Upstairs at the Ace Hotel is always a fun time with strong drinks and a decent staff, so we don't expect anything less of the Friends of Friends Social Hour. This month they're celebrating three years of work and anticipation with the release of Somni's debut album, Bloom.
Upstairs at The Ace Hotel
Thursday, August 23, 2018
8:30 PM - 1:30 AM
A summer party for metro-savvy Anglenos.
Incredibly curated event featuring Chinatown's best and brightest. Everything is super 'gramable and there's tons to see, hear, and taste...and it's the LAST ONE.
Chinatown Central Plaza
Saturday, August 25, 2018
5 PM - 11 PM
An exploration of boyhood and masculinity by UK-based artist Rosie Matheson.
from the artist
"I started shooting these images late 2015, documenting how young men express themselves, capturing their emotions, looking at how they present themselves in everyday life. The project explores expressions of masculine identity at a moment when the subcultures which give young men a voice are increasingly invisible. Ultimately, the work is about people who don't realise how special and interesting they are, and whose faces tell their story."
Junior High LA is a community space in Hollywood | $5 suggested donation at the door.
Junior High Los Angeles
Friday, August 24, 2018
7 PM - 10 PM
Great Fruit is a collective that encourages art as a bigger part of identify by showcasing art as the fruit grown from metaphorical seeds. Through a variety of media, expect art focused on self love, empowerment and vulnerabilit. Come dance and learn from each other at Freshly Squeezed.
Junior High LA is a community space in Hollywood | $5 suggested donation at the door.
Friday, August 17, 2018
7 PM - 10 PM
Friday Flights is an opportunity to re-visualize and re-encounter the grounds at the Getty Center. This is the last event in the 2018 summer series.
Ian Svenonius is slated to perform Escape-ism, his first solo project that reworks the paradigm of performance while examining cultural philosophy. Tyler Matthew Oyer will be performing RELEASE DELUXE, a debut project interrogating society's oppressions whimsically. Fashion line NO SESSO has also curated a capsule of genderless looks that can be seen in the main courtyard. NO SESSO's presentation will be accompanied by musician Kelsey Lu.
This event features a number of other artists as well as a pop-up Artists' Book Fest, highlighting creative small-print publishers.
Free | No RSVP. Parking at The Getty Center is $15.
Friday, August 17, 2018
6 PM - 9 PM
MOCA Music x Spaceland presents HOODBOI + PROMNITE and COMFORT ZONE. You can grab snacks at some conveniently-located food trucks. There will be drinks. Enjoy.
Free, but they want your info: RSVP.
Thursday. August 16, 2018
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Before photography was a household commodity, those who could afford to commissioned artists to paint the interiors of their homes that they would then display in albums.
A midcentury modern utopia, an ideal living room in ceramic and fabric, and classic auction showrooms. Fall into a world of the imagined, the perfected, the miniature.
featuring
Katie Stout, Dabs Myla, Andy Dixon, Monica Garza
Over the Influence is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11-6; this show is on view until September 15.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
6 PM - 8 PM
Satan’s Spa Day is a celebration of the work of local emerging artists. Enjoy drinks, music, and some hot as hell people.
featuring
Romy Aura Maloon, Joanne Chase Matillo, Michael Chomick, Milan Delvecchio, Zo Frampton, Casey Garcia, Michelle Guerrero, Dark Parr, Sean Yang, Parker Winans
Art Share LA is open Wednesday through Sunday from 1-6pm. This show is on view until September 2.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
7 PM - 10 PM
How They Ran brings together a dynamic community of LA-born artists, recent transplants, and artists who have lived in Los Angeles for several decades. Without presuming the scope of this work, the exhibition proffers a survey of today's LA art scene in miniature.
featuring
Miya Ando, Amanda Maciel Antunes, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Uta Barth, Whitney Bedford, Tanya Brodsky, Kelly Brumfield-Woods, Jo Ann Callis, Katy Cowan, Dinah Diwan, Mercedes Heinwein, Pamela Smith Hudson, Francesca Gabbianai, Barbara Kruger, Alice Lang, Hilary Pecis, Ke Peng, Vanessa Prager, Monique Prieto, Jennifer Rochlin, Anja Salonen, Kim Schoenstadt, Ali Silverstein, Jen Stark, Kerry Tribe, Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, Megan Whitmarsh
Over the Influence is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11-6; this show is on view until September 5.
Saturday, August 11. 2018
6 PM - 9 PM
Little Tokyo art collective NOH/WAVE presents HEAT/WAVE, a diverse group show with mediums ranging from mixed material to experimental sculptures, as well as a projected piece by Tom Krell of How To Dress Well. Curated by NOH/WAVE's co-founder Justin Daashuur Hopkins.
featuring
Mia Bergeron, Yushi Dangami, Jesse Draxler, Stephanie Hanes, Andrew Hem, Justin Daashuur Hopkins, Kim Kei, Steve Kim, Sasoon Markarian, James Mountford, Daniel Segrove, Camilla Taylor, Emilio Villalba, John Wentz, Aaron Westerberg, Yoshino
Friday, August 10, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cheryl Bentley will be tattooing visitors at Central Park Gallery in DTLA for the closing of Chimeras, her 2-person show with Ye Qin Zhu.
Ethereal dreamscapes curated by Esther Ruiz.
The show's title is derived from Ancient Greek and alludes to somatic memory. The artists included in this show are considered practitioners in the art of memory articulation and depiction. In toying with the line between clarity and obscurity, the 13 artists use a mix of media to hold space for the intimacy of remembering.
featuring
Theresa Daddezio, Scout Dunbar, Leah Guadagnoli, Meredith Hoffheins, Clinton King, Elisa Lendvay, Kristy Luck, Andrew Moeller, Scott Robinson, Jonathan Ryan, Sarah Tortora, Austin Williams, Jake Ziemann
Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA is open weekends 12-5pm; this show is on view through August 26.
Saturday, August 4, 2018
7:00 PM 10:00 PM
Tiger Strikes Asteroid 1206 Maple Avenue #523 Los Angeles, CA, 90015 United States (map)