As we move into October, the art world picks up steam. From book launches and signings to performances and openings, there are many events to check out this week.

Thursday:

+ "Compassion Fatigue" New Wight Biennial 2014 curated by Damir Avdagic and Abigail Collins at UCLA (New Wight Gallery)

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Tuesday, September 30

Book launch: Robert Ashley at Ooga Booga
Downtown: 356 S. Mission Rd., CA 90033, 7pm

Wednesday, October 1

Artist Talk: Zackary Drucker & Rhys Ernst "Post / Relationship /X" at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Culver City: 2685 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 7pm

Viviana Druga at Actual Size Los Angeles
Chinatown: 741 New High Street , CA 90012, 8-10:30pm

Thursday, October 2

+ "Compassion Fatigue" New Wight Biennial 2014 curated by Damir Avdagic and Abigail Collins at UCLA (New Wight Gallery) Beverly Hills: 240 Charles E. Young Drive, suite 1100, CA 90095, 5-8pm

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Penelope Umbrico // Kiel Johnson at Mark Moore Gallery
Culver City: 5790 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-8pm

Jack N. Mohr "The Red Room" at Artamo Gallery
Santa Barbara: 11 West Anapamu Street, CA 93101, 5-8pm

Saturday, October 4

Performance: Doug Aitken at Regen Projects
Hollywood: 6750 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038, 4-8pm

Gay Summer Rick, Suzanne Unrein "Beasts and Trees, Cities and Seas" at bG Gallery Bergamot Station
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 0, 6-10pm

Art Fair: Various Graphic Artists "6th Annual LA Printers Fair" curated by Mark Barbour at International Printing Museum Torrance: 315 W Torrance blvd, CA 90745, $10, 9am-4pm

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"Molecule: Designing the Unseen" at Fifth Floor Gallery
Chinatown: 502 Chung King Court, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Sunday, October 5

Book Signing: F. Scott Hess at Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach: 2300 E Ocean Boulevard, CA 90803, 2-4pm

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