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Candice Lin at Chung King Project

THURSDAY, APRIL 23
Fowler OutSpoken Conversation with Doug Aitken and Lauri Firstenberg
Fowler Museum @ UCLA, 7pm
Fowler OutSpoken with artist Doug Aitken and LA><ART director and curator Lauri Firstenberg in conjunction with the exhibition Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa and curator Polly Roberts. Continental Rifts is on view until June 14

Jeanne Batalova and Josh Kun in conversation
Clockshop, 7:30pm
Join the Table Talk between Josh Kun and Jeanne for a conversation on the immigration and the politics and culture of the border. Please make reservations prior to the date, here

Slide Show with Mike Mills
Family, 7:30pm
Intimate slide show and discussion with Mike Mills in conjunction with the launch of his new book Graphics Films

FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Undergraduate Thesis Final Review
SCI-Arc, 11am–7pm
The undergraduate Thesis Final Review takes place in the W. M. Keck Lecture Hall from 11am–7pm. Following the review, there will be an opening reception for the All School Exhibition (including graduate and undergraduate work) from 7–9pm. This work will be on view throughout the school until May 17

SATURDAY, APRIL 25
3–Way Sample Sale
New High (M)art, 12–6pm
Happening through Saturday and Sunday, New High (M)art is holding a parking lot/sidewalk sale of Alex & Chloe, Grey Ant and the Costume Depart. Plus 10 to 50% off inside the store through entire weekend!

Publishing 3.0: The Next Generation
LA Times Festival of Books at UCLA, Humanities A51, 1:30pm
Panel discussion moderated by David L. Ulin with Otis Chandler, Sara Nelson, Patrick Brown and Richard Nash. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Festival of Books continues through Sunday

Mathew Timmons and Robert Summers on Relational Aesthetics and Continental Philosophy
Sea and Space Exploration, 1–4pm
Presented by The After School Arts Program (ASAP) and hosted by Sea and Space, join for the first of a series of conversations asking “What’s wrong with Relational Aesthetics?”

Hungarian Critic and Curator, Zsuzsa László
Outpost for Contemporary Art, 4pm
The evening begins with a reception from 3 to 4, followed by Zsuzsa’s presentation at 4pm and screening at 7:30pm which compliments this Hungarian-based curator and critic’s presentation of underground, artist-run initiatives in Hungry of over the last 40 years. Please visit the website for details

Alexis Smith: Imitation of Life
Margo Leavin Gallery, 4–6pm
Smith uses found imagery to expose the way in which we choose to present ourselves. In isolating and manipulating these images, Smith inspects the validity through a humorous lens. On view until May 23

Chinatown Art Night
Chinatown, 6–9pm
On view during Chinatown’s quarterly art walk: “The Sexual Life of Savages” at Chung King Project, Opening “Jeff Jamieson – Sculpture” at David Patton Los Angeles, Presenting “Humanity Uniting,” a fundraising exhibit and event at Fifth Floor, Featured work at The Happy Lion, “Structural, Uncontrolled Hollywood, Political, Auteur, Cosmic, Happy, Sad, and Ordinary,” by Brian O’Connell at Redling Fine Art, Opening “Postwar Landscapes” by Mattew Picton and “Chanting Water” by Jean-Pierre Hébert at Solway Jones, Opening “Screwball Asses” at The Company, “Alexis Smith: Play it as it Lays” at Cottage Home, and “Luminous Networks” at Automat, among various additional venues and openings

Opera
Five Thirty Three, 7–10pm
Curated by Mark Foxx’s Lia Trinka-Browner including Lesley Moon, Jill Spector, Brendan Threadgill, Calvin Trezise and Dawson Weber. Accompanying the exhibition will be a zine with writing by Lia Trinka-Browner and Itza Vilaboy and an illustration by Matt Wycoff

SUNDAY, APRIL 26
LACMA Art + Architecture Tour
10am–4pm
The Art Museum Council’s 51st annual Art + Architecture tour for museum members features five extraordinary estates and their private art collections. A Special Projects boutique of unique artworks, created specially for this tour, will be on sale. For further information please call 323.857.6287. Tickets start at $150

98th Annual Gold Metal Juried Exhibition
Pasadena Museum of California Art, 12–5pm
Presented by the California Art Club, this is the annual exhibition of contemporary-traditional fine arts featuring nearly 300 paintings and sculptures on view to the public until May 17. The ticketed Gala Opening Night Reception takes place on Saturday, April 25. Click here for tickets and information

The Last Book: This Ain’t your Grandson’s Kindle
MAK Center, 4–7pm
haudenschildGARAGE and Spare Parts perform The Last Book: This Ain’t Your Grandson’s Kindle by Steve Fagin present the idea of resurrecting the medieval illuminated manuscript through alchemy, new technology to make past into the present. Reservations suggested in advance

TUESDAY, APRIL 28
Conversations on Urban China: Jeffrey Kipnis and Thom Mayne
Hammer Museum, 7pm
As a part of the Hammer lecture series, Sylvia Lavin from UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design interviews Jeffrey Kipnis, professor at Knowlton School of Architecture and curator at the Wexner Center and Thom Mayne principal of Morphosis and discuss whether or not art and architecture are converging to form an integrated type of cultural consumption

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
Conversations on Urban China: Catherine Opie and Doug Aitken
Hammer Museum, 7pm
Contemporary artists Catherine Opie and Doug Aitken join Sylvia Lavin (UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design) for a conversation on the conceptualization of city planning and the concept of the masterpiece being destroyed by global production