A full week ahead for the first week of May: Thursday night offers a good mix including a LAND benefit, an event at the Fowler, an opening at Caporale/Bleicher, and first Thursday openings in San Pedro. Friday also has good looking shows including Jim Shaw at Patrick Painter. Saturday is the busiest night (per usual) with events throughout the city.

Start off May with a friend: please forward Artcards to your friends!

New on Artcards Review:
- "Featured Artist: Chelsea Knight" by Howard Hurst
- The Making of "Dark Sisters" [video]
- "Ai Wei Wei on the Global Radar" [video]

Thursday:
+ Lizzy Waronker "Detritus" at Caporale/Bleicher
+ "Bold Arts: What's The Boldest Thing You've Ever Done?" at Fowler Museum at UCLA

Friday:
+ Michelle Carla Handel "Strange Skin" at WEEKEND
+ Jim Shaw at Patrick Painter (East Gallery)

Sunday:
+ Lecture: "The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

Wednesday, May 4

Fae Horowitz, Robyn Feeley, Susan Haskell "Life Through the Looking Glass" at Topanga Canyon Gallery
Topanga: 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd, suite 109, CA 90290, 4-7pm

Thursday, May 5

Benefit: "LAND Art Auction & Benefit Party" at LAND (Palihouse)
West Hollywood: 8465 Holloway Drive, CA 90069, tickets, 6:30-8pm VIP Reception, 8pm-midnight auction

+ Lizzy Waronker "Detritus" at Caporale/Bleicher
West Hollywood: 355 North La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 7-10pm

Peter Shire "Hokkaido Story Revisited" at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Hollywood: 4633 Hollywood Blvd, CA 90027, 7-9pm

Performance: Bloody Death Skull, Fatty Dearest, the Avant-Garde Volkpenis "Bloody Death Skull Cinco De Mayo" at Echo Country Outopost
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1930 Echo Park Avenue, CA 90026, $5 donations gets free drink, 8-11pm

David French, Helle Scharling-Todd, John Park, Lydia Tjioe, Mariann Scolinos, Michael Pedziwiatr, Yaya Chou "Exciting Dimensions" at Galerie Rheeway
Korea Town: 3525 West 8th street, suite 216, CA 90005, 6-9pm

+ "Bold Arts: What's The Boldest Thing You've Ever Done?" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, 6:30-10pm

Amy Mayfield, David Prince, Jessica McCambly, John Parot, Kelly Eginton, Rich Bott, Tim Schwartz "Laid Bare" curated by Lara Bullock at The Loft
San Pedro: 401 South Mesa, CA 90731, 6-9pm

Jun Korea, Yejin Jane Oh at Gallery Ls
San Pedro: 362 W 7th Street, CA 90731, 6-9pm

Phyllis Sloane, Zara Kriegstein "Social Satire & Domestic Tranquility" at Gallery Neuartig
San Pedro: 366 West 7th Street, San Pedro CA, CA 90731, 6-9pm

Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Cecilia Paredes, Cinthya Soto "Panoramas" at Salt Fine Art
Laguna Beach: 1492 S. Coast Highway, unit 3, CA 92651, 6-9pm

"Composed In Stone; Rock 'N' Roll!; How I Shot the 60’s & Survived" at Museum of Ventura County
Ventura: 100 East Main Street, CA 93001, RSVP Required: 805.653.0323 X 315, 7-9pm

Friday, May 6

"Pop-Sequentialism" at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Hollywood: 4633 Hollywood Blvd, CA 90027, 8-11pm

+ Michelle Carla Handel "Strange Skin" at WEEKEND
Hollywood: 4634 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90027, 7-10pm

? Scott Siedman "Only Human" at Bert Green Fine Art
Downtown: 451 S. Main street, suite 1206, CA 90013, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Jim Shaw at Patrick Painter (East Gallery)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Ave, Unit A8, CA 90404, 6-8pm

Book Signing: Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Alma Lopez "Our Lady of Controversy" at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 7pm

"First Friday Gallery Crawl" at Buenaventura Gallery
Ventura: 700 E. Santa Clara street, CA 93001, map, 5-8pm

Saturday, May 7

Wyatt Neumann "Love me when I want you to" at Gregory Way Gallery
Beverly Hills: 245 S. Beverly drive, CA 90212, 7-9pm

Christine Nguyen curated by Pam Posey at Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICI)
Beverly Hills: 1512 South Robertson Boulevard, CA 90035, Free to the public; suggested $5 donation., 7-9pm

Anne Hieronymus, Katrina McElroy, Keiko Inoh, Marjan Vayghan at Gallery 825 / LAAA
West Hollywood: 825 N La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90069, 6-9pm

Dashiell Manley, David Gilbert, Fiona Connor, Ivan Iannoli, Jesse Robinson, Job Piston, Juliana Paciulli, Leila Khastoo, Sean Kennedy, Stephen Walters "Beige + Plastic" at Khastoo
West Hollywood: 7556 W. Sunset boulevard, CA 90046, 7:30pm

Performance: "The Inquisitive Musician" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, $10, 8-11:30pm

"New Masters" at Subliminal Projects
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1331 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90026, 8-11pm

Charline von Heyl at 1301PE
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 6150 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90048, 5-8pm

Ji Ho "There, and Now" at PYO Gallery LA
Downtown: 1100 South Hope Street, suite 105, CA 90015, 5-7pm

Samuel Dana Pottish at Norbertellen Gallery
Downtown: 215 W 6th street, CA 90014, 6-10pm

"The Date Farmers" at Ace Gallery
Downtown: 5514 Wilshire Boulevard, La Brea, CA 90036, 8-10pm

Acme, Axis, Chaz Bojorquez, Cre8, Defer, Estria, Fear, Heaven, Man One , Mandoe, Mear, Mural, Neon, Nuke, Panic, Pjay, Precise, Relik, Risky, Sacred194, Siner, Slick, Street Phantom, Tempt, Vogue, Vyal, Zender "Crewest 9th Year Anniversary Show: No Biters Allowed" at Crewest
Downtown: 110 Winston street, CA 90013, 6-10pm

Robert Chapman "Full Circle" at Leslie Sacks Fine Art
Brentwood: 11640 San Vicente Boulevard, CA 90049, 4-6pm

Andrew Rogers "Time and Space" at 18th Street Arts Center
Santa Monica: 1629 18th Street, CA 90404, 6-8pm

Alper Sen, Arzu Kosar, Blair Townsend, Carol Es, Elif Oner, Insel Inan, Marcie Kaufman, Ozan Oganer, Saliha Kasap, Saliha Kasap "Los Angeles Instanbul Connection" curated by Arda Kosar, Saliha Kasap at 18th Street Arts Center
Santa Monica: 1629 18th Street, CA 90404, 6-9pm

Ginny Bishton, Ingrid Calame, Scott Short at Christopher Grimes Gallery
Santa Monica: 916 Colorado Avenue, CA 90401, 6-8pm

Deborah Salt at Juliet McIver Fine Art (at Frank Pictures)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite A-5, CA 90404, 6-9pm

Deborah Salt "Paintings" at Frank Pictures Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, A-5, CA 90404, 6-9pm

Margaret Nielsen "States of Mind" at Samuel Freeman
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite B7, CA 90404, 5-8pm

David Palmer "Walkabout (Talkabout)" at William Turner Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite E1, CA 90404, 6:30-8:30pm

Adonna Khare, Ann Chamberlin at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, #T3, CA 90404, 5-7pm

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

Hideaki Kawashima "Turning" at Richard Heller Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, B-5A, CA 90404, 4-6pm

Max Maslansky "Behind The Internet" at Emma Gray HQ
Culver City: 2600 La Cienega Blvd, CA 90034, 6-9pm

Brian Porray, Wayne White at Western Project
Culver City: 2762 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-8pm

Robby Herbst "Socialworks" at Monte Vista
Highland Park: 5442 Monte Vista Street, CA 90042, 7-10pm

Reading: "Free Foley Poetry Reading" at Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park: 131 North Avenue 50, CA 90042, 6pm

Artist Talk: Allison Miller, Julia Haft-Candell at Acme Gallery
Mid-Wilshire: 6150 Wilshire Blvd., CA 90048, 2pm

? Charles Karubian, Judith Linhares at Jancar Gallery
Chinatown: 961 Chung King Road, CA 90012, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"Russian and Ukrainian Impressionism" at Silvana Gallery Glendale: 1731 West Glenoaks Boulevard, suite 200, CA 91201, 11am-7pm

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Sunday, May 8

+ Lecture: "The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 2pm

Artist Talk: Ed Johnson "Devil Among the Tailors" at Kristi Engle Gallery
Highland Park: 5002 York Avenue, CA 90042, 2pm

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