Save the Date: LA Times Festival of Books Art Programming — April 9th -10th
Now considered the largest book festival in the country, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books celebrates its 21-year anniversary. For 2 days the USC campus will transform into a literary paradise with writers, critics, reviewers, and such sharing stages to propel the national discourse of arts and letters, while audiences listen, meet, and get…
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…
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…
Save the Date: Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel – Grand Opening “Revolution in the Making” – March 13th
Hauser Wirth & Schimmel (HWSLA), will be inaugurating its new Los Angeles complex located in the Downtown Los Angeles arts District, with ‘Revolution in the Making,’ a cross-generational exhibition that will bring together significant works by women artists who have transformed the language of abstract sculpture. The grand opening is Sunday March 13th from 2pm-6pm. Based in the…
Road Trip to Riverside with Cartwheel Art Tours & Obscura Society LA, Coverage by Albert Vitela
Albert Vitale is a painter living in Los Angeles. A recent graduate of the California State University Los Angeles MFA program, Vitale is know for his figurative expressionist paintings that draw on history and religious mythology. Here are his impressions of Cartwheel Art Tours/Obscura Society LA’s tour in Riverside, CA Twelve of us assembled in the…
Cartwheel Art Tours & Obscura Society LA in South Central LA: Mural Tour with Steve Grody, Smile South Central & Paradox
Join Cartwheel Art Tours and Obscura Society LA, in South Central, Los Angels, where we are partnering for our first tour on our new monthly series with mural tour’s. For this month’s mural tour, we will be offering an immersive urban art exploration in contemporary street art and graffiti where we will learn about the 11 walls, 2 alleys and 9 roll…
Preview and Save the Date for “Women of the New Contemporary” in Riverside: Sunday 2/28
Artist’s Republic Gallery, is curating a special exhibition for La Sierra University in Riverside. The exhibition titled Women of the New Contemporary, is opening on Sunday February 28th, with a reception from 5-8pm. The exhibition, will showcase the work of 30 female artists, and include special installations by Martha Rich and Deanna Templeton, along with presenting five outdoor murals.…
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…
Cartwheel Art Tours & Art Ambassador Tours Present Miami Art Tour 2015 (#ArtTourMiami)
Join Cartwheel Art Tours, the art and community-focused tour company who was recently mentioned in Travel and Leisure as a go-to in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District for art tours, who is partnering with Art Ambassador Tours, on an exclusive and immersive art-oriented “insider” and intimate tour in Miami during the most exciting and important art-centric international event…