the 8th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series second place winner and local Los Angeles artist, Ariel Vargassal, unveiled his contemporary exhibit, “Contemporary Totems”. Open to the public at Building Bridges Art Exchange from July 13 – August 14, Ariel’s exhibit explores the relationship between form and space. Guests at the VIP opening including actress and subject of one of Vargassal’s paintings, AnnaLynne McCord, came out to celebrate the Los Angeles-based
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Influencers from the worlds of art, design, entertainment, music, fashion, philanthropy, tech, and business gathered for a private evening celebrating the launch of GENERAL PUBLIC x RH on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at RH West Hollywood, The Gallery on Melrose Avenue. Hosted by RH Chairman & CEO Gary Friedman and GENERAL PUBLIC Founder & CEO Portia de Rossi, the event also featured celebrity appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Chrissy Teigen, John
On Thursday, May 17th, Louis Vuitton celebrated the opening of its Time Capsule exhibition US debut in Los Angeles at the Westfield Century City atrium. Guests included Aimee Song, Dani Song, Aleali May, Jacey Duprie, Larsen Thompson, Lionel Richie, Maye Musk, Eric Rutherford and many others. Time Capsule takes the viewer on a journey through the history of the House that revisits its landmark innovations in technology and design. Traveling
For its inaugural show in Los Angeles, Beyond The Streets pays homage to its host city’s role as a diverse epicenter of art and culture of both past and present. Curator Roger Gastman, who is an author and historian, said “Beyond The Streets has been a real motherf**cker, 25 years in the making.” Some of the most impactful artists learned their trade on the streets, Beyond The Streets demonstrates their
adidas Skateboarding is making history with Beyond the Streets by resurrecting one of the most iconic and historically relevant destinations in skateboarding history, the Venice Pavilion. With site-specific installations curated by Los Angeles graffiti legend RISK, the three-stripes brand revealed a fully skateable installation of the sacred site known as one of the original birthplaces of street style skateboarding as well as the introducer of East Coast “subway style” graffiti
Genius and Dropbox brought “Lyrics to Life”, a Los Angeles-based pop-up art exhibition inspired by song lyrics with an open bar by New Amsterdam Vodka. Genius and Dropbox joined forces to collaborate with visual artists to transform iconic lyrics into physical art that music fans can see, touch, and experience. Aminé, Devin Troy Strother, and Peggy Noland are among the acclaimed visual artists and curators transforming iconic song lyrics by
As LA rises as the world-class destination for art, the LA Art Show continues to lead the way with innovative programming and one-of-a-kind experiences for an expanding collecting audience. Building on last year’s excitement, DIVERSEartLA programming dedicates over 60,000 square feet in the LA Art Show to performance art, installations, exhibits and programs highlighting the vast diversity of the global contemporary art world. Cuban-American Artist Antuan Rodriguez’ “Left or Right”
Refinery29 kicked off its highly anticipated West Coast debut of 29Rooms with an opening night party celebrating the installation’s national expansion. 29Rooms LA collaborators including Demi Lovato, Janelle Monáe, Margot Robbie and Lilly Singh joined returning creators Jill Soloway, Emma Roberts, Sasheer Zamata, Cleo Wade, Benjamin Shine, Alexa Meade, Planned Parenthood, Women’s March, The Art of Elysium, Chloe x Halle, Lizzo and more. Alongside Refinery29 co-founders Piera Gelardi, Christene Barberich,
On Friday, December 1, hundreds of people attended the opening night of Incubus Frontman/Visual Artist Brandon’s Boyd OptiMystic Pop Up Gallery at 101 Exhibit Gallery in West Hollywood. Sponsored by Peroni and Viva XXXII Tequila, the evening was DJ’d by Brent Bolthouse with a performance by Dasha and are exhibited by Boyd and Los Angeles friends Tasya Van Ree, Natalie Bergman and Diana Garcia. Guests enjoyed pre-rolled joints courtesy of
On Wednesday evening, celebrities, influencers, and art fans gathered to celebrate the opening of the Tradesy Showroom in Santa Monica where the brand debuted their new space and the “Tradesy x Illma Gore” collection of one-of-a-kind objets d’arts with a fashionable twist. Westworld starlet, Evan Rachel Wood, dropped by to fete to the opening and posed next to a fully-functioning $100,000 golden toilet covered in Louis Vuitton leathers, created by
