Thursday, September 2
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Maker Night: Felt Tacos and Donuts with Billy Kheel, Craft Contemporary, 5–7pm.
Openings and Events Downtown
UCSB MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Wonzimer, 5pm. Through September 22.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
First Thursdays Art Walk, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6–9pm.
Openings and Events Online
Art Break: Seeing Blackness in Greek and Etruscan Art, Getty Center, 12pm.
Ashes to Dust: American Art and the Dreadful Thirties, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 3pm.
Visions: “Gold Watch”, UCLA, 4pm.
In Conversation: Sean Raspet and Zachary Kaplan, Various Small Fires, 4:30pm.
Friday, September 3
Openings and Events in Hollywood
We are all guests here., Bridge Projects, through January 15, 2022.
Openings and Events in San Marino
Succulent Plants Symposium, Huntington Gardens, 4–5:30pm.
Openings and Events in Pasadena
Unseen Picasso, Norton Simon Museum of Art, through January 10, 2022.
Openings and Events Online
I.R. Bach: A Walk in the Park Podcast, LACMA, 12–1pm.
Saturday, September 4
Openings and Events in Santa Monica
Sasha Pierce: Wagara and Cindy Bernhard: Smoke and Prayers, Richard Heller Gallery, 3–5pm. Through October 2.
Openings and Events in Beverly Hills
Literary Muse, UTA Artist Space, 2–5pm.
Openings and Events in Beverly Grove
Piñatas: The High Art of Celebration, Craft in America, through December 4.
Openings and Events on Miracle Mile
Communities Create LA! Vibrant Landscapes, LACMA, 10:30am–12pm.
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Ilona Szwarc: Virgin Soap, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, 10am–6pm.
Mark Yang and AND MILK, Various Small Fires, through October 9.
Ariana Papademetropoulos: The Emerald Tablet, Deitch, through October 23.
Openings and Events Downtown
EASY MORNINGS, Grand Park, 10am–1pm.
Jacob Lenc: Pond, Monte Vista Projects, 7–10pm. Through October 17.
SUMMER SOUNDWAVES: A Night with Juke Bounce Werk, Music Center, 8pm.
Deborah Roberts: O' Say Can't You See, Vielmetter Los Angeles, through October 16.
Openings and Events in Glendale
Run with the Wolves and Heather Rasmussen: animal, vegetable, mineral, The Pit, 4–7pm. Through October 16.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Roksana Pirouzmand: they last forever, Mel Chin: 9-11/9-11, Grand Central Art Center (Santa Ana), 7–10pm. Through January 9, 2022.
Openings and Events Online
HRLA Seminar — Visual Sovereignty: Indigenous Studies for Artists, Human Resources, 12–2pm.
Sunday, September 5
Openings and Events in Mid-City
Pamela Smith Hudson: EVOLVING MATTER, Matter Studio Gallery, 4–7pm. Through October 3.
Tuesday, September 7
Openings and Events in Hollywood
Parable 003, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), through November 7.
Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles
Old Growth - New Decay: Environmental Justice, Environmentalism and Sustainability, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, through November 12.
Wednesday, September 8
Openings and Events Downtown
LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze, California African American Museum, through March 20.
Openings and Events Online
Community Strategy Session: Creative Jobs, Arts for LA, 10:30am.
Art & Conversation: Qiu Anxiong in Legacies of Exchange, LACMA, 6–7pm.
Maggie Nelson & Hari Kunzru, Hammer Museum, 7pm.
SPOTLIGHT GRAND FINALE, The Music Center, 8pm. Also September 11.