The Lives We Could Have Led, new exhibition at TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, featuring artists Carol Kleinman, Michael Knight, Cheryl Medow from Nov. 1 through Nov. 26. 2525 Michigan Avenue, D-3, Santa Monica, 310.829.9556, taggallery.net
Natural Order, British artist Margaret Francis and Seattle artist Fred Lisaius display an exhibition of paintings this Saturday through Nov. 19. Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave, E3A. 310.453.5757, schomburggallery.com
Velvets 1974-1982 / Resins 2009, Peter Alexander presents an exhibition at Craig Krull Gallery through Nov. 26. Alexander’s highly polished, translucent and subtly toned cubes, wedges, and wall pieces have inspired comparisons to the West Coast milieu of surfboards and metallic auto bodies. Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave, Building B3. 310.824.6410, craigkrullgallery.com
Early Work, Larry Bell’s innovative sculptural work is integral to the development of the clean, clear look of Los Angeles Art through Nov. 26. Frank Lloyd Gallery. Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., B5. Hours Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 310.264.3866, franklloyd.com
Loose Canon, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 12 contemporary artists who are inspired by masterworks of art history through Nov. 12. L.A. Louver. 45 N. Venice Blvd, Venice. 310.822.4955, lalouver.com
Santa Monica College Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery, presents an exhibition of the work of five prominent Los Angeles abstract painters – Edith Baumann, James Hayward, Scot Heywood, John Miller, and Ed Moses through Dec. 3. “Marks and Movement: Five Painters” displays the works of a group of painters who have known each other for more than 30 years. Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street. 310.434.3434
Gegam Kacherian, this will be the third solo exhibition for Kacherian, running through Nov. 12. His paintings are made up of various fantastical landscapes, often with a city or institutional space envisioned as a kind of distant oasis, set in the background. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Bergamot Station, www.rosamundfelsen.com, 310.828.8488
Transformation, conceptual photographs by Robert Heinecken and Victor Landweber through Nov. 12. Appropriating magazine imagery (the former) and paint chip color cards (the latter) as a companion show to the Robert Berman Gallery’s September show, Paid to Play. Free. 2525 Michigan Ave. robertbermangallery.com
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
Carlos Almaraz: Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, through Nov. 5. The exhibit comprises of paintings, pastels and drawings from the 70s and 80s. Tuesday 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 Ave., Building B-3, craigkrullgallery.com, 310.828.6410
Beatrice Wood: Career Woman-Drawings, Paintings, Vessels, and Objects, through March 3, 2012. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., smmoa.org
Tantra Song: Contemporary Tantric Paintings from Rajasthan, through Dec. 10, 2011. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., 310.586.6488, smmoa.org
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
Stanley Silver’s “Breath and Shadow” and Greg Jezewski’s “Highball,” through Nov. 10, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station. 323.839.6166.
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