Louis Stern Fine Arts is pleased to present “This World and the Next: Veda B. Kaya and Matsumi Kanemitsu.” This exhibition presents recent paintings by contemporary artist Veda B. Kaya alongside sumi ink and watercolor works by Matsumi Kanemitsu (1922-1992). The artistic and spiritual traditions of these artists’ multicultural backgrounds are woven intimately into their work, synthesizing a singular vocabulary from the many worlds through which they have traveled.
Read MoreArtillery Magazine: Sizzling Art Summer
The summer sizzles when it comes to art in LA, with a wonderfully eclectic collection of art events this past weekend.
Saturday night began at the Louis Stern Gallery in Beverly Hills, where Veda B. Kaya held forth with a beautiful, motion-filled series of works that shimmered with the light of summer. Her elegant works fit the airy space in This World and the Next, a two-person show that also included the Sumi ink and watercolor work of the late Matsumi Kanemitsu. Kaya’s work is an astonishing tour de force of minimal colors and maximum, curving, highly dimensional shapes. Perfect for summer: the gallery served up Moscow Mules and chocolate chip cookies.
Read MoreArt and Cake: The Line Up: This week's must-see art events
The Lineup: This week’s must-see art events, presented by Kristine Schomaker
Read Moreform: Four Women Group Show at Quotidian
Curator Jill Moniz has a non-commercial project space in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles called Quotidian. My recent visit saw three equally fascinating facets: the space itself, the proprietor’s vision for running the space and the excellent exhibit “Four Women” on view.
Art and Cake: Jillith Moniz Curates Four Women, an Exhibition Inspired by their Experiences of Los Angeles
Nina Simone’s song Four Women inspired the exhibition by the same name in DTLA. The women featured in this powerful and gracious exhibition curated by Jillith Moniz of Quotidian are Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Veda B Kaya, Kyungmi Shin, and Charisse Pearlina Weston.
Read MoreArt and Cake: Black—An Expansion of an Abstract Arena
“Black” at The Loft at Liz’s in downtown LA presents a unique examination of the color black. Rather than commonplace tropes of black, such as being a signifier of desolation, dreariness or morbid, “Black” highlights both the drama and contemplative sides of darkness.
Read MoreDiversions LA: Black is Back—at Loft at Liz's
With the stunning group show Black, at Loft at Liz’s through March 26th, the color glows, shines, and spills texture. Curated by gallery owner Liz Gordon, the exhibition reveals the ways in which this color is not just one rich, dark shade, but an entire palette of blackness, nuanced and thought-provoking.
Read MoreArt and Cake: Art Speaks! Lend Your Voice
Through March 10th at Arena 1 Gallery, “Art Speaks, Lend Your Voice” presented by the Women’s Caucus for Art, is beautiful group show, images carefully juxtaposed by curator Jill Moniz. Moniz has selected 62 artists from throughout the U.S. for this national conference exhibition.
Read MoreSan Francisco Chronicle: Immigrant art show starts as chain letter
by Sam Whiting
The moment the presidential election was final, Oakland painter Monica Lundy sank into a “pit of despair.” On Nov. 10, she pulled herself out of it enough to form a response — get 100 California artists together on a collaboration.
She got on the phone to gallery owner Walter Maciel in Los Angeles, and it spread like a chain letter. The only instructions were, “do an 8-inch-by-8-inch portrait of an immigrant,” she says.
SFAC: Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some
The San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries is pleased to announce the first installment of Sanctuary City, a yearlong exhibition and public program series that delves into topics related to San Francisco's immigration policies, immigrant and refugee populations, and the history of our Sanctuary City status.
Read MoreArt and Cake: Walter Maciel Gallery Shines with Politics and Poetry
I.D., Please! The insightful, beautiful, and poetic political group show now at Walter Maciel on La Cienega features work by Hung Liu, John Bankston, Lezley Saar, John Jurayj, Maria E. Pieres, Nike Schröder, Dana Weiser and Monica Lundy. On display through March 4th, the works serve as an elegantly wrought elegy for what could be the twilight of democracy.
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