Guided by the energy of the growing full moon, we began our gallery excursion this weekend on Friday evening at the opening of Dark Fantasy, at UTA Artist Space. Located in the heart of Beverly Hills and established in 2016, the hyped exhibition space is one I have...
Installations and immersive experiences were everywhere this weekend, with the opening of CA 101 2019 starting things out on Friday. Yes, beautiful paintings, photographs and sculptural pieces were present too as gallerygoers took in the bright orange sunset at the...
“Hey, I thought this thing started at 6 o'clock?” Yeah, so did everyone else. As the time neared 6:20, variations of this conversation could be heard throughout the main foyer of the Hammer where many eager (read impatient) gallerygoers and who’s who stood around...
An artist’s artist is one who has garnered respect and notoriety not only from curators, collectors, dealers but also their fellow artist. And I could not but use this particular phrase repetitiously in the lead up to the opening of Sayre Gomez’s solo exhibition at...
After a slight summer slumber, the LA art scene has officially turned the heat back on. This week I had the absolute pleasure of spending my Thursday morning in the LA Arts District at Hauser & Wirth for their press preview and breakfast featuring the work of...
A wildly busy night of openings marked the first night of the fall art season in Los Angeles, with terrific new shows running from the west side to the east. On Thursday in San Pedro, a terrific combo of poetry and art took over Michael Stearns Gallery, while a...
During these last summer weeks, the LA heat gets to us all, making it essential to take a little breather. As a result, ’tis the season the LA art world slows, but honestly, the slight hiatus in the usually jam-packed agenda of openings was a nice reprieve, as I was...
We headed up to MOAH on Saturday, where it wasn’t just the summer wind that was hot in Lancaster. While Snezana Saraswati Petrovic continued her lush ocean-centric installation at MOAH: Cedar, the main museum featured a diverse collection of painterly curation in...
The summer sizzles when it comes to art in LA, with a wonderfully eclectic collection of art events this past weekend. Saturday night began at the Louis Stern Gallery in Beverly Hills, where Veda B. Kaya held forth with a beautiful, motion-filled series of works that...
Last week we had the delight of attending The Broad museum’s “Black Fire Sessions.” Before even stepping through the doors, it was clear the night was in full swing. An outdoor garden was filled with enthused attendees who enjoyed a stocked bar of wines and cocktails...
‘What is Fun Hang?’ Begins the press release of Jools Braiman-Rothblatt’s summer exhibition at Karma International, presenting works by Alex Becerra, Py Born, Nick Farhi, Kim Fuck, Kezia Harrell, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Rachelle Sawatsky, Nicole-Antonia Spagnola,...
Yes, it was a holiday weekend, but the art flag still waved after the fireworks and BBQ subsided. On Saturday at the Alfa Romeo Tango Gallery aboard the battleship U.S.S. Iowa in San Pedro – a perfect patriotic location for the holiday – Kio Griffith’s CORAL SEA, The...
It’s summer and in cities like New York and London, galleries seem to take a little breather; we’ve all received the newsletters instructing "summer hours" observing en mass departure from the city on weekends. But with our temperate (mostly) climate, and the...
This weekend we shook up the typical gallery openings with some new experiences. On Thursday, we kicked off our weekend early and attended Members' Brushstrokes: Beyond the Gallery, for an enchanting event at the Huntington Gardens. The evening included art talks,...
At the Beacon Arts Complex in Inglewood, artists from studios in this building and from 1019 West just down the road created a 23-artist gallery exhibition, "Converge," featuring painting, sculpture, collage, mixed media, and photographic works. Open studios and a DJ,...
Last Thursday night I braved the fiercely blustering wind and joined the trickle of funky-fresh San Francisco locals snaking through the industrial Dogpatch neighborhood, to land at Minnesota Street Project (MSP), a set of warehouses tucked under the 280 Freeway which...
This past Saturday was stacked with a number of intriguing openings, so we decided to join the sea of gallerygoers in a valiant effort to attend as many as possible. First on our list was Wilding Cran Gallery for their opening of Stephen Neidich’s "Making the Rounds...
Last Thursday night I walked amongst the hoards of tourists, along the Hollywood walk of fame and arrived at my destination – a storefront in the corner of a strip-mall with blackout windows and no light coming from inside. Upon opening the doors to Freedman...
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