On any given day, the late director David Lynch would set out from his Hollywood Hills home with his camera and a number in mind: 10 photos in five hours, say. "For him, taking photos was like going on a treasure hunt," says Lynch's son, the director Riley Sweeney Lynch. "The camera became a way into the world," The world he photographed in his adopted city was remarkably like the surreal and uneasy ones he created in his films. The exhibition "David Lynch: LA," on view at Los Angeles's Pace Gallery through Dec. 23, brings together 35 images that Lynch made between 1979 and 2008, showing how his signature style continues to shape our imaginations.

  September 24–27: Independent 20th Century at The Breuer Building As New York’s autumn art calendar kicks into high gear, the Independent 20th Century art fair  takes over the iconic Breuer Building—the new global headquarters for Sotheby's in the former home of the Whitney. Under the sharp curatorial eye of Independent’s founder Elizabeth Dee, this year's fair nearly doubles its footprint to host 56 international exhibitors and over 130 artists, ag...