This tribute to artist Margaret Kilgallen was spotted in Los Angeles in 2014. The quote is paraphrasing what she said during an interview for the PBS program Art21. The full quote reads- “I do spend a lot of time trying to perfect my line work… when you get close up, you can always see the line waver. And I think that’s where the beauty is.” Kilgallen died of cancer in 2001, at only 33, but left behind a remarkable body of work.
You can currently see one of these works at Cantor Arts Center’s as part of the group exhibition, Day Jobs, on view until 7/21/24. The exhibition examines the impact of day jobs in the lives and work of several famous artists.
Image courtesy of Cantor Arts Center: Margaret Kilgallen, “Money to Loan (Paintings for the San Francisco Bus Shelter Posters)” [detail], 2000. Mixed media on paper and fabric, sheet 68 × 48½ inches Courtesy of the Margaret Kilgallen Estate, photo by Tony Prikryl
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/26-9/29/19)-
Thursday
Bombay Bicycle Club are playing at The Mayan with Blaenavon
Ghostly is celebrating its 2oth Anniversary with performances by Gold Panda, Geotic, Mary Lattimore, Shigeto, and DJ SV4 at The Regent Theater
Pop Up Magazine’s “live magazine show” returns to The Theatre at the Ace Hotel, this time with the theme The Escape Issue in collaboration with The California Sunday Magazine. Performers include comedians Jordan Carlos and Chris Duffy, poet Sarah Kay, photographers Lucas Foglia and Lisette Poole, and more
Nightmares on Wax and Luke Vibert are DJ’ing at 1720
Pacer, Simulcast, and Devon Williams are opening for Stolen Jars at The Satellite
Thursday-Saturday
Lambda Lit Fest Los Angeles celebrates LGBTQ writers and includes tons of free programming throughout the city including performances and workshops. A day long celebration on Saturday at Pico Union Project concludes the programming with a presentation by Tegan and Sara from their new memoir, performances by artists including Phranc, Dynasty Handbag and Tommy Pico, and a karaoke party.
Friday
Deadbeat Beat are playing at All Star Lanes with Gum Country, Shells, and Dummy
Van Nuys Arts Festival is taking place at the civic center with live music, interactive art, a 3D maze, and more- all free
Ty Segall & Freedom Band are continuing their residency at Teragram Ballroom– tonight playing his new album FirstTaste and his 2014 album Manipulator. DMBQ are opening.
Blum & Poe are screening the LA premiere of Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey outdoors behind the gallery with a performance by folk band The Storytellers (free but RSVP required)
Deanna and Ed Templeton are signing their books at Arcana Books
Hammer Museum is having a free opening night party for the new Lari Pittman exhibition, which will include live DJs, drinks, and food trucks, as well as late night access to the gallery
The Berries, Justus Proffit, Alms, and Dummy are playing at The Hi Hat
Sunflower Bean, Ella Vos, and Ximena Sarinana are performing free as part of Tastes & Sounds Fall Crawl on South Lake Avenue in Pasadena
Deadbeat Beat are playing a free show in Long Beach at 4th Street Vine
Tegan and Sara are performing and telling stories to celebrate their new memoir at The Orpheum Theatre
Sunday
Artist Lari Pittman will be in conversation with curator Connie Butler at Hammer Museum to discuss his recently opened retrospective
At ICA LA’s free open house, celebrate new exhibitions No Wrong Holes: Thirty Years of Nayland Blake and Sadie Barnette:The New Eagle Creek Saloon and from 2-3pm artist Nayland Blake will be in conversation with curator Jamillah James
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/29-12/2/18)-
Thursday
Tennis System are opening for El Ten Eleven at the Teragram Ballroom
LACMA is hosting a free screening of the 1949 film Caught, featuring a character based on Howard Hughes. The event includes a post screening conversation with Karina Longworth and Edgar Wright, and a book signing of Seduction: Sex, Lies and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood
Union Station is having its Annual Tree Lighting and Cocoa Concert (free and indoors due to the rain)
California hip-hop collective BROCKHAMPTON are performing at the Shrine Expo Hall
Molly Nilsson is playing at Zebulon with Patience and Paige Emery opening
Starting today and running until Sunday at The Theatre at Ace Hotel is HYPERSPECTIVE, a “free immersive film festival experience” in a 360 degree dome theater that include short and long-format immersive films
Spendtime Palace are playing with Pinky Pinky and The Brazen Youth at the Bootleg Theater
Doe Paoro and Springtime Carnivore are playing at the Lodge Room
Death Valley Girls are playing at The Echo with Salt Lick, Secret Stare and Adult Parts opening
Saturday
For Day With(out) Art 2018,Hammer Museum will be screening the hour long video program Alternate Endings, Activist Risings which highlights the impact of art in AIDS activism through short videos commissioned from community organizations and collectives
Justus Proffit and Jay Som will be performing songs from their recent collaboration at the Moroccan Lounge with Fime and Nikolas Escudero opening
Grand Central Market is hosting it’s Fifth Annual Holiday Marketplace (also on Sunday)
Union Station is also having a holiday marketplace which includes a performance by The Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Photographer Luther Gerlach will be at The Getty to demonstrate how to make wet plate collodion negatives, ambrotypes and tintypes (free)
Celebrate Hanukkah at Skirball Cultural Center with musical performances, workshops and storytelling
Zebulon is hosting a free screening of Elia Kazan’s film Splendor in the Grass, with an introduction to the film by Natasha Gregson Wagner (actress Natalie Wood’s daughter) and film scholar Jim Hosney
Artist Ed Templeton will be signing his new book at Arcana
CicLAvia is back and shutting down streets to traffic in Chinatown, Boyle Heights and DTLA
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/3-12/6/15)-
Thursday
Starting Thursday night and running until Sunday, Machine Project has turned its theater into a sports bar and will be showing sports themed art videos (free)
Made by DWC (Downtown Women’s Center) sells unique products created by homeless and low income women and tonight they are having their annual holiday party with snacks and bubbly- get some Xmas gifts and support a good cause!
The Dandy Warhols are playing at the Teregram Ballroom (also on Friday, sold out Saturday)
Artist Sandow Birk will be in conversation with writer and editor Gary Dauphin about the former’s book American Qur’an at the Hammer Museum. For the book Birk transcribed the entire Qur’an, using traditional colors, inks, and formatting, and set it against a backdrop of illustrations from everyday American life (that work is on view at OCMA)
X are playing at the Roxy (also Friday, Sunday, sold out Saturday)
Friday
A Christmas Carol, performed by Will & Company, The Music Center’s educational touring ensemble, is at The Huntington and includes a pre-show sing-along of favorite holiday tunes ($15)
Booker T. Jones is playing with Black Joe Lewis at UCLA’s Royce Hall
White Reaper is opening for together PANGEA at the Echoplex
Power 106′s Cali Christmas is at The Forum and features Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Pharrell Williams, Ty Dolla $ign, Travis Scott, Dej Loaf and more
Gary Clark Jr. is playing at the Fonda Theatre (also Thursday and Saturday)
Saturday
Purity Ring are playing at The Shrine along with Baths and HANA
Artists Ed Templeton and Ethan Rafal will be signing their books at Arcana Books in Culver City
Artist and musician Phranc will be in conversation with curator Howard Fox at CAFAM (free with admission and RSVP)
DJ Four Tet AKA Kieran Hebden is playing a 6 hour set at Lot 613 downtown
Saturday and Sunday
Grand Central Market is having a pop up Holiday Marketplace with Santa, live music, and more. If you go on Saturday you can also see Elf at the Million Dollar Theatre afterwards.
MOCA Grand Avenue is hosting Sunday Studio, which will explore experimental film, photography, and collage through activities, performance and an artist talk with filmmaker Paul Clipson and musician Liz Harris (free)
LA Makers is having a holiday market at the Fowler Museum
Tacocat is opening for Sallie Ford at The Echo and !!! are at the Echoplex
Today (5/30) is the last day to see Ed Templeton’s exhibition Synthetic Suburbia at Roberts & Tilton in Culver City. His new paintings and drawings present a unique perspective on the Huntington Beach community.
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/2-4/5/15)-
Thursday
Artist talk: Charles Gaines and Sam Durant at the Hammer Museum
The G2 Gallery is kicking off Earth Month by having an off site exhibition of photos taken at various national parks. The reception takes place at Pico House downtown with wine and hors d’oeuvres (free with RSVP)
Mikky Ekko is performing at Sonos Studio for free with RSVP but get there early as there will be a big crowd and the studio is not that big
Thursday through Saturday
Cinefamily is showing the films of Hal Hartley with the director himself in attendance
Friday
Kitten is playing at the Troubadour (also on Saturday)
New York performer and nightlife personality Linda Simpson is presenting The Drag Explosion, a collection of her snapshots of the 80′s and 90′s drag community, for which she will provide live narration to accompany her photos and will also host a post-performance Q&A. It’s free and happening at the West Hollywood Council Chambers
Artists Ed Templeton and Thomas Campbell will be signing their books at Arcana Books in Culver City
Los Angeles Beer Fest is at LA Center Studios downtown- $40 for a three hour session of beer tasting (food not included)
Sunday
The Bunny Museum in Pasadena is open from 2-7pm (usually it’s only by appointment) and you can celebrate Easter by feeding some of their live bunnies while looking at the collection of over 30,000 bunny items
Also worth noting:
April is here and so is MOPLA, the month long photography event in Los Angeles
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (12/18-12/21/14)-
Thursday
Hammer Museum is showing Nightcrawler as part of its series The Contenders. Rene Russo and writer/director Dan Gilroy will be there for a Q & A after the screening
For more holiday fun, John C. Reilly is hosting A Very Janky Christmas Spectacular– an additional show has been added to the sold out event
Fishbone is at the Troubadour along with The Bots and others
Friday and Saturday
The City Ballet is performing The Nutcracker with a twist as The Nutcracker Swings– this time it takes place in 1946 during WWII in Hancock Park at the iconic Coconut Grove nightclub- with music by Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington
AMRA has created a multisensory (including music and aromas) art show which will have visitors led through the exhibit in the dark. It’s at Human Resources for two nights
Sunday
Drinking and collage and brunch come together at Thank You For Coming for the last Drinkollage of the year
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks Extravaganza! is at Nokia Live
