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May 14
9:00 AM
Eva Zhang: Never Still
USC Roski Lindhurst Gallery

Photography is not meant to remain stable, but held within materials that transform, dissolve, and reform. The works exist in a constant state of transition, echoing the rhythms of nature, where nothing is fixed for long.

May 14
7:00 PM
Morrison Hotel Gallery

Join us for the opening reception of 'Birth of The Cool: 100 Years of Miles Davis' at Sunset Marquis.

May 14
Gallery Show 6: Student Art Show
Rio Hondo College Art Gallery

Discover the creativity and talent of emerging artists at the Río Hondo College Student Art Show. Featuring selected works across a variety of media, this juried exhibition highlights the best of our visual arts program, with pieces chosen by Río Hondo College Visual Arts Faculty.

May 14
Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Auction at Rago and Wright / Lambertville. Select Preview / New York: 1 – 14 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm, Mon – Fri, 501 West 20th St. Select Preview / Lambertville: 7 – 14 May 2026, 11 am – 4 pm, Mon – Fri.

May 14
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Independent Art Fair 2026 at Booth 421.

May 14
Frank Gehry
Gagosian
May 14
Los Angeles Modern Auctions

An upcoming auction featuring American Geometric Abstraction, with selected works from the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires.

May 14
Fullerton Museum Center

An exhibition by partially blind visual artist Josephine Hernandez, exploring themes of blindness and visual impairment through intimate and empowering works.

May 14
12:30 PM
Art Talk: David John Attyah
The Art Gallery at GCC

An art talk related to David John Attyah's exhibition "REPLACE CARTRIDGE SOON" will be held at The Art Gallery at GCC.

May 14
3:00 PM
Main Campus Art Gallery

Opening reception and awards ceremony for the 2026 SAC Annual Student Art Show.

May 14
4:00 PM
Korean Cultural Center

Opening Reception (University of Washington) for 'The Deep Time of Korean Literature' exhibition.

May 14
5:00 PM
Opening Reception
Human Resources

Opening reception for Collective Choreographies, showcasing thirty-six labanotational ink drawings that depict line dances.

May 14
Collective Choreographies
Human Resources

Collective Choreographies showcases thirty-six labanotational ink drawings that depict line dances. Each drawing uses a taxonomy of tiny and precise lines to isolate individual movements.

May 15
10 Years LA!
Spruth Magers Gallery

An exhibition celebrating the gallery’s decade-long presence in Los Angeles, featuring works by Kenneth Anger, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, and many more.

May 15
9:00 AM
Eva Zhang: Never Still
USC Roski Lindhurst Gallery

Photography is not meant to remain stable, but held within materials that transform, dissolve, and reform. The works exist in a constant state of transition, echoing the rhythms of nature, where nothing is fixed for long.

May 15
11:00 AM
Wealthier Art & Auctioneer

An art auction featuring various pieces under the title 'Art Hunting in Los Angeles'.

May 15
6:00 PM
Cyclical Snakes and Infinite Inward
Mirus Gallery Los Angeles

Travis Gillan's solo exhibition explores consciousness through intricate paintings with symbolism and shape, aiming to inspire unity. Join for the opening reception.

May 15
7:00 PM
KINFOLK OPENING RSVP
Junior High

Christina Erives’ work is rooted in the language of folk art—where storytelling, tradition, and daily life meet through the handmade. She explores the balance between function and narrative, with surfaces carved, glazed, and layered with imagery that echoes folk motifs.

May 15
Los Angeles Modern Auctions

An upcoming auction featuring contemporary glass art.

May 15
18th Street Arts Center

The Irish Contemporaries series has become an essential platform for showcasing the breadth and diversity of contemporary Irish visual art in Los Angeles.

May 15
10:00 AM
Broad Contemporary Art Museum

At this leisurely guided walk through the newly constructed David Geffen Galleries with LACMA educators, you'll reflect on the sensory qualities of the space and engage with prompts for mindful observation.

May 15
12:00 PM
Pets
Corona Art Association

Take-in for the 'Pets' art exhibit, where artists can submit up to 3 pieces. All mediums are welcome, including photography, glass, fiber-arts, folk arts, digital, and 3-D artwork.

May 15
5:00 PM
Gallery of Hermosa

Workshop students will exhibit their finished work in a group show alongside Bob Burridge, with an opening reception.

May 15
7:00 PM
de boer

An exhibition featuring the work of Aglaé Bassens, titled 'Repeat After Me'.

May 15
Walk through “baby names”
Shit Art Club

An exhibition by Hetty Douglas at Shit Art Club.

May 15
Masterpiece Publishing

An article about celebrated blue-chip artist and philanthropist Sir Daniel Winn, as originally published on magcloud.com.

May 16
6:00 PM
Miles Davis: A Century of Cool
Musichead Gallery

A landmark photography retrospective honoring the life, style, and singular creative evolution of Miles Davis, curated by Musichead founder Sam Milgrom. The exhibition spans from Davis’ early years in 1948 to his genre-defying work of the late 1980s.

May 16
7:00 PM
La Bulla Tickets
Superchief Gallery

La Bulla is an annual Los Angeles-based festival celebrating Lucha Libre culture, combining a massive, curated art exhibition with live Lucha Libre matches, music, vendors, and more. This year is a tribute to the legend El Santo, and a fundraiser to help keep Superchief Gallery LA open.

May 16
9:00 AM
Art Fair-fax
Exhibit A Gallery

Art Fair-fax is a recurring open-air art fair and vendor market celebrating creativity in all its forms. Hosted by Exhibit A Gallery, this event brings together artists, makers, and independent vendors working across a wide range of styles, mediums, and themes.

May 16
12:00 PM
Giant Robot 2

Giant Robot 2 presents mograg DIRECT – Across the Universe –, a group exhibition showcasing artists from Japan’s mograg gallery. The exhibition opens on Saturday, May 16, 2026, with artwork available online beginning at 12:00pm PT. To mark the opening, a live Instagram tour will be hosted via Instagram on the @giantrobot account, offering an inside look at the exhibition and participating artists.

May 16
12:00 PM
Chemers Gallery

Watch featured artists from the Fleur-ish exhibition at work as they tend to their creative gardens and nurture a range of artistic processes right outside the gallery!

May 16
5:00 PM
Craig Krull Gallery

Opening reception for the solo exhibition 'Relative Strangers' by Ayin Es.

May 16
5:00 PM
ERIC BOWMAN “DECADE” MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITION
Maxwell Alexander Gallery

Maxwell Alexander Gallery presents DECADE, a milestone exhibition marking 10 years of Eric Bowman’s contemporary Western Regionalism at the gallery. This special collection of new paintings will highlight Bowman’s evolving vision across the Western landscape and figure.

May 16
6:00 PM
David Kordansky Gallery

David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to present Love Letters, a solo presentation of new paintings by Hilary Pecis, on view in Los Angeles at 5130 W. Edgewood Pl. from May 16 through June 20, 2026. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 16, from 6 – 8 PM.

May 16
6:00 PM
Evan Holloway: ROYGBIV
David Kordansky Gallery

David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to present ROYGBIV, an exhibition of new sculptures by Evan Holloway. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 16, from 6 – 8 PM.

May 16
7:00 PM
Moby Arts

La Bulla returns for its 10-year anniversary at Superchief Gallery LA, featuring Lucha Libre music and arts.

May 16
7:00 PM
Moby Arts

La Bulla returns for its 10-year anniversary, a Lucha Libre music and arts event.

May 16
Sundaram Tagore Gallery

This exhibition brings together artists from and inspired by Asia whose work explores hybridity, displacement, nostalgia, and the refusal to be confined by a singular identity. The exhibition includes new work by internationally renowned painter Hiroshi Senju, acclaimed artist Chun Kwang Young, and features work by Tayeba Begum Lipi and Kenny Nguyen.

May 16
Peter Olson: Flatline
Craig Krull Gallery

Peter Olson presents works from three ongoing series, including his 'Flatline' project, 'InsideSeries' of ceramic elements, and 'Forgotten Time' featuring grave portraits.

May 16
Valiente Pastel: Small World
Craig Krull Gallery

Valiente Pastel's first solo exhibition in the US, focusing on queerness, eroticism, vulnerability, and class struggle through manipulated photographic images.

May 16
Corey Helford Gallery

A solo exhibition by Brandi Milne titled 'Now, and Forevermore'.

May 16
Make Room

Sarah Rosalena's exhibition 'layer by layer' will be on display.

May 16
Corey Helford Gallery

An exhibition featuring new works by Andrea Guzzetta titled 'Oasis'.

May 16
Nüart Gallery

Nüart Gallery is pleased to present a two-person exhibition featuring new work by Julian Brown + Randall Reid.

May 16
Craig Krull Gallery

A solo exhibition of paintings by nonbinary artist Ayin Es, rooted in autobiographical storytelling and exploring themes of family estrangement, trauma, disability, and gender politics.

May 16
Sexson Auditorium

A conversation and exhibition on contemporary clay with visiting artist Ehren Tool.

May 16
Gabba Gallery

A group show featuring various artists.

May 16
12:00 PM
Durden and Ray

Unstable Tongues: The Instability of Language examines abstraction as a living linguistic system—one that fractures, reformulates, and resists clarity. The exhibition brings together artists who use gesture, surface, and structure as communicative tools, exploring how meaning emerges from instability rather than coherence.

May 16
3:00 PM
Malvoyante

Opening reception for Olivia Booth's exhibition 'Broken PIECES', featuring her glass art.

May 16
6:00 PM
VEFA Gallery

Closing reception for the 'Monumental' exhibition at VEFA Gallery.

May 16
parrasch heijnen

An upcoming exhibition featuring the work of August Muth titled 'Material Light'.

May 16
STRODE / LLOYD
Adler Smith Gallery

Upcoming show featuring artists Strode and Lloyd.

May 16
May 16
BROKEN PIECES
Malvoyante

Olivia Booth is a Los Angeles glass artist working in the gap between opacity and transparency. This show examines the horizon of being, this dilating dimension of self-reflection, through its inevitable broken-ness and is an historical record of material transformation and impermanence.

May 16
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles

Sign up for an exhibition walkthrough of 'Manifesting Icons: The Materials and Making of Buddhist Visual Culture in Asia'.

May 16
The Pit

An open studio event with Joel Gaitan, an artist in residence at the MAD Museum in New York.

May 17
2:00 PM
Broad Contemporary Art Museum

Hear from artist Todd Gray at this rare inside look at the vision behind some of L.A.’s most engaging contemporary art projects. Gray will be in conversation with scholar and curator Dr. Tiffany E. Barber about his newly commissioned work for LACMA, Octavia’s Gaze, as well as his public art projects across Los Angeles.

May 17
Crusting
DMST Atelier

A two-person exhibition featuring artists Cara Rae Joven and Lauren Goldenberg Longoria, exploring the porous boundaries between surface and weight, body and land, beauty and abjection through sculpture, performance, video, and paper-based works.

May 17
1:00 PM
May 17
2:00 PM
La Habra Art Gallery

Opening reception for the May Member's Show with the theme 'Nominations & Elections'. Artists must be members of the La Habra Art Association to submit.

May 17
2:00 PM
May 18
1:00 PM
Corona Art Association

A community art show as part of the City of Corona Music & Arts Festival.

May 18
Craft & Folk Art Museum

Applicants selected for Round 2 will be notified by January 19, 2026, and invited to submit a comprehensive proposal by this date. Proposals must include a confirmed list of artists, artwork samples, plans for a scholarly exhibition catalog, a detailed budget, and a programming outline.

May 19
Prints & Multiples
Los Angeles Modern Auctions

An upcoming auction featuring prints and multiples.

May 20
12:00 PM
7:00 PM
Skirball Cultural Center

Join us for opening day of our spring exhibitions! Whether you're visiting for daytime tours or evening fun, enjoy FREE admission to three new exhibitions, mingle with artists and curators, stroll through our oasis, and more.

May 20
2:00 PM
Skirball Cultural Center

Explore the United States in the twentieth century through the lens of the American art form: the comic book, with guest curator Patrick A. Reed and Skirball Museum Deputy Director Michele Urton.

May 20
3:00 PM
Skirball Cultural Center

Take a deep dive into how a generation of misfits challenged the rules, reimagined community, and helped reshape culture from the margins with Skirball Chief Curator Cate Thurston and guest curator Michael Worthington.

May 20
Los Angeles Modern Auctions

An upcoming auction featuring American and European art pottery.

May 20
Audrey's Museum Store

An exhibition showcasing punk culture from 1976 to 1986.

May 20
Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution
Skirball Cultural Center

An exhibition exploring the history and impact of comic books in America.

May 20
Skirball Cultural Center

An exhibition taking a deep dive into how a generation of misfits—including Jewish punks—challenged the rules, reimagined community, and helped reshape culture from the margins.

May 20
Audrey's Museum Store

An exhibition exploring the comic book revolution.

May 20
Travel Posters
Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Auction at Poster Auctions International / Chicago.

May 20
Skirball Cultural Center

An exhibition featuring works by artists Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein.

May 20
1:00 PM
Skirball Cultural Center

Enter an intimate and moving portrait of Jewish life with artists Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein and Skirball curator Vicki Phung Smith.

May 20
4:30 PM
Lawless Brewing

A pop-up art show featuring the Weirdos of NoHo on the patio.

May 20
Audrey's Museum Store

An exhibition featuring works by Robert Russell and Lisa Edelstein.

May 21
2:00 PM
Broad Contemporary Art Museum

From MacArthur Park, with Love, featuring artworks by more than 100 first-through-fifth grade students enrolled at the Charles White Elementary School and Visual Arts Magnet, celebrates the past, present, and future of their neighborhood.

May 21
5:30 PM
Enchanted Forest Of Light

Join us for a panel discussion between Natura Naturata: Nature's Action curator Claudia Pretelin and artists Luciana Abait, Jackie Castillo, and Maru Garcia.

May 21
Los Angeles Modern Auctions

An upcoming auction featuring essential design items.

May 22
May 22
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles

Sign up for an exhibition walkthrough of 'Manifesting Icons: The Materials and Making of Buddhist Visual Culture in Asia'.

May 23
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
The Broad

Yoko Ono, the visionary artist, musician, and activist, will be celebrated at The Broad in her first solo museum exhibition in Southern California, organized in collaboration with Tate Modern, London. Visitors will be invited to directly participate in many of Ono’s works that transform simple acts into expressions of peace and connection.

May 23
9:00 AM
Santa Anita Bonsai Show
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

The Santa Anita Bonsai Society will present trees trained to look like miniature forest giants. On display will be trees up to four feet tall such as maples, junipers and pines.

May 23
11:00 AM
Colors of the Coast
Gallery of Hermosa

A group exhibition celebrating coastal life, timed to coincide with Fiesta Hermosa and Hermosa Beach Fine Arts Festival. Artists are invited to submit high-quality, original artwork in all styles, genres, and mediums interpreting the coastal theme.

May 23
1:30 PM
Kidseum

Guest curator Tara Miller examines selected objects from the exhibition to reveal the commercial forces behind their fabric, tracing stories from boycotts to industrial chemistry and the Great Quilt Revival.

May 23
May 23
KP Projects

An exhibition featuring the works of Camille Rose Garcia.

May 23
Seffa Klein
Wilding Cran Gallery

Seffa Klein (b. 1996) is a French-American artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans paintings, sculpture, drawing, installation, writing, and music. Her work seeks to propose new structures, both physical and ideological, for a more elevated human future.

May 23
12:00 PM
Durden and Ray

Unstable Tongues: The Instability of Language examines abstraction as a living linguistic system—one that fractures, reformulates, and resists clarity. The exhibition brings together artists who use gesture, surface, and structure as communicative tools, exploring how meaning emerges from instability rather than coherence.

May 23
Spruth Magers Gallery

David Ostrowski’s solo exhibition at Kunstverein Heilbronn explores the notion of self-referential critique and the critical demands placed on one’s own artistic production.

May 24
9:00 AM
Santa Anita Bonsai Show
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

The Santa Anita Bonsai Society will present trees trained to look like miniature forest giants. On display will be trees up to four feet tall such as maples, junipers and pines.

May 24
3:00 PM
Gallery AF

Join us for our second art take-over of the IYKYK Music Fest at The Boomtown Brewery in the Artists District of DTLA.

May 24
4:00 PM
Matter Studio Art Gallery

Closing reception for Maria Greenshields-Ziman's 'ILLUMINATING MATTER' exhibition.

May 24
6:00 PM
Hollywood Heritage Museum

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Hollywood Heritage Museum presents "The Barn that Made Hollywood," exploring the museum's history as a preservation advocacy group and the Lasky DeMille barn.

May 25
9:00 AM
Santa Anita Bonsai Show
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

The Santa Anita Bonsai Society will present trees trained to look like miniature forest giants. On display will be trees up to four feet tall such as maples, junipers and pines.

May 26
10:00 AM
Natura Naturata: Nature’s Action
Enchanted Forest Of Light

Natura Naturata: Nature’s Action features the work of eight female artists who explore their bond with the natural world through contemporary photography and video.

May 26
10:00 AM
Journal of Therolinguistics
Enchanted Forest Of Light

This spring, the Boddy House at Descanso Gardens transforms into a living research center exploring the concept of non-human languages in nature through works by seven international artists. The exhibition explores communication across species as acts of ecological kinship and fascination.

May 27
10:00 AM
Natura Naturata: Nature’s Action
Enchanted Forest Of Light

Natura Naturata: Nature’s Action features the work of eight female artists who explore their bond with the natural world through contemporary photography and video. This event is part of a series.