Preview & Essay: ” Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment” at Museum of Art and History, Lancaster (MOAH) – November 11th, 2017 through January 14th, 2018
“Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment,” opening at Museum of Art and History, Lancaster (MOAH) on Saturday, November 11th, and curated by Lisa Derrick and Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre, serves as a fine complement to the documentary film “Dark Progressivism.” The curatorial statement for “Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment, is an appreciative and insightful academic perspective of…
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…
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…
“Twenty Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz” Opens at Barnsdall
February 22 celebrate two decades of groundbreaking art, celebrated with a mega show featuring over 100 artists popularized through the genius of Juxtapoz Magazine. Founded in San Francisco Robert Williams, Craig Stecyk, Greg Escalante, Eric Swenson and Fausto Vitello as a West coast nose-thumb to the New Your art establishment, Juxtapoz slammed contemporary street culture,…
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…
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,…
“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…
Cryptik Movement Warhol Mural Unveiling
You’re invited to the unveiling of the Andy Warhol mural Saturday January 25 from 4pm to 7pm at the Box Depot. The mural, located on the Box Depot Building, is collaboration between Cryptik, photographer Karen Bystedt, and painter Nick Flatt, and is legally permitted under the new city mural ordinance. Please RSVP to info@brandedarts.com The…