SAVE THE DATE: Akon Lighting LA Brings Music, Art, and Enlightenment to the Arts District – November 15 – 16, 2019
November 15 and 16, Akon Lighting America, DisclosureFest, and THE SPACE | BETWEEN are teaming up to present Akon Lighting LA, a two-day art and music event described as an “urban conscious music and art experience.” It’s all happening at 3BLACKDOT (1580 Jesse Street in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District). The event is vegan…
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…
Chinatown Super Saturday Openings October 10
Art openings hit the road running–Chung King Road that is, this Saturday from 7pm on, when the dreamy walk street reaches fever pitch as hopped up gallery hoppers make Chinatown the art party destination. Highlights: Patrick McGilligan $99 Painting show at Coagula, featuring recent original paintings from the cartoon genius on sale for $99, and his…
Bansky Dismaland Has West Coast Artists We Love!
Banksy’s Dismaland is a huge hit on the Internet and will be even more epic in real life. Showcasing “The finest collection of contemporary art ever assembled in a North Somerset seaside town,” Dismaland features artists like Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer and Jimmy Cauty, and a slew of artists from the West Coast that we’ve…
Collector Interview: Coachella Content Coordinator Jon Halperin
The secret to a good art collection? Form strong relationships with galleries. Have a good framer you can depend on. Buy at charity shows when you can. These pointers come from Jon Halperin, who has one of the most enviable pop art / street art collections of small-to-medium prints, original paintings and toys we’ve ever…
Context Art Fair: Sculptural and Bright First Year in Miami
Context was new the Miami art fair selection for 2012. was connected to yet another fair (Art Miami) by an outdoor courtyard lined with pop-up walls by Speedy Graphito and Bansky, as well as a gelato cart and a white tent where people sipped perrier out of the bottle. Context was held Dec. 6-9, 2012…
CARTWHEEL: Highlights of 2012
Just six months ago CARTWHEEL launched our website, and in that time we’ve visited studios and galleries, interviewed artists and collectors, and explored art fairs, with nearly 300 posts and thousands of photos that document our excitement over the art scenes in Southern California and beyond. One of the most thrilling things for us…
The Best of 2012 Miami Beach Art Fairs
CARTWHEEL’s List of Trends, Successes and Discoveries at Miami Beach Art Fairs, Dec. 6-9, 2012 I didn’t know I had reached maximum art stimulus overload in Miami until it was 4am east coast time on Monday. The fairs were over, I was on a plane about to land in Los Angeles and, coming out of…
The Lowdown from Joe Copro: Interview with Greg Escalante
Cultural movements, as organic as they may seem, don’t just happen on their own. Especially so when it comes to art movements. There are catalysts involved. Art cannot breathe and flourish in a vacuum. Whether it’s been the Medici or Theo Van Gogh, art has always needed it’s patrons, it’s champions, it’s guardians of…
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…
Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art
From Downtown to Midtown to South Central, Los Angeles’ streets have become canvases. After MOCA’s “Art in the Streets,” street art not only grabbed Angelenos’ attention, it became a hot topic in the art world. Attempting to shed light on the city’s street art scene is Azusa Pacific professor and writer Jim Daichendt, author of…