Great week ahead in LA: early in the week lectures, discussions, and artist talks take over the scene, giving way to opening receptions later in the week.

Saturday looks like the best night to go out: West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Culver City, Wilshire Blvd, and Chinatown will all be busy.

Great new content on Artcards Review:
- "Featured Artist: Joel Kyack" by Brent Birnbaum
- "Mental States at the New Museum" by Howard Hurst
- "Thierry Dreyfus talks to Eiji Sumi" by Helen Homan Wu
- "Jay Nelson at Triple Base" by Joel Dean

Thursday:
+ Lecture: "Steve Martin in Conversation with Dave Hickey" (SOLD OUT) at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

Friday:
+ Ray Young Chu "You Want Animals? Okay, I'll Give You Animals" at Scoops

Saturday:
+ Augustine Kofie, Favianna Rodriguez, John Carr, Mike Russek, Yuri Shimojo "Edifice Cache" curated by Shervin Shahbazi at Morono Kiang Gallery
+ Victoria Reynolds at Richard Heller Gallery
+ John De Heras at FIG (First Independent Gallery)
+ Koki Tanaka "Dog, Bus, Palm Tree" at The Box

Sunday:
+ Miwa Matreyek "Myth & Infrastructure" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock

Tuesday, February 8

Lecture: "Curator's Talk, The Making of the Trojan Family Tapestry" at USC Fisher Museum of Art
Downtown: 823 Exposition Boulevard, CA 90089, noon-1pm

Rassouli "Journey of the Spirit" at Saddleback College Art Gallery
Orange County: 28000 Marguerite Parkway, CA 92692, 6-9pm

Wednesday, February 9

Artist Talk: Darlyn Susan Yee, Fielden Harper, Joan Horsfall Young at TAG Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 7pm

Panel Discussion: "Culture Flux: Korean Contemporary Art Now And In The Future" curated by Jae Yang at LeBasse Projects
Culver City: 6023 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7:30-10pm

Lecture: "Site-Specificity and Urban Interventionism in Brazil" at Outpost for Contemporary Art
Highland Park: 1268 North Avenue 50, York Street , CA 90042, 7pm

Thursday, February 10

Lecture: "Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 12:30pm

Lecture: "Ellenor Alcorn on The Gilbert Collection and London’s Silver Trade" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 7pm

+ Lecture: "Steve Martin in Conversation with Dave Hickey" (SOLD OUT) at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 7:30pm

Andrea Pun, Canvas, Carmen Perez, Cassia Castro, CBaum, David Milton, DE'BA Designs, Derek Evans, Djembe, Erik Jerumanis, Genea Barnes, Giovanni Barca, Hope Adler, Ione Citrin, Kenneth Johnson, Melanie Hopper, Miguel Andrisani, Nagy Kornel, Neal Crosbie, Nikki Cross, Nikolas Kazoura, Robert Cavalli, Robert E. Richards, Tiffini Myers, Van Ly "Infini Couleur" at Norbertellen Gallery
Downtown: 215 W 6th street, CA 90014, noon-10pm (Downtown LA Art Walk)

Panel Discussion: "Panel Discussion: Focusing on the New China" at Getty
Brentwood: 1200 Getty Center Drive, CA 90049, 7pm

Friday, February 11

+ Ray Young Chu "You Want Animals? Okay, I'll Give You Animals" at Scoops
Los Feliz: 712 North Heliotrope Drive, CA 90029, 7-10pm

Macsorro, Patrick Gannon, Shay Davis "Outside, Looking In" at C.A.V.E. Gallery
Venice: 1108 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, CA 90291, 7-10pm

Saturday, February 12

Closing reception: Manjari Sharma "Water" at Kopeikin Gallery
West Hollywood: 8810 Melrose Avenue, CA 90069, 7-9pm

Ann McCoy "The Alchemist of Pfaueninsel" at Caporale/Bleicher
West Hollywood: 355 North La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 6-10pm

Book Signing: Bram Dijkstra at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 2pm

+ Augustine Kofie, Favianna Rodriguez, John Carr, Mike Russek, Yuri Shimojo "Edifice Cache" curated by Shervin Shahbazi at Morono Kiang Gallery
Downtown: 218 W 3rd Street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

? Shane Guffogg "At the Still Point" at Leslie Sacks Fine Art
Brentwood: 11640 San Vicente Boulevard, CA 90049, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Victoria Reynolds at Richard Heller Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, B-5A, CA 90404, 5-7pm

+ John De Heras at FIG (First Independent Gallery)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Patrick Nickell "The Lending Library Lends a Hand" at Rosamund Felson Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-7pm

James Hayward, John McLaughlin, Scot Heywood "Three Abstract Painters" at Frank Lloyd Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , B5B, CA 90404, 5-7pm

? Domenic Cretara at Schomburg Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite E3A, CA 90404, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"Opening Celebration" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, RSVP to fowlerRSVP@arts.ucla.edu, 6:30-9pm

Ethan Shoshan "Falling Towards Light" at Gallery 3209
Culver City: 3209 S La Cienega Avenue, CA 90034, 3-6pm

William E. Jones at David Kordansky Gallery
Culver City: 3143 S. La Cienega Blvd., Unit A, CA 90016, 6-9pm

Alice Simpson at SoPas Gallery
Pasadena: 1121 Mission Street, CA 91030, 6-9pm

Stan Edmondson at Future Studio
Highland Park: 5558 N Figueroa St, CA 90042, 7-10pm

Ann Madman, Antonio Pelayo, Cordellus Smith, Deborah Thomas, Dennis Mendez, Elizabeth Strozewski, Joe Bravo, John Urquiza, Kacy Treadway, Kiki Eder, Kristy Sandoval, Linda Estrada, Lisa Cabrera, Orestes Gonzalez, Raul Baltazar, Robert Jauregui, Ruben Martinez Jr., Sophia Gasparian, Steven Lopez, Tom Oliver, Toti O’Brien, Wendell Wiggins, Yana Nirvana "~~ Love Vibes ~~" at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 7-10pm

Armando Arreola "Circulo Magico/Magical Circus" at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 7-11pm

James Benning, Jenny Herrick at Steve Turner Contemporary
Mid-Wilshire: 6026 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Jennifer Steinkamp at Acme Gallery
Mid-Wilshire: 6150 Wilshire Blvd., CA 90048, 6-8pm

? David Musgrave at Marc Foxx
Mid-Wilshire: 6150 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90048, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Laurie Frick "Sleep Patterns" at Edward Cella Art + Architecture
Mid-Wilshire: 6018 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Javier Tapia "Angst Journey, Where's the Dead Man's Chest" at WPA
Chinatown: 510 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 7-10pm

Clark Goolsby "STRANGE/LOVE" at POVevolving Gallery
Chinatown: 939 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 7-11pm, 6-8pm

+ Koki Tanaka "Dog, Bus, Palm Tree" at The Box
Chinatown: 977 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Chris Collins "Shelter Skelter" at L2kontemporary
Chinatown: 990 N. Hill Street , suite 205, CA 90012, 6-9pm

"Haiti Relief Group Art Exhibition" at Jose Vera Fine Art & Antiques
Eagle Rock: 2012 Colorado Boulevard, CA 90041, 6-9pm

Sunday, February 13

Book Signing: Keanu Reeves at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 4-6pm

? Larry Fink "Hollywood, 2000-2009" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Howard Craig "The Life and Art of Howard Craig (1925-2010)" at Topanga Canyon Gallery
Topanga: 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd, suite 109, CA 90290, 2-5pm

Workshop: "Kids in the Courtyard: Walking Sculptures" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, 1-4pm

+ Miwa Matreyek "Myth & Infrastructure" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, 6-9pm

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