It's a big week for photography shows in Los Angeles, with some big names on the bill: from Robert Mapplethorpe at OHWOW Los Angeles, to Taryn Simon at Gagosian Beverly Hills, and Peter Lindbergh at Fahey/Klein Gallery.

Thursday:
+ Taryn Simon "Birds of the West Indies" at Gagosian

Tuesday, February 25

Panel Discussion: Elena Bajo "With Entheogenic Intent (Burn the Witch)" at 18th Street Arts Center
Santa Monica: 1639 18th Street, CA 90404, 6:30-:30pm

Wednesday, February 26

Panel Discussion: "Arquitectura Contemporánea" at MAK Center for Art and Architecture
West Hollywood: 835 N. Kings Road, CA 90069, 7pm

Walead Beshty "Selected Bodies of Work" at Regen Projects
Hollywood: 6750 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038, 6-8pm

Walead Beshty at Regen Projects
Hollywood: 6750 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038, 6-8pm

Thursday, February 27

+ Taryn Simon "Birds of the West Indies" at Gagosian
Beverly Hills: 456 North Camden Drive, CA 90210, 6-8pm

Peter Lindbergh "Photographs" at Fahey/Klein Gallery (FKG)
West Hollywood: 148 N La Brea Avenue, CA 90036, 7-9pm

Screening: Andrea Márquez at Echo Park Film Center
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1200 N. Alvarado St., CA 90026, 8pm

Artist Talk: Betye Saar at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7:30pm

Friday, February 28

Robert Mapplethorpe "As Above, So Below" at OHWOW Los Angeles
West Hollywood: 937 N La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90069, 7-9pm

? Benefit: "L.A. in the NINETIES" at Night Gallery
Downtown: 2276 East 16th St, CA 90021, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Saturday, March 1

Michael Guidetti "MPG GUI" at Echo Park Film Center
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1200 N. Alvarado St., CA 90026, 6-9pm

Pam Posey, Yamamoto Masao at Craig Krull Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 4-6pm

"The Undulation of Something Faintly Familiar" curated by Jen DeNike, Rita de Alencar Pinto at Anat Ebgi
Culver City: 2660 S La Cienega Blvd, CA 90034, 6-8pm

Rena Small "The Artists' Hands Continuum" at Angles Gallery
Culver City: 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-8pm

Carol Inez Charney, Wes Hempel at George Billis Gallery LA
Culver City: 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 5-8pm

Anthony Pearson at David Kordansky Gallery
Culver City: 3143 S. La Cienega Blvd., Unit A, CA 90016, 6-8pm

Dan Gluibizzi "Between Friends" at Kopeikin Gallery
Culver City: 2766 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6-8pm

Nicola Tyson "Trouble in Happiness" at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Culver City: 6006 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-8pm

Alex Yanes, Erik Jones, Tran Nguyen at Thinkspace Gallery
Culver City: 6009 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-9pm

Bart Exposito at Thomas Solomon Gallery
Chinatown: 427 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 6-8pm

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