Art Platform Los Angeles and Pulse are art fairs launching for the first time in Los Angeles, the same weekend as Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945 - 1980, an unprecedented collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California, coming together to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene.

The events this weekend will not only showcase the biggest and the brightest galleries and museums in Los Angeles. There are plenty of opportunities to learn about non-profit and alternative spaces, such as Co/Lab at Art Platform, the Non Profit section at Pulse, and a highlighted thread of events connected to Pacific Standard Time, featuring a History of Art Spaces in Southern California. 

All you need now is a full tank of gas, some comfortable shoes and a pair of sunglasses. Welcome to art in Los Angeles.

Cheers,

Lee Foley
Editor, Artcards Los Angeles

Tuesday:
+ Performance: "Los Angeles Goes Live" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

Thursday:
+ Ed Moses, Laddie John Dill, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Robert Wilhite "5.Lite" at MK2 Projects

Friday:
+ "Opening Night Reception with Musical Performance" at Fountain Art Fair (Lot 613)
+ "Vernissage Party" at Art Platform LA (L.A. Mart)
+ Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Pulse Los Angeles

Tuesday, September 27

Daniel Askill, David LaChapelle at PRISM
West Hollywood: 8746 W. Sunset Boulevard, CA 90069, 7-9pm

+ Performance: "Los Angeles Goes Live" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 8-10pm (Peep Totter Fly performance by Cheri Gaulke at 8:30pm)

Eli Langer "A Practical Approach To Spontaneous Painting And Modeling" at Night Gallery
Lincoln Heights: 204 S. Ave 19 , CA 90031, BYOB, 10pm

Thursday, September 29

+ Ed Moses, Laddie John Dill, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Robert Wilhite "5.Lite" at MK2 Projects
Downtown: 125 E 6th street, CA 90013, 6-10pm

Jonas Torvestig "Gimme Some" at This Los Angeles
Highland Park: 5906 N Figueroa St, CA 90042, RSVP to danceright.net/pbj, 7-10pm

Friday, September 30

+ "Opening Night Reception with Musical Performance" at Fountain Art Fair (Lot 613)
Downtown: 613 Imperial street, CA 90021, $10, 7pm-midnight

"Normal Fair Hours" at Fountain Art Fair (Lot 613)
Downtown: 613 Imperial street, CA 90021, $10, noon-7pm

Preview: "Opening Preview" at Art Platform LA (L.A. Mart)
Downtown: 1933 S Broadway, CA 90007, $500, 3-5pm

+ "Vernissage Party" at Art Platform LA (L.A. Mart)
Downtown: 1933 S Broadway, CA 90007, $125, 5-9pm

"VIP Preview" at Pulse Los Angeles
Downtown: 1005 West Chick Hearn Court, CA 90015, $100, noon-2pm

+ Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Pulse Los Angeles
Downtown: 1005 West Chick Hearn Court, CA 90015, $20, 2-8pm

Art Fair: "Brewery Artwalk Fall 2011" Artists of the Brewery at Brewery Arts Complex
Chinatown: 2100 N Main Street, CA 90031, 11am-6pm

Saturday, October 1

? "Haunted House" at The Hive Gallery
Downtown: 729 S. Spring St. , CA 90014, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"LA Weekly Presents Musical Performances" at Fountain Art Fair (Lot 613)
Downtown: 613 Imperial street, CA 90021, 7pm-midnight

"Normal Fair Hours" at Fountain Art Fair (Lot 613)
Downtown: 613 Imperial street, CA 90021, $10, noon-7pm

Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Art Platform LA (L.A. Mart)
Downtown: 1933 S Broadway, CA 90007, $20, 11am-6pm

Guy Dill, Lloyd Hamrol, Michael Todd, Peter Shire, Robert Williams "LA5: Sculpture That Shaped The City" curated by Molly Barnes at PYO Gallery LA
Downtown: 1100 South Hope Street, suite 105, CA 90015, 6-8pm

Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Pulse Los Angeles
Downtown: 1005 West Chick Hearn Court, CA 90015, $20, 11am-7pm

? William Leavitt "Wind Sound" 1970 at Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroads
Santa Monica: 1714 Twenty First Street, Crossroads School 2n, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Eriberto Oriol, Estevan Oriol "Like Father, Like Son" at Carmichael Gallery
Culver City: 5795 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-9pm

Airom, Andreea Enache Uanciufrii, Arturo Jimenez Haro, Barry Markowitz, Bill Hicks, Courtney Reid, Garrett Wentzell, Gay Summer Rick, Gerta Lind, Jose Lopes, Kelly Thompson, Lynn Coleman, Marcus Durkheim, Oscar Magallones, Robert Oblon, Robyn Killian, Shannon Rowland, Simone Gad, Stephen Jerome, Tracey Harnish, Vyalone, Wenceslao Quiroz "Soft Machine UT" curated by Mike Saijo at Bleicher/Golightly (MID WILSHIRE)
Mid-Wilshire: 355 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 6-10pm

Performance: "13th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, $5, 4-11pm

Elissa Kline, Gil Mares, Hadi Salehi, Jason Speth "Finesse: Four Photographers" at PS Zask Art Gallery
Long Beach: 550 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, suite 151, CA 90274, 6-9pm

Sunday, October 2

Workshop: Albert Reyes, Jaime Zacarias, Miguel Filipe "Revisions of LA" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 1-4pm

"Normal Fair Hours" at Fountain Art Fair (Lot 613)
Downtown: 613 Imperial street, CA 90021, $10, noon-7pm

Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Art Platform LA (L.A. Mart)
Downtown: 1933 S Broadway, CA 90007, $20, 11am-6pm

Chris Richmond, CK Lyons, Jill Spector, Jim Shaw, John Baldessari, Marnie Weber, Mustafa Hulusi, Peter Wu, Rob Brander, Scott Marvel Cassidy "Interchange" at Anna Meliksetian Gallery (Exchange LA)
Downtown: 618 S. Spring street, CA 90014, 6-10pm

Arto Lindsay, Rirkrit Tiravanija, West of Rome Public Art (WoR) "Trespass Parade" at West of Rome
Downtown: 1933 South Broadway, CA 90007, 11am

Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Pulse Los Angeles
Downtown: 1005 West Chick Hearn Court, CA 90015, $20, 11am-7pm

Panel Discussion: Alison Kudlow, Amy Green, Kristin Calabrese, Mark Dutcher, Samantha Fields "Sincerely Whose? Authenticity, Irony and Uncertainty in Contemporary Art" at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 3pm

Monday, October 3

Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Art Platform LA (L.A. Mart)
Downtown: 1933 S Broadway, CA 90007, $20, 11am-4pm

? "Trespass blow-out benefit party for WoR" at West of Rome (Union Station)
Downtown: Union Station, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Art Fair: "Normal Fair Hours" at Pulse Los Angeles
Downtown: 1005 West Chick Hearn Court, CA 90015, $20, 11am-5pm

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+ = Editor's pick
? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.