Gajin Fujita Solo Show Opens Tonight, May 27 at L.A. Louver
L.A. Louver is presenting a solo exhibition”Warriors, Ghosts and Ancient Gods of the Pacific” that consists of 13 new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Gajin Fujita, created over the past 4 years that opens tonight from 7pm – 10pm and runs through July 2nd. “Studying the ukiyo-e woodblock prints and their intricacies, I strive to get closer…
April 30 “Artopia” Flowers with Mud Baron
On April 30, the Container Yard in the Downtown LA Arts District will be aglow with murals and art for LA Weekly’s “Artopia” a one-night only celebration with art, music, food and drink. Adding even more color and bursting with Nature’s bounty: “Flowers on Your Head” an ongoing living art project from the amazing Mud…
Manifest Justice: Art & Activism Unite at Baldwin Hills Theater, May 1 to 10
May Day! May Day! “Manifest Justice” opens with an artist reception May 1 and to the public May 2 through May 10 for over a week of activism and art that calls for justice across society while addressing racism, sexism, economic and social ills–a large-scale pop-up art exhibition, cultural convening, and community organizing event featuring…
Magic and Realism: Photographs by Bill Leigh Brewer and Osceola Refetoff
Photography captures reality in a way unlike any other art form, and it is the magical adeptness of the photographer which transforms what could have been a simple snapshot into fine art. The two day exhibition, “Magic and Realism: Photographs by Bill Leigh Brewer and Osceola Refetoff,” opening April 18 at Chungking Studios presents two…
100 Walkers: West Hollywood Interactive Art, April 18
West Hollywood becomes an interactive gallery on Saturday April 18 with “100 Walkers” 100 living works of art walking pre-determined routes through the city. “100 Walkers,” the ambitious Dada-ist art piece from artist Richard Kraft, begins at 2pm in the El Tovar parking lot between San Vincente and Robertson. The walkers, all in black, wearing…
Art & Sound: “A Journey Into the Mind of Music” Opens Tonight in Palm Springs
In now well-established tradition, tens of thousands of music-lovers are flocking to the desert this month for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. While festival goers are soaking up the desert rays at the Empire Polo Club, Eddie Donaldson will be offering a similar experience, sans heat stroke, at Gallery 446: Art…
Joseph Arthur’s “Alien Flowers” Solo Exhibition Opens in LA Wednesday 4/8!
Gallery Go will be hosting critically acclaimed musician and avid visual artist Joseph Arthur in his first LA solo gallery exhibition in several years. Featuring brand new mixed media works on canvas, Alien Flowers visually recants Arthur’s own personal story upon leaving Akron, Ohio and embarking on his ever-evolving journey as an artist. Using abstract forms, intricate…
MUST SEE! La Bulla, April 11, Plaza de la Raza
Not to be missed! This Saturday, April 11, Plaza de la Raza celebrates La Lucha and Mexican culture as translated and transplanted to Los Angeles! This one-of-kind spectacular event–art show, bands, and of course live wrestling–is in collaboration with the American Diabetes Awareness-LA division to promote diabetes awareness, and promises a night of over…
EMS Nude Survey 1 Opens April 3 at Jamie Brooks Fine Arts
Photographer Eric Minh Swenson is famous, infamous, notorious in the SoCal art world. You can’t miss him. He has the biggest camera, the most aquamarine eyes, the goofiest hubris. And most importantly, he gets the best shots of artists, candid and posed of anyone. He has also created over 400 mini-documentaries chronicling Southern California artists…
Preview: Richard Shelton, “50 Years of Painting” at Temporary Space
On March 21, Richard Shelton, “50 Years of Painting” opens at Temporary Space, featuring fifty works covering the fifty years of Shelton’s career. Shelton, whose work is in the Smithsonian Art Institute’s Hirshorn Museum and other museums in the United States, chose the paintings not based on the subjective “good/better/best” but rather to reflect pivotal…
“Curate This!!!” The Gabba Gallery, Opens February 28
There’s an art to curating, and many artists who curate, excited by the art of others, excited to further their own vision. The Gabba Gallery, which delights in showcasing all mediums of art, brings together twenty-six of these curator/artists for their first annual “Curate This!” opening Saturday, February 28 at 7pm. (Full disclosure: I am…