Celebrated portrait photographer Austin Young brings out the beauty and layered emotions in the colorful people he captures with his lens. Tonight when he sets up his camera, it will be aimed at a very lucky party goer who will experience being photographed by Austin Young first hand. During the run of Your Face Here, portrait sittings with Young will be available for a mere $100-$500. As he completes the images they will be added to the show. Your Face Here opens tonight at the new PoptArt Gallery and runs though March 5. more ›

Lenora Claire surrounds herself with talented artists and colorful people. As a curator she has helmed Golden Girls Gone Wild, Bettie Page Heaven Bound and countless other unique art shows and events. We caught up with a very busy Lenora Claire to find more about her friendship with Austin Young and how the Your Face Here plan was hatched. more ›

Last week World of Wonder threw an opening celebration for a new incredible exhibit of drag queen themed art. LAist was there to see the most beautiful people in LA arrive in droves to celebrate the upcoming premiere on February 2nd of RuPaul's Drag Race. more ›

It's sexy, it's sacrilegious, it's scandalous, and it's just in time for Christmas. LA's hottest art curator Lenora Claire has done it again with a new collection of saucy art pieces guaranteed to get folks hot and bothered. Mixing Christmas themes with ample female breasts and featuring the work of Austin Young, Kitten Natividad, Buff Monster, and our fave the Gay Bigfoot, among others, Claire chose not to rest on her laurels of the... more ›

Following in the controversial footsteps of the Golden Gals Gone Wild, comes a new collection of art into the World of Wonder's Storefront Gallery. Today brings us the opening of Austin Young's Celebritism. more ›

Not since Magritte was in town at the beginning of this year have so many people talked about an art show. Featuring dozens of controversial pieces from a variety of artists like Jackie Beat, Angus Oblong, Plastic God, Mad Puppeteer, Jim Winters, Austin Young, Selene Luna, Jtodd Irby, Chris McKim, Garilyn Brune and Gay Bigfoot, who knew that a topless painting of Bea Arthur that was bought off eBay for a little over $100... more ›

http://www.artleak.org/civicmatters/">Civic Matters exhibit at LACE and the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art downtown. more ›

Spring is less than 7 days away. What better way to greet the new season's arrival than to focus on the Fallen Fruit Project, which distributes maps of places where people can pick free fruit throughout Los Angeles. The collective also hosts foraging sorties. You can check their website for info on upcoming sorties and maps. more ›