Take a Self-Guided Walking Tour of the DTLA Arts District – Saturday, February 16, 2019
This week marks the inaugural Frieze Los Angeles, and as the annual contemporary art fair takes over the Paramount lot in Hollywood from February 15-17, 2019, we’re excited to see so much happening in the DTLA Arts District as well. Saturday, February 16, is a great opportunity to get out and explore our neighborhood. We’ve…
INTERVIEW: Gary Wong on Growing Up in Los Angeles, Becoming an Artist, and His Solo Show at Lisa Derrick Fine Arts
Los Angeles artist Gary Wong’s first solo show of his career, “Allegory and Cypher,” opens Saturday, January 26, at Lisa Derrick Fine Arts, a new gallery in Chinatown. Wong was born in Oakland, but his family migrated to Los Angeles when he was around three or four. He grew up downtown, on the east side…
Mark Dean Veca’s Solo Show “The Troubled Teens (Work of a Decade)” Opens at Jason Vass Gallery – Saturday, January 26, 2019
Los Angeles artist Mark Dean Veca has a new solo show opening this week at Jason Vass Gallery in the DTLA Arts District, featuring works from 2010-2019. Veca’s art follows in the pop art tradition, but includes a surreal, psychedelic aspect that he describes as a “biomorphic abstraction.” He told Cartwheel, “The last time I…
SAVE THE DATE: Don’t Miss the LA Art Show – January 23 – 27, 2019
Later this month, the LA Art Show—the largest art show on the west coast—returns for its 24th year. More than 120 galleries and exhibitors from eighteen countries will present work at the Los Angeles Convention Center, including many that are exhibiting at the show for the first time. The opening night premiere party kicks things…
SAVE THE DATE: KFiSH’s Collaborative Show “BLEND” at The Rendon Gallery – Friday, January 25, 2019
The Rendon Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles opens to the public for the first time on Friday, January 25, with a pop-up show featuring the work of Los Angeles artist Kelcey Fisher (a.k.a. KFiSH) in collaboration with other artists. KFiSH lives in Venice and has a studio in Downtown Los Angeles. He is known for…
SAVE THE DATE: Garage Gallery Art Show – Saturday June 30
This Saturday, June 30, Garage Gallery L.A. is holding a one-night art party. Tickets to the Garage Gallery Art Show are free if you RSVP on Eventbrite. The 6,400 square-foot downtown art space will feature 3RDi, Dick Cherry, Enoe and Erica Wexler, as well as a group show with work from Arlou Somo, Atom St.…
PREVIEW: Art at The Rendon // Hidden Rooms Explores DTLA’s Past with an Eye to the Future
Brothel. Dive bar. Murder site. Flophouse. The Rendon Hotel has been all of those, and because it’s Los Angeles, the four-story brick building eventually became a filming location. Now with Los Angeles blooming as a major art city, the Rendon Hotel has been reborn as an installation location called Art at the Rendon. The Rendon,…
EVENT PHOTO COVERAGE – BEYOND THE STREETS: Press Preview (May 3) | Artist Reception (May 4) | VIP Party (May 5) – by Cindy Schwarzstein
These are photos that were taken for Cartwheel Art Magazine at BEYOND THE STREETS during Thursday’s Press Preview, Friday’s Collectors & Artists Reception, and Saturday’s VIP Party. As part of Cartwheel Art’s media support partnership for BEYOND THE STREETS, we provided two preview articles. First up was a Preview by Shana Nys Dambrot who interviewed…
EVENT PHOTO COVERAGE: BEYOND THE STREETS (Press Preview) by Steve Grody
Chaz Bojorquez Kenny Scharf Ron Finley LadyPink and Takai183 Ron Finley Slick Mark Mothersbaugh (L-R) Roger Gastman, Takai183, Chaz Bojorquez Greg “Craola” Simkins Jersey Joe Swoon Retna Zes Chaz Bojorquez Revok Gajin Fujita Pose Chaz Bojorquez (L-R_ Greg “Craola” Simkins, Slick, Risk Jim Progoff and Zes
EVENT PHOTO COVERAGE: BEYOND THE STREETS VIP Party on May 5th – by Paul Koudounaris
Connect: Website Instagram Facebook Exhibition: The exhibition is open from May 6 – July 6, 2018. Tuesday – Sunday 12-7pm. Closed Monday. Address: WERKARTZ 1667 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Tickets: $25 https://www.showclix.com/event/BTSLA MORE INFO: BEYONDTHESTREETS.COM
SAVE THE DATE: Patrick McGrath Muniz “Credo” Opens at La Luz de Jesus – May 4th
La Luz de Jesus Gallery presents “CREDO” by Patrick McGrath Muniz. This marks the artist’s second exhibition with the gallery. CREDO explores and questions myths, assumptions, and beliefs in an age of political uncertainty and misinformation by connecting American Pop consumer culture and religion in paintings inspired by Spanish Colonial Iconography. The work presented responds…