Art Openings

THE CONFERENCE ROOM 325 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills. “Charm School”: Nikki Nash, paintings; thru Sept. 13. (310) 734-4162.

GALERIE MICHAEL 430 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills. “Marc Chagall: Daphnis and Chloe and Other Prints”: suite of 42 color lithographs; thru Sept. 14. (310) 273-3377.

GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., Culver City. Glenn Ossiander and Stanley Goldstein; paintings; Derek Buckner, works on paper; thru Oct. 6. Reception Sat., Sept. 8, 5-8 p.m. (310) 838-3685.

GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd., W.L.A. Misaki Kawai, sculpture; thru Sept. 12. (310) 445-9276.

INDIE COLLECTIVE 6039-A Washington Blvd., Culver City. “House Work”: Susan Arena, paintings and drawings; thru Sept. 14. (310) 837-7714.

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA 1023 Hilgard Ave., Wstwd. Mario Giacomelli, photos; thru Sept. 15. (310) 443-3250.

LAB 101 8530-B Washington Blvd., Culver City. “Days of Being Wild”: Andy Kehoe, Kathleen Lolley, Evan B. Harris, paintings; thru Sept. 19. (310) 558-0911.

MC 6086 Comey Ave., L.A. “On Society”: Minerva Cuevas, photographs, video and a mural; thru Sept. 8. (323) 939-3777.

NEW WIGHT GALLERY UCLA, 1100 Broad Art Center, Wstwd. “Off Hours”: paintings, sculpture, photographs, ceramics, video and installations by staff members of UCLA’s Department of Art; thru Sept. 20. (310) 825-0557.

OTIS COLLEGE BEN MALTZ GALLERY 9045 Lincoln Blvd., L.A. “Do It Now: Live Green”: home products made from renewable, recycled and repurposed sources; thru Oct. 20. (310) 665-6905.

SCION INSTALLATION L.A. 8553 Washington Blvd., Culver City. “To the Masses”: group show curated by Giant Robot, prints, drawings and carved wood; thru Sept. 7. (310) 841-0478.

A SHENERE VELT GALLERY 1525 S. Robertson Blvd., L.A. “What Have We Done!”: Eliza M. Schmid, paintings; thru Nov. 2. (310) 552-2007.

SPENCER JON HELFEN FINE ARTS 9200 W. Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills. “The Nude in California Modernism”: group show of the human form in various media; thru Nov. 3. (310) 273-8838.

WESTERN PROJECT 3830 Main St., Culver City. “Beauty Is Embarrassing”: group show, paintings, drawings, sculpture, photographs and mixed media; thru Sept. 8. (310) 838-0609.

THE WHOLE 9 GALLERY 6101 Washington Blvd., Culver City. “Women Rock”: group show of female artists, paintings and mixed media; thru Sept. 29. (310) 836-4603.

XIT GALLERY A.I.U. School of Design, 12655 W. Jefferson Blvd., Second Floor, L.A. “Postcards from Home”: Susan Harbage Page, photographs; thru Sept. 21. (310) 302-2430.

ANGLES GALLERY 2230 Main St., Santa Monica. “Sculptors’ Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More”; thru Sept. 8. (310) 396-5019.

BLUE SEVEN GALLERY 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. “Backroad Perspectives”: Rick Chinelli, photographs; thru Sept. 30. (310) 449-1444.

DUNCAN MILLER GALLERY 10959 Venice Blvd., L.A. “Naked Faces”: Oleg Dou, photographs; thru Sept. 8. (310) 838-2440.

EAMES OFFICE 850 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. “Charles Eames: Part I, St. Louis to California”: exhibit celebrating the centennial of Eames’ birth; thru Jan. 15. (310) 396-5991.

18TH STREET ARTS CENTER 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. “Republic of China, Without People!”: Ming Hsu, paintings; “Nature (Interrupted)”: group show, photographs, sculpture and installations; thru Sept. 14. (310) 453-3711.

ELIZABETH PAIGE SMITH ATELIER 1423 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. “Roxy Studio Exhibition”: group show, mixed media and film; thru Sept. 23. (310) 392-8060.

HONOR FRASER 1337 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. “Hovering Over the Universe . . .”: group show, paintings and sculpture; thru Sept. 27. (310) 401-0191.

LOJA DESIGNS 1409 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. “Thru the Lens”: group show, photographs; thru Sept. 23. (310) 450-6940.

LOWE GALLERY 2034 Broadway, Santa Monica. “A Glimpse into the Next Generation”: group show; thru Sept. 21. (310) 449-0184.

RED HOUSE GALLERY 1224 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. “Code Switching”: group show of art using cell phone technology; thru Sept. 16. (310) 452-3264.

SIXTEEN: ONE GALLERY 2116-B Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. “Mongrel”: group show; thru Sept. 8. (310) 450-4394.

SPIN SHOWROOM 1410 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. “21 Days”: photographs of Cambodia and Myanmar; thru Sept. 14. (805) 650-6659.

TAG GALLERY 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Sterling Chow, Sue Keane and Katherine Dube, photographs and ceramic sculpture; thru Sept. 29. Reception Sat., Sept. 8, 5-8 p.m. (310) 829-9556.

BOBBIE GREENFIELD GALLERY “Still Life Part 2: Hammer and Sickle”: Andy Warhol, silkscreens; thru Sept. 29. (310) 264-0640.

FIG “Riffs on Yuko”: Jeff O’Connell, paintings; thru Oct. 6. Reception Sat., Sept. 8, 5-7 p.m. (310) 829-0345.

FRANK PICTURES “Cut”: David Settino Scott, paintings; thru Sept. 12. (323) 828-0211.

GALLERY OF FUNCTIONAL ART/LOIS LAMBERT GALLERY “The 100% Dolphin-Free Earth Friendly Shrink Your Carbon Footprint Color Me Green Energy Efficient Sustainable Art Show”: group show, paintings, sculpture, furniture and other eco-friendly works; thru Sept. 15. (310) 829-6990.

MARK MOORE GALLERY Klaus Wanker and Jennifer Nehrbass, paintings; thru Sept. 29. Reception Sat., Sept. 8, 5-7 p.m. (310) 453-3031.

PATRICK PAINTER, INC. “Divide Et Impera”: Christoph Schmidberger, paintings; “Soul Keepers”: Francesca Gabbiani, collages; thru Sept. 29. Reception Sat., Sept. 8, 6-8 p.m. (310) 264-5988.

TARRYN TERESA GALLERY 2525 Michigan Ave., Building G-A, Santa Monica. “Existing Caves”: Rachel Kohn; thru Sept. 22. (310) 453-4752.

ANGELS GATE CULTURAL CENTER 3600 S. Gaffey St., Bldg. H, San Pedro. “Five Feelings”: works by five artists from Thailand; “Bridges/Decisions”: Adrian de la Pena, paintings and sculpture; thru Nov. 4. (310) 519-0936.

BANNINGS LANDING COMMUNITY CENTER 100 E. Water St., Wilmington. “Combustion: Understanding Abstract Art Through Explosions and Topographies”: works by developmentally disabled artists from the nonprofit Arts & Services for Disabled, Inc; thru Oct. 7.

CERRITOS COLLEGE ART GALLERY 11110 Alondra Blvd., Room FA-50, Norwalk. “Selected Works: 1995-2006”: Alex Donis; thru Sept. 25. (562) 860-2612 or www.cerritos.edu/gallery.

DDR PROJECTS 1532 E. Broadway, Long Beach. “Hijacked: Because Homage Is Just Another Word for Stealing”: group show featuring Skumbo toys modified by more than 50 artists; thru Sept. 30. (562) 590-9030 or www.ddrprojects.com.

EL CAMINO COLLEGE ART GALLERY 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance. “IMPRESSIONS/the printed image”: group show, lithographs, wood engravings, installations and mixed media; thru Sept. 21. Reception Thurs., Sept. 13, 7-9 p.m. (310) 660-3010.