Matthew Taylor of Vero Beach, Florida is now a sworn enemy of the L.A. art scene. Arrested without incident on Thursday morning, Taylor, a former art dealer, faces a federal indictment that alleges he stole paintings from an art gallery in L.A. and sold the works to a collector under the false pretense that the works were those of esteemed artists. more ›

As a number of museums around Los Angeles and Orange County plan their two days of free admission this weekend, one of that's not participating has a different kind of announcement. The Huntington Library, which is free on the first Thursday of the month, announced the acquisition of eight new paintings, sculptures and furniture. more ›

After several years as a resident of Los Angeles, artist Lesley Reppeteaux lived as an ex-pat in Paris, Barcelona and Berlin before making a more permanent move to Portland, Oregon. Known for eclectic, poignant painting and illustration that often includes portraits of quirky lasses, Reppeteaux’s art mixes the sublime with a shadowy expressionism. Art Ltd. magazine recently listed Reppeteaux as one of several notable artists in “Pop Surrealism” to emerge from the West Coast. The Halifax, Nova Scotia native is also a comic book author/artist under the name Black Olive (through Slave Labor Graphics). In her comic Outlook:Grim, Reppeteaux brought to life a kick-ass heroine who fought the supernatural. In Screwtooth, a frail, wheelchair-bound girl found hope from within her trapped chambers. more ›

In 2004, artist Peter Schulberg learned that literally tons of advertising billboards were being dumped into landfills every month. His solution to dealing with all this waste was rather novel: recycle those billboards into art. On Saturday night, the newest exhibition of these pieces is unveiled at Eco-LogicalART. Fifteen local artists have created pieces that will eventually be mounted as billboards across the city. more ›

I made another trip under the bridges crossing the LA River and was pleasantly surprised to find a maze of catacombs covered in graffiti. This spot is both a proving grounds for artists honing their craft as well a a private place with lots of huge surfaces for crews to do larger pieces with a lesser risk of arrest. It is a landscape dominated by massive interior spaces, crushed top to bottom with every... more ›

I am in love with the paintings of Iva Gueorguieva. Info about her current LA gallery show after the jump.... more ›