Celebrate Halloween on Sunday with the Artist Museum opening at Moca on Grand Avenue featuring Ron Athey. Working backward through the week: Saturday head to Culver City; Friday night Happenings and Hauntings at Beacon Art Building; Thursday Human Resources featuring performances by Pescador,  Alexis Disselkoen, Brian Getnick's Good Cop, Bad Ass; and, finally, tonight a lecture with Lynne Cooke on Blinky Palermo at Lacma 7:30pm.

Overall a full week as October comes to a close!

New on Artcards Review:
- "Featured Artist: Pablo Power" by Carissa Pelleteri
- "Recollection: 30 Years of Photography" by Helen Homan Wu

Tuesday:
+ Lecture: Blinky Palermo Lynne Cooke, Blinky Palermo in conversation with artist Mathias Poledna curated by Lynne Cooke at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

Thursday:
+ Atsushi Kaga ""Life is like a Tesco bag, so heavy and easy to break"" at Kantor Gallery
+ Performance: Alex Staiger, Brian Getnick, Max Moore "Good Cop, Bad ASS" brutal ambiguity at its best / worst / here / there / tall / small / in / out / yes and no at Human Resources
+ Performance: Alex Staiger, Alexis Disselkoen , Brian Getnick, Max Moore, Paul Pescador "Crying Over Spilled Milk" curated by Paul Pescador at Human Resources

Friday:
+ "Ghost Stories" A night of Happenings and Hauntings curated by Shana Nys Dambrot at Beacon Arts Building
+ Panel Discussion: James Benning Isabell Heimerdinger "The Road To Hell Is Paved... (group Show)" curated by Biddy Tran at Las Cienegas Projects

Saturday:
+ Benefit: "Muse Costume Ball" Get ready to compete for Best American Icon, Most Fashionably Fashionable, and Best Halloween Costume, with the winners taking home fabulous prizes. at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
+ Lecture: David LaChapelle and Josh Azzarella "onversation between photographer David LaChapelle and artist Josh Azzarella, moderated by Edward Robinson, associate curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department. The discussion will focus on themes such as imaging celebrity. Includes a screening of A" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
+ "Lacma MUSE costume ball" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
+ Lecture: "Explore Greek Theater at the Getty Villa" Lecture: Art and Performance in Classical Greece at Getty (Getty VIlla)
+ Matthew Brannon "Wit's End" at David Kordansky Gallery
+ Andy Warhol: Camouflage, Erik Parker's Endless Anytime at Honor Fraser

Sunday:
+ ""The Artist's Museum : Los Angeles Artists 1980 - 2010"" at MOCA

Tuesday, October 26

+ Lecture: Blinky Palermo Lynne Cooke, Blinky Palermo in conversation with artist Mathias Poledna curated by Lynne Cooke at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, free, 7:30 pm

Thursday, October 28

+ Atsushi Kaga ""Life is like a Tesco bag, so heavy and easy to break"" at Kantor Gallery
West Hollywood: 7025 Melrose Avenue, CA 90036, 7-9pm

Panel Discussion: allen Fruit, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio ( "Art in the Field" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 7-9pm

Deb Berman Symrin Chawla Laura Cueva Anna Helm El "Spiral Bound" FA220 Student Show - New Video Works Intro to Video and Time Based Experimentation Instructor: Jennifer West at Lindhurst Gallery, USC Watt Hall
Misc., East of LA: 850 West 37th Street, CA 90089, 5-7pm

+ Performance: Alex Staiger, Brian Getnick, Max Moore "Good Cop, Bad ASS" brutal ambiguity at its best / worst / here / there / tall / small / in / out / yes and no at Human Resources
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 7-9pm

+ Performance: Alex Staiger, Alexis Disselkoen , Brian Getnick, Max Moore, Paul Pescador "Crying Over Spilled Milk" curated by Paul Pescador at Human Resources
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 7-9pm

Friday, October 29

+ "Ghost Stories" A night of Happenings and Hauntings curated by Shana Nys Dambrot at Beacon Arts Building
Inglewood: 808 N. La Brea Ave, CA 90302, Free until midnight $10 after, 6pm - 2 am

Closing reception: "Harmony Reverberates Optimism" at Jaus
West LA / Santa Monica East: 11851 La Grange Ave, CA 90025, 8-11pm

+ Panel Discussion: James Benning Isabell Heimerdinger "The Road To Hell Is Paved... (group Show)" curated by Biddy Tran at Las Cienegas Projects
Culver City: 2045 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, The Politics of Art, 8-9:30pm

Alexa Gerrity "The Venus Effect" at The Company
Chinatown: 946 Yale street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Saturday, October 30

Lara Jo Regan "Drive-Thru" at Kopeikin Gallery
West Hollywood: 8810 Melrose Avenue, CA 90069, 6-8pm

+ Benefit: "Muse Costume Ball" Get ready to compete for Best American Icon, Most Fashionably Fashionable, and Best Halloween Costume, with the winners taking home fabulous prizes. at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, $25 Muse members; $50 general. Ticket includes admission, complimentary drinks, and parking., 8:30pm - 12:30 am

+ Lecture: David LaChapelle and Josh Azzarella "onversation between photographer David LaChapelle and artist Josh Azzarella, moderated by Edward Robinson, associate curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department. The discussion will focus on themes such as imaging celebrity. Includes a screening of A" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, free, 2pm

+ "Lacma MUSE costume ball" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, Tickets: $25 Muse Members | $50 General Public. Ticket includes admission, open bar, and parking., 8:15pm-midnight

Artist Talk: Jeff Gillette, Scott Horsley "Slums ?- New Paintings and Drawings" New Drawings at Bert Green Fine Art
Downtown: 102 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 4pm

+ Lecture: "Explore Greek Theater at the Getty Villa" Lecture: Art and Performance in Classical Greece at Getty (Getty VIlla)
Pacific Palisades: 17985 Pacific Coast Highway , CA 90272, free but need ticket, 2pm

Yigal Ozeri "Lizzie in the Snow" at Mark Moore Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , A-1, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Thomas Helbig "Use your relatives" at China Art Objects
Culver City: 6086 Comey Avenue, CA 90034, 6-9pm

Trine Wejp-Olsen "Volcanic Puffs and Other Tales" at George Billis Gallery LA
Culver City: 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 5-8pm

Kevork Mourad at JK Gallery
Culver City: 2632 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-8pm

Aaron Sheppard "Yonic Inversion : New Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings" at Western Project
Culver City: 2762 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 5-8pm

+ Matthew Brannon "Wit's End" at David Kordansky Gallery
Culver City: 3143 S. La Cienega Blvd., Unit A, CA 90016, 6-9pm

Carol Es: ": It's Mostly About Me and Much Less About You" at George Billis Gallery LA
Culver City: 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 5 - 8 p.m.

+ Andy Warhol: Camouflage, Erik Parker's Endless Anytime at Honor Fraser
Culver City: 2622 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6-8pm

William Eggleston at Edward Cella Art + Architecture
Mid-Wilshire: 6018 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Sunday, October 31

Screening: William Eggleston "Screening & Conversation: William Eggleston in the Real World" Join acclaimed filmmaker Michael Almereyda for a screening of his documentary on William Eggleston. After the film, Almereyda, writer Lloyd Fonvielle, and Edward Robinson, associate curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, will discuss Almereyda' at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, $5 members, seniors (62+), and students with valid ID, $7 general., 1:30pm

+ ""The Artist's Museum : Los Angeles Artists 1980 - 2010"" at MOCA
Downtown: 250 South Grand Avenue , CA 90012, 7-11pm

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