Another great week ahead in LA -- check out Friday/Saturday especially. Thank you for everyone who emailed us additions and corrections. I'm trying to make this the most complete listing on the web. Any tips you can email us at lainfo@artcards.cc are really helpful.

If you happen to be heading to NYC for The Armory Show art week next week, we are offering a chance to win free tickets. Feel free to email the link to your NYC friends too. Hope you have a great week!

 New on Artcards Review:
- "Featured Artist: Maria Chavez" by Maria Papadomanolaki

Thursday:
+ Lecture: Terry Winters "About Al Taylor" at Santa Monica Museum of Art

Friday:
+ Anish Kapoor, Banks Violette, Christopher Wool, Dan Graham, Douglas Gordon, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Glenn Ligon, Karen Kilimnik, Katharina Fritsch, Matthew Barney, Nick Mauss, Pierre Huyghe, Rachel Kneebone, Richard Phillips, Richard Prince, Sergej Jensen, Ugo Rondinone, Wade Guyton, Walead Beshty, Wolfgang Tillmans "Black Swan: An Exhibition Inspired By The Film" curated by Dominic Sidhu at Regen Projects

Tuesday, February 22

Lecture: "The National Museum of Cambodia: Preserving Cultural Heritage" at Getty
Brentwood: 1200 Getty Center Drive, CA 90049, reservations recommended, 7pm

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

Wednesday, February 23

"Polytopes: The Architecture of Soundscapes" at Sci-Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, CA 90013, 7pm

Thursday, February 24

Book launch: Jorge Mendez Blake "All the Poetry Books" at LEADAPRON
West Hollywood: 8445 Melrose Place, CA 90069, RSVP to rsvp@nomadicdivision.org, 6-9pm

Performance: "Tabla Master Swapan Chaudhuri & Special Guests" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 7:30pm

Lecture: "Sculpting Aphrodite: Praxiteles, Phryne, and the Knidia" at Getty (Getty VIlla)
Pacific Palisades: 17985 Pacific Coast Highway , CA 90272, Reservations required, 7:30pm

+ Lecture: Terry Winters "About Al Taylor" at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, RSVP to rsvp@smmoa.org or 310.453.9184, 7pm

Screening: "The 13 Months of Sukur: Africa’s First World Heritage Cultural Landscape (2010, 50 minutes)" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, 4-6pm

Lecture: "Mindful Awareness" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 12:30pm

Friday, February 25

+ Anish Kapoor, Banks Violette, Christopher Wool, Dan Graham, Douglas Gordon, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Glenn Ligon, Karen Kilimnik, Katharina Fritsch, Matthew Barney, Nick Mauss, Pierre Huyghe, Rachel Kneebone, Richard Phillips, Richard Prince, Sergej Jensen, Ugo Rondinone, Wade Guyton, Walead Beshty, Wolfgang Tillmans "Black Swan: An Exhibition Inspired By The Film" curated by Dominic Sidhu at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 633 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Dave Markey, Edward Colver, Glen E. Friedman, Jenny Lens, Jordan Schwartz, Raymond Pettibon, Shepard Fairey, Winston Smith "Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die" curated by Jon Cournoyer, Katherine B. Cone at Subliminal Projects
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1331 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90026, 7-11pm

Performance: "Mona Rogers in Person" by Philip-Dimitri Galas, Performed by Joan Spitler, Directed by Leigh Grode at Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica: 1651 18th Street , CA 90404, $20, 8:30pm

Performance: Connie Walsh, Kathleen Johnson "An evening of sound" at Acme Gallery
Mid-Wilshire: 6150 Wilshire Blvd., CA 90048, 7-8pm

Preview: Auction at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
Van Nuys: 16145 Hart Street , CA 91406, 10am-6pm

Carlisle Cooper, Gerd Koch, Norman Kirk, William McEnroe "Four Masters - Four Legends" at Museum of Ventura County
Ventura: 100 East Main Street, CA 93001, 5:30-7:30pm

Saturday, February 26

Workshop: Anna Ayeroff "Froebel Star Workshop & LISTENING with Alex Harvey and Anna Ayeroff" curated by Alex Harvey at Institute of Cultural Inquiry
Beverly Hills: 1512 South Robertson Boulevard, CA 90035, 2-5pm

Hei Myung Hyun "Passages" at Thomas Paul Fine Art
West Hollywood: 7270 Beverly Boulevard, CA 90036, 6-9pm

Jay Kvapil "Vessels 2010-2011" at Couturier Gallery
West Hollywood: 166 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 5-8pm

"Fast Living" Juror: Elizabeth East at Gallery 825 / LAAA
West Hollywood: 825 N La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90069, 6-9pm

Clare Rojas "Inside Bleak" at PRISM
West Hollywood: 8746 W. Sunset Boulevard, CA 90069, RSVP to prism@nadinejohnson.com, 7-10pm

Lecture: "Committed to Print: An Inside Look at Printmaking History and Techniques" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, $60, 9:30am

? Firooz Zahedi "Elizabeth Taylor in Iran" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Performance: "Nomad Two Worlds: LACE Family Activities Day" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 10am-5pm

"34 Days of Dance" at The Loft at Liz's
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 453 South La Brea, 7-10pm

Larry Mantello "Together Again" at CB1 Gallery
Downtown: 207 W 5th Street, CA 90013, 5-7pm

Performance: "Mona Rogers in Person" by Philip-Dimitri Galas, Performed by Joan Spitler, Directed by Leigh Grode at Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica: 1651 18th Street , CA 90404, $20, 8:30pm

Benefit: "Masterpieces of African American Art" Fund Raising Reception to Benefit the HeArt Project at M. Hanks Gallery
Santa Monica: 3008 Main Street, CA 90405, RSVP required, 6-9pm

? Judy Pfaff "Year of the Dog" at Greenfield Sacks Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite B6, CA 90404, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Dan McCleary, Robin Mitchell at Craig Krull Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 4-6pm

Workshop: "Bikes in the City: Street Safety Workshop and Mini-Ride with C.I.C.L.E." at Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, free with RSVP to contact@CICLE.org, 11am-1pm

? Jose Alberto Marchi at Latin American Masters
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite E2, CA 90404, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Eberhard Havekost "Take Care" at Roberts and Tilton
Culver City: 5801 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-8pm

? Judy Nimtz at Koplin Del Rio Gallery
Culver City: 6031 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Performance: "The Black/Brown Dialogues: nspiration House PoetryChoir" curated by Peter J. Harris at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 7pm

Martin Gantman "Empire" at Kristi Engle Gallery
Highland Park: 5002 York Avenue, CA 90042, 7-10pm

Chris Doyle "Waste_Generation" at Sam Lee Gallery
Chinatown: 990 N. Hill Street , suite 190, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Sunday, February 27

Reading: Annette Cruz, Yago Cura "La Palabra" Hosted by Luivette Resto at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 2-4pm

Monday, February 28

Adam Putnam, Alice Konitz, James Welling, Lucy Raven, Madison Brookshire, Math Bass, Paul Sietsema, Shannon Ebner, W.A.G.E. "The Artist Theater Program: A Group Show of Film and Video Work by Visual Artists" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, $9, 8:30pm

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