A + D Museum Grand Reopening in the DTLA Arts District with “Shelter”
In the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, A + D Museum, has just finished turning a warehouse into a museum, that will become their new home. They will open this saturday June 27, 2015, with a show titled “Shelter”. The exhibition, will celebrate the belief that a well-designed habitat creatively and functionally expresses its relationship…
Pacific Rim State of Mind: Gajin Fujita at LA Louvre
In 1939, the World’s Fair in San Francisco, also known as the Golden Gate International Exposition, exhibited a transpacific unity that included West Coast modern design, Mexican and Asian artwork, and Pacific Coast goods. Stemming from xenophobic hostilities against Asian and Mexican minorities in California, the exhibition tried to bring awareness and understanding of outside…
Save the Date: “In the Heart of the City” Opens June 6th
Opening June 6, The Spring Arts Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles, upstairs from The Last Bookstore, hosts “In the Heart of the City” showcasing the original art of Morley, Colette Miller, Jennifer Korsen, AJ Hererra, and Sex, Drugs & Art. The exhibition is designed to highlight a movement seen in Downtown Los Angeles and surrounding…
Gajin Fujita Solo Show Opens Tonight, May 27 at L.A. Louver
L.A. Louver is presenting a solo exhibition”Warriors, Ghosts and Ancient Gods of the Pacific” that consists of 13 new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Gajin Fujita, created over the past 4 years that opens tonight from 7pm – 10pm and runs through July 2nd. “Studying the ukiyo-e woodblock prints and their intricacies, I strive to get closer…
Save the Date: Cuatro Love at The Gabba Gallery – June 6
The Gabba Gallery presents “Cuatro Love,” four diverse, mini exhibitions by artists Essi Zimm, Rene Gagnon, Morley and Max Neutra, curated by Jason Ostro and Phil Santos. Cuatro Love” opens on June 6, 2015 from 7pm-11pm and will be up through June 27, 2015. Essi Zimm’s exhibit “Nacht,” meaning night, in German, is a themed…
CSULA Masters Thesis Show: Saturday May 15
California State University, Los Angeles is one of the art world’s best kept secrets. Well sort of. Coagula’s Mat Gleason notoriously attended (and dropped out of ) the program, but has returned to lecture there. And that’s where Coagula draws its pool of interns, and this Saturday, May 15, two of this year’s Master’s program…
Mark Grotjahn Continues to Amaze at Blum and Poe
While a clear thread continues to run throughout Mark Grotjahn’s work, it wasn’t until he began to employ a less rigid hand to his practice that his approach to painting underwent a substantial change. This change wasn’t one Grotjahn necessarily chose to make. Rather, the catalyst came from a tear to his rotator cuff and…
April 30 “Artopia” Flowers with Mud Baron
On April 30, the Container Yard in the Downtown LA Arts District will be aglow with murals and art for LA Weekly’s “Artopia” a one-night only celebration with art, music, food and drink. Adding even more color and bursting with Nature’s bounty: “Flowers on Your Head” an ongoing living art project from the amazing Mud…
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…
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…