October 1 to 3: STREET Art Fair International Launches in Los Angeles

There’s a new fair in town, and it’s cementing Los Angeles’s reputation as an international art destination! The inaugural edition of Street Art Fair International, STREET, launches here in LA with world renown artists like Alec Monopoly, Mr. Brainwash, Big Sleeps, Risk, Odlaw, Desire Obtain Cherish, and Annie Preece–and Cartwheel Art is a part of…
Save the the Date: Aug 30, Skate & Create at Flower Pepper Gallery

We’re in a drought. The last time there a drought this bad in California, a new sport flowered–skate boarding. All those empty pools made for great neighborhood skate parks, legal or clandestine. The skateboard culture of Southern California played a seminal role in the early influences of many graffiti and street artists. The growth of…
See It Sunday! Artworks for the Cure: Big, Bold and Bright

There’s a lot of wow at TJ Martell Artworks for the Cure, which continues Sunday from noon to 5pm at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. It’s smart art and smart bidding: You participate in the auction–which raises funds to research and cure childhood cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, and HIV/AIDS–by using your smart phone which will…
Artworks for the Cure at Barker Hangar October 11-13

Artworks for the Cure is a contemporary, eclectic, edgy and offbeat three day art show/sale benefiting the TJ Martell Foundation and its mission to fund innovative medical research focused on finding cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS. Locally, the TJ Martell Foundation funds research at Children’s Hospital. October 11 through 13, 2013, Barker Hangar at…
Theft Alert! Lab Art’s Desire Obtain Cherish Mural Vandalized, Stolen

A custom mural by Desire Obtain Cherish was stolen from Lab Art‘s back wall on Friday, August 9th. A security cameras captured a bearded hipster driving a black or dark gray or dark blue compact car who pulled in the alley behind Lab Art at 5:50pm, snapped photos of the DOC mural, then tore it…
Gallerists Discuss Armory Arts Week

Amory Arts Week was a flurry of activity for collectors, artists, and of course gallerists, the majority of whom travel thousands of miles, coordinating the shipping of art works, setting up their booths, and then greeting myriads of visitors over the course of four days, before tearing it all down, and shipping it back. We…
CARTWHEEL Preview/Studio Visit: Desire Obtain Cherish #undertheinfluence

Damn, I love Desire Obtain Cherish. It’s art that’s just so crassly, in-your-face-smart, so spot on; but so luxuriously well-thought out and executed; lush, voluptuous, yet razor sharp; the lover’s kiss is really a dagger; so sweet and brutal, savvy and seductive. Desire Obtain Cherish is actually a he, Jonathan Paul, but it’s also brand…