What a thrill as the fall art season begins! Granted, we're still immersed in sizzling September in LA, but at least there are new and vibrant art exhibitions to explore this week. Check out a little cluster on Melrose Hill with openings at David Zwirner and Marian Goodman. Next week gets even more enticing when the Getty's PST (Art & Science Collide Pacific Standard Time) get going. More than 70 exhibitions from museums and other institutions across the region, all exploring the intersections of art and science, past, present, and future. More on this next week. In the meantime, we also highlight several other exciting things to kick off your September cultural explorations, from wonderful films to fab literary events...

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Gallery & Museum Exhibitions

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Mark Selwyn Fine Art | West Hollywood
Channing Hansen: Cosmic Fabric
September 7—October 19, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7 | 5–7pm
The artist produces these fiber-based “paintings” via a complex journey, processing and blending raw fleece which he twists into strands of wool for the yarn, and creating his own custom dyes.

Jeffrey Deitch | West Hollywood
Austin Lee: Psychomachia
September 6—October 26, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6 | 6–8pm
A series of works generated by 3D and virtual reality software to make drawings, then painted on canvas, in an exploration of human connection refracted through the digital age.

David Zwirner | Melrose Hill
At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World
September 7—November 2, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7 | 6–8pm
Curated by Hilton Als, this exhibition continues the gallery’s history of curated exhibitions focusing on different facets of Neel’s ever-relevant work. One of the foremost artists of the 20th century, Neel (1900–1984) is known for her daringly honest and humanist approach to the figure.

Marian Goodman Gallery | Melrose Hill
Anri Sala: Time No Longer
September 7—October 26, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7 | 5–7pm
An immersive video, sound and light installation, involving two seemingly disparate art forms united as condensations of time, the exhibition embraces the past and the future in fresco painting and computer-generated imagery.

Spy Projects | West Adams
David Lloyd: In the Beginning
September 6—October 18, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6 | 7–10pm
A series by the LA-based artist incorporating sculptural concerns and moving away from traditional supports such as canvas and linen, in favor of expanding urethane foam, felt and Astroturf, among other unconventional materials. Here, every piece is a product, in part, of generative AI. 

Film, Music, Theatre, Festivals & Dance

FILM: Seeking Mavis Beacon
Nuart Theater | West LA
September 6-7, 2024 | 7:30pm
Two DIY detectives search for the real woman behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Director Jazmin Renée Jones and co-creator Olivia McKayla Ross will appear in person for a Q&A after the screening. Tickets: $18.50

FILM: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Ted Mann Theater @ Academy Museum | Miracle Mile
Friday, September 6, 2024 | 7:30pm
In this 1982 documentary essay, James Baldwin leads filmmakers Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley through a tour of his roots in the South. Tickets: $10

FILM: No Fear No Die
2220 Arts + Archives | Historic Filipinotown
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | 8pm
Mezzanine presents a screening of Claire Denis’s third feature from 1990, No Fear No Die. Long unavailable in the U.S., the film is a visceral noir that intimately explores the effects of colonialism, belonging and violence in the lives of two black immigrants from Benin and Martinique. Tickets: $15

FILM: Happy Hour Film Club
The Stowaway | DTLA
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | 5pm
Every Wednesday, Happy Hour Film Club presents a movie screening along with film-themed happy hour specials. Live jazz and jams will follow the screening. 

THEATRE: Memnon
Getty Villa | Outdoor Classical Theater | Pacific Palisades
September 5-28, 2024
The Classical Theatre of Harlem and Getty Villa present Memnon, the tale of an Ethiopian king who goes to Troy to help the besieged Trojans. Tickets: $30–55

THEATRE: Duel Reality from the 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts de la main)
Center Theatre Group | Ahmanson Theatre | DTLA
September 11—22, 2024
This production from the Canadian troupe features a mix of circus, theatre, illusion, music and dance in an acrobatic tour-de-force for all ages, inspired by the star-crossed tale of Romeo and Juliet. Tickets $28.75 and up

Literary, Readings & Book Launches

Los Angeles Kids Book Festival
West Hollywood Park | West Hollywood
Sunday, September 8, 2024 | 9:30am-4:30pm
The Los Angeles Kids Book Festival celebrates children’s literature while fostering a love for reading. There will be interactive storytelling sessions, book readings, creative workshops, craft activities and more. 

Beyond Policing
Reparations Club | Inglewood
Saturday, September 7, 2024 | 7pm
Author and educator Philip V. McHarris will discuss his new book, Beyond Policing. McHarris will be joined in conversation with artists and Initiate Justice co-founder, Richie Reseda. Tickets: $30 (includes a signed copy of the book)

Edwidge Danticat and Robin Coste Lewis
Mark Taper Auditorium at LA Central Library | DTLA
Monday, September 9, 2024 | 7pm
ALOUD celebrates Edwidge Danticat and her new collection of essays, We’re Alone. Danticat will discuss her beautiful and complex collection with celebrated poet, writer, and former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, Robin Coste Lewis.

New Mistakes
North Figueroa Bookshop | Highland Park
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | 7pm
Celebrate the launch of New Mistakes, the debut novel by Clement Goldberg, who will be joined by Harry Dodge, Zackary Drucker, Ali Liebegott and Michelle Tea.

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