9 L.A. happenings to pull up to now that you’ve fully settled into the January flow
LA TimesLouis Vuitton SS24 pop-up in WeHo Louis Vuitton pop-up in West Hollywood. us.louisvuitton.com Sam Gilliam: The Last Five Years Sam Gilliam, “Untitled” In this David Kordansky Gallery show, which was co-organized with New York’s Pace Gallery, visitors will have the chance to behold artworks by Sam Gilliam that have never been exhibited publicly. It focuses on the last five years of Gilliam’s life, an impressively generative and innovative period, and includes a remarkable selection of his famous “drape” paintings — sculptural abstract paintings that swell and droop off the walls like fabric. regenprojects.com Photo zine swap This year’s Los Angeles Art Fair includes a special Photo Zine Swap Meet put together by photographer and zine-maker Valerie J. Bower. Ozzie Juarez is sharing stunning new work at Charlie James Gallery in “OXI-DIOS,” or “oxidized god.” The artist’s large-scale paintings are mounted on metal gates, barbed wire looping above them, and pull from Pre-Columbian myths and L.A. scenes, including auto-body shops and eye-popping graffiti.