Human-Nature: Urban-Suburban, a new exhibition at TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, runs Oct. 4 through Oct. 29, featuring artists Carole Garland, Diane Rudnick Mann, Della Rolle, and Ellen Starr. 2525 Michigan Avenue, D-3, taggallery.net, 310.829.9556
Paid to Play-Illustrating LA: 1945- 1985, a participating exhibition of Pacific Standard Time, at the Robert Berman Gallery, C2 gallery. The exhibit runs through Nov. 12. Free. 2525 Michigan Ave. robertbermangallery.com
Don Bachardy: Portraits of L.A. Artists, through Oct. 15. Bachardy was born in Los Angeles in 1936 and has been painting portraits of film stars, literary figures, government officials, and the art world since the early 1950s. Tuesdays through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 11a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Craig Krull Gallery. Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building B-3, craigkrullgallery.com, 310.828.6410
Julius Shulman: 80 Years of Photography, through Oct. 29. Shulman (1910 – 2009), over an 80 year period, not only documented the work of many of the great 20th century architects, but he elevated the genre of commercial architectural photography to a fine art form. Tuesdays through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Craig Krull Gallery. Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building B-3, craigkrullgallery.com, 310.828.6410
Carlos Almaraz: Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, through Nov. 5. The exhibit comprises of paintings, pastels and drawings from the 70s and 80s. Tuesdays through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Craig
Krull Gallery. Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building B-3, craigkrullgallery.com, 310.828.6410
Malcolm Lubliner: Pacific Party Time, through Oct. 15. The exhibit has photographs that were featured in Craig Krull Gallery’s 1996 exhibition, “Photographing the L.A. Art Scene 1955-1975.” Tuesdays through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Craig Krull Gallery. Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building B-3, craigkrullgallery.com, 310.828.6410
White Nights, Double Vision, The Fictive Worlds of Wes Christensen and Marina Moevs exhibition runs through Oct. 8. Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street, Room 101, 310.434.3434
Life at the Miramar, rare photographs, documents and artifacts depict life and times at Santa Monica’s landmark hotel and attraction from the late 1800s up to the present, through Oct. 18, Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 Seventh Street, 310.395.2290, santamonicahistory.org
Beatrice Wood: Career Woman-Drawings, Paintings, Vessels, and Objects, through March 3, 2012. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue. smmoa.org
Tantra Song: Contemporary Tantric Paintings from Rajasthan, through Dec. 10, 2011. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue. 310.586.6488, smmoa.org
Women Painters West, a juried exhibition of 34 artists that includes paintings, watercolors, pastels, and mixed media artwork. Free. Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave, E3A. Wednesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Oct. 8. 310.453.5757, schomburgallery.com
The Garden of Forking Paths, at Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica features new work by artists Loren Holland and Nzuji de Magalhaes through Oct. 15 Thursday through Saturday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg C, 310.264.4678, track16.com
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, presents a solo exhibition of new work by Fay Ray through Nov. 5. Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. Suite B1. For more information, email marichris@shoshanawayne.com
Santa Monica College Emeritus College Art Gallery, presents the works of its art faculty through Oct. 21. The artists are Jacquelyn Brutsche, Evelyn Debes, Mara Deluca, Mary Goodwin, Christopher Hero, Fred Manseau, Lee O’Keefe -Hardy, Mary Pillot, Trenton Reynolds, Susan Ryza, Ruth Sanpietro, Valerie Taylor, Catherine Tirr, and Bruce Trentham. First floor of Emeritus College, 1227 Second Street in downtown Santa Monica. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. 310.434.4306
