Preview: Julien’s Auctions Street Art Auction: Banksy Murals and More

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Preview: Julien’s Auctions Street Art Auction: Banksy Murals and More

The annual Street Art Auction by Julien’s Auctions  offers works produced by the most significant and collectible artists in the urban art movement and several  controversial lots: Banksy murals excised from walls in Bethlehem and Detroit, the latter of which contains portions of paint showing clear fingerprints of the unidentified artist. Banksy’s Donkey Documents,  created in in…

#IAMTHEMANNY Poster Competition Campaign Launched by ACT/ART in Partnership with The White House

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#IAMTHEMANNY Poster Competition Campaign Launched by ACT/ART in Partnership with The White House

Launched by ACT/ART and inspired by the 1968 civil rights “I AM A MAN” campaign, #IAMTHEMANY is a poster competition designed to assert the same crucial tenets: universal right to justice, humanity and freedom. The tradition of poster art provides us with the unique power to elevate the conversation and inspire change through visceral means.…

Back to School : A juried exhibition of Ryman Arts Alumni & Students at RAWSalt Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach

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Back to School : A juried exhibition of Ryman Arts Alumni & Students at RAWSalt Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach

Join RAWsalt + Ryman Arts tonight from 5-8pm in Laguna Beach, where they will be presenting BACK TO SCHOOL, a juried exhibition with work by Ryman Arts Alumni. The panel of jurors who are all distinguished leaders of the Southern California arts community included: Ryman Arts Board Member Robin Kalota, art writer and editor Evan Senn and our…

“Common Side Effects” with Ed Templeton at Huntington Beach Art Center, Opens Tonight!

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“Common Side Effects” with Ed Templeton at Huntington Beach Art Center, Opens Tonight!

Huntington Beach Art Center will be presenting the work of Huntington Beach local, Ed Templeton in the exhibition titled Ed Templeton “Common Side Effects” that opens tonight from 6-9pm. The exhibition is a survey of 20 years of investigations into photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media, along with a curated selection of local photographers, curated by…

3rd Annual Coaster Show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery Opens Tonight!

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3rd Annual Coaster Show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery Opens Tonight!

Who hasn’t sat at a bar, drinking a beer and doodled on a coaster? But many of us aren’t the extremely skilled painters, illustrators, animators, tattooists, sculptors or collage artists that are featured in the Annual La Luz de Jesus Coaster Show exhibition that takes a love of craft brewing and elevates it to high…

“The Big Art Experience” Grand Opening Gala with Artists and Performances at Big Art Church!

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“The Big Art Experience” Grand Opening Gala with Artists and Performances at Big Art Church!

The Big Art Church, a former church built in the 1920’s in East Hollywood that has been converted into an event venue and art gallery space for the Los Angeles arts community and the local neighborhood, is hosting their first major event today with a schedule of events from 11:00am-3:00pm and 5:00pm-9:00pm. The event will…

Preview for Deedee Cheriel “Natural Resource” Opening Tonight!

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Preview for Deedee Cheriel “Natural Resource” Opening Tonight!

Artist Deedee Cheriel’s new exhibition “Natural Resource” opens tonight at KP Projects/MKG from 7:00-10:00pm. The exhibition will be on display from August 1 – 29, 2015. Deedee Cheriel’s works are narratives based in identity and mythology. Drawing inspiration from punk rock, feminism, and temple imagery from her native India, Cheriel’s “Natural Resource” paintings explore figuration, color,…

“Orange Sunshine and the Mystic Artists” Panel Discussion – Tonight!

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“Orange Sunshine and the Mystic Artists” Panel Discussion – Tonight!

A panel discussion moderated by the original Mystic Arts World Gallery Director, Dion Wright, featuring many of the people involved with The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Mystic Arts World, is happening at 6pm tonight. The discussion is part of the programming correlating with the exhibition “Orange Sunshine and the Mystic Artists” that opened on saturday night and runs through…

“On the Wall” at Huntington Beach Art Center Photo Preview

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“On the Wall” at Huntington Beach Art Center Photo Preview

The Huntington Beach Art Center–the exhibition location for Kustom Kulture in 2013, for which we were a media sponsor–presents a new exhibition titled “On the Wall.” The show consists of street art, featuring noted artists and many of those seen on the walls in Los Angeles by our Cartwheel Art Tours explorers in the Downtown Los Angeles…

A + D Museum Grand Reopening in the DTLA Arts District with “Shelter”

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A + D Museum Grand Reopening in the DTLA Arts District with “Shelter”

In the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, A + D Museum, has just finished turning a warehouse into a museum, that will become their new home. They will open this saturday June 27, 2015, with a show titled “Shelter”. The exhibition, will celebrate the belief that a well-designed habitat creatively and functionally expresses its relationship…

Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape at The Long Beach Museum of Art

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Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape at The Long Beach Museum of Art

The highly anticipated “Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape” exhibition, featuring murals and multi media installations, by well-known US and internationally urban contemporary artists, opens at The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA), this friday, June 26. The exhibition which is a collaboration between Thinkspace Gallery, POW! WOW Long Beach and The Long Beach Museum…