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Events calendar: This week's top picks

Takashi Murakami: Arhat

  • Critics choice
  • Free

Provocative Japanese artist Takashi Murakami comes to Culver City's huge art gallery Blum & Poe.

Overdrive: LA Constructs the Future, 1940-1990

  • Critics choice
  • Free

Learn how LA became a hub for cutting-edge, modern design and architecture.

  1. Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive, at I-405
  2. Until Sun Jul 21
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Looking East: Rubens' Encounter with Asia

  • Critics choice
  • Free

This Getty Center delves into the rare treasures of Korea, spotlighting Peter Paul Rubens' Man in Korean Costume.

  1. Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive, at I-405
  2. Until Sun Jun 9
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WAR / PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath

  • Free

Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, more than 150 images document war from 1887 onward.

  1. Annenberg Space for Photography 2000 Avenue of the Stars
  2. Until Sun Jun 2
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Theater shows & dance performances

LA Opera Presents "Tosca"

  • Price band: 4/4

Puccini's soaring score is conducted by Placido Domingo.

  1. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 N Grand Avenue, between W 1st & W Temple Streets
  2. Until Sat Jun 8
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Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet

  • Price band: 2/4

The cutting-edge Modern Ballet show is back for a one-night performance.

  1. The Luckman Fine Arts Complex 5151 State University Dr
  2. Sat Jun 29
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Art exhibitions

James Turrell: A Retrospective

  • Price band: 2/4

This retrospective spans 50 pieces of early light projections, holograms and immersive light installations.

  1. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Blvd
  2. Sun May 26 - Sun Apr 6
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Richard Serra: Double Rifts

  • Free

Get a glimpse of Serra's drawings using his favorite medium, the paintstick (a waxy, grease crayon).

  1. Gagosian Gallery 456 N Camden Dr
  2. Until Sat Jun 1
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A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living

  • Price band: 1/4

Catch the first-ever major museum retrospective of the LA-based modernist architect.

  1. Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd
  2. Sat May 25 - Sun Sep 8
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Simone Shubuck: Do You Like Old Things or New Things That Look Old?

  • Free

New works embrace the past at this solo exhibition at Taylor De Cordoba gallery's grand re-opening.

  1. Taylor De Cordoba 6021 Washington Blvd
  2. Until Sat Jun 1
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Takashi Tomo-oka

  • Price band: 1/4
  • Critics choice

Traditional Japanese painting meets modern technique in this exhibit of Takashi Tomo-oka's works.

  1. Pacific Asia Museum 46 N Los Robles Avenue, at E Colorado Boulevard West
  2. Until Sun Jul 28
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Japan's Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto

  • Critics choice

Tour Japan and take a glimpse back in time through the lenses of 20th century photographers Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto.

  1. Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive, at I-405
  2. Until Sun Aug 25
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2013 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowships Visual Arts Exhibition

  • Free

Catch the work of some of LA's most exemplary mid-career artists at this eclectic exhibition.

  1. Barnsdall Art Park & Hollyhock House 4800 Hollywood Blvd
  2. Until Sun Jul 7
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Focus on the Subject: The Art of the Harari Collection

  • Price band: 1/4

Get a closer look at pieces from Japan's Edo and Meiji era pieces.

  1. Pacific Asia Museum 46 N Los Robles Avenue, at E Colorado Boulevard West
  2. Until Sun Mar 30
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Readings & lectures

Eat Write at Muddy Leek

  • Price band: 1/4

Monthly poetry collective Tongue and Groove drop into Muddy Leek for an eat and speak series.

  1. Muddy Leek 8631 Washington Blvd., 90232
  2. Until Wed Dec 18
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Norman Seeff Lectures

  • Free

Legendary rock 'n' roll photographer Norman Seeff will share his expertise at a series of lectures.

  1. Bar at Hotel Bel-Air 701 Stone Canyon Rd
  2. Until Tue Nov 19
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Write Club: Los Angeles

  • Price band: 1/4

Two writers go head to head in three bouts of write-offs. The audience picks the winner. All proceeds go to charity.

  1. Bootleg Theater 2220 Beverly Blvd
  2. Mon Mar 11
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