Save the Date & Preview: “Drinkin’ Smokin’ & West Coastin’ A Group Love/Hate Letter to LA – Think Tank Gallery
Months after moving out of Downtown Los Angeles and popping up across town, one of our favorite galleries, Think Tank Gallery, is opening with a massive homecoming exhibit, Drinkin’ Smokin’ & West Coastin – A Group Love/Hate Letter to LA, on Saturday August 19th. For the month long series of art and events, that will…
Tour Coverage: SPREEPARK – The abandoned amusement park from another era
When you live in a city like Berlin, you tend to think that nothing can really surprise you anymore. At least until you find out about that abandoned amusement park that you’ve been living next door with for years. Not many places in Berlin have such a turbulent history as Spreepark. It first opened its…
Save the Date: Arts District Daze in the DTLA Arts District – Saturday August 19th from 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Arts District Daze, a monthly event held every 3rd Saturday from 1:00pm-6:00PM, in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District neighborhood, is happening this Saturday August 19th. Join us for special art events, exclusive menu items, sales, music and more. Arts District Daze is hosted by the Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association. Navigate your way…
Save The Date: Tiki Oasis 17 Art Show – 8/11 through 8/13 at Crowne Plaza in San Diego
Shawn Dickenson MarineQueen Tiki Oasis weekend tickets may be sold out but the 8th annual Tiki Oasis pop-up art show “International Intrigue,” curated by Baby Doe, is open to the public, all weekend long! This year’s International Intrigue show explores the mid-century fascination with spies and secret agents and its’ ties to tiki! There’s a…
Save the Date: Hi-Fructose Co-Founder Annie Owens shows A Place Worth Knowing at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Hi-Fructose co-founder Annie Owens A Place Worth Knowing opens up tonight at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Her watercolors have a melodramatic, film-noir edge; her subjects exist in a remote world. As one of my favorite authors Algernon Blackwood put it, “No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on…
Event Coverage: Val Kilmer’s Pop-Up Art Exhibit “ICON GO ON, I’LL GO ON” – EXTENDED THROUGH
Val Kilmer, who is exhibiting his paintings and sculptures, as a pop-up art show, at the Gabba Gallery, has extended the show through July 29th, 2017. Kilmer, best known as an actor, has been using painting to investigate the nature of Icons, and to explore issues of celebrity, identity, reproduction, and American mythic archetypes. In…
Save the Date: “CALIFORNIA LOCOS: SoCal Originals – Masters of Style” at Eastern Projects, in Chinatown – September 16th through October 30th
Save the Date for “CALIFORNIA LOCOS: SoCal Originals – Masters Of Style,” an incredibly exciting new exhibition, with special programming, that promises to be a historic classic, opening September 16th at Eastern Projects in Chinatown. The CALIFORNIA LOCOS represent a living West Coast lifestyle. Each LOCO is a contemporary SoCal artist rooted in the diverse subcultures…
Save the Date: “Blurred Lines” a Photography Exhibition, by Brent Broza, at Square Rhino Projects – Thursday July 27th
(From the press release): The Los Angeles Art District keeps getting artsier, as another gallery flourishes in the heart of this booming formerly industrial area. Announcing a new name and a new exhibit, Sarkis Vartanian, the Owner/ Chef of the popular neighborhood restaurant The Daily Dose, presents his second show in his adjacent gallery…
Save the Date: “LA Residency” at Street Artist in Residence, in San Clemente – Friday July 28th through Sunday July 30th
Bandit, in association with Street Artist in Residence, open the “LA Residency” at House of Trestles this Friday, July 28th, 2017, and we are really excited!! Check out the preview video here! What started out as a small exhibition of 12 of LA’s top street artists has grown exponentially. The show now boasts nearly 30…
Event Coverage: “Vivian Maier: Photographs from the Maloof Collection” at KP Projects
KP Projects opened Vivian Maier: Photographs from the Maloof Collection, with an opening reception on Saturday July 15th. Cartwheel Art contributor Melinda Sanchez, was there and captured these photos from the event. From KP Projects; The story of Vivian Maier and her extraordinary body of photographic works is both compelling for its personal viewpoints as much…
Save the Date: “Meet the Artists of the Arts District” with Cartwheel Art Tours – July 15th
Join Cartwheel Art Tours on Saturday July 15th, from 2:00pm – 3:30pm, for the first in our monthly neighborhood art tour series – “Meet the Artists of the Arts District.” During this tour, we’ll meet artists Aise Borne, Anyes Galleani, and David Hollen. Cartwheel Art Tours founder and resident, Cindy Schwarzstein, who will be leading the…