Save the Date & Preview: LA Art Show – January 11th – 15th

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Save the Date & Preview: LA Art Show – January 11th – 15th

Already considered one of the largest international art fairs in the United States, with 70,000 attendees last year, the LA Art Show is significantly expanding its footprint for its 22nd edition opening January 11-15, 2017. Cartwheel Art is excited to be a media partner for our 4th year!! Stay tuned for our coverage!! The 2017…

Preview: Art Gathering LA with 6 Gallery/Artist Exhibitions Opens June 2nd-June 5th!

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Preview: Art Gathering LA with 6 Gallery/Artist Exhibitions Opens June 2nd-June 5th!

Pop Surrealism! Lowbrow! Tattoos! Performance! Installation! Film! Punk Rock DJs, Collectibles! Utter coolness! Art Gathering–the giant indie art fair and tattoo convention aboard the Queen Mary–is going to be huge! On board the venerable ship will be over hundred independent artists hanging on the Kulture Klash walls and showing in booths. Ron English and Chet…

Dark Progressivism: Award Winning LA Documentary Screens June 4 at Art Gathering

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Dark Progressivism: Award Winning LA Documentary Screens June 4 at Art Gathering

Cartwheel Art is proud to announce that the documentary Dark Progressivism was awarded Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2016 Fine Arts Film Festival. We are the media of sponsor this documentary about Los Angeles art, which was written and directed by our frequent contributor Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre, and associate produced by Lisa Derrick. On…

LA Art Show 2016 Event Coverage Summary: Cartwheel Art’s Guest Contributors Highlights

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LA Art Show 2016 Event Coverage Summary: Cartwheel Art’s Guest Contributors Highlights

Celebrating its twenty first year anniversary, LA Art Show 2016 delivered on its promise to be the best ever! For four days, the Los Angeles Convention Center hosted over 50,000 attendees at more than 120 galleries representing 22 countries, and our guest contributors–author/filmmaker Rodrigo Ribera D’Ebre, author/historian Steve Grody, author/photographer Dr. Paul Koudounaris, and painter Marc Trujillo…

Dr. Paul K’s Photo Highlights from the 2016 LA Art Show

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Dr. Paul K’s Photo Highlights from the 2016 LA Art Show

  Alexandra Gestin Editors Note: Photographer, author, and adventurer Dr Paul Koudounaris is an internationally known art historian, lauded for his portraits of bejeweled skeletons and ossuaries, published as the books Empire of Death, Heavenly Bodies, and Memento Mori. Here he turns his camera on the 2016 LA Art Show.  Ben Jones Catherine Coan Catherine Coan…

Marc Trujillo: 2016 LA Art Show Notes

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Marc Trujillo: 2016 LA Art Show Notes

Inside a large art fair there’s a geographical slippage that you feel at some point, you could be in Miami, New York, Basel, or any number of large cities where these fairs which cull galleries from all over the world happen. Sort of like being in a casino, indoor mall or a sprawling space with…

Observations of the 2016 LA Art Show: Steve Grody

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Observations of the 2016 LA Art Show: Steve Grody

The L.A. Art Show is always a mixed bag, and a lot to visually chew through with not necessarily enough attention span to make through properly in one try. There is work that might have been seen as edgy if it were at least 40 years ago. There is work where clearly the artist has…

Save the Date: 24th Annual photo la – January 15 – 18

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Save the Date: 24th Annual photo la – January 15 – 18

The 2015 international photographic art exposition photo la runs from Friday, January 16, through Sunday, January 18, at The REEF/LA Mart in Downtown Los Angeles. Now in its 24th year, photo la brings together leading galleries, museums, universities, and nonprofit organizations for an unparalleled showcase of photographic art from around the world, from 19th Century…

CARTWHEEL’s Preview to artMRKT San Francisco, May 16-19, 2013

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CARTWHEEL’s Preview to artMRKT San Francisco, May 16-19, 2013

Held at the Fort Mason Center-Festival Pavilion overlooking the San Francisco Bay, artMRKT San Francisco showcases 70 galleries, eight installations, and art discussions May 16-19, 2013. Travelers will be excited to see San Francisco’s newly unveiled project, the world’s largest light sculpture on the Bay Bridge, The Bay Lights. The sight of 25,000 programmed LEDs…

CARTWHEEL’s Guide to ArtPadSF May 16-19, 2013

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CARTWHEEL’s Guide to ArtPadSF May 16-19, 2013

For three days and four nights beginning the evening of May 16, a selection of contemporary California galleries will all be poolside in San Francisco, and they’ll be doing more than just kicking back and relaxing! Quite the opposite: At ArtPadSF, the art fair at ultra-hip Phoenix Hotel, the whole complex is abuzz as collectors,…

Gallerists Discuss Armory Arts Week

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Gallerists Discuss Armory Arts Week

Amory Arts Week was a flurry of activity for collectors, artists, and of course gallerists, the majority of whom travel thousands of miles, coordinating the shipping of art works, setting up their booths, and then greeting myriads of visitors over the course of four days, before tearing it all down, and shipping it back. We…