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October 31, 2007
Lisa Congdon's new show Charming Creatures opens Friday, November 2nd at Firefly in Venice.... [continue]
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October 26, 2007
Lauren Bon's, Not a Cornfield Project, created quite a stir in the art community. Saturday night her new exhibit "Bees and Meat" is bound to generate more talk. Bon will fill the vast Ace Gallery with sculptural pieces created from honey, bees, and lamb carcasses. The "Bees and Meat... [continue]
October 25, 2007
Whitney Bedford is a truly unique artist. Her subjects- shipwrecks, pirates, and impending disaster, are far from the norm of what L.A based painters are doing these days. In her most recent exhibit at Cherry & Martin, Bedford takes on one of the biggest celebrities of the roaring 20’s... [continue]
October 24, 2007
In 1966, Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party. A militia organization, made up of black men & women to fight for their rights, and defend themselves against “capitalist pigs” (the US government). In the politically charged-era of the civil rights movement, the party reached out to... [continue]
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October 12, 2007
Beginning this Sunday, LACMA will be rolling out Dali: Painting & Film. Regarded as one of the greatest surrealist artists of the 20th Century-the exhibit will examine the influence that cinema had on his works, and the contribution that he himself made to film. Featuring about 100 works from various... [continue]
LAist had the opportunity to catch up with Jonny Coleman, curator of Art Crawl X and also founder of Found Gallery in Silverlake this week to ask him some questions about the art walk this weekend, what not to miss, and why this art walk is sure to kick... [continue]
Dear _____, Cool! I'm totally in and excited to see you this weekend too! Yeah I totally heard all about Art Crawl X and am excited to check it out. Isn't it something crazy like over 25 galleries and stores all around Echo Park, Silverlake, Los Feliz and Atwater... [continue]
October 11, 2007
Art walks, Food fairs, fashion, and film. It's fall in LA, and for another weekend we can forget about our lack of playoff-worthy baseball teams and professional football and take advantage of our final three weeks of Daylight Saving Time. The fun begins tonight, so you best start the... [continue]
October 3, 2007
Tarfest, the La Brea pits' very own arts fest, launches this year -- its fifth -- next Friday. Created both to celebrate the Miracle Mile and to provide the opportunity for artists and audiences to discover each other, Tarfest is free, unlike certain other Sunset Junctionlike festivals one could... [continue]