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OPENINGS SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2009

Avenue 50 Studio
Vintage Basket Sale and Auction
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Saturday, July 4, 2009
Reception: July 4, 2009, 2-5pm
Bert Witt and the late Ellen Witt were avid collectors of Native American as well as Indigenous arts and crafts from countries they visited all over the world. For the first time, more than 100 items from their extensive and distinguished collection will be offered for sale. ...more info
Craig Krull Gallery
Julius Shulman and Juergen Nogai, Larry Cohen
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 4-6pm
Recent Architectural Photographs and Paintings....more info
de Soto
Group Show
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Saturday, August 1, 2009
more info...
4th of July "One Week Only"
Jancar Gallery
4th of July "One Week Only"
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Saturday, July 11, 2009
Reception: July 4, 2009, 6-9pm
A Group Exhibition Curated by Tom Jancar and Mery Lynn McCorkle....more info
Machine Project
The Porch of July: Folk Americana Groupsing with an Open Porchestra
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Saturday, July 4, 2009
Reception: July 4, 2009, 6pm
Join us on the evening of the Fourth of July for an acoustic celebration and singalong of American folk music, led by head balladeers Daniel Brummel and Laura Steenberge. ...more info
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Jean-Baptists-Camille Corot
Corot in California
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Sunday, October 11, 2009
This exhibition celebrates the presence of Corot's paintings in California, with a dozen paintings drawn from private and public collections....more info

OPENINGS MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009

Art Center College of Design
Weeklong Summer Workshops for Elementary, Middle and High School Students
Exhibition Dates: Monday, July 6, 2009 - Friday, August 14, 2009
Art Center’s Public Programs provide a unique opportunity for elementary, middle and high school students to immerse themselves in weeklong art and design workshops this summer....more info

OPENINGS TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2009

Tobey C. Moss Gallery
Ruth Asawa
Drawings and Prints
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Also showing at the gallery: Artes Latinos will feature paintings, sculpture and prints from artists of Mexico and the Americas....more info
Torrance Art Museum
South Bay Watercolor Society
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - Saturday, August 1, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 4-6pm
The SBWS presents their annual members juried show of local artists....more info
Torrance Art Museum
Faculty Show
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - Saturday, August 1, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 4-6pm
Gallery Two will present work by the faculty of the Joslyn Center....more info

OPENINGS WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009

Latino Art Museum
Hessam Abrishami
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
His first solo exhibition with the Museum. Hessam Abrishami was born in Shiraz, Iran and has been greatly influenced by the ancient history that surrounded him as a child. ...more info
Summer Exhibition
Skidmore Contemporary Art
Summer Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - Saturday, September 5, 2009
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Sylvia White Gallery
2009 National Juried Exhibition Solo Shows
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 3-5pm
Sylvia White Gallery is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 National Juried Solo Show Competition. ...more info
University Art Museum
Storylines: Narrative Works from the Permanent Collection
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - Sunday, September 13, 2009
Featuring works of art from different periods and cultures, Storylines explores the use of narrative content found in University Art Museum's permanent collection....more info
University Art Museum
Permanent ColleCtion Sardi’s to Orange Julius® Los Angeles Restaurants f
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - Sunday, September 13, 2009
From distinctive ambiance to franchise familiarity, this exhibition tracks changes in restaurant architecture through eight specific projects. ...more info

OPENINGS THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009

Bert Green Fine Art
Barron Storey, Linda LaBella, Robin Gaynes-Bachman
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 9, 2009, 5-7pm
Three solo shows by mid-career artists. ...more info
Drawing upon Dwellings
Bottoms Art Gallery
Gil DiCicco and Leonardo Nunez
Drawing upon Dwellings
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Thursday, July 9, 2009
Watercolors and printmaking....more info
The A-Z of Change
Carmichael Gallery
Eine
The A-Z of Change
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Thursday, July 30, 2009
In the rear gallery: ROADSWORTH. ...more info
Deborah Martin Gallery
RE: materialization
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 9, 2009, 7-9pm
Exploring the confluence of political, aesthetic, formal, conceptual, and environmental concerns through art....more info
Within Shadows
Duncan Miller Gallery
Susan Burnstine
Within Shadows
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 9, 2009, 7-9pm
Burnstine's photographs explore that fleeting moment between dreaming and waking -- the blurred seconds in which imagination and reality collide....more info
Phyllis Stein Art
Adam Mostow and Andy Midzt Rios
Glass and Craft
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Friday, August 7, 2009
This show presents a variety of the sculptural and installation glass works that take the viewer on a surreal journey of color and imagination and leave them with a sense of amazement. ...more info
Figure and Composition
Wally Findlay Gallery
Figure and Composition
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Sunday, August 9, 2009
Gallery collection of Figurative works featuring Hugo Grenville, Paul Guiramand, Michael Allen Lowe, Lluis Ribas, and Nicola Simbari. ...more info

OPENINGS FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2009

Creative Arts Center Gallery
Peter Graziano, Ron Kriss and Antonio Pelayo
Media Mix
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Thursday, July 30, 2009
Reception: July 10, 2009, 7-9pm
A creative mix of medias and styles on display....more info
OUTWARD MODEL
Eighth Veil
Mark Verabioff
OUTWARD MODEL
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Friday, July 10, 2009
Reception: July 10, 2009, 9pm
Outward Model will employ text-based artworks that the artist re-circulates in video, sound and action along with site-specific movement constructions by guest artist Flora Wiegmann. ...more info
George Billis Gallery
Lisa Bartleson and Nina Tichava
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 5-8pm
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Pasadena Museum of California Art
Rock Me on the Terrace
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Friday, July 10, 2009
Reception: July 10, 2009, 8pm-12am
This night of music and art will take place on Friday, July 10, from 8 o'clock until midnight on the museum's rooftop terrace and will feature three bands, an exclusive nighttime viewing of our exhibitions, and a cash bar....more info
Perry L. Meyer Fine Art
Reid/Nyiri - Reunited
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Saturday, August 22, 2009
Reception: July 10, 2009, 5-9pm
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Phantom Galleries L.A.
Fly With The Cage
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Sunday, July 26, 2009
Reception: July 10, 2009, 6-11pm
Showcasing Iranian artists and the inspired. At 5412 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90036....more info
Summer Group Exhibition
Scott White Contemporary Art
Summer Group Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Saturday, September 5, 2009
Reception: July 10, 2009, 6-8pm
Scott White Contemporary Art is pleased to present its Summer Group Exhibition featuring works by Peter Ambrose, Sebastian Blanck, Marco Casentini, Travis Constance, William Glen Crooks, Joe Ramiro Garcia, Willy Heeks, Tom Judd, Carolanna Parlato, Victor Rodriguez, Doug Schneider, Clifford Smith, Devorah Sperber, Donald Sultan, Robert Treat, and Bernar Venet. ...more info
Carolyn Fernandez
SemiPrecious
Carolyn Fernandez
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 5-7pm
Delightful oil paintings of poolside parties, pyramid water skiers and picnics galore will be on view at SemiPrecious Gallery....more info
Thinkspace Gallery
Stella Im Hultberg
Memento Mori
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Friday, August 7, 2009
Featuring new works & an installation. Also, in our project room: 'The Seeded Wind and Silent Motion; an Oeuvre of Beetled Beauty' by Catherine Brooks + 'Twilight & Fate' by Hannah Stouffer as part of our 'Fresh faces' series....more info

OPENINGS SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009

Aaron Morse and Bill Jensen
ACME.
Aaron Morse and Bill Jensen
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-8pm
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Paint-Out at Charmlee Regional Park
Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore
Paint-Out at Charmlee Regional Park
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, July 11, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 9:30am-1:30pm
For the new or experienced, all artists, working in any media, are cordially invited to join in the capture of so much natural beauty in this, the Santa Monica Mountains area...more info
Annenberg Space for Photography
Pictures of the Year International (POYi)
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Monday, November 2, 2009
The exhibit features the work of winning photojournalists and visual editors from Pictures of the Year International (POYi), the oldest and most prestigious photojournalism competition in the world....more info
Ashé - Blessings, Energy, Power
Avenue 50 Studio
Ashé - Blessings, Energy, Power
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Sunday, August 2, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 7-10pm
This upcoming July, the Avenue 50 Studio will present an art exhibition celebrating the Yoruba traditions known as Santeria. Our exhibition will include visual art, bata drumming, and a lecture on the history and practice of the Yoruba traditions. ...more info
Pale Blue Dot
Bandit Gallery
Pale Blue Dot
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Friday, July 24, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
Group exhibition featuring new works by Ashkahn Shahparnia, Emilio Santoyo, Lacy McCune, Shaun Berke. ...more info
Billy Shire Fine Art
Lou Beach, Hudson Marquez, Jayme Odgers, Mel Weiner
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 1, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 7-10pm
Four concurrent solo exhibitions....more info
Summertime
Bunny Gunner
Summertime
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-11pm
A group show celebrating the 2 year anniversary of the gallery, featuring summer-themed art....more info
Urban Myth; Crime and Charity
Cerasoli Gallery
Group Exhibition; Meggs
Urban Myth; Crime and Charity
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Monday, August 10, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
'Urban Myth' a group exhibition in the front Galleries curated by Bristol urban artist Graffiti Kingpin INKIE, On view in Gallery two, 'Crime & Charity’ a selection of mixed media on wood works by MEGGS....more info
Bellows and Whispers
Cherry and Martin
Bellows and Whispers
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
An exhibition that brings together painting, sculpture and installation by five artists interested in abstraction as a day-to-day experience....more info
Christopher Grimes Gallery
30th Anniversary
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, September 12, 2009
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dA Center for the Arts
ART H2O aka The Water Show
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, July 25, 2009
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Eco-LA
Second Saturday
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, July 11, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-10pm
Sponsored in part by the Vinyl Institute, the “Second Saturday” events will feature “live” billboard art painting, a gallery show of smaller art painted on vinyl, and recycled element art, and eco accessories for sale in the Eco-LA “Recovery Room”, music and more....more info
R. Crumb’s Underground
Grand Central Art Center
Robert Crumb
R. Crumb’s Underground
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Sunday, August 16, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 7-10pm
A monumental retrospective exhibition of the work of comic genius Robert Crumb. Features early work, collaborations old and new, and the world premiere of his "spool" drawings....more info
Bitch is the New Black
Honor Fraser
Bitch is the New Black
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-8pm
The group show spotlights fourteen Los Angeles-based women who are all emerging or established artists from roughly the same generation and are bright lights on the local scene...more info
Jaclyn Mednicov and Elizabeth Gahan
JK Gallery
Jaclyn Mednicov and Elizabeth Gahan
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-8pm
For the summer of 2009, JK Gallery presents a two-person exhibition of works by Jaclyn Mednicov and Elizabeth Gahan. Both artists present work that demonstrates experimental drawing and painting techniques, using a wide variety of materials, applications and surfaces. In each work, structures, vacancies and curiosities are layered and woven together to create peculiar, dreamlike environments....more info
Kim Light/Lightbox
Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib
Black Hole
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 22, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
The gallery debut of a collaborative work by Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib. Black Hole features an immersive video installation in the front gallery and a surround-sound installation in the courtyard. ...more info
West Coast Drawings: Drawings VIII
Koplin Del Rio Gallery
West Coast Drawings: Drawings VIII
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-8pm
A multimedia group exhibition curated by Norman Lundin on display concurrently at two West Coast locations: Koplin Del Rio in Culver City, CA and Davidson Galleries in Seattle, WA....more info
Kristi Engle Gallery
Dave Christensen
Broads, Boobs, and Buckles
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 7-10pm
On display will be 11 pinball machines displaying Christensen's graphics as well as some of the original artwork used in fabrication and drawings for proposed and/or rejected versions and prototypes. ...more info
Retrospect
Lawrence Asher Gallery
Retrospect
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-10pm
This collaborative three-person exhibition includes the sewn relief work and installation of Sophia Allison , the conceptual work of Rebecca Lowry , and installations by Ivo Vergara ....more info
LeBasse Projects
David Flores and Lisa Alisa
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 7-10pm
A two person show. Both Flores and Alisa's work revolve around iconic pop images and are painted in a superflat style....more info
Prints and Unique Works on Paper
Leslie Sacks Fine Art
Robert Motherwell
Prints and Unique Works on Paper
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Monday, August 10, 2009
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Marine
Works 001-029
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, July 11, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
The launch of Marine Salon No. 1...more info
Mark Moore Gallery
Jennifer Nehrbass
Weep and Wonder
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 5-7pm
An exhibition of seven new paintings from artist Jennifer Nehrbass' most recent series of oval "cameos" in the Project Room. ...more info
City and Country
Mark Moore Gallery
Todd Hebert
City and Country
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 5-7pm
In his new series of works, Todd Hebert shifts his focus from the large-scale close-up to long perspectives on smaller canvases. ...more info
Gameland
Merry Karnowsky Gallery
Victor Castillo
Gameland
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 8-11pm
Merry Karnowsky Gallery is proud to present Gameland, a solo exhibition by Barcelona-based Chilean pop surrealist, Victor Castillo. ...more info
Norton Wisdom
Muriel Kretchner Gallery
Norton Wisdom
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Thursday, July 30, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-10pm
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Kimber Berry
OBJCT Gallery
Kimber Berry
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Thursday, July 30, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 7-10pm
A solo show by Pomona based artist Kimber Berry....more info
POVevolving
POVevolving Gallery One Year Anniversary Show
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, July 11, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-10pm
The show will feature works by: Alexis Mackenzie, Amy Casey, Brian Viveros, Clark Goolsby, Dana Oldfather, Derek Albeck, Jack Haye, Jeremy Mora, John Carr, Karen Fiorito, Kiel Johnson, Marco Zamora, Seth Neefus, Sunny Kay, Tiber McCormick and a handful of others......more info
Placed on the Tip of a Wave
Regen Projects II
Lawrence Weiner
Placed on the Tip of a Wave
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-8pm
Regen Projects is pleased to announce an exhibition by Lawrence Weiner.The show will feature five new works and several drawings. ...more info
50 Photographs, 1992-2007
Rose Gallery
Jessica Lange
50 Photographs, 1992-2007
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, September 12, 2009
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Sam Lee Gallery
Backyard
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 22, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
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Mostly Sculpture (damn it)
Samuel Freeman Gallery
Mostly Sculpture (damn it)
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 4-6pm
While looking for new painters for a planned group exhibition, Mr. Freeman accidentally accumulated sculptors instead. His plan for a ‘New Paintings’ show was soon smothered by the weight and brilliance of these unplanned and unsought sculptors. “Mostly Sculpture (damn it)” is the outcome. ...more info
SCAPE
R. Kenton Nelson
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Monday, August 24, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-9pm
Solo exhibition of mosaic paintings....more info
Sea and Space Explorations
Ben White
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Sunday, August 2, 2009
Solo Show....more info
Shoshana Wayne Gallery
Nicole Cohen
French Connection
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, September 5, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 5-7pm
French Connection highlights the town of French Azilum in Pennsylvania, which was originally conceived to host the exiled Marie Antoinette and her court....more info
Desert Sexy
The Constant Gallery
Desert Sexy
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-8pm
The exhibition will present an exploration of the metaphors and mythologies of the desert ‘west,’ comprehended through the suggestions of art, music, drugs, film and the desert mentality: DO YOUR OWN THING....more info
Walter Maciel Gallery
Laugh It Off
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Saturday, August 22, 2009
Reception: July 11, 2009, 6-8pm
Curated by Jane Scott, a group exhibition of humorous art....more info

OPENINGS SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2009

MOCA Grand Avenue
Collecting History
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Monday, October 26, 2009
Inspired by the remarkable growth of the museum’s holdings through gifts and purchases over the past decade, Collecting History: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions surveys recent acquisitions to MOCA’s world-renowned permanent collection, with a particular focus on the last five years....more info
Attempt to Raise Hell
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (MCASD)
Attempt to Raise Hell
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Sunday, September 27, 2009
The second in a two-part collection exhibition series, Attempt to Raise Hell follows the presentation of Weighing and Wanting in MCASD's La Jolla galleries in the fall of 2008....more info
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (MCASD)
Kevin Lynch
Octagon
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Sunday, September 27, 2009
Photographs by Kevin Lynch, who was given unprecedented access to document the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial artists, both ringside and behind the scenes....more info
Othello's Ghost
Offramp Gallery
Mark Steven Greenfield
Othello's Ghost
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Sunday, August 23, 2009
Reception: July 12, 2009, 2-5pm
The exhibition is comprised of works from previous series of Greenfield's as well as new work. The show's title, Othello's Ghost, refers to one of the earliest known uses of changing skin color for theater, Shakespeare's Othello...more info
SPARC
The Toltec I Ching: 64 Keys to Inspired Action in the New World
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Sunday, July 12, 2009
Reception: July 12, 2009, 2-5pm
The Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) will hold an opening reception and book signing for “The Toltec I Ching: 64 Keys to Inspired Action in the New World”. The book is the result of combining two indigenous cultures, ancient Mexican (known as Toltec) and Chinese. The exhibit features 64 original oil paintings by visual artist, Martha Ramirez-Oropeza, which were created specifically/based on these two traditions. ...more info
SURU
Celeritas
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Sunday, July 12, 2009
Reception: July 12, 2009, 12-8pm
A gallery exhibition and art auction featuring a collected body of work from a phenomenal group of artists who have come together to display their talent in an entirely new way – using motorcycle helmets, motorcycle leathers, and a Suzuki Hyabusa motorcycle as their medium to benefit Riders for Health. ...more info

OPENINGS WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009

Tarryn Teresa Gallery
Lights on L.A.
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Friday, September 18, 2009
Lights on L.A., a public art event that celebrating Los Angeles-area artists, will be displayed in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. The project, developed and organized by Tarryn Teresa Gallery, is composed of CFL light bulbs decorated by individual artists and then collected into a single temporary exhibit....more info

OPENINGS THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009

The Chimaera of Arezzo
Getty Villa
The Chimaera of Arezzo
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Monday, February 8, 2010
Inaugurating the partnership with the Museo Archeologico in Florence, this exhibition features a masterpiece of Etruscan bronzework known as the Chimaera of Arezzo: a "life-sized" sculpture of a triple-headed monster comprised of a lion, a fire-breathing goat, and a serpent. Interweaving archaeology, religion, technology, and conservation, the exhibition narrates the life and afterlife of an Etruscan icon....more info
Khastoo Gallery
Terri and Donna
Mother and Daughter
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Sunday, August 30, 2009
Reception: July 16, 2009, 6-9pm
Terri and Donna is a single artistic entity and as such exists as a performative strategy aimed at ethically addressing those historical events and technologies of representation that fundamentally de-centered the subject....more info
L.A. Louver Gallery
Rogue Wave '09
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Saturday, September 19, 2009
10 artists from Los Angeles....more info
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (MCASD)
Dr. Hugh Davies Lecture
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Thursday, July 16, 2009
Reception: July 16, 2009, 7pm
Dr. Hugh Davies, Francis Bacon Expert, will lecture on Bacon at the Museum's La Jolla Location. ...more info
Here’s Looking at You: Variations on the portrait.
Stephen Cohen Gallery
Here’s Looking at You: Variations on the portrait.
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Saturday, September 5, 2009
Reception: July 16, 2009, 7-9pm
The exhibition will include photographs and paintings by Anthony Friedkin, Luis González Palma, Norman Kulkin, Enrique Martínez Celaya, Suzanne Opton, John Sonsini, Suzy Spence, Edmund Teske, Ida Wyman, as well as vernacular imagery...more info
Dog N' Pony Show
Susan Street Fine Art Gallery
Dog N' Pony Show
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Sunday, September 13, 2009
Reception: July 16, 2009, 6-9pm
Featuring nationally known artists, Joseph Piccillo, Carl Dahl, Katie Upton, Juan Torcoletti, Deborah Brown, Renee Bott, Brian Hibbard, and Matt Rogers. ...more info

OPENINGS FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2009

El Nopal Press-Fine Art Publishing
James Reitano
1985
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 17, 2009 - Friday, July 17, 2009
Reception: July 17, 2009, 6-9pm
The show will include the original drawings from the book, as well as a limited edition lithograph, designed by the artist and published by El Nopal Press....more info

OPENINGS SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2009

Flirting with Pop
Art Dimensions
Flirting with Pop
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 5-8pm
An exhibition featuring a variety of 20th century masters and 21st century artists. ...more info
Black Maria Gallery
Courtney Brims
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
on the Project Wall...more info
Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art
60's
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 6-8pm
A group exhibition of work by some familiar and some little-known California artists active during the decade of the 1960's....more info
Cirrus Gallery
John Baldessari and Bruce Nauman
VENICE/VENICE
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 22, 2009
Cirrus is pleased to present over 30 works, many published and printed by Cirrus Editions Ltd. Included are the prints "Raw War" (1971) Bruce Nauman and "Raw Prints" (1976) John Baldessari....more info
Del Mano Gallery
Turned and Sculptured Wood
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
26th Annual Exhibition ...more info
SIZable
Fluxco
SIZable
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, July 18, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 8-11pm
A show of large works by downtown LA arts district artists....more info
Danger Liaisons
LAXART
Didier Fiuza Faustino
Danger Liaisons
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 22, 2009
In Gallery 2 - Nicole Miller: The Conductor...more info
They Paint Horses, Don’t They?
Museum of Ventura County
They Paint Horses, Don’t They?
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Monday, September 7, 2009
Reception: July 17, 2009, 6-8pm
Equine Exhibit Features Work by 14 Contemporary American Artists....more info
Colors of Passion
Pharmaka
Dennis Dutzi
Colors of Passion
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, July 18, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 5-8pm
*This is a special event benefiting Colors of Hope and Pharmaka. Limited edition giclee prints and original paintings will be available for purchase during event....more info
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
California Calling: Works from Santa Barbara Collections, 1948-2008 Part 1
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Sunday, November 15, 2009
California Calling is a two-part exhibition highlighting works from a selection of artists and movements in California from the past fifty years....more info
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Michael and Christine Adcock
Master Artisan Series: Fine Crafts
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Sunday, July 19, 2009
The second event in a series of Master Artisan Series, bringing an exquisite gathering of work to the Museum Store where it will be on view and available for sale. Saturday, July 18, 10 am – 6 pm and Sunday, July 19, 11 am – 5 pm...more info
Steve Turner Gallery
Camilo Ontiveros
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
more info...
Susanne Vielmetter Projects
Patrick Wilson
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 6-8pm
The seventeen new paintings and works on paper for this exhibition were made with the intent of pursuing beauty. ...more info
The Folk Tree
Noah's Ark - Two by Two
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 2-6pm
For this group exhibition, artists were invited to create pairs of animals for the journey with Noah or the ark itself, offering their personal interpretations of the story and the creatures who populate it....more info
Abstract Passion
The Marengo Collection
Abstract Passion
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 18, 2009, 2-6pm
The focus is abstraction - wood sculpture by Goldman and Grau, glass wall pieces by Mack-Durini, metal sculpture by Moore, and acrylic and watercolor paintings on paper by Diazvelez. ...more info
Western Project
Exene Cervenka and Wayne White
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
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OPENINGS SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2009

Angels Gate Cultural Center
Spontaneous Aura
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - Sunday, July 19, 2009
Reception: July 19, 2009, 4:30-6:30pm
An exhibition of some of the most innovative and exciting artists from across a full spectrum of performing arts....more info
For Fame and Love
Angels Gate Cultural Center
Kris Chatterson, Linda Day, Fatima Hoang & Jay Lizo
For Fame and Love
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - Sunday, August 23, 2009
Reception: July 19, 2009, 2-4pm
FOR FAME AND LOVE is an exhibition exposing the quintessential, yet taboo components of art making: ego and love....more info
Art Center College of Design
Car Classic ’09
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - Sunday, July 19, 2009
Reception: July 19, 2009, 10am-4pm
A gathering of the world’s top automotive designers, collectors and enthusiasts. This year’s theme, “By Air, Land and Sea,” celebrates vehicles that push the boundaries of design. ...more info
Hammer Museum - UCLA
Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson Collection
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - Sunday, October 4, 2009
This will be the first public presentation of an extraordinary gift to the Hammer of more than fifty sculptures by twenty-nine Los Angeles artists, made from 1995 to the present. ...more info

OPENINGS TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2009

Buenaventura Gallery
Inés Monguio
Telling Stories
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: July 25, 2009, 4-7pm
Inés is known for color and movement in her monotypes and water media. In this collection she includes narrative factors in her work with abstract and figurative elements....more info

OPENINGS WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009

Ernie Marjoram, Carole Garland, Patricia D. Klowden, Ellen Starr
TAG Gallery
Ernie Marjoram, Carole Garland, Patricia D. Klowden, Ellen Starr
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
Reception: August 1, 2009, 5-8pm
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OPENINGS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009

Arthology
Bottoms Art Gallery
Ken Nack and Brad Nack
Arthology
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - Thursday, July 23, 2009
This show will encompass the development and careers of the father and son painters, with a look back at mentorship through the studios of Fernand Leger and Pablo Picasso....more info
Gallery at REDCAT
New Original Works (NOW)
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Designed as a laboratory for adventurous work by emerging and mid-career performing artists, this year's festival features eight new projects by Los Angeles based artists who are expanding the language of visual performance, making use of REDCAT's advanced technical capacity and teaming up with artists across disciplines. ...more info
Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Photography
Ordover Gallery
Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Photography
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - Sunday, October 11, 2009
Reception: July 23, 2009, 6-8:30pm
Imagery by nationally and internationally acclaimed photographers will be featured in Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Photography...more info
Pacific Design Center
Carl Berg Projects
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Reception: July 23, 2009, 3-5pm
Carl Berg Projects hosts two exhibitions, Multiplicity and From the Desert to the Sea, to All of Southern California....more info

OPENINGS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

Center for Contemporary Art / C4 Gallery
POST-HUMAN: The Representation of the Human Body in the Age of Mimesis
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 24, 2009 - Sunday, August 30, 2009
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La Luz de Jesus
Gidget Gein
Post Mortem
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 24, 2009 - Sunday, August 2, 2009
Reception: July 24, 2009, 8-11pm
"Post Mortem" references Gein's career as a mortuary assistant, while addressing the mortality of the artist himself in keeping with his signature dark, sardonic sense of humor....more info

OPENINGS SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2009

Charlie James Gallery
Lucas Murgida
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Saturday, August 15, 2009
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Dave Burke and MIA
Corey Helford Gallery
Dave Burke and MIA
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Reception: July 25, 2009, 7-10pm
with guest artist Sarah Folkman in the loft....more info
Kinkead Contemporary
LA Abstraction
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Saturday, August 22, 2009
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Louis Stern Gallery
Claire Falkenstein
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Saturday, September 26, 2009
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San Diego Museum of Art
Calder Jewelry
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Sunday, January 3, 2010
The first exhibition devoted exclusively to Alexander Calder’s unique body of jewelry work....more info
Perk
See Line Gallery
Bari Ziperstein
Perk
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Monday, August 31, 2009
Bari Ziperstein's online solo exhibition ‘Perk.’ In her current photographic series, Ziperstein continues with the investigation of America's consumer society and its material surplus. ...more info
The Attic
On The Down-Low
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Friday, August 14, 2009
Reception: July 26, 2009, 1-5pm
A Sample-Platter of Small Works by Contemporary Los Angeles Artists....more info

OPENINGS SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009

MOCA Gallery at Pacific Design Center
Ball-Nogues Studio
Feathered Edge
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - Sunday, October 25, 2009
The second exhibition in MOCA’s series Craft and Computation, which investigates the convergence of craft and computation in contemporary architecture and design practice....more info

OPENINGS TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009

Getty Center
Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscape
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - Sunday, November 1, 2009
This exhibition features a wonderful selection of drawings from the Getty's collection that examines the creative ways French artists represented landscapes....more info

OPENINGS THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009

Fahey|Klein Gallery
Dan Winters
Periodical Photographs
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, July 30, 2009 - Saturday, September 5, 2009
Reception: July 30, 2009, 7-9pm
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OPENINGS SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2009

Post-American LA
18th Street Arts Center
Post-American LA
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Saturday, September 26, 2009
Reception: August 1, 2009, 6-10pm
The exhibition Post-American L.A. features artists that question the scope, sphere and impact of American authority, from the international stage to municipal politics....more info
Footprints On Air
Frank Pictures
Owen Schmit
Footprints On Air
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Reception: August 2, 2009, 6:30-9:30pm
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Indie Collective Gallery for Art and Fashion
Jiong Li
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Friday, September 11, 2009
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L2kontemporary
Group Show
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
Reception: August 1, 2009, 7-10pm
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Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum
Echo of the Whole: Call For Entries '08-'09
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Reception: August 1, 2009, 6pm
The selected Tri-County artists—Adrienne Allebe, Stephanie Dotson, Tera Galanti, and Servando Garcia–themselves echo the artistic practices and characteristics found within the region's whole....more info
The Company
Deep End
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Saturday, August 29, 2009
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OPENINGS SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2009

L.A. Artcore Brewery Annex
Jim Scott and Michael Giancristiano
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, August 2, 2009 - Sunday, August 23, 2009
Reception: August 2, 2009, 1-3pm
Oil paintings and works on plywood....more info
L.A. Artcore, Union Center for the Arts
Richard Abner
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, August 2, 2009 - Sunday, August 23, 2009
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Machine Project
Fallen Fruit
Public Fruit Jam
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, August 2, 2009 - Sunday, August 2, 2009
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OPENINGS MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009

California & American Paintings and Sculpture Auction
Bonhams and Butterfields
California & American Paintings and Sculpture Auction
Exhibition Dates: Monday, August 3, 2009 - Monday, August 3, 2009
he Los Angeles-based sale will feature a wide variety of important California, Western, Society of Six, Hawaiian scenes and Plein Air works by established American artists....more info