Breaking Through The Orange Curtain, group art show, reception May 2, 6pm-midnight, through May 30, UnUrban Coffeehouse, 3301 Pico Blvd., 310.315.0056. David Bungay, Seascapes, Astrid Preston, Birdwatching, Terry Braunstein, Time Bound, through May 16, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410.Deborah Butterfield, through May 9, L.A. Louver, 48 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.4955.Marlene Capell, recent work, through May 23, FIG, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345.Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa, and Transformations: Recent Contemporary African Acquisitions, two exhibits, through June 14, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361.Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, continues indefinitely, James Coleman Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., 310.393.7436.The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy 1850-1900, through June 28, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310.443.7016.Daughters of India: Photographs by Stephen P. Huyler, through July 26, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.8655.Dirty/ Pretty, 13 Los Angeles photographers, through May 22, The Julia Dean Gallery, 801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio 8, Venice, dirtyprettyshow.blogspot.com. Terri Evans, Steel, through May 9, Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, 310.453.0043.Fowler In Focus: Masks of Sri Lanka, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361. David Hockney, classic graphics, through May 11, Leslie Sacks Fine Art, 11640 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood, lesliesacks.com. In Focus: The Portrait, through June 14, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., 310.440.7300.Alexandra Hedison’s Ithaka, photography, through May 12, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.0211.25th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, through May 9, Laband Art Gallery, Burns Fine Art Center, LMU, 1 University Dr., LA, 310.338.2389. Evelyn Meyer and the Narrative Between Patron, Mentor and Artist, through May 22, Emeritus College, 1227 2nd St., 310.434.4306.Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA, through May 31, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310. 443.7016.Photographs of Vermont, by David and Willa Mamet, through May 18, Michael’s of Santa Monica, 1147 3rd St., 310.251.1640. Seeing Is Believing, art by Vik Muniz, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, Richard Pettibone, and Elaine Sturtevant, through May 16, Ikon Ltd., Bergamot Station, 310.828.6629.Doni Silver Simons, Lines, through May 30, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., 310.397.7493.Venice Arts Student Art Exhibit, through May 22, Venice Arts, 1702 Lincoln Blvd. Venice, 310.392.0846.
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