Bernd and Hilla Becher: Basic Forms, through September 14, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310.440.7360.
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture, through October 26, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310. 440.7300.
Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments, show of activist art, through September 13, 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., 310.453.3711.
Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, continues indefinitely, James Coleman Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., 310.393.7436.
Faces of Power and Piety: Medieval Portraiture, through October 26, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310. 440.7300.
Fowler In Focus: Ceramics of Papua New Guinea, through September 28, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361.
Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit: The Society of Dilettanti, through October 27, Getty Villa, 17985 PCH, PP, 310.440.6770.
Hugh Hamilton, Valerie Mendez, Hayley Tolkin, opening reception September 6, 5-8pm, through September 27, TAG – The Artists’ Gallery 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.829.9556.
Dennis Hopper, Colors (photographs), Wendy Burton, Trace Elements (photographs), reception September 6, 4-6pm, through October 4, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410.
Houseguest, art selected by Jennifer Bornstein from the Grunwald Collection, through September 14, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310.443.7056.
IC Green, exhibit of pre-fab dwellings made from converted oversea shipping containers, through September, epOxybOx, 602 Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.568.2100.
In Focus: The Landscape, exhibit of landscape photography, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310. 440.7300.
Looky See, group art show, through September 13, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Blvd, LA, 310.665.6905.
The Marvel and Measure of Peru: Three Centuries of Artists’ Histories, 1550-1880, through October 19, Getty Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310.440.7360.
Mexican Calendar Girls, The Golden Age of Mexican Calendar Art, through February 1, 2009, California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., 310.392.8537.
Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Gold-Trimmed Cloak, Rembrandt portrait on loan from a private New York collection, through 2008, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310.440.7360.
August Sander: People of the 20th Century, photographs of the German people before WW II, through September 14, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310.440.7360.
Sun Xun, animations and new media, through October 12, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310.443.7056.
Milford Zornes, Remembering an American Artist, 1908-2008, through January 25, 2009, California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., 310.392.8537.
