This Week in LA: July 24→30
Summer Shows That Challenge How We See
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Summer in Los Angeles means longer days to explore the city's vibrant gallery scene, and this week we're drawn to the poetic power of seeing differently – from Jo Ann Callis's reimagined still lifes at ROSEGALLERY to Alex Turner's thermal imaging revelations of California's trees at Marshall Gallery. Whether you're escaping the heat by contemplating Barbara T. Smith's pioneering Xerox experiments at Marciano Art Foundation or exploring the rich Black artistic heritage of Altadena at CAAM, the city's galleries are offering fresh perspectives on familiar subjects. Add in a memorial retrospective of master photographer Sebastião Salgado's four-decade career at the Peter Fetterman Gallery and summer group shows brimming with diverse voices, and you have a week that celebrates both innovation and legacy. Time to see LA through new eyes...
On View Now
ROSEGALLERY | Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
Jo Ann Callis: Dish Trick
On view through August 30, 2025
A poetic and psychological exploration of everyday objects through photographs that deconstruct traditional still life arrangements.
Peter Fetterman Gallery | Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
Sebastião Salgado: The World of Sebastião Salgado | A Memorial Exhibition
On view through September 1, 2025
An extraordinary retrospective spanning over four decades of the master photographer's documentary work, from Serra Pelada to Amazonia.
Marshall Gallery | Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
Alex Turner: Blind Forest
On view through August 23, 2025
A cross-disciplinary study using thermal imaging to explore how trees absorb and reflect human and environmental histories across California's diverse landscapes.
Hammer Museum | Westwood
Noah Davis: Survey
On view through August 31, 2025
The first institutional survey of the late American artist assembling over 50 works that questioned complex histories of representation through fluid painting style.
S P O N S O R E D
Anat Ebgi | Mid-Wilshire
Group Exhibition: Head in the Clouds
On view through August 16, 2025
Examining the portrait through shadow, avatar, and likeness, this exhibition unpacks the construction of identity through allegory, transformation, and distortion.
Fahey/Klein Gallery | Los Angeles
Paul Jasmin & Todd Weaver: Fade to West
On view through September 6, 2025
A photographic exhibition pairing Jasmin's evocative portraits and cinematic vignettes with Weaver's ethereal scenes capturing Los Angeles's beauty and transience.
Marciano Art Foundation | Los Angeles/Koreatown
Barbara T. Smith: Xerox 914
On view through August 16, 2025
Exploring the pioneering performance artist's groundbreaking use of a Xerox 914 photocopier to create fifty thousand prints and investigate art and the self.
California African American Museum | Exposition Park, Los Angeles
Group Exhibition: Ode to 'Dena: Black Artistic Legacies of Altadena
On view through October 12, 2025
Surveying the rich Black cultural heritage of Altadena through work and stories of an intergenerational group of artists and culture bearers.
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles | Arts District, DTLA
Group Exhibition: The Endless Forever
July 26 – August 23, 2025
Diverse works by twelve artists inspired by ancestral knowledge, internal histories, and intuitive processes, oscillating between concrete and abstract.
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery | Arts District, DTLA
Summer Group Exhibition: Game Time
On view through August 2, 2025
New works by 20 artists from the United States and internationally in the gallery's summer group exhibition.
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Fabrik Projects | Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
Summer Group Show: Contemporary Visions
On view through August 2, 2025
A dynamic survey of photography and mixed media works by 20 artists exploring how contemporary practitioners interpret, reconstruct, and reimagine the world around them.
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