OPENING

Lygia Pape’s “Magnetized Space” at the Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London Opening December 7

The Brazilian artist and founding member of the Neo-Concretist movement that fused art and daily life was an integral part of birthing the contemporary art scene of her home nation. This retrospective exhibition brings together early drawings and poems complemented by her Neo-Concrete “Livros," “Caixas,” and subsequent performance pieces “Divisor (Divider)” and “O ovo (The Egg).”

“Ill Fares The Land” at Anthony Reynolds, 60 Great Marlborough Street, London, Opening December 9

A range of contemporary artists practicing across the spectrum are featured in Anthony Reynolds gallery’s group exhibition, with conceptual pieces by Hugo Boss Prize winner Emily Jacir, the fragmented color fields of Paul Graham, the collaged-style paintings of Leon Golub, and more.

Derek Chan’s “All Our Relations” at Carrie Secrist Gallery, 835 W Washington Blvd., Chicago, Opening December 10

Tuning in to the sacred, Derek Chan’s new work is born of cultural myths scrawled through hieroglyphs and petroglyphs. The theme of “The Weaver” from Native American myth is expressed in his own hybrid mythologies, crossing abstract paintings with universal indigenous symbols.

Ingrid Luche at Air de Paris, 32 Rue Louise Weiss, Paris, Opening December 10

The magic of relics is central to Luche’s exhibition, aspiring to create the atmosphere of a museum. The wall between the sacred objects and their mystical properties is broken in her new show at Paris gallery Air de Paris.

Reena Spauling’s “;-)” at Galerie Chantal Crousel, 10 Rue Charlot, Paris, Opening December 10

This is the second exhibition at Chantal Crousel for fictional New York-based art collective creation Reena Spaulings, and its emoticon exhibition title alludes to some very fun work.

CLOSING

Aaron Curry & Richard Hawkins’s “Cornfabulation,” at David Kordansky Gallery, 3143 S. La Cienega Blvd., Unit A, Los Angeles, Through December 10

The collaborative effort by Texas natives Aaron Curry and Richard Hawkins is a Two-for-One, gallery-within-a-gallery, One-Man-Two-Man show. Curry, once Hawkins’s student, is now in every way his equal. The two present both individual and fully collaborative sculptures and paintings that transform the empty white space into a brightly patterned sectional — with wallpaper that would probably glow under black lights.

ONGOING

Julian Wasser, George Herms, and Edmund Teske at Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamont Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Building B-3, Santa Monica, Through January 14

Three separate shows featuring some of the most seminal artists in Southern California’s history can be found at one venue in a hard-to-beat gallery-hopping experience. Media photographer Julian Wasser, has images of the famous Sunset Strip night scene alongside L.A. icons Joan Didion and Jack Nicholson and historic documentation of events like the Watts Riots. Assemblage master George Herms shows collages from the past 40 years, as well as newer pieces like “The Sepia Jones” collages (2002-2003). Lastly, a small exhibition of portraits by Edmund Teske is on view, capturing the L.A. art, music, and film scene through the faces of its main players such as Kenneth Anger, Jim Morrison, and gallery-mate Herms.

To see a slideshow of the artworks mentioned, please click on the link at the top.