Tonight at the Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles artist Lola unveils her new collection of paintings. For "Ipsum Factum," Lola created metaphorical narratives that explore the relationships between humans and animals. In one painting a little girl sits with a paint brush touching up her swan boat with other insects and fuzzy creatures nearby. Another work shows a small girl leaning on a very large gray cat. more ›

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In December, we gave you a top ten list of LA Painters. Maybe you checked them out, and maybe you didn’t. If your answer is the latter, boy, do we have good news for you! Mark Ryden, Southern California artist extraordinaire, currently has an exhibit, “The Tree Show” on display at the Michael Kohn Gallery through April 28th. If juxtapositions of the sweet with the sick, or the cute with the carnal, make your... more ›

With the year winding down, LAist is asking famous celebs, local politicians, and other movers & shakers of LA to tell us what they thought were tops of 2006 more ›

So you know you should be shopping for Christmas but you're just not yet ready to drop the big bucks. Here's a few local hints to get you going, painlessly. more ›

The free shuttles will loop throughout the City of Roses during the course of the 4 hour event; park at any one venue and ride around to the rest. Include time to have dinner at the One Colorado restaurants like Gordon Biersch, Il Fornaio, or Akbar. If you're dining ahead of your gallery crawl, between 5 and 6:30 the mention of Art Night will get you a free dessert with the purchase of an entree. To Art Night we say: Sweet! more ›