Save the Date! TJ Martell Artworks for the Cure October 11-13
Over 100 artists fill Barker Hanger in Santa Monica the weekend of October 11-13 for the TJ Martell Artworks for the Cure, celebrating offbeat, eclectic and irreverent art while funding innovative medical research focused on finding cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS. The list of artists is fresh, exciting and impressive. The participating galleries include…
Save The Date! October 12-13 Beyond Eden 2013 Honors Greg Escalante
Los Angeles’ very Los-Angeles-in-the-best-way art fair, Beyond Eden returns to the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood, October 12 and 13 after a one year hiatus. This celebration of New Contemporary Art–think Pop Surrealism, conceptual narrative, low brow, no brow, interpretive representational, neo-expressionism–is a multi-gallery show featuring bold…
Richard Newton, “La Gruta Azul/The Grotto”
Conceptual artist Richard Newton’s newest installation,”La Gruta Azul/The Grotto” blends Jewish, Catholic and Buddhist religious symbolism with empty drink cans and water bottles that create an otherworldly environment. Opening at Jancar gallery on Saturday night–the only evening “The Grotto” will be able to be viewed in the nighttime light–“The Grotto” will in place until…
Another New Downtown Art’s District Mural Heralds Zinc Cafe’s Arrival
The Downtown Los Angeles Arts District has another new mural on its newest restaurant-to-be, Zinc Cafe at 580 Mateo, across the street from Handsome Coffee. Scheduled to open in January 2014, Zinc Cafe features lacto-ova and vegan food–think California/Mediterranean cuisine with salads, grains, vegetables, paninis and small pizzas, plus pastries and desserts. The menu is…
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Pasadena is soooo SoCal, so it makes sense that this city would be the home to a museum focused solely on California art. And with Southern California being so shaped and influenced by cars, what could be more natural than to have a garage with artwork designed by California-grown street artist Kenny Scharf! Opened in…
Pasadena: Norton Simon Museum of Art
With a collection comprising more than 11,000 objects focusing on European art from the 14th to 19th Century, Asian art, and Modern Art, Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum of Art showcases the vision and wealth of its namesake, American industrialist and native Californian, Norton Simon. Simon, an avid collector who died in 1993, had entered into…
Nathan Ota Signs “Nathan Ota: Ikiru” Friday at La Luz de Jesus
Nathan Ota’s adept, surreal artwork takes viewers into a perilous nether world, off-color and off-kilter. And with Nathan Ota: Ikiru, the full overview of the artist’s work, readers can explore the artist’s beginnings as street artist, through illustration, fine art and coming full circle to his collaboration with RISK. He’ll be at La Luz de…
Explore Pasadena Sunday, Sept 15 with Field Trip
Pasadena, best known for the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl which act as televised ambassadors for glorious Southern California, is a city full of secret and surprises, and on Sunday September 15, you can explore and learn more about LA’s slightly northern neighbor on Field Trip Day. The free afternoon of exploration, guided by the…
Chung King Road’s Autumn Cornucopia of Art
This Saturday September 14, plan to get hopped up in Chinatown, because it’s the high season on Chung King Road under a waxing moon at the peak of autumn’s balmy nights. Coagula throws a grand re-opening bash at their new location, 974 Chung King Road, across the walkway from the their old spot which was…
Bomb It 2: Jon Reiss Live Interview, Monday 9/10
Love street art and graffiti? Check out Bomb It 2–trailer below! Filmmaker Jon Reiss is a champion of street and graffiti, and tomorrow, September 10 from 5pm to 6:30pm West Coast time, I’ll be interviewing him live on Firedoglake.com about his new film Bomb It 2, the follow up to his renowned global graffiti documentary…
Pasadena: Flower Pepper Gallery
Specializing in Low Brow and PoMo Pop Art art, Flower Pepper Gallery exhibits local and international emerging artists in the gallery/shop located in the heart of Old Town Pasadena. The art stands in bold contrast to what you’d find at Pasadena’s legendary art repositories, the Huntington or Norton Simon: Think group shows based around the internalization…
