This week has a few major highlights. First, "Collective Show," an artist-organized exhibition of contemporary art groups recently established in Los Angeles, opens Thursday. This collaboratively curated "group show of group shows" features artist-run spaces and projects formed in the past five years. Previously realized in New York in 2009 and 2010, Collective Show exhibits local art groups that work in a growing space between established non-profit organizations and commercial galleries.

Second, Art LA Contemporary Art Fair opens at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday and runs daily through Sunday.

And on Saturday, Vaginal Davis performs "dejecta/protecta" at the Moca.

Hope to see you at the shows!
 
New on Artcards Review:
- "Featured Artist: Robert Janitz" by Howard Hurst

Tuesday:
+ Miles Coolidge Patrick Meagher Yunhee Min "WP9" at Night Gallery

Thursday:
+ "Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper" at Dan Graham
+ 323 Projects, ACP (Artist Curated Projects), Actual Size Los Angeles, Adrian Piper Gallery, Art 2102 of Los Angeles, Canal, Commonwealth, Council, Cubo, Dan Graham, Darin Klein, Eighteen Thirty Collaborations (ETC), Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0 *particle group, Elephant, Eternal Telethon, friends, Human Resources, J Moca (Justin’s Museum of Contemporary Art), LA Pedestrians, Los Angeles Road Concerts, Material, Monte Vista, Night Gallery, Open Arms, Public Address, Public Fiction, Secondhome Projects (Berlin), Silvershed, Statler Waldorf Gallery, Summercamp's ProjectProject, The Elysian Park Museum of Art, The Public School, upcoming Collective Show hosts: Ditch Projects (Or, Workspace, Wpa, [Name] "Collective Show LA" at Collective Show

Friday:
+ Performance: Amy Sara Carroll, Brianna Rigg, Dawn Kasper, Dino Dinco, Dorian Wood, Elle Mehrmand, Frankie Martin, Micha Cardenas, Phil Skaller, Robert Crouch, Sadie Barnette, Samuel White, Suzanne Wright, Yann Novak, Zac Monday, Zach Blas "somatic SENSOR" curated by Micha Cárdenas, Elle Mehrmand, and Dino Dinco. at Highways Performance Space
+ Eli Hansen "Next time, they'll know it's us" curated by Anat Ebgi at The Company

Saturday:
+ Performance: "Tom Peters performing Hanne Darboven's Wunschkonzert" at Regen Projects
+ Performance: Vaginal Davis "dejecta/protecta" 4 performances each 45 minutes long at MOCA
+ Performance: Amy Sara Carroll, Brianna Rigg, Dawn Kasper, Dino Dinco, Dorian Wood, Elle Mehrmand, Frankie Martin, Micha Cardenas, Phil Skaller, Robert Crouch, Sadie Barnette, Samuel White, Suzanne Wright, Yann Novak, Zac Monday, Zach Blas "somatic SENSOR" curated by Micha Cárdenas, Elle Mehrmand, and Dino Dinco. at Highways Performance Space

Sunday:
+ Performance: Simone Forti "Sleep Walkers and Striding Crawling" at MOCA

Tuesday, January 18

+ Miles Coolidge Patrick Meagher Yunhee Min "WP9" at Night Gallery
Lincoln Heights: 204 S. Ave 19 , CA 90031, 10-2am

Thursday, January 20

Dewey Ambrosino, Jason Yates, Taft Green "High Task Frequency" curated by Janet Levy at See Line Gallery at the Pacific Design Center (Pacific Design Center)
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue , Suite B274, CA 90069, 5-8pm

"About Paint" at Carl Berg Projects
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, B266, CA 90069, 5-8pm

"Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study" curated by Chloe Bass and Mitch McEwen at Superfront LA
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue , Pacific Design Cente, CA 90048, 5-8:30pm

"Jamaica" at Annie Wharton Los Angeles
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, b257, CA 90069, 5-8:30pm

Elaine Parks, Graphite Drawings by Jennifer Celio, Haikuhie Tataryan Christine Weir, PROJECT ROOM: Pharmacia Poetica Installation Proj, Sculptural Installation by Julia Westerbeke "Staccato" at Den Contemporary Art
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, Pacific Design Cente, CA 90069, 5:30 - 8:30 pm

Lecture: James Welling at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Sol LeWitt "Structures, Works on Paper, Wall Drawings 1971-2005" at L.A. Louver
Venice: 45 North Venice Boulevard, CA 90291, 6-8pm

+ "Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper" at Dan Graham
Chinatown: 506 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 6pm

+ 323 Projects, ACP (Artist Curated Projects), Actual Size Los Angeles, Adrian Piper Gallery, Art 2102 of Los Angeles, Canal, Commonwealth, Council, Cubo, Dan Graham, Darin Klein, Eighteen Thirty Collaborations (ETC), Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0 *particle group, Elephant, Eternal Telethon, friends, Human Resources, J Moca (Justin’s Museum of Contemporary Art), LA Pedestrians, Los Angeles Road Concerts, Material, Monte Vista, Night Gallery, Open Arms, Public Address, Public Fiction, Secondhome Projects (Berlin), Silvershed, Statler Waldorf Gallery, Summercamp's ProjectProject, The Elysian Park Museum of Art, The Public School, upcoming Collective Show hosts: Ditch Projects (Or, Workspace, Wpa, [Name] "Collective Show LA" at Collective Show
Chinatown: 995 and 997 N Hill Street, CA 90043, 6-9pm

Friday, January 21

+ Performance: Amy Sara Carroll, Brianna Rigg, Dawn Kasper, Dino Dinco, Dorian Wood, Elle Mehrmand, Frankie Martin, Micha Cardenas, Phil Skaller, Robert Crouch, Sadie Barnette, Samuel White, Suzanne Wright, Yann Novak, Zac Monday, Zach Blas "somatic SENSOR" curated by Micha Cárdenas, Elle Mehrmand, and Dino Dinco. at Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica: 1651 18th Street , CA 90404, $15 general admission and $10 for students/seniors, 8:30 pm

Paul Stoelting "Content Aware" at Pepin Moore
Chinatown: 933 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 7-9pm

+ Eli Hansen "Next time, they'll know it's us" curated by Anat Ebgi at The Company
Chinatown: 946 Yale street, CA 90012, 7-9pm

Saturday, January 22

+ Performance: "Tom Peters performing Hanne Darboven's Wunschkonzert" at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 633 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 3-5pm

Mark Mothersbaugh + Shepard Fairey at Subliminal Projects
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1331 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90026, 8-11pm

+ Performance: Vaginal Davis "dejecta/protecta" 4 performances each 45 minutes long at MOCA
Downtown: 250 South Grand Avenue , CA 90012, $15- $20, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm & 10pm

Closing reception: "Micro Gestalt installation" at Bleicher/Golightly
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 6-10pm

Performance: "Micro Gestalt installation" at Bleicher/Golightly
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 8pm

+ Performance: Amy Sara Carroll, Brianna Rigg, Dawn Kasper, Dino Dinco, Dorian Wood, Elle Mehrmand, Frankie Martin, Micha Cardenas, Phil Skaller, Robert Crouch, Sadie Barnette, Samuel White, Suzanne Wright, Yann Novak, Zac Monday, Zach Blas "somatic SENSOR" curated by Micha Cárdenas, Elle Mehrmand, and Dino Dinco. at Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica: 1651 18th Street , CA 90404, $15 general admission and $10 for students/seniors, 8:30 pm

Jacob Magraw-Mickelson, Rachell Sumpter at Richard Heller Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, B-5A, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Hyung Kwan Kim, Seok Kim, Yeonju Sung and Jin Young Yu "Ahn-Nyung | Hello" curated by Jae Yang | Art-merge at LeBasse Projects
Culver City: 6023 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

arne De Bouver, carribean Fragoza, Fallen Fruit "The Biotechnic Opera" at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, $5-$10 suggested, 7pm

Andy Moses, Brian Getnick, Brian Wills, Bruce Nauman, Claudia Parducci, David French, Ed Ruscha, Edith Bauman, John McCracken, Juan Capistran, Kristin Klosterman, Laddie John Dill, Larry Bell, Lisa Bartleson, Mary Corse, Paul McCarthy, Peter Alexander, Robert Irwin, Spencer Finch, Steve Hough, Walead Beshty "What's New, Pussycat?" at TAM (Torrance Art Museum)
Torrance: 3320 Civic Center Drive, CA 90503, 6pm

Sunday, January 23

+ Performance: Simone Forti "Sleep Walkers and Striding Crawling" at MOCA
Downtown: 250 South Grand Avenue , CA 90012, NFO 213-621-1736 free, 7pm

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