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ExhibitsStephen Aldrich’s “Collages,” and Michael Kenna’s “Japan,” Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, through January 14, 2006, (310)828-6410.   Behold, the Pacific! California Coastal Views, The California Heritage Museum, through February 26, 2006, 2612 Main Street, (310) 392-8537. Collapse? – How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles – Through January 2006. (213) 763-DINO. www.nhm.org.   Cindy Craig’s “Divine Excess,” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, through February 18, Bergamot Station, (310) 828-1133.   Sam Francis: Five Decades, Unique Works and Important Prints, Leslie Sacks Fine Art, 11640 San Vicente Blvd. (Brentwood), through February 6, (310) 820-9448. John Greco & Tom Lundquist, Santa Monica College Art Faculty Exhibit, Printmaking & Digital Prints, SMC Photography Gallery, through January 20, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 434-3434.   From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, The Skirball Cultural Center, through February 12, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., (310) 440-4500.   Holiday Salon, artists Jeanne Friscia, Carol Golemboski, George Billis Gallery, through January 14, 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., Culver City, (310) 838-3685.   Dan Kopp’s first exhibition is comprised of  landscapes of “leftover color chips of an army of abstractioners – painters, architects and sculptors,” and Charles Lang’s new sculpture, photography and video, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, through January 28, Bergamot Station, (310) 453-7535.   Max Liebermann: From Realism to Impressionism, the Skirball Cultural Center, through January 29, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., (310) 440-4500. Kristi Lippire’s Landscape Sculpture, d.e.n. contemporary, through February 18, 6023 Washington Blvd., Culver City, (310) 559-3023.   Rachael McCampbell’s “Wing Scapes,” and “Fanciful,” a group show, Tag Gallery, through January 28, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., (310) 829-9556. Mineo Mizuno and Jimi Gleason at Patricia Faure Gallery, through January 14, Bergamot Station, (310) 449-1479.   Moments, photographs by Lyndie Benson, Edgemar Center for the Arts, a non profit state of the art two theater and art gallery complex, 2437 Main Street, (310) 576-7517.   Pacific Sands features paintings of Southern California by Humbert Curcuru, Art Mortimer and Fiona Phillips, through February 3, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, (310) 453-5757. Mary Schairer’s “New Work,” collage work dense with imagery, First Independent Gallery, through February 4, Bergamot Station, (310) 829-0345. Thirty-Yeae Anniversary Exhibit at L.A. Louver: Peter Shelton’s “godspipes,” and Art of the Indian Court: Architectural Elementrsm Jalis, and Paintings from Terence McInerney. Through February 11. 45 North Venice Boulevard. Cheryl Ann Thomas: Recent Work, ceramic sculpture, Frank Lloyd Gallery, through February 4, (310) 264-3866.   What We Think Now, works by Jonathan Hollingsworth, 18th Street Arts Gallery, through January 20, 18th Street Arts Gallery, 1639 18th Street, (310) 453-3711.   David Williams and Robert Sherman, Blue Seven Gallery, through February 3, 3129 Pico Blvd., (310) 449-1444. Marlene Sanaye Yamada’s “Just Colors,” BGH Gallery, through February 5, Bergamot Station, (310) 315-9502.