Hello and welcome to this week in Art in L.A! Thursday night, I am looking forward to the lecture: "Robert Irwin: Frank Navarro and Ed Schad in Conversation" at Honor Fraser 6:30-8:30pm. 

Friday night make your way to Human Resources and Francois Ghebaly as they host the premiere of "Whole Halves," a new video by LA-based artists Eve Fowler and Anna Sew Hoy. The program begins at 8pm, featuring a screening of Whole Halves as well as additional video projects created by the artists who assisted in the making of Whole Halves including Math Bass, Mariah Garnett, Pearl C. Hsiung, Dawn Kasper, Visperd Madad-Doust, Lucas Michael, and Marty Windahl. Experimental music ensemble, LA Fog, which provided the soundtrack to Whole Halves, performs live at the premiere event 8-Midnite. 

This Saturday is free admission to all five museums on the Miracle Mile row--LACMA, Page, Petersen, Architecture + Design, and Craft Folk and Art and N.E.L.A second Saturday is the monthly North East Los Angeles second Saturday night where galleries are open late in the evening.

I am really looking forward to Monday June 14th at Highways Performance Space, have not been yet and with the resurgence in performance I cannot think of two topics I enjoy more, humor and performance art COMEDY VS. ART SMACKDOWN 2nd Monday of Every Month, 7:30pm $7 Elisha Shapiro brings you a selection of the strangest, most innovative comedians and performance artists. 

So get out there check it out and enjoy! 

Best Wishes, 

Alex Staiger 

Artcards, Los Angeles editor

Saturday:
+ Benefit: Mel Chin "Cause for Creativity: Fundred Dollar Bill Drawing Party" at Santa Monica Museum of Art

Monday:
+ Performance: "Comedy vs Art Smackdown" Elisha Shapiro brings you a selection of the strangest, most innovative comedians and performance artists. at Highways Performance Space

Tuesday, June 8

Lecture: "Creating Cinematic Worlds" at Getty
Brentwood: 1200 Getty Center Drive, CA 90049, 7-8:30pm

Wednesday, June 9

Lecture: "Costume Council: Mad Men Discussion and Fashion Show" Janie Bryant with Monica Corcoran Harel at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, $60, 7:30pm

Artist Talk: Amar, Bendow, Francesca Fornasari, Mary Larsen, "Insecticide" at The Loft at Liz's
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 453 South La Brea, 7-10pm

Thursday, June 10

D e n i s D a r z a c q "Hyper" at Kopeikin Gallery
West Hollywood: 8810 Melrose Avenue, CA 90069, 6-8pm

"The Alchemy of Things Unknown" at Khastoo
West Hollywood: 7556 W. Sunset boulevard, CA 90046, 6-8pm

Performance: "The Alchemy of Things Unknown" at Khastoo
West Hollywood: 7556 W. Sunset boulevard, CA 90046, With a film performance by Raha Raissnia, sound by Charles Curtis., 6-8pm

Screening: "Flux Screening series" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 8pm

Lecture: "Robert Irwin: Frank Navarro and Ed Schad in Conversation" at Honor Fraser
Culver City: 2622 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6:30- 8:30 pm

Friday, June 11

Mark Hix "Revenants" at Bleicher/Golightly
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 7-9pm

'Joy Today Jeopardy Tomorrow' from Ekundayo + 'The at thinkspace
Culver City: 6009 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-11pm

Ekundayo + Brett Amory at thinkspace
Culver City: 6009 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

Saturday, June 12

"I.O.N Instincts of Nature" at Affinity Galleries
West Hollywood: 7065 Lexington avenue, CA 90028, 6:30- 9:30 pm

Lecture: "Alchemical Perceptions" curated by led by Frank Navarro, will explore the notions of at DNJ Gallery
West Hollywood: 154 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 5-7pm

+ Benefit: Mel Chin "Cause for Creativity: Fundred Dollar Bill Drawing Party" at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , FREE RSVP: rsvp@smmoa.org or 310.586.6488 x125, 2-5pm

Yoskay Yamamoto "Familiar Strangers" at LeBasse Projects
Culver City: 6023 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

"Metal Urges OPENING NIGHT" at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 7-10pm

Davida Nemeroff "Potpourri" at Workspace
Highland Park: 2601 Pasadena Ave, Unit C, CA 90031, 8-10pm

"Photography Exhibition & The Evil Bunny Show" at Land of Odd Gallery
Eagle Rock: 4690 Eagle Rock Blvd, CA 90041, 7-12 am

Frank Melleno "The Fairoaks Project: Polaroids from a San Francisco bathhouse 1978" curated by Gary Freeman at DRKRM
Glassell Park: 2121 N San Fernando Road suite 3, CA 90065, 7-10pm

Sunday, June 13

Auction: "Home Goods are a Girl's Best Friend Marilyn Monroe's Furniture and Other Personal Items" at Bonhams & Butterfields
West Hollywood: 7601 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90046, 10 am

Monday, June 14

+ Performance: "Comedy vs Art Smackdown" Elisha Shapiro brings you a selection of the strangest, most innovative comedians and performance artists. at Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica: 1651 18th Street , CA 90404, $7., 7:30pm

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