Art: Photo L.A. fair to be at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during weekend

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The longest-running art fair in Los Angeles, Photo L.A. is also the largest photography-based art fair in the country, drawing more than 10,000 attendees. The show is now combined with artLA projects, an ongoing citywide program of exhibitions, seminars and installations across all media, and the resulting art fair features four days of programming, including panels with local artists and writers Christina Caputo, Stacy Allen and Alex Klein, as well as an opening reception with William Eggleston and Stephen Shore. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. Opening reception: Thurs., 6 to 9 p.m. $80. Public fair hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fri.-Sun., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon. $20 for one-day pass. (310) 458-8551.