Save the Date! June 29: Fabien Castanier/CARTWHEEL Launch Event for HPM Project

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Save the Date! June 29: Fabien Castanier/CARTWHEEL Launch Event for HPM Project

Fabien Castanier, in collaboration with CARTWHEEL, presents the Launch Event for HPM Project. Fabien Castanier announces the launch of HPM Project, a unique destination for hand-painted multiples from today’s most important and influential urban contemporary artists. To celebrate the launch of HPM-Project.com, Fabien Castanier has partnered with CARTWHEEL for a kick-off event, Saturday June 29,…

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,…

Interview: An Artist with a View, Jeremiah Kille

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Interview: An Artist with a View, Jeremiah Kille

It’s easy to envy the locale where artist Jeremiah Kille‘s studio is located: Northern California, at the doorstep of an oceanfront state park where the forest meets the sea. This budding artist-to-watch comes to L.A. this week for his show “Fragile Empire” at PROJECT Gallery opening April 25. In this recent interview, exclusively for CARTWHEELArt.com…

Meet Ramsey Chahine, Featured Artist in CARTWHEEL Show, Opening April 18 in Downtown Los Angeles Arts District

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Meet Ramsey Chahine, Featured Artist in CARTWHEEL Show, Opening April 18 in Downtown Los Angeles Arts District

CARTWHEEL loves being in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, supporting the artists and businesses, so presenting a solo exhibition from  Ramsey Chahine  at #103 1820 Industrial Street was a natural match for us here at CARTWHEEL.  We’re good at pop-ups–CARTWHEEL was coming off their four day mini-art fair event in March; and  Cindy and…

Collector Interview: Coachella Content Coordinator Jon Halperin

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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…

Meet Shrine On, the Artist Behind the Towering Coachella Installations

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Meet Shrine On, the Artist Behind the Towering Coachella Installations

One of the literal high points of Coachella over the years has been the one-of-a-kind, mind-blowing complex, giant, towering installations built entirely out of trash and reclaimed items that loom over the weekend music festival. These dominating sky rises are assembled by artist Shrine On who has been building shine towers for Coachella and other…

Coachella Preview: “TRASHed: The Art of Recycling”

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Coachella Preview: “TRASHed: The Art of Recycling”

Despite this art project’s name, if you call these amusing works “trash cans” you’re wrong. They’re recycling bins, and they will be fully functional at The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival April 12-14 and April 19-21, 2013. The bins have been painted by 60 artists who were chosen from thousands of online submissions,…

ΔLΞC MONOPOLY “Park Place” Exhibition at LAB ART Gallery

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ΔLΞC MONOPOLY “Park Place” Exhibition at LAB ART Gallery

  ΔLΞC Monopoly opened his first solo exhibition in LA, “Park Place,” March 14th, 2013, at street art gallery LAB Art. The show features 360 paintings spanning his career, including new paintings created exclusively for the show. ALEC Monopoly is renown for incorporating Monopoly Man, the Monopoly board game’s mascot, into his street art, paintings,…

Photos: CARTWHEEL Mini Art Fair Pop Up Opening Draws Artists and Art Lovers

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Photos: CARTWHEEL Mini Art Fair Pop Up Opening Draws Artists and Art Lovers

Scott Michael Ackerman’s art card series set the tone for the opening night of the CARTWHEEL’s Mini Art Fair Street & Outsider Art Pop Up Show: Take pictures so  we did–and so did our friends! And we’ll have more coming from the rest of the weekend, including Kashmere live at PROJECT Gallery,  Saturday yoga, and…

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…