This week the Los Angeles art scene opens with several highlights worth extra mention here. 

Tonight (Tuesday) has a couple of my top picks: a performance at REDCAT by The California E.A.R. Unit with Sonic Boom, and a discussion "Aesthetic Octopus" moderated by Phillip Yenawine at Santa Monica Museum of Art.

Saturday is the best night to go out: in West Hollywood, Catherine Opie opens "Twelve Miles to the Horizon" at Regen Projects; in Culver City, Roger Gastman curates a show titled "Rooms" at Scion Installation Space; and the show I am most excited for this week is a performance in Lincoln Heights by Brian Getnick: "I'll Teach You a Lesson!" at Pieter. 

More on Brian Getnick's performance as announced in the press release: "In three darkly funny performances a professor insists that the intricate creatures around him are metaphors for his past mistakes. He soon realizes that their terrifying appetites are beyond his control. Featuring the fantastic costumes of THE BALLET performance troupe. Live musical accompaniment throughout with guest performances by Pashly and Elijah Crampton."

So get out there and ENJOY!

All the best,

Alex Staiger
Editor, Artcards Los Angeles

Tuesday:
+ Performance: The California E.A.R. Unit with Sonic Boom "Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)

Wednesday:
+ Lecture: Stan Douglas at Hammer Museum

Saturday:
+ liz Larner at Regen Projects
+ Catherine Opie "Twelve Miles to the Horizon" at Regen Projects
+ Adam Wallacavage, Bill Daniel, Chris Stain, Dan Mo "Rooms" curated by Roger Gastman at Scion Installation Space
+ Performance: Brian Getnick at Pieter

Sunday:
+ Auction: Edith Abeyta, Lisa Adams, Linda Johnstone Allen, M "8th Annual Art Auction" A Fundraiser Benefiting Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock

Monday:
+ Screening: Jennifer Reeves "When It Was Blue" with a live score by Skúli Sverrisson Los Angeles premiere curated by Curated by Steve Anker and Bérénice Reynaud at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)

Tuesday, April 20

Preview: Joseph Kleitsch, Franz Bischoff, Edgar Payne, Gran "Property from the Estate of renowned Los Angeles Philanthropist, Nancy M. Daly" California and Western Paintings and Sculpture Auction at Bonhams and Butterfields
West Hollywood: 7601 Sunset Blvd, CA 90046, 6pm

Auction: "20th Century Decorative Arts" at Bonhams & Butterfields
West Hollywood: 7601 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90046, 10am

+ Performance: The California E.A.R. Unit with Sonic Boom "Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $20/$16/$10, 8:30pm

Conference: John Kelly "Aesthetic Octopus" moderated by Phillip Yenawine at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , CA 00000, $10, 7pm

Lecture: James Hillman & Helen Hunt at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, free, 7pm

Wednesday, April 21

+ Lecture: Stan Douglas at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, free, 7pm

Lecture: "The Art of Collecting" John O'Brien + Kristi Engle of Kristi Engle Gallery at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, 7:30pm

Friday, April 23

"Undergraduate Thesis & Spring Show" at Sci -Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, CA 90013, 7-9pm

Saturday, April 24

"Transformations" at Affinity Galleries
West Hollywood: 7065 Lexington avenue, CA 90028, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Alison Brady Mandy Corrado David Schoerner Mart "4 x 4: four figurative photographers" at Kopeikin Gallery
West Hollywood: 8810 Melrose Avenue, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Aimee Garcia, Carlos Montes de Oca at Couturier Gallery
West Hollywood: 166 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 6-8pm

+ liz Larner at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 633 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 6-8pm

+ Catherine Opie "Twelve Miles to the Horizon" at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 9016 Santa Monica Boulevard, Almont Drive, CA 90038, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Paul Guillemette at Bert Green Fine Art
Downtown: 102 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 4pm

Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia "by Deborah Calderwood" at CB1 Gallery
Downtown: 207 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 5-8pm

Tim Bavington "Decade at MMG" at Mark Moore Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , A-1, CA 90404, 5-7pm

+ Adam Wallacavage, Bill Daniel, Chris Stain, Dan Mo "Rooms" curated by Roger Gastman at Scion Installation Space
Culver City: 3521 Helms Avenue, National, CA 90232, 7-10pm

Reading: Julian Sands "Julian Sands reads from Harold Pinter's poetry, plays, and lectures" at Honor Fraser
Culver City: 2622 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 2pm and 7pm

Michael Decker, Rowan Wood "For the Benefit of Humanity" at Steve Turner Contemporary
Mid-Wilshire: 6026 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Frederick Fisher "Thinking by Hand" at Edward Cella Art + Architecture
Mid-Wilshire: 6018 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Winkler + Noah at Sabina Lee Gallery
Chinatown: 971 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Davida Nemeroff "Whitney’s Hot Like Fire" at The Company
Chinatown: 946 Yale street, CA 90012, 7-9pm

+ Performance: Brian Getnick at Pieter
Lincoln Heights: 420 West Avenue 33, unit 10, CA 90031, 7pm

Sunday, April 25

Lecture: Sonu Shamadasani & James Hillman at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, free, 2pm

+ Auction: Edith Abeyta, Lisa Adams, Linda Johnstone Allen, M "8th Annual Art Auction" A Fundraiser Benefiting Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, $25 per person presale * $30 per person at the door, 2-5pm

Monday, April 26

+ Screening: Jennifer Reeves "When It Was Blue" with a live score by Skúli Sverrisson Los Angeles premiere curated by Curated by Steve Anker and Bérénice Reynaud at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $15 / $12 /$8, 8:30pm

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