West Hollywood & vicinity
CARMICHAEL GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART 1257 N. La Brea Ave., L.A. “He, She, Me Makes We!”: group show, mixed media; thru Nov. 29. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 7 p.m.-mid. (323) 969-0600.
LAAA/GALLERY 825 825 N. La Cienega Blvd., L.A. “Aurora”: the gallery’s annual sale of art by emerging local artists, Sat., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m.; $10 (includes hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and dessert). (310) 652-8272.
SCALO/GUYE 302 N. Robertson Blvd., W. Hlywd. “Riviera Cocktail”: Edward Quinn, photographs; thru Dec. 9. Reception Fri., Nov. 16, 7-9 p.m. (310) 358-9396.
TOBEY C. MOSS GALLERY 7321 Beverly Blvd., L.A. “The Passion of Assemblage”: Gordon Wagner; thru Dec. 30. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 2-5 p.m. (323) 933-5523.
La Brea, Wilshire, Midcity
CARL BERG GALLERY 6018 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. “When Worlds Collide”: group show, paintings and collages; thru Dec. 15. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m. (323) 931-6060.
JANCAR GALLERY 3875 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1308, L.A. Judith Linhares; thru Dec. 22. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 5-7 p.m. (213) 384-8077.
KARYN LOVEGROVE GALLERY 6150 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. “hook & eye”: Anna Sew Hoy, sculpture; thru Dec. 22. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-8 p.m. (323) 525-1755.
MARC SELWYN FINE ART 6222 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 101, L.A. “Unique Works from the 1970s”: Robert Mapplethorpe, assemblage; thru Dec. 22. (323) 933-9911.
MILO GALLERY 6130 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. “The Time Is Always Now”: Joan Tucker, paintings; thru Dec. 15. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m. (323) 935-3662.
3875-1204 GALLERY 3875 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1204, L.A. “One Night Only”: group show of abstract paintings, Sat., Nov. 17 only; reception 5-7 p.m.
ROBERTS & TILTON 6150 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. “Secrets and Lies”: Ellen De Meutter, paintings; thru Dec. 15. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-8 p.m. (323) 549-0223.
STEVE TURNER CONTEMPORARY 6026 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. “Dream of Today”: group show of NY artists, paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, video and installations; thru Dec. 22. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m. (323) 931-3721.
Hollywood, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Atwater Village
BLACK MARIA 3137 Glendale Blvd., Atwater Village. “Black Market at Black Maria: Skip the Mall”: the gallery’s holiday bazaar of paintings; thru Jan. 5. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 7-10:30 p.m. (323) 660-9393.
DRKRM. 2121 N. San Fernando Road, No. 3, L.A. “Urban Artifax”: Don Jim, photographs; thru Dec. 1. (323) 223-6867.
HOLLYWOOD CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND DESIGN 6520 Hollywood Blvd., Hlywd. “Sonic Interventions”: group show, sound installations; thru Nov. 30. Reception Fri., Nov. 16, 7 p.m. (213) 461-6486.
METRO GALLERY 1835 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake. “Living Room: Conscious Art and Design”: group show, paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, pottery and architecturally designed pet homes; thru Jan. 5. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m. (323) 663-2787.
Downtown & East L.A.
ART SLAVE GALLERY 216 S. Spring St., dwntwn. “Refugees from the Entrenched Attitude Society”: Vanessa Lemen, paintings; thru Dec. 5. (213) 598-3155.
FARMLAB/UNDER SPRING GALLERY 1745 N. Spring St., No. 4, dwntwn. “Crystal Ship: A Family of Artists Looking for Arcadia”: Felicity Powell, Ansel Krut, and Saskia and Hannah Krut-Powell, paintings, drawings, video and installations; thru Dec. 27. (323) 226-1158.
THE HAPPY LION 963 Chung King Road, Chinatown. “The Sundowners”: group show, paintings, drawings, sculpture animation; thru Dec. 22. (213) 625-1360.
JACK HANLEY GALLERY 945 Sun Mun Way, Chinatown. “Humble Junkatarian Seeking White Frame”: Simon Evans, works on paper; thru Dec. 29. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m. (213) 626-0403.
L2KONTEMPORARY 990 N. Hill St., No. 205, Chinatown. “People Like Us/DoppelgANGER”: Larry Lytle and Sinan Leong Revell, photographs; thru Dec. 22. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 6-9 p.m. (323) 225-1288.
PERFECT EXPOSURE GALLERY 3513 W. Sixth St., L.A. “Aesthetics”: group show, photographs; thru Jan. 25. (213) 381-1137.
W-14 STUDIO 642 Moulton Ave., dwntwn. Mark Hix and C.J. Kang, recent work; thru Dec. 6. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, noon-5 p.m.
The Valleys
GALLERY NUCLEUS 30 W. Main St., Alhambra. “Kuro to Shiro”: Mari Inukai, animation and installations; thru Dec. 3. Reception with refreshments and music by DJ Cut, Sat., Nov. 17, 7-11 p.m. (626) 458-7482.
HARVEST GALLERY 938 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Seta Injeyan, paintings, drawings and prints; thru Dec. 9. Reception Fri., Nov. 16, 7-10 p.m. (818) 546-1000.
KELLOGG UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY AT CAL POLY 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona. “East In Eden”: new work by Pomona Valley artists; thru Dec. 15. Reception Sun., Nov. 18, 2-5 p.m. (909) 869-4939.
Culver City, Beverly Hills & vicinity
CULTURAL INTERIORS FINE ART GALLERY 4444 W. Slauson Ave., L.A. Mari Morris, dolls; thru Nov. 24. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 3-6 p.m. (323) 292-1500.
DUNCAN MILLER GALLERY 10959 Venice Blvd., L.A. Frank Paulin, photographs; thru Jan. 4. Reception Fri., Nov. 16, 7-9 p.m. (310) 838-2440.
LAXART 2640 S. La Cienega Blvd., L.A. “A Means of Passing the Time”: Adrià Julià, film installation; “Circle Pictures”: Michael Rashkow, photographs; thru Jan. 5. Reception and talk with Julià, Fri., Nov. 16, 6-9 p.m. (323) 868-5893.
SCION INSTALLATION L.A. 3521 Helms Ave., Culver City. “Rugs During Wartime and Peacetime”: Head Devo-ite Mark Mothersbaugh, rugs; thru Dec. 1. Reception Sat., Nov. 17, 7-10 p.m. (310) 815-8840.
A SHENERE VELT GALLERY 1525 S. Robertson Blvd., L.A. “Angels & Demons: Blessed or Possessed?”: juried group show; thru Jan. 4. Reception Sun., Nov. 18, 3-6 p.m. (310) 552-2007.
XIT GALLERY A.I.U. School of Design, 12655 W. Jefferson Blvd., Second Floor, L.A. “Little Stranger”: Jeffrey James Mohr, mixed media installation; thru Dec. 14. Reception Thurs., Nov. 15, 5-7 p.m. (310) 302-2430.
Santa Monica & Venice
PETE AND SUSAN BARRETT ART GALLERY Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. “PiNK”: Sharon Kagan, Lana Shuttleworth, Leslie Yagar, collaborative works; thru Dec. 8. Reception Fri., Nov. 16, 6-8 p.m. (310) 434-3434.
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