Rather than pursuing variations on by now familiar themes, the Sacramento and Emeryville-based Robert Ortbal follows a path that may well twist into an entirely different dimension. Recently you might find the serious and intellectual Ortbal wearing an oversized dog...
During the pandemic, celebrity portrait photographer Brigitte Lacombe has been sheltering in place in Northern California. Accustomed to working on film sets, theater productions, fashion campaigns, and glossy magazine spreads, Lacombe has used the past few months to...
It looks like this may go on for a while. Even when arts venues reopen, capacity is going to face new limits. Photos of theaters in Germany where seats have been removed to accommodate social distancing, in some cases show theaters with 75% of the seats removed. Large...
Are you still changing exhibitions as you would if open and are the exhibitions virtual-only now? How’s that going? We continue to have our exhibitions onsite and our new one, HERland, will open on August 22. Our online initiative through the MOLAA en Casa program...
The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything. —John Constable In the sky we had rediscovered the moving principle of any work of art: the light, and the motion of color. —Sonia Delaunay Edwin Vasquez captures the colors of light in the night sky....
The words “origami” and “protest” are rarely used in the same sentence. In recent decades, origami has evolved from simply being a paper craft taught to children in a classroom to help them build their fine motor skills into a sophisticated art form practiced around...
Dear Reader, Black artists have always mattered to Artillery. While we are always interested in representing all races within our pages, we are also aware that we can do more. Everyone can, and the recent protests all over the world are demanding that. As a...
Are you still changing exhibitions as you would if open and are the exhibitions virtual-only now? How’s that going? I have extended all exhibitions through June 30, 2020, and will do a group exhibition in July. I have been sending previews selectively. Are you...
One of a truly welcome number of outdoor or window art exhibitions opening this month is the mixed-media window-front showing of four artists, curated by Artillery writer Kate Caruso. Located at the Lady White Co. store in Los Feliz, Construction Manual; Part 1...
Dear Reader, Our weekly newsletter has been addressing our shelter-in-place current status and with that I just want to chime in with most of our like-minded readers; we stand in solidarity with the present justified civil unrest. No one is proud of our country now,...
The collage-paintings of Anne Austin Pearce are unabashedly beautiful. Born, raised and educated in Lawrence, Kansas, Pearce was associate professor of art at Missouri's Rockhurst University until this year, when she assumed an associate professorship of studio art at...
Are you still changing exhibitions as you would if open and are the exhibitions virtual-only now? How’s that going? We haven’t slowed our programming at all during quarantine. The opening reception for Sarah Svetlana’s solo show, “Secret Garden,” was on March 7th,...
Editor’s Note: In lieu of our usual reviews and gallery rounds, we will be running a special SHELTER-IN-PLACE series for the duration of social distancing. This series will focus on that which can be enjoyed from home: musings on stream-able films, online art, and...
How has exhibition scheduling been changed and how are you adapting? Are your exhibitions virtual-only now? COVID-19 became a serious concern in California just as we were changing out our exhibitions for the spring season. One of CAAM’s new exhibitions, "Sula...
Editor’s Note: In lieu of our usual reviews and gallery rounds, we will be running a special SHELTER-IN-PLACE series for the duration of social distancing. This series will focus on that which can be enjoyed from home: musings on stream-able films, online art, and...
Are you still changing exhibitions as you would if open and are the exhibitions virtual-only now? How’s that going? Band of Vices leads first and foremost for our artists and their well-being. We recognize and respect the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and have...
Organized by Lawrence Gipe, “Quarantined Visions” is an online exhibition of work created during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. Beginning with images from China, this series will continue from country to country in collaboration with international curators,...
If you’ve ever thought about exploring video art, this might be when you have the time for it. But having the time doesn’t mean that you have the access. Since these aren’t ordinary times, Gagosian Gallery is curating a program of canonical video art that is available...