Save the Date: Fabrik Expo, Jan 29-31
Fabrik Expo–a celebration of art, design, multi-media and performance art–premiers in the Downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District, the weekend of January to 30 to 31, with an opening night party on Friday January 29. The weekend-long art fair platform presents emerging and established cross-disciplinary artists, designers, and collaborative groups at Willow Studios, a 30,000-square-foot, indoor/outdoor…
2016 LA Art Show Panels
Dialogs LA, the free panels at the LA Art Show always provide a stimulating adjunct to the art fair itself. This year, there is a focus on collecting, beginning with –for the first time ever at an art fair– a panel on the process of valuing and pricing fine art wil be made transparent wiht…
Save the Date: 2016 LA Art Show, January 27 to 31
Celebrating its twenty first year anniversary, 2016 LA Art Show promises to be the biggest ever! For four days, the Los Angeles Convention Center will be host to over 50,000 attendees who can visit more than 120 galleries representing 22 countries. In those twenty years, LA has become a major art world center. Our city…
Save the Date: January 14, Steve Diet Goedde at Garboushian Gallery
Hands down, Steve Diet Goedde is one of the top fetish/erotic photographers in the world, and full disclosure, I’ve curated him into shows before because I truly love how he photographs women. His work shows an awareness of women–of their dreams, their spirits, their inner life–making his photos more than just fancy fap shots. Goedde’s…
Coverage Summary from Miami Art Week 2015, with Guest Contributors Perspectives Capture through words and Visuals
It was that time of the year: Miami Art Basel, when the balmy city became home to more than 20 distinct pop-up art festivals during the highly anticipated, high energy first week of December in 2015. From sophisticated Art Basel for the cultural connoisseur, to graffiti-clad and urban art of Wynwood, Miami there was something for…
Tech Art steals the show at Miami Art Week 2015, by Michelle Berc
As a curator who has produced close to 100 art exhibits over the past fourteen years, looking at art and a lot of art has happened and continues to happen. I have to admit that I’m a bit jaded at times and it really takes a particular artistic execution to really capture my eye. When…
Best of Basel with Kasey Billitz of Miami Art Seen
As a native, I’ve had the pleasure of watching the city of Miami become transformed annually (and culturally as a whole), as a result of Art Basel, since it’s premiere in 2002. This year’s “boundless Basel” brought us yet another unrivaled annual art-fest. Each year, “Miami Art Week” seems to bring new challenges. This year…
January 9: The Gabba Gallery “Metro Dreams” Opening Reception
The Gabba Gallery presents another installment of its signature show style of four separate mini expeditions, this edition collectively entitled “Metro Dreams,” curated by Jason Ostro and Phil Santos, showcasing the works of Moncho1929, Vakseen, Amy Smith and HERO. Their diverse yet loosely connected works for “Metro Dreams” fill the almost 2000 sq. ft. gallery…
Save the Date: January 8, Jesse Hazelip “Don’t Shoot” at Mishka LA
Visual artist Jesse Hazelip returns to Los Angeles for his first solo and performance piece in two years. Last seen as part of Cartwheel Art’s “Dark Progressivism: Metropolis Rising” at the 2015 LA Art Show and later at the “Manifest Justice” mega-pop-up in Spring of 2015, Hazelip focuses his delicate line work and careful draftsmanship…
Torquato’s Golden Ticket through Art Basel, 2015
Torquato’s Golden Ticket through Art Basel, 2015 Simply put, Art Basel 2015 was a fr#*kin incredible whirlwind of inspiration. I was a first timer and fortunately I had the best possible tour guide by the name of Gregory de la Haba. Gregory is an incredible artist and writer but he also…
My Favorite Moments of Miami Art Week, by Jessie Oh
Amidst the noise of Miami Art Week, my favorite moments were those of intimacy. A lot of people in Miami all of a sudden became experts on which show you have to see, which party to be at, which artist is a good investment, and the opinions are endless. The truth is that we are…