Hot openings and interesting talks led this week in art, with three group shows and one solo exhibition. Two college galleries offered stunning group exhibitions - one focused on nature, the other on the power of words. At El Camino College, What is it About Trees?...
This week we made our way to Luis De Jesus’ opening of Britton Tolliver’s Bend To Play and Ethan Gill’s, New Paintings. Upon walking into the gallery, we were met by the boldly colored geometric abstract paintings by Tolliver. The vibrant works featured thick layers...
This post-Frieze weekend we were tired. It was raining, which all locals will know is a very valid reason to cancel all plans and have a date with your couch. Despite this rare but welcome excuse, the attendance at Ochi Projects’ group exhibition "Doesn’t Whine By...
This was the weekend. Art fair weekend. We took in five art fairs this Presidents Day weekend, each with its own flavor. At Frieze Los Angeles on Friday, we took in an astonishing collection of works in the gallery tent. From Alison Saar to James Turrell and Anish...
The first rule of going to a Paul McCarthy opening at the Hammer is not to go hungry—art lovers shall not live on breadsticks alone. Visibly disappointed, Artillery writer Ezrha Jean Black arrived right at the moment the food was being whisked away while...
This past Thursday evening, we joined world-class artists, photographers, galleries, dealers, and publishers at photo l.a.’s opening night at the historic Santa Monica Barker Hangar. The annual fair, which has been around for almost three decades, was packed with...
It might still be chilly January, but ahead of the bevy of art fairs coming to LA, January wound down with the visceral heat of passionate exhibition openings. At California State University’s Ronald H. Silverman Gallery, 60 artists presented astonishing depictions of...
Last weekend Nino Mier opened three concurrent exhibitions, the main attraction being organized by Purple Magazine editor Olivier Zahm. The questionably titled To Paint is To Love Again, exploring Zahmn’s love of painting and Instagram, mainly knowledge of...
Last weekend was competitive, with highly anticipated exhibitions opening across the city. Attending them all would have been challenging at best. A personal highlight being Jack Levinson’s play The Troubadour presented by OOF Books at MOCA on the occasion of the OOF...
Like wine and cheese, art and activism are a perfect fit for the LA art scene. Passionate projects made their debut to start a sizzling 2020 the first weekend of the new year. At SoLA in South LA, a powerful, wide-ranging group show included performance art,...
This Thursday we had the pleasure of attending the press preview and breakfast at Fort Gansevoort’s new Los Angeles space featuring Christopher Myers’ inaugural show, Drapetomania. Fort Gansevoort’s founders, Adam Shopkorn and Carolyn Tate Angel, hosted the event...
The holiday spirit was everywhere in the LA art scene this past weekend, from gallery openings to open studios to fun fundraisers. At Torrance Art Museum, a lively and excitingly interactive opening for Adjacent Adjacent in the main gallery drew a robust crowd. While...
At Micheal Stearns Studio and Gallery at the Loft in San Pedro, art power couple Ben Zask and Peggy Sivert exhibited beautiful work in Farewell - from the graceful equine sculptures and haunting dark paintings of Sivert, to Zask’s intricate full-wall panel...
"The most important thing to me was exposure to people who are making things, to other artists,” says Doug Aitken of his education at ArtCenter College of Design. Last Saturday he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from his alma mater, honored along with three...
Curious about the current west side exhibitions, we started our gallery openings serendipitously early this week. As we strolled down La Cienega’s gallery row, we noticed some of our favorite spaces were unfortunately closed for installation, but to our delight, Megan...
From the twice-yearly Brewery Art Walk to the opening of a new gallery space, late October is a lively time to experience art. And then there were some exciting new art works at the annual Dia de Los Muertos event at Hollywood Forever this year, too. At Timothy Yarger...
Murmurs began making waves on my radar this Summer, initially with their strong group exhibition featuring Genevieve Belleveau, Joel Dean, Lesley Jackson, Jenine Marsh, Jack Schneider and Alison Veit, and since with their astute and integrated programming (most...
There was plenty to see – and nosh on - at galleries in mid-city this past weekend, from new solo shows to lively group outings. At George Billis on La Cienega, three terrific solo shows offered a wide range of work. Audra Weaser’s Gathering Light created a moody,...
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