Start your Saturday night out with a rare lecture on the intersections of philosophy and art by Marcus Steinweg, at Blum and Poe, from 6-7:30pm.

For Destroy All Monsters fans, Mike Kelley curates the first retrospective exhibition of work by the original members, Mike Kelley, Cary Loren, Niagara, and Jim Shaw. Accompanying the exhibition is a full color, 312-page catalogue co-published with PictureBox and edited by Mike Kelley and Dan Nadel with an essay by Nicole Rudick. PRISM Gallery, Saturday 7-9pm.

Then, Cindy Bernard will show her 24-hour video piece, Year Long Loop, at Human Resources from November 19th, 4pm through November 20th, 4pm. The piece consists of 5 minute shots taken from a viewpoint in Mt. Washington over the span of one year. The compiled five minute segments form a 24-hour video loop. To reward you for your viewing effort, doughnuts and coffee will be served during the final two hours on Sunday, November 20th. 

There are some great exhibits up at LACMA right now, including, Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World and Edward Kienholz’s Five Car Stud (1969–72). 

In a 1966 interview, when asked why he became an artist, Ed Kienholz humorously replied, "I knew that there was more things in the world than milking cows and listening about folk on the radio, and I wanted to know what it was about." 

See you out there.

Thursday:
+ "targetvideo77: Cal Punk & Performance" at Annie Wharton Los Angeles

Friday:
+ Performance: "Dynasty Handbag" at Human Resources (HRLA)

Saturday:
+ "Return Of The Repressed: Destroy All Monsters 1973-1977" at PRISM
+ Angeline Lacerenza, Anne Martens, Anne Martens, Barbara Drucker, Bart Exposito, Charles Irvin, Chris Reynolds, Chris Wilder, Eben Goff, Edgar Bryan, Emily Hochman, Frank Ryan, Ian Pines, Jason Yates, Mark Dutcher, Michael Dopp, Mimi Lauter, Nathan Danilowicz, Pearl C Hsiung, Rachel Detroit, Robert Olsen, Roger Herman, Ryan Slugget, Sandeep Mukherjee, Sarah Perry, Steven Hull "Monothematic Delusions and the Perception of Identity" at Latned Atsar
+ Lecture: Marcus Steinweg "On Art and Philosophy" at Blum & Poe
+ Michael Decker "Adult Roman Numeral Thirty" at Steve Turner Contemporary
+ Aaron Morse, Matthias Merkel Hess at Acme Gallery
+ Ross Bleckner "Paintings" at Scott White Contemporary Art

Sunday:
+ "Hotel Party" at museum of public fiction

Tuesday, November 15

Samara Golden "Rape of the Mirror" at Night Gallery
Lincoln Heights: 204 S. Ave 19 , CA 90031, 10pm

Wednesday, November 16

Ashleigh Sumner, Barbara Kolo, Carl Smith, Chrtian Manss, Clara Berta, Courtney raney, Danny Maltzman, E, Edith Konrad, Hilary Bond, Johnny Taylor, Kati Elm, Kerianne Connor, Lucinda Luvaas, Mark Acetelli, Raul de la Torre, Robert Lebsack, Stefan Meyer, Susy Hunziker, ZanRe "The Silver Lining" curated by Claudia Deutsch, Mona Telega at Artspace Warehouse
West Hollywood: 7354 Beverly Boulevard, CA 90036, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: Farrah Karapetian, Holly Myers, Mara De Luca "Faith, Hope And Fx" Creating The Contemporary Sublime at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Culver City: 2685 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, RSVP: gallery@luisdejesus.com, 7-9pm

Thursday, November 17

"Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition" at UCLA (New Wight Gallery)
Beverly Hills: 240 Charles E. Young Drive, suite 1100, CA 90095, 5-8pm

Cathy Stone, David E. Stone, Gerald Walburg, John Tremblay, Lowell Darling, Mark Rodriguez, Peter Coffin, Richard Haley, Robert Arneson, Stephen Kaltenbach "Another Year In LA" at Pacific Design Center
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Ann Stock, Ching Ching Cheng, Danial Nord, Lauren DiCioccio, Nicola Vruwink, Some Guy "Transmit." at Den Contemporary Art
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, Pacific Design Cente, CA 90069, 5-8:30pm

+ "targetvideo77: Cal Punk & Performance" at Annie Wharton Los Angeles
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, b257, CA 90069, 6-8pm

"Mary Anna Pomonis: In Brio" at Annie Wharton Los Angeles
West Hollywood: 8687 Melrose Avenue, b257, CA 90069, 6-8pm

"Homage" at Edgar Varela Fine Arts (EVFA)
Downtown: 727 S. Spring Street, CA 90014, $30, 8pm-2am

Beverly Houwing, Mark Leevan "Friend or Fo-to" at G2 Gallery
Venice: 1503 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, CA 90291, RSVP, 6:30-9pm

Christopher Taylor, Neil Losin, Sheri Mandel "Emerging IV" at G2 Gallery
Venice: 1503 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, CA 90291, RSVP, 6:30-9pm

Screening: "Exchange + Evolution: Worldwide Video Long Beach 1974-1999" at Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach: 2300 E Ocean Boulevard, CA 90803, 7-10pm

Friday, November 18

+ Performance: "Dynasty Handbag" at Human Resources (HRLA)
Chinatown: 410 Cottage Home street, CA 90012, 8pm

David Bell, Noah Spindler "Lean on Me" at Control Room
Boyle Heights: 2006 East 7th St, CA 90021, 7-10pm

"Ghost Bikes Documentary" at Museum of Ventura County
Ventura: 100 East Main Street, CA 93001, $5 RSVP, 6:30 & 7:15pm

Saturday, November 19

KC Ortiz, Pose "Whitewash" at Known Gallery
West Hollywood: 441 N Fairfax avenue, CA 90036, 8-11pm

+ "Return Of The Repressed: Destroy All Monsters 1973-1977" at PRISM
West Hollywood: 8746 W. Sunset Boulevard, CA 90069, RSVP, 7-9pm

Heather Arndt "Think Milk" at Co-op 28 gallery
Los Feliz: 1728 N Vermont avenue, CA 90027, 6-9pm

Closing reception: Charles Dickson, Clement Hanami, Darren Hostetter, Dominique Moody, Kendell Carter, Liam O'Callaghan, Michael Massenburg "Listen With Your Eyes: A Group exhibition inspired by Jazz" at Morono Kiang Gallery
Downtown: 218 W 3rd Street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

"The Experimental Impulse" at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

+ Angeline Lacerenza, Anne Martens, Anne Martens, Barbara Drucker, Bart Exposito, Charles Irvin, Chris Reynolds, Chris Wilder, Eben Goff, Edgar Bryan, Emily Hochman, Frank Ryan, Ian Pines, Jason Yates, Mark Dutcher, Michael Dopp, Mimi Lauter, Nathan Danilowicz, Pearl C Hsiung, Rachel Detroit, Robert Olsen, Roger Herman, Ryan Slugget, Sandeep Mukherjee, Sarah Perry, Steven Hull "Monothematic Delusions and the Perception of Identity" at Latned Atsar
Baldwin Hills: 3222 West Jefferson Blvd, CA 90018, 2-7pm

Lori La Mont "Under The Influence" at Frank Pictures Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, A-5, CA 90404, RSVP to laurie@frankpicturesgallery.com, 5-8pm

"The Gleam in the Young Bastard's Eye" at William Turner Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite E1, CA 90404, 6:30-8:30pm

Charles Arnoldi "Art Works from the 1970's" at Rosamund Felsen Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Barbara Kasten "Experimental Photography from the 1970s" at Gallery Luisotti/Ram Publications
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , building A 2, CA 90404, 6-8pm

"Lost & Found: Abstracting Los Angeles 1945-1980" at Robert Berman Gallery (B7)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, B7, CA 90404, 6-9pm

Brenda Holzke "Intimate Apparel" at Altered Space Gallery
Venice: 1221 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, CA 90291, 6-9pm

Peter Shelton "eyehand" at L.A. Louver
Venice: 45 North Venice Boulevard, CA 90291, 4-8pm

Maddy LeMel "Suspended States" at George Billis Gallery LA
Culver City: 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 5-8pm

Nina Tichava "Constructed Environments: Plant, Pixel and Grid" at George Billis Gallery LA
Culver City: 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 5-8pm

Brian Calvin, Charles Garabedian, John McAllister, Zach Harris at David Kordansky Gallery
Culver City: 3143 S. La Cienega Blvd., Unit A, CA 90016, 6-9pm

Kaz Oshiro, Taro Shinoda "Sculpture Garden (Collaborative Project)" at Las Cienegas Projects
Culver City: 2045 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 7-10pm

+ Lecture: Marcus Steinweg "On Art and Philosophy" at Blum & Poe
Culver City: 2727 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6pm

Ron English "Seasons In Supurbia" at Corey Helford Gallery
Culver City: 8522 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

"Ever Green" at Monte Vista
Highland Park: 5442 Monte Vista Street, CA 90042, 8-10pm

Samvel Saghatelian "Body" curated by Shannon Rowland at Bleicher/Golightly (MID WILSHIRE)
Mid-Wilshire: 355 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 7-10pm

+ Michael Decker "Adult Roman Numeral Thirty" at Steve Turner Contemporary
Mid-Wilshire: 6026 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Ronnie Hughes "Zygotic Tendencies" at Steve Turner Contemporary
Mid-Wilshire: 6026 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90036, 6-8pm

+ Aaron Morse, Matthias Merkel Hess at Acme Gallery
Mid-Wilshire: 6150 Wilshire Blvd., CA 90048, 6-8pm

Karen Sargsyan "Prisoners of Conscience" at Ambach & Rice
Mid-Wilshire: 6148 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90048, 6-8pm

Daniel Ingroff, Danielle McCullough, Lia Lowenthal "Circinus & Horologium" at CSULA Fine Arts Gallery
Alhambra: 5151 State University Drive, CA 90032, 6-8pm

Matt Haber "Luminous World" at LeBasse Projects (Chinatown)
Chinatown: 932 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-8pm

"Year Long Loop" at Human Resources (HRLA)
Chinatown: 410 Cottage Home street, CA 90012, 4pm screening, 7-10pm reception

+ Ross Bleckner "Paintings" at Scott White Contemporary Art
San Diego: 7655 Girard avenue, suite 101, CA 92037, 6-8pm

Scott McMillin "Intersections" at Scape
Corona Del Mar: 2859 E Coast highway, CA 92625, 6-8pm

Sunday, November 20

Closing reception: Kathy Goldberg, Robin Becker "From Within" at Topanga Canyon Gallery
Topanga: 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd, suite 109, CA 90290, 2-5pm

Closing reception: Susan Sironi "New ABCs: Altered Books & Collages" at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 2-5pm

+ "Hotel Party" at museum of public fiction
Highland Park: 749 avenue 50, CA 90042, 7-10pm

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