Saturday is an opportune evening to go to art galleries this week. Here are some recommendations:

The Company with an exhibition of paintings by David Hendren: In the shade.

Amanda Hunt curates a collection of video works at Various Small Fires, in A Fear of Paranoia.

Pepin Moore presents a dynamic group exhibition that tackles the tenuous relationship between art and politics, curated by Phil Chang. Phil Chang will exhibit his own work in a solo exhibition at LAXART on March 10th.

Holly Coulis exhibits large scale still-life paintings in a solo exhibition at Cherry and Martin.
 

Wednesday:
+ James Welling "Geometric Abstraction" at Regen Projects
+ Lecture: Evan Holloway at Hammer Museum

Saturday:
+ Screening: Eder Santos, George Kontos, Sanya Kantarovsky, Yemenwed "A Fear of Paranoia" curated by Amanda Hunt at Various Small Fires
+ David Hendren "In The Shade" at The Company
+ Alexis Smith, Arthur Ou, Erika Vogt, Erlea Maneros Zabala, Jeff Wall, Justin Cole, Owen Kydd, Shannon Ebner, Sharon Lockhart, Walead Beshty, Yanai Toister "Affective Turns?" at Pepin Moore
+ Andrew Lewicki "Fabricatio Desiderii" at Charlie James Gallery

Wednesday, February 29

+ James Welling "Geometric Abstraction" at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 633 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 6-8pm

+ Lecture: Evan Holloway at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: Alina Szapocznikow at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 12:30pm

Thursday, March 1

Mark Ryden "Pinxit" at Michael Kohn Gallery (Taschen Store)
Beverly Hills: 354 Beverly Dr., CA 90210, 7-9pm

Dorothy Iannone, James Lee Byars, James Storey "Regent Street" at LAND
West Hollywood: 8126 - 8132 Santa Monica Blvd., CA 90046, 6-9pm

Performance: Chris Vargas, Heather Cassils, Wu Tsang, Zackary Drucker "Transactivation: Revealing Queer Histories in the Archive" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 6-9pm

Performance: Robert Owens-Greygrass "Walking on Turtle Island" at Autry
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 4700 Western Heritage Way, CA 90027, $11, 8pm

"Transactivation: Revealing Queer Histories in the Archives" at ONE: National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Downtown: 909 West Adams Blvd., CA 90007, 6-9pm

Performance: "Mirah, Secret Drum Band, Daymoon, Naps" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, $10, 8:30pm

Friday, March 2

"Artists Merchandising Art" at Wonderloch Kellerland
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 3149 Glendale Blvd., CA 90039, 7-11pm

Robert Owens-Greygrass "Ghostlands of an Urban NDN" at Autry
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 4700 Western Heritage Way, CA 90027, $11, 8pm

Natalia Villanueva "Write Spirit Village" at Aran Cravey Venice: 1638 Abbot Kinney Blvd, CA 90291, 6-9pm

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"Don't Buy" at Altered Space Gallery
Venice: 1221 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, CA 90291, 6-9pm

Samantha Roth "Dwayne Wayned" at Workspace
Highland Park: 2601 Pasadena Ave, Unit C, CA 90031, 7-10pm

David Casey, Joe Grimm "Cornered" at Concord Space
Highland Park: 1010 SAN FERNANDO ROAD, CA 90065, 7-10pm

Saturday, March 3

Chris Otcasek at Gallery Brown
Beverly Hills: 140 South Orlando avenue, CA 90048, 6-10pm

Delia Brown "Last Exit: Punta Junta" at Martha Otero Gallery
West Hollywood: 820 N Fairfax Avenue, CA 90046, 6-8pm

DeLoss McGraw "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" at Couturier Gallery
West Hollywood: 166 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 5-8pm

Aivars Vilipsons, Eriks Jerumanis, Kristiana Dimiters, Roberts Kolcovs, Rudite Mazure Godfrey, Ruta Linite "Riga Nouveau Babes" at Norbertellen Gallery
Downtown: 215 W 6th street, CA 90014, 6-10pm

"Papel y Madera" curated by Oscar Magallanes at Crewest
Downtown: 110 Winston street, CA 90013, 6-10pm

Christopher Brown, John Register, Robert Bechtle, Wayne Thiebaud "California Realism" at Leslie Sacks Fine Art
Brentwood: 11640 San Vicente Boulevard, CA 90049, 6-8pm

Sharon Johnson-Tennant "Diffusion" at Robert Berman Gallery (C2)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 7-10pm

Dennis Hopper "The Fort Worth 400" at Craig Krull Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 4-6pm

Jason Peters "L.A. Deluxe" at Robert Berman Gallery (C2)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-8pm

"Ed's Party: Spheres of Influence in the LA Art Scene" at William Turner Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite E1, CA 90404, 6:30-8:30pm

Ann Chamberlin, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Houston, Carlo Marcucci, Christopher Murphy, Cindy Kane, Enjeong Noh, Eowyn Wilcox, Gershom, Gronk, Guy Diehl, Jeff Matsuno, Jon Swihart, Josh Dov, Judith Foosaner, Keira Kotler, Kim Dingle, Kimberly Merrill, Laura Karetzky, Laura Lasworth, Lawrence Gipe, Lynn Hanson, Mary Snowden, Michael Chapman, Patty Wickman, Richard Bruland, Richard Sedivy, Robert Ginder, Ron Rizk, Sherry Markovitz, Stephanie Mercado "Small Paintings" at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, #T3, CA 90404, 5-7pm

Jerry McMillan "The Artist's Image" at Craig Krull Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 4-6pm

Closing reception: Farideh Azad, Joel Harris "Dreaming" at Topanga Canyon Gallery
Topanga: 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd, suite 109, CA 90290, 4-7pm

+ Screening: Eder Santos, George Kontos, Sanya Kantarovsky, Yemenwed "A Fear of Paranoia" curated by Amanda Hunt at Various Small Fires
Venice: 1212-B Abbot Kinney Boulevard, CA 90291, 8pm

Chris Engman, Cody Trepte, John Houck, Samantha Roth "Dualities, Omissions, Loops and Ruptures" at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Culver City: 2685 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-9pm

"Holly Coulis" at Cherry and Martin
Culver City: 2712 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-8pm

"Picks of the Harvest 2012" at Thinkspace Gallery
Culver City: 6009 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 5-8pm

Tour: "Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles" curated by Sonia Mak at Vincent Price Art Museum (East Los Angeles College)
Monterey Park: 1301 Cesar Chavez Ave., 2pm

Performance: "My Barbarian" at Human Resources (HRLA)
Chinatown: 410 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 8-11pm

+ David Hendren "In The Shade" at The Company
Chinatown: 955 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-9pm

+ Alexis Smith, Arthur Ou, Erika Vogt, Erlea Maneros Zabala, Jeff Wall, Justin Cole, Owen Kydd, Shannon Ebner, Sharon Lockhart, Walead Beshty, Yanai Toister "Affective Turns?" at Pepin Moore
Chinatown: 933 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 7-9pm

Screening: Alexa Gerrity, Jesse Fleming "Moving Image Contemporary Video Art Fair" at The Company
Chinatown: 955 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-8pm

+ Andrew Lewicki "Fabricatio Desiderii" at Charlie James Gallery
Chinatown: 975 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Performance: A Balloon Drop, Ponce de Leon, Pop Happening "Interactive Family Concert" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, 2pm

Carole Milton, Gerd Koch "Together" at Buenaventura Gallery
Ventura: 700 E. Santa Clara street, CA 93001, 4-7pm

Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir "Encounter" at Scott White Contemporary Art
San Diego: 7655 Girard avenue, suite 101, CA 92037, 6-8pm

Brad Miller "Primordial Algorithms" at Scape
Corona Del Mar: 2859 E Coast highway, CA 92625, 6-8pm

Sunday, March 4

Screening: "Material Concerns" at Los Angeles FilmForum
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 143 N. Commonwealth Ave., CA 90004, 7:30pm

"Won Sil Kim, Da Aie Park and Omyrrah Levinson Rogers" at LA Artcore (Union Arts Center)
Downtown: 120 N Judge John Aiso street, CA 90012, 1-3pm

John M. White "Recent Works" at Offramp Gallery
Pasadena: 1702 Lincoln Avenue, CA 91103, 2-5pm

Monday, March 5

Lecture: Peter Eisenman at Sci-Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, CA 90013, 7-9pm

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