CARTWHEEL BLOG: “Twilight” Star Noot Seear, Brian Butler Perform Aleister Crowley Ritual
Tuesday night, artist/musician Brian Butler –assisted by Twilight: New Moon actress Noot Seear, and actor Henry Hopper– was supposed to invoke Bartzabel, the forceful spirit of Mars into to the body of actor/hipster/ James Franco at L&M Gallery to celebrate “For The Martian Chronicles” exhibit, honoring the work of sci-fi author Ray Bradbury. But UPDATE:…
CARTWHEEL Preview: Red Bull Curates sends Lydia Emily and Gregory Siff to Miami
For L.A. artist Lydia Emily, “the road to Art Basel” began April 5, 2012 when she competed in and won the Red Bull Curates: The Canvas Cooler Project at Lab Art, along with fellow L.A. artists Gregory Siff and Hans Haveron. Now it’s time to reap the rewards of winning a spot with the highly…
CARTWHEEL Details Editorial Team; Prepares for Art Basel, Miami Art Fairs
With Art Basel and the Miami Art Fairs just around the corner, CARTWHEEL wants to introduce our editorial staff. As senior editor, I am thrilled, thrilled, thrilled to head up a staff of writers and photographers who are dedicated to bringing their love of art–and their knowledge about art, from street art to fine art,…
CARTWHEEL Launches Online Shop
CARTWHEEL today announced the opening of our virtual gallery, CARTWHEEL Shop. Featuring original, exclusive artworks by a selection of hand-picked artists, the online gallery brings contemporary art to collectors with cutting-edge tastes. Potential buyers with a range of budgets can browse the selection online; all art will be authenticated and signed by the artists. Curated…
Collector and Gallerist Thomas Negovan: On Collecting and Century Guild in Los Angeles
Los Angeles has become a Great Art City, with hundreds of galleries, thousands of artists, important art fairs and exhibitions, arts districts throughout the metropolitan and suburban areas, and a style–Low Brow–which was incubated and midwifed in the region. It’s a sign of our city’s embrace of art that the country’s leading Art Nouveau…
“Abandon All Hope” opens at LAB Art Gallery
“Abandon All Hope” featuring the works of Los Angeles street artists Septerhed and Destroy All Design back on November 15th. Cartwheel’s own Luis Ochoa was there to capture the night. CARTWHEEL’s own Eva Recinos was able to talk with the artists (CARTWHEEL Interview) and talk about the new work, collaborative effort of exhibit and and…
The Current Stars of London Street Art
If you think America has the lock down on street art, think again. The U.K., particularly London, is operating on a way more advanced level. Their national treasure BANKSY is known the world over and yet he’s just one artist in a mad sea of talent including Shok-1, Stick Man, and others you may still be…
“A Lovely Sort Of Death” opens at HVW8
“A Lovely Sort of Death” at HVW8 Art + Design the debut dual exhibition of Joshua Prince, a.k.a. Dust La Rock; and Cody Hudson, a.k.a. Struggle Inc. This exhibition series focuses on exploring the balance of life and death in our daily lives influenced by drug use (the rise of euphoria as well as the…
Swoon at The ICA Boston
The street artist known as Swoon was invited to create a multi-part installation at The ICA Boston in September of 2011, which is titled “Anthropocene Extinction.” However, the display will come to an end this holiday season after a splendid run of one year and three months. Swoon is relevant to the CARTWHEEL team in multiple ways because her works are part…
Os Gemeos at The ICA Boston
Os Gemeos are twins from Sao Paulo, Brazil that do street art together. Over the last 20 years they have built themselves up from small seeds to some of the biggest fish in the street art sea. For example, this year in Los Angeles alone they were featured in the profoundly important “Art In The Streets” exhibit at MOCA as…
Eat a Taco, See Great Art – Restitution Press at C.A.V.E. Gallery
In a truck. At a restaurant. From a drive-thru. Nothing quite gets me as excited as a delicious, mouth-watering taco. Or should I say tacos – plural. Living in Los Angeles basically means residence in taco heaven. From big-chain restaurants to hole-in-the wall eateries, you can find tacos practically everywhere in the city. And visitors who…