First, if you have not already, check out the Ryan Trecartin exhibition at MOCA PDC. It is well worth the trip.

A few special highlights this week. A screening on Wednesday: "cut/PASTE: Collage as Methodology in Video Art" curated by Annie Wharton at POST. A talk by Irving Blum at the Santa Monica Museum of Art on Thursday. And a talk by Catherine Opie talk at LACMA on Sunday.

Hope to see you out there!

Wednesday:
+ Screening: Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir: Reykjavík Brian Bress: LA "cut/PASTE: Collage as Methodology in Video Art" curated by Annie Wharton at POST

Thursday:
+ Federico D'Orazio "Inflatables" at Carl Berg Projects
+ Lecture: Irving Blum at Santa Monica Museum of Art

Sunday:
+ Artist Talk: Catherine Opie and Eileen Myles Bing THeatre at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
+ Screening: Skip Arnold, Brian Bess, William E Jones, Hilja Ke "BBQ/screening/panel discussion with Margie Schnibbe, and William E. Jones Moderated by Catherine Taft." The Mystics Circle curated by Spencer Douglass, Devin Mcnulty at Human Resources

Tuesday, July 20

? "From Line to Light: Renaissance Drawing in Florence and Venice" at Getty
Brentwood: 1200 Getty Center Drive, CA 90049, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Artist Talk: Diana Al-Hadid at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Wednesday, July 21

+ Screening: Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir: Reykjavík Brian Bress: LA "cut/PASTE: Collage as Methodology in Video Art" curated by Annie Wharton at POST
Downtown: 1904 East 7th Place, CA 90021, 7-9pm

Thursday, July 22

Performance: Duo Anna Homler and Michael Intriere "Experimental Sound Art Performance" at Den Contemporary Art
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, Pacific Design Cente, CA 90069, 7pm

Amanda Sefton Hogg, Nathan Huff at Den Contemporary Art
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, Pacific Design Cente, CA 90069, 5-8pm

Closing reception: Sophia Allison, Bernadette DiPietro, Christine Gra "Not In My Backyard’ Group Exhibition" at Den Contemporary Art
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, Pacific Design Cente, CA 90069, 5-8pm

+ Federico D'Orazio "Inflatables" at Carl Berg Projects
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, B315 and NEW SPACE B, CA 90069, 5-8pm

Lecture: Gérôme's Cinematic Imagination "Explore Gérôme and Hollywood with art historian Marc Gotlieb" at Getty
Brentwood: 1200 Getty Center Drive, CA 90049, free, 7pm

Lecture: "Gérôme's Cinematic Imagination" curated by art historian Marc Gotlieb at Getty
Brentwood: 1200 Getty Center Drive, CA 90049, free, 7pm

+ Lecture: Irving Blum at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Bergamot Station G1 Michigan Avenue , $15, 7pm

Performance: Voxhaul Broadcast & Chasing Kings "also I Like to Rock" The Hammer courtyard turns electric in July when Also I Like to Rock returns for a series of free concerts featuring today’s top emerging bands. P at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, free parking $3.00, 8pm

Friday, July 23

Benefit: Mel Chin at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 4-6pm

Performance: Horse Thieves and Emily Lacy w/video pieces by Eri at Human Resources
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, $5.00, 9pm-12am

Saturday, July 24

"My Cavafy: Iconic Photography by Stathis Orphanos" at Affinity Galleries
West Hollywood: 7065 Lexington avenue, CA 90028, 6:30- 9:30 pm

Performance: Maya Gingery "Body Without Organs: An Anti-Dance Or Another Kind Of Homage To Dead Heroes" at Pieter
Lincoln Heights: 420 West Avenue 33, unit 10, CA 90031, 8-10pm

Sunday, July 25

+ Artist Talk: Catherine Opie and Eileen Myles Bing THeatre at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, free, 2pm

+ Screening: Skip Arnold, Brian Bess, William E Jones, Hilja Ke "BBQ/screening/panel discussion with Margie Schnibbe, and William E. Jones Moderated by Catherine Taft." The Mystics Circle curated by Spencer Douglass, Devin Mcnulty at Human Resources
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 6pm

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