Breaking Through The Orange Curtain, group art show, 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.Bystander, art by Susan Bennerstrom, through May 30, Terence Rogers Fine Art, 1231 5th St., 310.394.4999.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. Fowler In Focus: Masks of Sri Lanka, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361. Heavenly Horses and Unbridled Passions, works by Carol Hernandez and Jessie Lynn Kennedy, through May 30, Topanga Canyon Gallery, 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. #109 Pine Tree Circle, Topanga, 310.455.7909. Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya, and Innovations in Western Desert Painting, 1972-1999: Selections from The Kelton Foundation, exhibits through August 2, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4288.In Focus: The Portrait, through June 14, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., 310.440.7300.LA 2019: Cults, Collectives, and Cocooning, through June 26, 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., 310.453.3711.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. Joan Ransohoff, Lynne McDaniel, Gary Polonsky, through May 23, TAG Gallery, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.829.9556.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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