Becoming American: Teenagers and Immigration, through January 25, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, 310.440. 4500.
Stephen Berkman, Chamber Pieces, through November 23, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, LA, http://cfa.lmu.edu/laband.
Bettina Brendel, art exhibit, through December 13, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St., 310.434.3434.
Caras Vemos, Corazones no Sabemos/Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown: The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration, through December 28, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4288.
Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, continues indefinitely, James Coleman Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., 310.393.7436.
Dialogue among Giants: Carleton Watkins and the Rise of Photography in California, through March 1, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310.440.7300.
Jim Dine: Poet Singing (The Flowering Sheets), through February 9, Getty Villa, 17985 PCH, PP, 310.440.7300.
Faces, oil paintings by Alfred Benjamin, reception November 8, 3-5pm, through November 30, UnUrban Coffeehouse, 3301 Pico Blvd., 310.315.0056.
Figure Painting, Portrait Drawing, Portrait Painting and Photography Student Exhibit, through November 22, Brentwood Art Center, 13031 Montana Ave., LA, 310.451.5657.
Fowler In Focus: Ancient Ceramics From Columbia, through February 22, 2009, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4288.
Henry Hopper, paintings, by invitation only, through December 3, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.0211.
In Focus: The Landscape, exhibit of landscape photography, through January 11, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, 310. 440.7300.
Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion, through December 13, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 310.586.6488.
Robert Glenn Ketchum, exhibit of environmental photography, through November 30, G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, 310.452.2842.
Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Visions From Big Sur, through December 14, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, 24255 PCH, Malibu, 310.506.4851.
Carol Kleinman, Eve Brandstein, Josephine Vandergun, through November 22, TAG Gallery, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.829.9556.
Luna Luna In The Sky, Will You Make Me Laugh Or Cry? exhibit curated by Stephen Hull, through November 22, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Ave., 310.397.7449.
Chris Madans, It Appears To Be True, through December 20, FIG, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345.
John Mason, Recent Work, through November 29, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.3868.
Ray McSavanay, Viewpoint: Thirty-Five Years of Landscape Photography,” a retrospective exhibition, through December 24, Terra Galleria Artworks, Bergamot Station, 310.453.5104.
Mexican Calendar Girls, The Golden Age of Mexican Calendar Art, through February 1, 2009, California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., 310.392.8537.
Udo Noger, Me Water, through December 10, Gebert Gallery, 1345 Abbot Kinney blvd., Venice, 310.450.9897.
No Spitting, No Hitting, art by Robbie Conal, through November 22, Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.4678.
Oranges and Sardines: Conversations in Abstract Painting and Gouge: The Modern Woodcut 1870 to Now, through February 8, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310.443.7000.
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.
Portraits of Tibet, through December 12, SMC Photo Gallery, Drescher Hall, SMC, 1900 Pico Blvd., 310.434.4289.
Rawness and Polish, art by Jay Kelly, through December 20, Commissary Arts, 68 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.990.9914.
Barbara Grover, Refuge(e)-Moments with the Darfuri of Iridimi, photographs, through January 11, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., 310.397.7493.
Mark Ruwedel, Westward The Course of Empire, through December 27, Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, 310.453.0043.
Silver Seduction: The Art of Modernist Antonio Pineda, through March 15, 2009, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361.
Surface Sounding, ten artists, through November 22, See Line Gallery, 1812 Berkeley St., 310.829.1727.
Two Projects: Henry Taylor, Girrrrrl! (Project Room 1), Bruce Pollock: Circling West (Project Room 2), through December 13,
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 310.586.6488.
War as a Way of Life, group show curated by Clayton Campbell, through December 19, 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St, 18street.org.
Milford Zornes, Remembering an American Artist, 1908-2008, through January 25, 2009, California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., 310.392.8537.
