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Last week most of our team found new optimism and warmth in Miami Beach at the many fairs which appear to have been a success for both galleries and visitors this year. Check Artcards Review for our images and reviews.

In LA, Saturday is a great night to go out this week: check out a show at Subliminal projects and "I have a Light" at S1F Gallery featuring Sky Burchard.

Also of note, there is an artist talk at Steve Turner Thursday night.

New on Artcards Review:
- "Artist in Focus: Alec Soth" by Cielo Lutino
- "Miami Beach Photo Diary" by Helen Homan Wu
- "Art Basel Miami Beach Day 3" by Howard Hurst
- "Art Basel Miami Day 2: Photo Recap"
- "Art Basel Miami Day 1: Photo Recap"
- "Art Basel Miami Day 1: MoCA" by Helen Homan Wu
- "NADA Behind the Scenes" by Helen Homan Wu
- "Creative Time Oceanfront Nights"

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: "The Big Four" at Steve Turner Contemporary

Saturday:
+ Adam Peña, Suzanne Adelman / Kaucyila Brooke / Sky Burchard /, Trinidad Ruiz / Young Chung / Cirilo Domine / Morg "I have a Light" at S1F Gallery

Tuesday, December 7

Performance: Wooster Group: Vieux Carre "Wooster Group's reimagining of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, a “memory play,” set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. Vieux Carre will run through December 12" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $55 $45 $35, 8:30pm

Paul Heyer "Young And Full Of Cum" at Night Gallery
Lincoln Heights: 204 S. Ave 19 , CA 90031, 10-2am

Wednesday, December 8

Calethia DeConto "Anachronious Mind Tree" at Caporale/Bleicher
West Hollywood: 355 North La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 7-11pm

Performance: Wooster Group: Vieux Carre "Wooster Group's reimagining of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, a “memory play,” set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. Vieux Carre will run through December 12" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $55 $45 $35, 8:30pm

Thursday, December 9

Screening: "Maura Brewer's animation The New Show at the Hayden Planetarium" curated by Elysian Park Museum of Art Visitor Center presents at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, open till 9pm

Performance: Wooster Group: Vieux Carre "Wooster Group's reimagining of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, a “memory play,” set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. Vieux Carre will run through December 12" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $55 $45 $35, 8:30pm

Nick Gaetano "Unnatural Selection" at LACDA
Downtown: 107 West 5th street , CA 90013, 7-9pm

Nick Gaetano "Unnatural Selection" at LACDA
Downtown: 107 West 5th street , CA 90013, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: Barbara Isenberg "An Evening Of Books & Architecture" Award-winning journalist Barbara Isenberg will discuss her insightful book Conversations with Frank Gehry. Michelangelo Sabatino, professor at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture University of Houston will present Pride in Modesty: Modernist Archi at Italian Cultural Institute
Westwood / Century City: 1023 Hilgard Avenue, CA 90024, Rsvp by December 7 to rsvp.iicla@esteri.it, 6:30pm

+ Artist Talk: "The Big Four" at Steve Turner Contemporary
Mid-Wilshire: 6026 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 8pm

Friday, December 10

Performance: Wooster Group: Vieux Carre "Wooster Group's reimagining of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, a “memory play,” set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. Vieux Carre will run through December 12" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $55 $45 $35, 8:30pm

Jae Hwa Yoo, Joel King, John White, Philippa Blair, Ran Harari, Tom Jenkins "Densities: Line Becoming Shape, Shape Becoming Object" curated by Peter Frank at Beacon Arts
Inglewood: 808 N. La Brea Ave, CA 90302, 5-8pm

Talia Chetrit Marie Jager Jed Lind at Pepin Moore
Chinatown: 933 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 7-9pm

Saturday, December 11

Alan Shaffer, Alejandro Gehry, Andy Moses, Bertil Petersson, Billy Al Bengston, Blek Le Rat, Craig Stecyk, Curtis Kulig, David Ellis, David Yow, Ed Moses, Ellwood T. Risk, Eric Schwartz, Eric White, Erik Foss, Evan Hecox, Greg Lamarche, Jason Alper, John Van Hamersveld, Laddie John Dill, Larry Bell, Martha Cooper, Monica Canilao, Retna, Robbie Conal, Ryan McGinness, Ryan Travis Christian, Skullphone, Swoon, Tim Biskup, Vanessa Prager "Wreck the Walls" at Subliminal Projects
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1331 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90026, 5-9pm

Ashley Poole, Carrie McILwain, Jeremy Oversier, JJ Garza, Michelle Jane Lee, Neill Orje, Sara Simon "Who Are These People?" at Raid Projects
Downtown: 602 Moulton Avenue, CA 90031, 6-9pm

Jorge Albertella & Gerardo Hacer "Face to Face on Metal" at ADC Contemporary Art Gallery
Downtown: 1330 Factory Place, rear entrance by 6th, CA 90013, 6:30-10pm

Book Signing: Jeffrey Vincent Parise "Jeffrey Vincent Parise Book Release & Solo Show" curated by Bonnie Trimble at Historic Gas Co. Lofts
Downtown: 820 South Flower street, CA 90017, 7-10pm

Artist Talk: Aardvark Letterpress, Jocelyn Marsh, Laurie Hassold at Bert Green Fine Art
Downtown: 102 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 4pm

Performance: Wooster Group: Vieux Carre "Wooster Group's reimagining of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, a “memory play,” set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. Vieux Carre will run through December 12" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $55 $45 $35, 8:30pm

+ Adam Peña, Suzanne Adelman / Kaucyila Brooke / Sky Burchard /, Trinidad Ruiz / Young Chung / Cirilo Domine / Morg "I have a Light" at S1F Gallery
Downtown: 2404 Wilshire Boulevard, 1F, CA 90028, 6-9pm

"small works" at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, #T3, CA 90404, 5-7pm

"2010 Show Off Exhibition, Holiday Party and Farewell to Venice Beach" at Julia Dean Gallery
Venice: 801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio #8, CA 90291, 7-10pm

"The New Realism" at thinkspace
Culver City: 6009 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

Sylvia Ji "Shapeshifter" at Corey Helford Gallery
Culver City: 8522 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

David Hughes "Uitoa" at WPA
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 8pm

Sunday, December 12

Performance: Wooster Group: Vieux Carre "Wooster Group's reimagining of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, a “memory play,” set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. Vieux Carre will run through December 12" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $55 $45 $35, 7pm

Benefit: "Artzone 2010" a one-stop holiday shop for affordable art. Artists from both galleries have been invited to submit art work priced at $500 or below at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 2-5pm

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