DNA Festival SMC’s Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery June 22 – July 21, 2024  The DNA festival captivated viewers in Santa Monica through the collaborative efforts of the city’s three leading cultural institutions: Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica College, and 18th Street Art Center. The festival, organized in partnership with the Santa Monica Art Commission’s Media Art Subcommittee, L.A. Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH, and EZTV Online Museum, showcases a diverse and highly fascinating collection of digital artworks. The festival kicked off with the opening exhibition, 4th of 4, a tribut ..read more

Bill Viola at "Bill Viola: Moving Stillness," James Cohan, 533 West 26th Street, New York, February 22 - April 14, 2018. Photo by Phoebe d’Heurle. Courtesy Bill Viola Studio and James Cohan, New York. © Bill Viola. Bill Viola, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists passed away peacefully at home on July 12th, at the age of 73. The cause was Alzheimer’s Disease. Viola is survived by his wife and longtime creative collaborator, Kira Perov, Director of Bill Viola Studio, sons Blake and Andrei Viola and daughter-in-law Aileen Milliman. Viola was a pioneer in the fields of new media, vi ..read more

Glenn Kaino, Sails, 2024. Concrete, stainless-steel armature, wood, basketball hoops, paint, 41 ft. 7.25 in. x 28 ft. 11.25 in. x 58 ft. 10.5 in. Commissioned by the LA Clippers for Intuit Dome. Photograph by Iwan Baan. Halo Sports & Entertainment, today unveiled six commissioned public artworks that will welcome everyone to the new home of the LA Clippers, Intuit Dome. Transforming the campus into an inclusive gathering place, the world-class murals, digital installations, and sculpture made specifically for the site will invite visitors into a celebration of community and the power of ..read more

Rebecca Campbell Young Americans  L.A. Louver May 29 – July 20, 2024  A grid of fifteen portraits of teenage boys and girls painted in a multitude of styles fills the far wall of the gallery. Are these the ‘young americans’ of the exhibits title? Young Americans was also the title of the 1975 album by the late David Bowie and was seen as his breakthrough in the United States: it also contained the hit song Fame. Thinking about Bowie and rock and roll and youth culture then —in comparison to now— it is possible to conclude that as different as things are in 2024, inno ..read more

The Madonna of the Cherries disappeared in the 17th century, before reapppearing at a sale in Paris in 1920 displaying several alterations At a Christie’s Old Masters auction in London, the J. Paul Getty Museum placed the highest bid for a rediscovered 16th-century painting by the Flemish painter Quentin Metsys, the founder of the Antwerp school. The Madonna of the Cherries, 1520, cost £10.66 million (US$13.5 million) plus fees to The Getty. The painting is one of Metsys’s most commemorated works. The Northern Renaissance depiction of a Madonna and child was lost for nearly 250 years befor ..read more

Gabriele Evertz, Kinetic Response, 2017. Louis Stern Fine Arts will present Chromatic Conversations on July 13, featuring works by Gabriele Evertz, James Little, Doug Ohlson, Robert Swain, and Sanford Wurmfeld. Color itself is the primary subject matter for these five New York-based painters, though each applies their own unique artistic approach to its exploration. The dialogue between artworks mirrors the artistic exchange amongst their creators, reflecting their years of personal and professional relationships. All are seasoned New York art educators: Little teaches at the Art Students L ..read more

Shawn Huckins Zippers Short and Skinny  Richard Heller Gallery June 15 – July 13, 2024 September 10 – November 5, 2022  Shawn Huckins is an exacting artist whose works often begin with recreations of American masters that he paints with uncanny skill and detail. His works are a lot more than faithful reproductions however. With each series he injects surprise, be it overlaid text or emojis within the painting, or the addition of actual woven fabrics. In an early series from 2011 he juxtaposed historical works with the now familiar shorthand of text messages. The title Zippers ..read more

Banksy's inflatable boat filled with migrant dummies crowd surfing at Glastonbury. Banksy has been revealed as the mastermind behind the inflatable boat filled with migrant dummies crowd surfing at Glastonbury. The unanticipated stunt, during Idles’ late-night set at the Somerset-based festival, saw an inflatable life raft carrying models in lifejackets—symbolising migrants on the move—suddenly launched into the audience. A short video clip has now appeared on the artist’s Instagram page. At first, festival-goers were confused, believing the inflatable boat was part of the Bristol rock band ..read more

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced that it has commissioned artist Kara Walker to create the first site-specific installation for its admission-free, street-level Roberts Family Gallery. Walker has long been recognized for her incisive examinations of the dynamics of power and the exploitation of race and sexuality. Leveraging expressions of fantasy, Walker confronts the troubling histories that have shaped the American psyche, repossessing control with a keen but disconcerting humor. With an imagination fueled by rage, sorrow and compassion, Walker has extended her prac ..read more

Kenny Scharf. 3 AMIGOS, 2023. Honor Fraser will present GO WILD!, a solo exhibition by Kenny Scharf. Scharf’s 10th exhibition with the gallery celebrates his decades-long engagement with the city of Los Angeles, and charts the multifaceted ways that his signature style has imprinted onto the urban landscape of Southern California. The exhibition transforms Honor Fraser into an urban oasis where Scharf’s iconic characters and playful imagery dance amidst a backdrop of concrete, palm trees, asphalt, repair shops, carwashes, and other city infrastructure. An opening reception will now be held ..read more