Feb 12: “Dark Progressivism” Art History/Graffiti Documentary Screens at Orange County Museum of Art

Cartwheel Art is thrilled to announce that the Newport Beach Film Festival and Orange County Museum of Art  will be presenting a free sneak preview screening of the feature length documentary Dark Progresssivism at the Orange County Museum of Art, Friday February 12th at 7pm, followed by a Q&A with director Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre, producer…

2015 Cartwheel Art/Cartwheel Art Tours in Review

This year was an amazing year for art, and for those of us at Cartwheel Art! We kicked off the year with a special exhibition booth at the 2015 LA Art Fair, “Dark Progressivism: Metropolis Rising,” curated by Rodrigo Ribera D’Ebre and Lisa Derrick, and featuring14 artists, including Chaz Bojorquez, Defer, Big Sleeps, Prime, Abel…

Cartwheel Art’s “Top 15” Highlighted Preview List for SCOPE Miami Beach

This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of SCOPE Miami, the vibrant art fair held during Miami Art Week. Each year, over 350,000 visitors descent to Miami for the world’s most exciting and important international art-centric event of the year that incorporates art, music, fashion and design, creating a cultural phenomenon. SCOPE, whose emphasis is on expanding the careers…

Save the Date October 8: OUTSIDEIN at ArtCenter College of Design

Street art is celebrated as a force for social, cultural and artistic change with OUTSIDEIN  ArtCenter College of Design, an expansive indoor and outdoor exhibition, with a public reception on October 8, 2015, and continuing through January 10, 2016, at multiple venues in Pasadena. In 1989, just months before his death, Keith Haring painted a…

Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape at The Long Beach Museum of Art

The highly anticipated “Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape” exhibition, featuring murals and multi media installations, by well-known US and internationally urban contemporary artists, opens at The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA), this friday, June 26. The exhibition which is a collaboration between Thinkspace Gallery, POW! WOW Long Beach and The Long Beach Museum…

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…

LA Art Show 2015: Dark Progressivism Debuts on International Stage

The 20th anniversary of the LA Art Show opens tonight, and I am thrilled–not only because the art is amazing (check out Littletopia with its collection of local cutting edge galleries, and The Mural Conservancy Los Angeles’ booth which features Petal and Blossom and Los Quatros, along with art galleries from around the world), but…

Ankore: Tearing It Down and Putting It Up

Because it’s true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and in my eyes graffiti is beautiful. For the love it gives me has been forged my heart by the same destructive force that allows me to cope with the pressures created by a social conscience.  ~ Rafael Reyes, Living Dangerously Ankore roams…

Save the Date: October 25 Branded Arts Benefit for Vista de Mar

WOW! A mega art show featuring some of the biggest names in today’s art world benefiting one of Los Angeles’ best organizations, Vista del Mar Child and Family Services (and members of my family have been helped through this wonderful organization). Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services’ mission is to provide comprehensive, family-centered social,…

Dark Progressivism: LA Art Documentary Nearing Completion

Los Angeles sets global trend. Our art is exploding around the world. And can show your support for our city and its art through supporting the final stages of production on the LA art documentary Dark Progressivism: On Rupture and Rebellion. A few months ago, I began working as an associate producer on Dark Progressivism:…

“Scratch” at El Segundo Museum of Art

  One of the most important museum shows to open this year, if not this decade, “Scratch” at the El Segundo Museum of Art works on numerous levels to highlight the past, present, and future of art, lettering, and Los Angeles. Last year, the Getty Research Institute began an ambitious program conceived by graffiti collector…