2016 LA Art Show Panels
Dialogs LA, the free panels at the LA Art Show always provide a stimulating adjunct to the art fair itself. This year, there is a focus on collecting, beginning with –for the first time ever at an art fair– a panel on the process of valuing and pricing fine art wil be made transparent wiht…
Save the Date: 2016 LA Art Show, January 27 to 31
Celebrating its twenty first year anniversary, 2016 LA Art Show promises to be the biggest ever! For four days, the Los Angeles Convention Center will be host to over 50,000 attendees who can visit more than 120 galleries representing 22 countries. In those twenty years, LA has become a major art world center. Our city…
Save the Date: January 14, Steve Diet Goedde at Garboushian Gallery
Hands down, Steve Diet Goedde is one of the top fetish/erotic photographers in the world, and full disclosure, I’ve curated him into shows before because I truly love how he photographs women. His work shows an awareness of women–of their dreams, their spirits, their inner life–making his photos more than just fancy fap shots. Goedde’s…
January 9: The Gabba Gallery “Metro Dreams” Opening Reception
The Gabba Gallery presents another installment of its signature show style of four separate mini expeditions, this edition collectively entitled “Metro Dreams,” curated by Jason Ostro and Phil Santos, showcasing the works of Moncho1929, Vakseen, Amy Smith and HERO. Their diverse yet loosely connected works for “Metro Dreams” fill the almost 2000 sq. ft. gallery…
Save the Date: January 8, Jesse Hazelip “Don’t Shoot” at Mishka LA
Visual artist Jesse Hazelip returns to Los Angeles for his first solo and performance piece in two years. Last seen as part of Cartwheel Art’s “Dark Progressivism: Metropolis Rising” at the 2015 LA Art Show and later at the “Manifest Justice” mega-pop-up in Spring of 2015, Hazelip focuses his delicate line work and careful draftsmanship…
Dan Baldwin: Reliquia at Garboushian
Wow. Just wow. This is Reliquia, a sculpture by Dan Baldwin, on exhibition at Garboushian Gallery in Beverly Hills. Over three feet high, it is ceramic coated in platinum and inlaid with mother-of-pear. One of the NBYA (New Young British Artists), Baldwin shares of the similarities of his predecessors–namely the use of precious metals and…
Sat Dec 19: “Oh My Guad” at Fachaptolo Gallery, Boyle Heights,
The Boyle Heights art scene is boiling hot right now, and Fachaptolo Gallery, one of the locally owned-and-operated galleries, will be the site of a very community-centric exhibition, “Oh My Guad” which explores the complexities and layers of the Virgin of Guadalupe, presented in conjunction with Cold Fire Art Company, an East LA art curation…
Trace Mendoza’s “Always Lurking” at Daniel Rolnik Gallery opens Dec. 12th, 2015
Trace Mendoza’s “Always Lurking” at Daniel Rolnik Gallery opens Dec. 12th, 2015. The concept behind this show is as follows: While Trace Mendoza was in college, a freak flood broke out causing the artist to lose everything. Trace stood In the ruins of his room and had an epiphany that would change his life and…
‘Between Worlds” at Corey Helford Gallery Opens at New CHG Space in Boyle Heights.
On Saturday night, December 12th, in Corey Helford Gallery‘s new 12,000 square foot, Boyle Heights location, “Between Worlds”, a new group exhibition curated by Caro, exploring the fantasy of planets and lands yet to be explored, will open. The exhibition is a follow up to “Dreamlands”, where artists pushed the boundaries of the limitless landscape of…
Advocartsy Presents “Art Brief: Iranian Contemporary Los Angeles” at Arena 1
Southern California is home to largest Iranian community outside of Iran, and this weekend the debut exhibition of ADVOCARTSY, “ArtBrief: Iranian Contemporary Los Angeles,” provides a concentrated opportunity to introduce local artists of Iranian heritage to the Iranian community of the region and to the art community of Los Angeles. Co-curated by ADVOCARTSY founder Roshi…
Ron English: “NeoNature: We Are the New They” at New CHG Space in Boyle Heights
“Neo: Nature: We Are The New They” is an appropriate title for Ron English’s new show at Corey Helford Gallery which opens December 12 at their new 12,000 square foot, Boyle Heights location with a reception from 7pm to 10pm. Saturday’s opening marks the opening of CHG’s DTLA space and the debut of Ron English’s…