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“Jen-Pei Cheng: A recipe is a treasure map to find home”

18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Cheng’s “A recipe is a treasure map to find home”, her first project in the US, is a participatory art project and exhibition exploring the intimate connection between food, memory, and migration. Over the next month Cheng will invite guests (particularly, immigrants who have lived in LA for at least 5 years) for one-on-one interviews, […]

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Carol Zou: beauty/violence: aria

18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA, United States

beauty/violence: aria by Carol Zou is the first in a series of installations culled from a body of research investigating the use of classical music for purposes of spatial banishment. The installation features video documentation of public sites that attempt to control the flow of pedestrian traffic through playing classical music; embroidered maps on sound […]

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“Jennifer Wolf – Utopalypse” at William Turner Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, United States

William Turner Gallery is pleased to announce Utopalypse, a solo exhibition of new works by Jennifer Wolf. Utopalypse merges two seemingly opposing forces: utopia, the ideal or perfect place, and apocalypse, a moment of revelation often associated with collapse or ending. This fusion forms the conceptual core of Jennifer Wolf’s new exhibition, where the aspiration for beauty, […]

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“Greg Miller – True Romance” at William Turner Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, United States

William Turner Gallery is pleased to present True Romance, a solo exhibition by Greg Miller. Celebrated for his visually arresting and conceptually layered collages, Greg Miller continues his decades-long excavation of American mass media, memory, and myth-making. In this newest body of work, True Romance, Miller revisits the imagery that has long defined his practice—pulp fiction, […]

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“Jo Ann Callis – Dish Trick” at ROSEGALLERY

Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, United States

ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present Dish Trick, an exhibition of photographs by Jo Ann Callis. In this series, Callis offers a poetic and psychological exploration of everyday objects, inviting viewers to consider the silent power these forms hold in our lives. This exhibition is accompanied by Luhz Press’ release of their latest photography book, Jo […]

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“Charlotte Schmid-Maybach: Veiled Terrain” at Lois Lambert Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Veiled Terrain is an exhibition of Charlotte Schmid Maybach’s photographs, transformed from realistic landscapes to dreamy, melancholy assemblage, using unexpected materials. Schmid-Maybach begins by photographing both natural and urban landscapes, most often from California and the Pacific Northwest. Each photograph is then printed on silk or kozo paper, a special kind of Japanese paper made […]

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“Patrizia Mussa: Palazzo Dreams” at Galerie XII

Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, United States

The exhibition brings together photographs of Italy’s earliest permanent theaters—from Vicenza, Sabbioneta, and Parma, which mark the transition from court theaters to purpose-built venues, to iconic institutions such as Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Argentina in Rome, Teatro della Pergola […]

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The Robert Berman Gallery: REDUX 1995–2025: William S. Burroughs

Robert Berman Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave, #A5, Santa Monica, CA, United States

The Robert Berman Gallery is pleased to announce REDUX 1995–2025: William S. Burroughs, open July 12, 2025, through September 30, 2025, at Bergamot Station Arts Center. This exhibition revisits the 1995 exhibition “Concrete and Buckshot”, a presentation of Burroughs' visual work—originally mounted in collaboration with Track 16 Gallery—and repositions it within a new framework alongside […]

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Ruben Rojas and WRDSMTH: Carpe Every Single Diem

Bruce Lurie Gallery 608 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Bruce Lurie Gallery is proud to present “Carpe Every Single Diem”, a new exhibition from acclaimed Los Angeles-based artists Ruben Rojas and WRDSMTH. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, August 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Bruce Lurie Gallery in Santa Monica. Bringing together two of the city’s prominent street artists, “Carpe […]

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Santa Monica Open Mic

Wearies 2819 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, United States

Welcoming all musicians, songwriters, poets, comedians & other talents! ✅ Sign up upon arrival—first come, first served! ✅ Provide your name, email, IG handle, and act type. ✅ Perform for up to 7 minutes—whether it’s singing, poetry, comedy or acoustic instrumentation!   🍹This is a free event, so we appreciate any love shown to our […]

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