SAVE THE DATE: Saber Is Painting Live in Pershing Square to Help End Epilepsy – Thursday, October 11
Artist and activist Saber, a.k.a. Ryan Weston Shook, has created several street art pieces in the DTLA Arts District where Cartwheel Art is based. He was featured in the recent Beyond the Streets show, and his next event is free to the public. On Thursday evening, Saber will be painting live in Pershing Square at…
Kelly “Risk” Graval Talks Sculpture, Sharks, and Curating the Mayfair Hotel
Graffiti legend Kelly “Risk” Graval‘s art career started on the streets of Los Angeles about thirty years ago, and he has been making art in and around the DTLA Arts District, where Cartwheel Art is based, for a long time. He recalls visiting the Rendon Hotel over twenty years ago. “One of the first art…
SAVE THE DATE: TRASHed Coachella: Art of Recycling Exhibit Preview – Friday April 6th & Saturday April 7th
If you’ve been to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the past few years you know how important the art has become, with giant sculptures, kinetic and interactive art scattered all across the fairgrounds. It should come as no surprise then, that even the trash bins are works of art created by international…
SAVE THE DATE: Avenue des Arts Five Year Anniversary Show – Friday, February 9th
Avenue des Arts is a contemporary art gallery with locations in Hong Kong and DTLA, now celebrating their five year anniversary of being a showcase for street, pop, surrealism, and urban art. Their massive 2-floor gallery in DTLA will highlight their most popular artists from both locations, including renowned DT artist Matt Gondek, as well…
SAVE THE DATE: “L.A.: LEY LINES,” a Featured Programming Exhibition at LA Art Show, Presented by Cartwheel Art and Curated by AXIS with Artists: BIG SLEEPS, DEFER, EYEONE, PRIME, SWANK and AXIS – January 10th through January 14th, 2018
Groundbreaking graffiti artists AXIS, BIG SLEEPS, DEFER, EYEONE, PRIME, and SWANK define their neighborhoods and Los Angeles in “L.A.: LEY LINES” an exhibition with a site-specific installation/activation area for the LA Art Show, showcasing the LA styles of graffiti and lettering that have influenced art on a global level. Cartwheel Art, the DTLA company who provides…
Cartwheel Art Tours: Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody – DTLA Arts District (South of Seventh)
11/14/17 UPDATE: Based on the passing of #Serch, for this Saturday’s tour: Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody – South of Seventh Arts District, in addition to this being a discounted tour for Arts District Daze, Cartwheel Art / Cartwheel Art Tours will be donating a percentage of sales to the go fund me here: https://www.gofundme.com/og-serch-one-memorial-services. The…
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…
Save the Date: Artist Reception for “Graffiti Saved My Life: The Photography of James Prigoff” at A + D: Architecture + Design Museum – March 3rd
Author and photographer, James Prigoff, has been on a sixty-year quest to document street art, public murals and graffiti from around the world. He is the co-author of Spraycan Art (1987), Painting the Towns – Murals of California (1997), and Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride – The History of African-American Murals (2000), and…
Site Specific: A Graffiti Micro-History at Hauser, Wirth and Schimmel, by Steve Grody
There are innumerable sites of graffiti activity across Los Angeles. Some have been one-time spots, while others have been and may still be considered “yards,” a place where graffiti is done regularly. These sites cover the continuum from legal and even commissioned work, to illegal. The continuum of the “non-permission” i.e. illegal work runs the…
Save the Date: April 17 “Dark Progressivism” LA Sneak Peek, World Art Day
Cartwheel Art celebrates Los Angeles’ place as an international art city on April 17 as part of World Art Day. Now in its fourth year, World Art Day is a global event that promotes awareness of creative activity worldwide. And while World Art Day is officially April 15, in LA we love a party, so…
Cartwheel Art Tours & Obscura Society LA in Echo Park: The Murals of “Animal Alley”and Belmont Tunnel & Belmont Art Center
Join Cartwheel Art Tours and Obscura Society LA on an immersive adventure in Echo Park. It’s on this immersive neighborhood tour where the following will occur: DISCOVER: “Animal Alley”, where Jason Ostro, owner of The Gabba Gallery began three months ago, curating an alley with painted murals in the theme of animals. Jason will speak to the group about the twelve-fifteen…