Dogs
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
7:30pm
In conjunction with the Film Independent series at LACMA, this installment of  Jason Reitman’s Live Read features an African-American cast reading Quentin Tarantino’s Resevoir Dogs. This event is standby only. A standby line will form at 6 pm.

Los Angeles Free Music Society in Conversation
The Box (Chinatown)
7:30-9pm
For this event members of the Los Angeles Free Music Society will participate in an open platform for discussion, inquiry, and debate. LAFMS participants include Ace Farren Ford, Paul McCarthy, Fredrik Nilsen, Joe Potts, Rick Potts, Tom Recchion, Carl Stone, and Vetza.

Dirty Looks: Female Trouble
Human Resources (Chinatown)
8-11pm
A selection of works that explore and explode normative roles of femininity and gender. Featuring film and video by Steven Arnold, Rick Castro, Vaginal Davis, Zackary Drucker, Matthias Müller, Narcissister, Patti Podesta, and Conrad Ventur. With Rick Castro, Zackary Drucker, and Narcissister in attendance. $8 suggested donation.

Third Thursday Film Screenings
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock (Eagle Rock)
8pm
Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Alexa Gerrity will screen a selection of her video work and will curate a screening of films that have inspired her practice. With works by Jaroslav Kucera, Lucrecia Martel, Chantal Akerman, Peter Weir, Roman Polanski, and Maya Deren. This event is free.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Judy Chicago: Deflowered
Nye + Brown (Culver City)
6-8pm
Presenting Judy Chicago’s abstract work from the early California years, the exhibition will consist of drawings, paintings and sculpture made between 1961-1973. In addition the gallery has commissioned the artist to present a new pyrotechnics performance, The De-Flowering of Nye + Brown, which will take place at 7:30 pm on this night.

Modernism Show Preview Reception
Palm Springs Convention Center (Palm Springs)
6-9pm
Get a preview of the works that will be available for sale at the Modernism Show from February 18-February 20. Tickets to the reception are $75 in advance or $85 at the door. Price of admission includes valet parking, wine and hors d’ouevre, and free admission to the entire three day show. Weekend admission to the Modernism Show is $15.

Adult Drawing Class: A Challenge for Creative Expression: Stylization and Appropriation
Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena)
6:30-8:30pm
Join artist José Antonio Aguirre as he investigates how artists in the Museum’s collections have expressed their creative visions. In this class participants select works of art from the exhibit Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California to create a piece that is rendered as an opposite. All levels of experience are welcome. Each class is $20 ($16 for members). Online registration required.

Active Cultures: East of Western: Development of the Art Scene in Pasadena and Splendid China: Building Life with Intelligence
Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena)
7:30pm
Two lectures as part of the Active Cultures series at the Pacific Asian Museum. First, artist Richard Jackson shares some of his personal experiences of the growing art scene in Pasadena in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Then, Andrew Liang, Principle of Studio 0.10, USC School of Architecture Associate Professor, and director of the Asia Architecture and Urbanism Study Abroad Program, presents a view of the environments being created in the urbanization of China. Free for members and $10 for the general public.

Los Angeles Free Music Society Performances
The Box (Chinatown)
7-9pm
A night of ensemble music performances by LAFMS members Points of Friction, Tim Alexander + Damian Bisciglia + Joseph Hammer, Albert Ortega, Joe & Joe, Joseph Hammer + Joe Potts, and (Wild) Don Lewis.

Critical Mass Performance Group Presents An Alcestis Project
Getty Villa (Malibu)
8pm
The latest work in progress by this experimental theater ensemble explores the ancient myth of the faithful wife who descends to the realm of the dead. Tickets $7. With shows through February 19, 2012.

Native Thinghood Art Show
The Cube (Downtown)
8:30pm-2am
A group exhibition featuring young Los Angeles-based artists working in illustration, video, installation, performance, and photo-based projects. At 10:30pm KNXWLEDGE will put on a live performance followed by DJ sets by Stones Throw’s Tim Nable, Native Thinghood’s Henoch Moore, and OM’MAS KEITH of SA-RA. Minimum $3 donation at the door.

A Car Ride Is A Musical Score
Night Gallery (Downtown)
11pm
A car ride in the streets of Los Angeles by artist David Balula serves as a timeline and structure for a musical score in two acts. Presented in conjunction with François Ghebaly Gallery.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Claremont/Pomona/Riverside Focus Weekend
Various Locations
Various Times
Join Pacific Standard Time museums in Claremont, Pomona, and Riverside as they celebrate Pacific Standard Time with two days of exhibitions, special activities, and free events. Participating museums include: American Museum of Ceramic Art, Palm Springs Art Museum, Pomona College Museum of Art, and Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Check individual museums for events and prices. Be sure to check out Alissa Walker’s Guide to Claremont, Pomona, and Riverside Pacific Standard Time Focus Weekend.

A Morning of Artist Talks Featuring Lita Albuquerque and Tim Ebner
Craig Krull Gallery & Rosamund Felsen Gallery (Santa Monica)
10-11am
At 10am, join Lita Albuquerque for a walkthrough of her exhibition at Craig Krull Gallery. At 10:30pm, Tim Ebner will lead a walkthrough of his exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery. Space is limited. RSVP at 310-828-6410 or info@craigkrullgallery.com.

Sugimoto Sadamitsu: Sigaraki and Iga
Frank Lloyd Gallery (Santa Monica)
5-7pm
An exhibition of ceramic work by Japanese master Sugimoto Sadamitsu comprised of sixteen masterworks in the Shigaraki and Iga tradition of high-fired stoneware made for the Tea Ceremony. On view through March 17, 2012.

Jorge Sarsale: Mar de Fondo
ADC Contemporary Art Gallery (Santa Monica)
6pm
An exhibition of work by Argentinian artist Jorge Sarsale. The work refers to the common destiny between Buenos Aires and Los Angeles, both territories of immigration and emigration. On view through March 25, 2012.

Cody Lusby: Building a Brick
Design Matters (Santa Monica)
7-9pm
A solo exhibition of new work by Cody Lusby. Design Matters challenged Lusby to create a body of work that relates to architecture and the process of building. On view through March 14, 2012.

Simone Gad
Bleicher/Golightly Gallery (Santa Monica)
7-10pm
This Pacific Standard Time Participating Gallery presents the work of Los Angeles based artist Simone Gad. A painter and assemblage/collage artist, Gad rose to prominence in the Los Angeles art scene in the 1970’s. On view through February 25, 2012.

Infantcore
Machine Project (Echo Park)
11am-4pm
An experimental music performance by babies. Motion tracking software converts the performers’ movements into sound. This event is free.

A Tribute to Mike Kelley
MOCA Grand Avenue (Downtown)
11am-6pm
An exhibition dedicated to the work and legacy of Mike Kelley. The exhibition will encompass 23 of Kelley’s works as well as works by John Altoon, Cody Choi, Douglas Huebler, William Leavitt, Marnie Weber, and Johanna Went, donated to MOCA by Kelley. On view through April 2, 2012.

Works Sited: Aurélien Froment: Fourdrinier Machine Interlude
Los Angeles Public LIbrary (Downtown)
3:30-5:30pm
Fourdrinier Machine Interlude is a film consisting of one long tracking shot of a miniature Fourdrinier papermaking machine. For this exhibition, Aurélien Froment shares the paper version of the film in the form of a two-sided leporello, an accordion book, with the film’s narration transcribed to text and translated into Spanish and Japanese alongside the original English. On view through April 7, 2012.

Finds! The Unusual Object
Fellows of Contemporary Art (Downtown)
6-9pm
A group exhibition featuring artists who lift content from divergent sources and fuse them into different and new art objects.  With works by Anna Simson and Chris Finley, Francesca Pastine, Holly Lane, Joyce Lightbody, Jeni Spota, Juan Martin del Campo Jr., Linda Stark, Marcia Binnendyk, and Mark Babcock. On view through April 21, 2012.

Ansel Adams: Los Angeles
drkrm/gallery (Downtown)
7-10pm
This Pacific Standard Time Participating Gallery presents rarely seen photographs by Ansel Adams that reveal the lost landscape and lifestyle of a prewar Los Angeles. On view through March 17, 2012.

Hammer Projects: Alex Hubbard
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
11am-7pm
The debut of New York-based artist Alex Hubbard’s newest video, Eat Your Friends. Presented alongside The Border, The Ship, this exhibition will highlight Hubbard’s complex videos that capture viewers with bold colors, performative gestures, and evolving compositions. On view through May 20, 2012.

Common Places: Printing, Embroidery, and the Art of Global Mapping
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
11am-8pm
This exhibition features three objects from LACMA’s permanent collection that transform printed works on paper into one-of-a-kind embroideries: a seventeenth-century valance, a cigarette silks quilt, and Alighiero Boetti’s Mappa. On view through May 13, 2012.

de Lab Palm Springs Modernism Week Field Trip
Palm Springs
1:30pm
Join de Lab for a day of events surrounding the Modernism Show. Start with a tour of the Backyard Oasis show at the Palm Springs Art Museum, with an introduction by curator Daniell Cornell. Then enjoy poolside happy hour at the brand-new Saguaro hotel. Tickets for the tour are $15 and must be purchased in advance online.

The Hilton Brothers: Selected Works from Tyrants and Lederhosen
Karl Hutter Fine Art (Beverly Hills)
6-8pm
This exhibition features a selection of photographs by Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg (a.k.a the Hilton Brothers). The works are included in their recently published monograph Tyrants and Lederhosen, in which the artists collaborate to create a modern take on the photo travelogue. On view through April 7, 2012.

Sanya Kantarovsky: Blue Notebook No. 10
Marc Foxx (Mid-Wilshire)
6-8pm
A solo exhibition of work by Los Angeles-based Russian painter Sanya Kantarovsky. Kantarovsky’s paintings combine elements of illustration and design with more programmatic strategies linked to historical abstraction. On view through March 24, 2012.

GeoVanna Gonzalez & Patrick Haemmerlein
Co-op 28 Gallery (Los Feliz)
6-9pm
An exhibition of works by GeoVanna Gonzalez and Patrick Haemmerlein. Gonzalez’s work illustrates the dualities of life and death, growth and decay by using open space and complexities of lines in her drawings, paintings, and books. Haemmerlein explores themes of nature vs. industry and how they coexist. His images stem from photographs that juxtapose rural scenes with urban realities. On view through March 3, 2012.

Claire Falkenstein: An Expansive Universe and Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts (West Hollywood)
6-9pm
This Pacific Standard Time Participating Gallery presents the opening of two exhibitions. An Expansive Universe features a selection of Claire Falkenstein’s larger sculptural work and rarely-seen paintings. Now & Then presents paintings and works on paper by Ruth Weisberg, one of L.A.’s most celebrated figurative artists since her arrival in 1969. Weisberg will be in attendance at the reception. Both exhibitions on view through April 28, 2012.

Sam Falls: New Work
M+B Gallery (West Hollywood)
6-8pm.
A two-part exhibition of painted photographs, works on paper, and sculptures by Sam Falls on view at both M+B Gallery and China Art Objects. The work in this show is involved with the artist’s interest in representing time. On view through March 31, 2012.

Tom Gregg: New Paintings, Barbara Strasen: All Manner of Things, and Matt Jacobs: New Paintings
George Billis Gallery (Culver City)
5-8pm
The opening of three exhibitions with recent still life paintings by Tom Gregg, works in various media by Barbara Strasen, and recent botanical paintings by Matt Jacobs. All on view through March 24, 2012.

Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like
George Lawson Gallery (Culver City)
5:30-7:30pm
An exhibition of work by seven Los Angeles-based painters in their 30s, including recent graduates of UCLA, Otis, Claremont, and Cal State Long Beach. Featured artists include Jonathan Apgar, Sarah Awad, Rema Ghuloum, Christopher Kuhn, Anne McCaddon, Jacob Melchi, and Nano Rubio. On view through March 17, 2012.

Itch Dance
Luis De Jesus Gallery (Culver City)
6-8pm
A performance in conjunction with the current exhibition Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge.

Samantha Fields: Be Careful What You Wish For: New Paintings and Works on Paper
Western Project (Culver City)
6-8pm
A new body of work by Los Angeles artist Samantha Fields. Fields usually begins by researching weather and landscape phenomena, taking hundreds of photographs in search of the perfect image to paint. In this most recent body of work the artist has culled from her archives of “failed” images, those where the camera did not pick up what she intended. On view through March 10, 2012.

Tam Van Tran: Adornment of Basic Space and Stanya Khan: A cave walks into a bar…
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Project (Culver City)
6-8pm
The opening of two exhibitions. Tam Van Tran’s solo show presents large wall works on paper as well as a group of clay sculptures and clay wall posters. Tran’s new body of work explores the language of painting. A cave walks into a bar… presents four new videos and a suite of black and white drawings by Stanya Khan. The exhibition leaves the world of the living for a subterranean world of objects and elements. Both on view through March 31, 2012.

Critters & People: and Things Of That Sort
WWA Gallery (Culver City)
8-11pm
An exhibition of new works in a variety of media by young Los Angeles artists Danielle Buerli, JAW Cooper, Jessica LL Dalva, Tom Haubrick, Sinae Park, and Bryce Takara. On view through March 10, 2012.

Jim Keville: Fetish Feel
L2Kontemporary (Chinatown)
6-9pm
An exhibition of sculpture by Jim Keville. For these works Keville drew inspiration from how he uses his hands while creating, and in doing so captured the many gestures that hands make. On view through March 24, 2012.

Judy Chicago: Los Angeles 1970’s
Jancar Gallery (Chinatown)
6-9pm
This exhibition will highlight the work of Judy Chicago during the 1970′s in Los Angeles. On view through March 17, 2012.

Jesse Michaels: Crime and War
Strangeways Academy (Chinatown)
7-10pm
An exhibition of paintings by Jesse Michaels. The exhibition takes the viewer through the process of civilization, representing humanity’s attempt to impose order upon natural forces by exploring crime and war. On view through March 18, 2012.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Screening: Pasadena Art Museum Voices
Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena)
12-5pm
A screening of interviews by guest Curator Jay Belloli and the museum staff with key artists, board members, and curators associated with the Pasadena Art Museum. Interviewees include: Artists Larry Bell and Richard Jackson; Eudorah Moore, Pasadena Art Museum Board President, Curator of Design and founding member of the Art Alliance; Peggy Phelps, Pasadena Art Museum trustee and Art Alliance member; Tom Terbell, Pasadena Art Museum director, trustee and founding member of the Men’s Committee.

The Lady in Gold: Special Lecture and Book Signing
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
2pm
Author Anne-Marie O’Connor speaks in conjunction with the publication of her new book, The Lady in Gold, a suspenseful story of the battle to recover a famous painting created in turn-of-the-century Vienna and stolen by the Nazis during World War II. This event is free but tickets are required. Tickets are available at 323-857-6010 or online.

Part 2 Artist Conversation with Helene Winer
Pomona College Museum of Art (Pomona)
3-4:30pm
In conjunction with Part 2: Helene Winer at Pomona, this conversation features John Baldessari, William Leavitt, and Allen Ruppersberg discussing the cutting edge curatorial programs that Helene Winer presented at Pomona College.

Hotel Lautner Open House
Hotel Lautner (Palm Springs)
3-5pm
Join the owners and members of The John Lautner Foundation board of directors at the newly-renovated Hotel Lautner, formerly known as the Desert Hot Springs Motel. On the tour, you’ll learn about the property history and renovation along with information about the John Lautner Foundation. Choose to include dinner after the tour. Tickets are $25-$80 and can be purchased online. All proceeds benefit the John Lautner Foundation.

Tricky Poses and Taxing Conditions: Performance and Media
Spielberg Theater at the Egyptian (Hollywood)
4pm
As part of Los Angeles Filmforum’s Pacific Standard Time “Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles 1945 to 1980,” this program raises questions about the nature and purpose of performance, and also looks at how the camera, filmmaker, and projectionist perform their roles. $10, $6 for students/seniors, or free for Filmforum members. Tickets are available online.

Moveable Feasts: Andrea Bowers
Soho House (West Hollywood)
7pm
LAND’s intimate dinner series Moveable Feasts presents opportunities to engage with invited artists while partaking in selected menus from the city’s top chefs and restaurants. The second Moveable Feast honors Andrea Bowers, a Los Angeles-based multi-media artist and activist whose work makes political statements. The cost for the evening is $200 per person, which includes a three-course dinner with wine. Half of the ticket cost goes directly to support LAND’s programming and is fully tax-deductible. RSVP by February 17 to laura@nomadicdivision.org. Space is limited.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Target Free Holiday Mondays: President’s Day
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
12pm
Visit LACMA for free admission on this day. Check out the exhibition California Design, 1930–1965: Living in a Modern Way to see California’s unique style. Live music by Rhythm Child will be featured on the plaza at 12:30pm and 2:45pm.  Please note that free admission does not include the specially ticketed exhibition In Wonderland.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Care and Identification of Photographs Workshop
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (Pasadena)
9:30am-5pm
This 4-day workshop is an introduction to the history, identification, and preservation of photographic materials. The workshop will run February 21-24 and is priced at $645-$870 depending on the package. Tickets are available online.

Being Validated by Gallery Owners & Collectors
California African American Museum (Downtown)
6-8pm
A discussion about how African American artists have been viewed by critics and collectors, and how the market place is progressing for African American artists and culturally-specific art. Participants will include Charlotte Sherman, Angela Witherspoon, Robert Holmes, Eric Hanks, Alden Kimbrough, and others. This event is free.

From Exile to Home: Los Angeles Literary Life 1945 to 1980
Los Angeles Public Library (Downtown)
7pm
For this Pacific Standard Time event, join literary nonfiction author Lawrence Weschler in conversation with Los Angeles Times Book Critic David Ulin as they discuss how the literature of Los Angeles has shifted from a literature of exile to one of place in the years since World War II. This event is free.

Community Printmaking Sessions with Holly Jerger
Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile)
6:30-9:30pm
Whether you are a novice or expert printer, join other like-minded adults for printmaking sessions that offer space, basic supplies, and casual instruction. Materials for various relief printing processes, collograph, and monotype are on hand. A small etching press and letterpress are also available for use. Tuesdays through April 17, 2012. RSVP to 323-937-4230 x28 or workshops@cafam.org.

Lecture: Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990
LACMA (Miracle Mile)
7pm
Glenn Adamson, deputy head of research and head of graduate studies at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum discusses the V + A’s exhibition Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–1990, the first in-depth survey of the subject. $20 general admission; $15 LACMA members; free for DADC members and students with ID. Tickets: 323 857-6528 or decartscouncil@lacma.org

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Trouble in Paradise: Music and Los Angeles 1945-1975
The Grammy Museum (Downtown)
11:30am-7:30pm
This Pacific Standard Time exhibition explores thirty years of the pop music scene in Los Angeles and its related culture, politics, and popular art. The exhibit features iconic images, ephemera, music, and filmed interviews with key figures in the scene. On view through June 3, 2012.

Artist Talk: Harrell Fletcher and The Emergence of Art and Social Practice
Hammer Museum (Westwood)
7pm
An artist talk with Hammer Public Engagement artist Harrell Fletcher. Fletcher has worked on a variety of socially engaged, interdisciplinary projects for over a decade. His current project with collaborator Adam Moser will document a year at the Hammer in the vernacular of a high school yearbook. Until the end of March, when visitors come to the museum they may have their portraits taken at the Front Desk to be included in the Yearbook. Visitor photos will be posted on www.hammeryearbook.com. All Hammer public programs are free.

Roundtable Discussion moderated by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp with John Mason, Billy Al Bengston, and John Baldessari
Scripps College at Writers Boot Camp (Santa Monica)
7-9pm
A Pacific Standard Time roundtable discussion on the theme of unexpected connections and intersections in the LA art scene with moderator Hunter Drohojowska-Philp featuring artists John Baldessari, Billy Al Bengston, and John Mason. Located at the Writers Boot Camp at Bergamot Station. RSVP at 909-607-3397 or kdelman@scrippscollege.edu.

Image:

Lita Albuquerque, 287 Steps Installation at Craig Krull Gallery, 2012