The opening reception for the 18th Street Arts Center exhibition A Universal History of Infamy—Virtues of Disparity is on Saturday from 5 pm.

The show—a collaboration with LACMA—features works “structured around themes of likeness and deception, and the shortcomings of writing, transcription, translation, and their contested relation to authenticity,” and is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.* The launch party will feature music by the Chulita Vinyl Club.

A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF INFAMY—VIRTUES OF DISPARITY Opening Reception, Saturday, September 9, from 5 pm to 8 pm.

18TH STREET ARTS CENTER, 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica.

Free r.s.v.p.:

eventbrite.com/e/a-universal-history-of-infamy-virtues-of-disparity-tickets-36787768205

Also see:

18thstreet.org

* pstlala-lacma.18thstreet.org/

chulitavinylclub.com/

Bottom: Ángela Bonadies. Image credit: Ángela Bonadies and LACMA.