The Transition from Graffiti to Fine Art: Exclave in Beverly Hills
The textbook definition of exclave is a piece of land which is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically conterminous with it because of surrounding foreign territory. According to Gerald Breaux Kelly, the curator of a new exhibition, “The Intro” at Exclave Gallery in Beverly Hills, the gallery takes its name from this…
Save The Date: May 3–Angel City Brewery, LA Heritage Festival
Angel City Brewery, one of the cornerstones of the Downtown Los Angeles revival, celebrates city’s potential with their third annual Heritage Festival on Sunday May 3. Along with an art show and live painting, the Heritage Festival Sunday’s events will include live music presented by Echo Country Outpost including The Bloodhounds, Blackwater Jukebox and other…
Magic and Realism: Photographs by Bill Leigh Brewer and Osceola Refetoff
Photography captures reality in a way unlike any other art form, and it is the magical adeptness of the photographer which transforms what could have been a simple snapshot into fine art. The two day exhibition, “Magic and Realism: Photographs by Bill Leigh Brewer and Osceola Refetoff,” opening April 18 at Chungking Studios presents two…
100 Walkers: West Hollywood Interactive Art, April 18
West Hollywood becomes an interactive gallery on Saturday April 18 with “100 Walkers” 100 living works of art walking pre-determined routes through the city. “100 Walkers,” the ambitious Dada-ist art piece from artist Richard Kraft, begins at 2pm in the El Tovar parking lot between San Vincente and Robertson. The walkers, all in black, wearing…
Save the Date: LA Weekly’s Artopia, April 30 at The Container Yard
It’s a mega-art Thursday at The Container Yard on April 30 from 8:00pm to 11:00pm, featuring live art, music, fashion, artisanal cocktails and food trucks. Artopia is back for its third year and for 2015, art world superhero Shana Nys Dambrot has curated a sensory event to delight, entrance and expand your mind: My vision for…
Art & Sound: “A Journey Into the Mind of Music” Opens Tonight in Palm Springs
In now well-established tradition, tens of thousands of music-lovers are flocking to the desert this month for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. While festival goers are soaking up the desert rays at the Empire Polo Club, Eddie Donaldson will be offering a similar experience, sans heat stroke, at Gallery 446: Art…
“Beyond Graffiti 2,” On Environmental Change
One thing you can expect from a bustling metropolis is constant change. If you grew up in Los Angeles or have lived here long enough, you will come to understand the urban planning concerns that have plagued our built environment, specifically public works projects. Most of us Angelenos most likely agree that public transportation is…
Joseph Arthur’s “Alien Flowers” Solo Exhibition Opens in LA Wednesday 4/8!
Gallery Go will be hosting critically acclaimed musician and avid visual artist Joseph Arthur in his first LA solo gallery exhibition in several years. Featuring brand new mixed media works on canvas, Alien Flowers visually recants Arthur’s own personal story upon leaving Akron, Ohio and embarking on his ever-evolving journey as an artist. Using abstract forms, intricate…
MUST SEE! La Bulla, April 11, Plaza de la Raza
Not to be missed! This Saturday, April 11, Plaza de la Raza celebrates La Lucha and Mexican culture as translated and transplanted to Los Angeles! This one-of-kind spectacular event–art show, bands, and of course live wrestling–is in collaboration with the American Diabetes Awareness-LA division to promote diabetes awareness, and promises a night of over…
La Luz De Jesus: Sex, Death, Skeletons and Pussy–Paul K and Scott Hove
It’s a damned good friday with show you shouldn’t passover tonight at La Luz de Jesus: Paul Koudounaris “Memento Mori” and Scott Hove “Pussy Jihad” bring together sex, death, religion, nihilism and resurrection, a show that eclipses all others just in time for the Easter bunny to roll away the stone–and if he sees his…
EMS Nude Survey 1 Opens April 3 at Jamie Brooks Fine Arts
Photographer Eric Minh Swenson is famous, infamous, notorious in the SoCal art world. You can’t miss him. He has the biggest camera, the most aquamarine eyes, the goofiest hubris. And most importantly, he gets the best shots of artists, candid and posed of anyone. He has also created over 400 mini-documentaries chronicling Southern California artists…