Event Coverage: Designer Con 2017 Show Recap

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Event Coverage: Designer Con 2017 Show Recap

Designer Con, an incredible art and design convention, again broke its own attendance records with between 35-37 thousand attendees, including kids, passing through its doors all weekend November 11th – 12th at the Pasadena Convention Center. This was an increase of almost 10 thousand for Designer Con 2017! Cindy Schwarzstein of Cartwheel Art was at Designer…

Save the Date: Corey Helford Gallery Opens Three Shows with “Toybox” by Ron English, “Beauties in Nature” by Miho Hirano and Multi-Artist Exhibition Featuring New Works by Attaboy, Lauren Marx and Relm – Saturday, December 2nd

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Save the Date: Corey Helford Gallery Opens Three Shows with “Toybox” by Ron English, “Beauties in Nature” by Miho Hirano and Multi-Artist Exhibition Featuring New Works by Attaboy, Lauren Marx and Relm –  Saturday, December 2nd

  Join us at Corey Helford Gallery this Saturday December 2nd, for the opening reception of three gallery exhibitions. In the main gallery will be “TOYBOX: America in the Visuals” an exhibition of all new works by Ron English. In gallery two will be “Beauties in Nature,” a solo exhibition by Miho Hirano, and in…

Preview: Art Gathering LA with 6 Gallery/Artist Exhibitions Opens June 2nd-June 5th!

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Preview: Art Gathering LA with 6 Gallery/Artist Exhibitions Opens June 2nd-June 5th!

Pop Surrealism! Lowbrow! Tattoos! Performance! Installation! Film! Punk Rock DJs, Collectibles! Utter coolness! Art Gathering–the giant indie art fair and tattoo convention aboard the Queen Mary–is going to be huge! On board the venerable ship will be over hundred independent artists hanging on the Kulture Klash walls and showing in booths. Ron English and Chet…

June 2 to 5: Art Gathering, Long Beach’s Biggest Art Fest Gonna be HUGE

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June 2 to 5: Art Gathering, Long Beach’s Biggest Art Fest Gonna be HUGE

Pop Surrealism! Lowbrow! Tattoos! Performance! Installation! Film! Punk Rock DJs, Collectibles! Utter coolness! Art Gathering–the giant indie art fair and tattoo convention aboard the Queen Mary–is going to be huge! On board the venerable ship will be over hundred independent artists hanging on the Kulture Klash walls and showing in booths. Ron English and Chet…

Save the Date June 2 – June 5: Art Gathering, Queen Mary Long Beach

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Save the Date June 2 – June 5: Art Gathering, Queen Mary Long Beach

This is gonna be huge! Art Gathering brings over 400 artists together for a tattoo-influenced fine art fair weekend aboard the Queen Mary.  Michael Keith of New Era Arts Group, Art Gathering’s parent company, explains: We noticed that many kids out of art school would jump straight into tattooing, while many longtime tattooists also were…

‘Between Worlds” at Corey Helford Gallery Opens at New CHG Space in Boyle Heights.

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‘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…

Ron English: “NeoNature: We Are the New They” at New CHG Space in Boyle Heights

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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…

Preview: Julien’s Auctions Street Art Auction: Banksy Murals and More

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Preview: Julien’s Auctions Street Art Auction: Banksy Murals and More

The annual Street Art Auction by Julien’s Auctions  offers works produced by the most significant and collectible artists in the urban art movement and several  controversial lots: Banksy murals excised from walls in Bethlehem and Detroit, the latter of which contains portions of paint showing clear fingerprints of the unidentified artist. Banksy’s Donkey Documents,  created in in…

#IAMTHEMANNY Poster Competition Campaign Launched by ACT/ART in Partnership with The White House

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#IAMTHEMANNY Poster Competition Campaign Launched by ACT/ART in Partnership with The White House

Launched by ACT/ART and inspired by the 1968 civil rights “I AM A MAN” campaign, #IAMTHEMANY is a poster competition designed to assert the same crucial tenets: universal right to justice, humanity and freedom. The tradition of poster art provides us with the unique power to elevate the conversation and inspire change through visceral means.…

May 17: Tour the Downtown Art District Murals with Cartwheel Art

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May 17: Tour the Downtown Art District Murals with Cartwheel Art

Mural by Zes and Vans Omega. Photo: Cindy Schwarzstein Mural by Dabs & Myla and Greg “Craola” Simkins. Photo : Cindy Schwarzstein As media partners with Create:Fixate, Cartwheel Art founder Cindy Schwarzstein has designed a sunset walking tour of the murals in Central and South sections of Downtown Los Angeles Art District. Cartwheel Art created…

Art Basel 2013: Wynwood Walls Women

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Art Basel 2013: Wynwood Walls Women

A landmark to well-known street artists and muralists, Wynwood Walls is part of an art complex built by the late Tony Goldman, a visionary known for transforming neglected neighborhoods into thriving cultural destinations. In years past, the Wynwood walls have touted murals by Retna, Ron English, Aiko, Kenny Sharf, and the Os Gemeos twins, among…