Exhibits:

ALMS “Offerings,” photography by Felice Willat and gourds by Karen Saviskas, reception April 19, 4-7pm, through May 3, Topanga Canyon Gallery, 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. #109 Pine Tree Circle, 310.455.7909.Michael Beck, The Object As Still Life, through April 18, Lora Schlessinger Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.1133.Joseph Blaustein: Love, War, and Dog Philosophy-Paintings 2007-2008, through April 18, FIG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345.Deborah Butterfield, reception April 16, 6-8pm, through May 9, L.A. Louver, 48 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.4955.Lloyd Cameron: Surrealism and Abstracts in Acrylics and Oils, through April 30, Senior Arts Foundation, 632 Arizona Ave., 310.393.0701.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. Ross Eccles, paintings, through April 25, Hangar Gallery at Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Ave., 310.706.1247.Terri Evans, Steel, through May 9, Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, 310.453.0043.Exaltation of the Insignificants, group art exhibit, through April 30, Terra Galleria Artworks, Bergamot Station, 408.223.8419. 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.Jennifer Lee, through May 2, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.3866.Greg Miller, Michel Tabori, through April 25, William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, turnergallery@mac.com.Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA, through May 31, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310. 443.7016.Stephanie Sanchez, through April 25, Terence Rogers Gallery, 1231 5th St., 310.394.4999.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.Elias Simé: Eye of the Needle, Arnold Mesches: Coming Attractions (Project Rooms 1 and 2), through April 18, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 310.586.6488 x118.SMC Annual 29th Annual Student Photography Show, through May 2, Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St, 310.434.3434.Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer for European Collectors, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, LA, 310.440.7300. Tim Zinnemann, A Beautiful Girl Like You, photographs, through April 29, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.5757.