Thurs, Nov. 5th 7-10PM
Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
1257 N. La Brea Ave in West Hollywood / 323.969.0600
“Dark Doings” featuring new works and an installation from Dan Witz
(On view through Dec. 3rd)
www.carmichaelgallery.com

Fri, Nov. 6th 7-11PM
C.A.V.E. Gallery
507 Rose Ave in Venice / 310.428.6387
“The Hinterland In My Room” featuring new works from Anthony Clarkson, Ciou, Emma Overman, Macsorro and Rudy Fig + live painting from John Park
(On view through Nov. 28th)
www.cavegallery.net

Fri, Nov. 6th 8-11PM
La Luz De Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles / 323.666.7667
“And We All Go” featuring new works from Mark Bodnar
(On view through Nov. 29th)
www.laluzdejesus.com

Fri, Nov. 6th 7-11PM
thinkspace
4210 Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles / 323.913.3375
“My Heart Never Sleeps” featuring new works and an installation from Timothy Karpinski + “Shining Darkness” featuring new works and a mural installation from Turf One + “Sight For Sore Eyes” featuring select new works from Craig ‘Skibs’ Barker (as part of the ‘Fresh Faces’ series)
(On view through Nov. 28th)
www.thinkspacegallery.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 7-11PM
The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol Street in Costa Mesa
“Animal Instinct” group show benefitting the Humane Society of the U.S. featuring works from CJ Metzger, Caro,  Kelly Berg, Michael Pukac, and many, many more – check site for full details
www.animalinstinctartshow.blogspot.com
www.thelab.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 8-11:30PM
Copro Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave, Space T-5 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica / 310.398.2643
“Wilderness Buffet” featuring new works from Amy Sol + “Penumbra” featuring new works from Stella Im Hultberg + “Babes In Toyland” featuring new works from Nicoletta Ceccoli
(On view through Nov. 28th)
www.copronason.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 6-10PM
Crewest
110 E. Winston Street @ Main St in Los Angeles / 213.627.8272
“Top of the Dome VI” group show featuring customized ceramic skulls created by Gregg Stone – artists taking part this year include Cope, Ghost, Randy Kono, MAD, Vyal, Make One, Erik Rodriguez, Nathan Cartwright, Macsorro and many, many more
(On view through Nov. 29th)
www.crewest.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 6-8PM
David Desanctis Gallery
314 N. Crescent heights Blvd in Los Angeles
New works from Helen Garber
(On view through Dec. 19th)
www.desanctisgallery.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 7-10PM
HVW8 Gallery
661 N. Spaulding in Los Angeles
New works from Geoff McFetridge, Kevin Lyons and Michael Leon
(On view through Dec. 20th)
www.hvw8.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 8PM-12:30AM ($8 admission)
Hive Gallery
729 S. Spring St in downtown Los Angeles
Monthly group show and performance with featured artists J. Shea, Lee Anne Hale, Erick Rodriguez, Henry F. Cram and Akihito + the Master Blasters Of Sculpture Show and a slew of live performances – check site for full details and lineup of the massive group show
www.thehivegallery.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 7-11PM
Junc Gallery
4017 Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles (that’s what invite says – which is their old location – but last I saw it was a pot shop last week – ???)
“Blood Is The New Black” group show celebrating the 5 years of the clothing label of the same name – featuring works from Skinner, Porous Walker, Brendan Donnelly, Sumi Ink Club, Hannah Stouffer, Michael Sieben, Mel Kadel, Travis Millard, Jesse Spears and many more
(On view through Dec. 14th)
www.bloodisthenewblack.com
www.juncgallery.com

Sat, Nov. 7th 7-10PM
New Image Art Gallery
7908 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood / 323.654.2192
“14 Artists” featuring the works of Dennis McNett, Paul Wackers, Erik Foss, Richard Colman, Eddie Ruscha, Lori D., Kellesimone Waits, Jordin Isip, Cleon Peterson, The Date Farmers, Judith Supine, My Mo and Skullphone
(On view through Jan. 2nd, 2010)
www.newimageartgallery.com

Sat, Nov. 7th (see details below)
Royal/T
8910 Washington Blvd. in Culver City / 310.559.6300
“Three Apples” special event celebrating 35 years of Hello Kitty including a group show featuring Hello Kitty inspired works from over 80 artists – Swing by and meet some of the fabulous artists that created pieces for the Three Apples Art Exhibition – this party is hosted by Sanrio and JapanLA in association with Juxtapoz Magazine.

NEW Limited Edition of 35 prints by:
Angry Woebots
Peekaboo Monster
Camilla d’Errico

Live Painting throughout the day with Three Apples artists! All completed works will be auctioned off to benefit Three Apples Charitable partner L.A. Works.
1PM Peekaboo Monster
3PM Angry Woebots
5PM Camilla d’Errico
7PM – 11PM Multiple Three Apples Artists participate in a live painting collaboration

(On view through Nov. 15th)
www.sanrio.com/threeapples
www.royal-t.org

Sat, Nov. 7th 8-11PM
Subliminal Projects
1331 W. Sunset Blvd in the EchoPark region of Los Angeles
“How To Blow Yourself Up” featuring new works from WK
(On view through Dec. 5th)
www.subliminalprojects.com

Sun, Nov. 8th (opens to the public – check site for museum hours)
Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive in Laguna Beach / 949.494.8971
“Weathering The Storm” featuring new works and an installation from Jeremy Fish (in the upstairs galleries) – private invite only reception on Sat, Nov. 7th (must be a museum member / see site for details)
(On view through Jan. 17th, 2010)
http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org/Art Openings

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We recently stumbled upon the work of Slovakian illustrator Peter Stuller. In the tradition the editorial illustration of Art Department fame, Stuller has added refreshing graphic elements to his work. While not much is known about his history Peter has introduced us to his unique approach to line drawing and pattern.

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Fri, Oct. 23rd 7-11PM
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.937.7088
“SMart: Artwork inspired by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier’s SModcast” featuring works from David MacDowell, Scott Campbell, Lesley Reppeteaux, NC Winters, Misha, Roland Tomayo, Kiersten Essenpreis, Israel Sanchez, Andrew Wilson, Tom Haubrick, Sean Clarity and many more
(Special one-night only event hosted by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier)
www.nineteeneightyeight.com

Fri, Oct. 23rd 10AM-10PM (check site for details)
Royal/T
8910 Washington Blvd. in Culver City / 310.559.6300
“Three Apples” special event celebrating 35 years of Hello Kitty including a group show featuring Hello Kitty inspired works from over 80 artists including Gary Baseman, Ron English, Amanda Visell, Buff Monster, Camilla d’Errico, Tara McPherson, Kathie Olivas, Aiko, Andrew Brandou, FriendsWithYou, Natalia Fabia, Mark Dean Veca, Luke Chueh, Jeremyville, Travis Louie, Yoskay Yamamoto, Deph, Melissa Haslam, Hush, Nate Frizzell, Colin Christian, Yosuke Ueno and many more plus a special product retrospective, a Hello Kitty ‘apartment’ installation, a pop-up shop with tons of limited edition items for the event, a Hello Kitty themed café menu and be sure to check out the site for a slew of events going on throughout the exhibition including a Halloween part on Sat, Oct. 31st – don’t miss that!
www.sanrio.com/threeapples
(On view through Nov. 15th)

Sat, Oct. 24th 6-10PM
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street in Los Angeles
“Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 F*cking Years” featuring major new works from David Choe, Souther Salazar, Rob Sato, James Jean, kozyndan, Jeff Soto, Stella Lai, Theo Ellsworth, Deth P. Sun, Jack Long and Albert Reyes along with a special collaboration from Le Merde, David Horvath and Yukinori Dehara plus indie video games and a photo retrospective of the last 15 years of Giant Robot and in a second hall, a 50+ person group show featuring works from the likes of Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Apak, Bigfoot, Bwana Spoons, Dan-ah Kim, Edwin Ushiro, Hannah Stouffer, Jen Corace, Jon Burgerman, Luke Chueh, Mari Inukai, Marci Washington, Mark Todd, Matt Furie, PCP,
Robert Bellm, Scrappers, Thomas Han and many, many more.
(On view through January 24th, 2010)
www.giantrobot.com/biennale
http://www.janm.org

Sat, Oct. 24th 7-10PM
NONI Boutique
225 North Larchmount Blvd in Los Angeles
“Fall To Pieces” featuring new works from Augustine Kofie
www.keepdrafting.com

Sat, Oct. 24th 8-11PM
Solid Gallery One
334 N. Fairfax Ave in Los Angeles
“Halloween In Heaven” group show featuring works from Ted Von Heiland, Paul Torres, Axis, Miss Wendy, Michael Baylis, Yushi, Squindo and many more
www.solidgalleryone.com

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The pictograms for the 2012 Olympics have just been released. It’s interesting to compare them to the historic counterparts such as the famous 1972 Munich set by Otl Aicher. The new set was apparently done by British firm SomeOne. Despite the fact that the controversial 2012 Olympic logo made such a break from tradition, the pictograms are more in line with historical approaches. It’s a difficult assignment to make something highly stylized and maintain the required legibility, never mind the olympic approval process.

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Dan McPharlin’s work takes us back to the weird fantasy/Sci Fi cartoons we (vaguely) remember from late seventies to early eighties concepts like Fantastic Planet, Heavy Metal, and basically anything by Roger Dean.
Mix that with a few Iso 50ish references to analog electronic music devices (moog keyboards anyone?) and you’ve got quite an array of stunning work to choose from.
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Sat, Oct. 17th 7-10PM
Black Maria Gallery
3137 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles / 818.613.9090
“When Smoking Was Cool” featuring works from Anthony Ausgang, Sharktoof, Sam Saghatelian, The Pizz, Paul Chatem, and many more
(On view through Nov. 14th)
www.blackmariagallery.com

Sat, Oct. 17th 9PM-1AM ($8 at the door / $6 in costume)
Cannibal Flower
5797 Washington Blvd in Los Angeles (near Culver City gallery district)
Bi-monthly group show and performance – special Halloween party, so come in costume – with featured artist Mickey Edtinger and a group show featuring works from Mark Mothersbaugh, Chris Peters, Chet Zar, Mear One, Alex Garcia, Ekundayo, Paul Chatem, Dabs Myla, Nate Seubert, Craig ‘Skibs’ Barker, Tiki Jay One, Joe Bravo, Michael Pukac, L. Croskey, Delphia, Nicole Bruckman, Macsorro, Paul Torres, Patrick Hammerlein, Michele Waterman, Douglas Alvarez, Shahid Brown, John Hicks, Ted Von Heiland, Jose Carabes, Snow Mack, and many more plus music from resident DJ’s Mr. NumberOnederful and X-Point plus guest DJ’s Jas Shepherd of KPFK’s ‘Forward Motion’ show along with DJ Bus Rider and Patrick Icon of CAVE Gallery plus a performance by Zombies Without Borders and Live Painters Michael Pukac and Yuki Miyazaki
www.cannibalflower.com

Sat, Oct. 17th 7-11PM
Cella Gallery
5229 Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood
“Persona” featuring new works from Mark Gleason
(On view through Nov. 14th)
www.cellagallery.com

Sat, Oct. 17th 6-9PM
Gallery Eight Two Five
825 N. La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles
“The Lingering Feast” group show juried by Merry Karnowsky
(On view through Nov. 13th)
www.laaa.org

Sat, Oct. 17th 6:30-10PM
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd in Los Angeles / 310.445.9276
“Zoetic” is an exhibition of new artwork by Yellena James with a special presentation of ‘Aquarium’ with the help of Fashionbuddha Studio and Radium Ltd.
(On view through Nov. 11th)
www.gr2.net

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Fri, Oct. 9th 7-11PM
Thinkspace
4210 Santa Monica Blvd (Sunset Junction area of Silver Lake) in Los Angeles / 323.913.3375
“Farewell Avery” featuring new works from Esao Andrews + “Mary In BronxZooLand” from Tony Philippou in our project room & “Tempo Momento” from Joshua Mays as part of our ‘Fresh Faces’ series
(On view through Oct. 30th)
www.thinkspacegallery.com

BEYOND EDEN ART FAIR
A multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles

Sat, October 10th Noon till 5PM – open for viewing
Sat, October 10th 8PM-Midnight – opening reception with cash bar provided by Bigfoot Lodge and tunes from DJ Mr.Numberonederful and tons of live painters & much more
Sun, October 11th Noon till 5PM – open for viewing with a special 2PM free screening of ‘Scribble.08’ by Murphy Fine Art Films

Taking place at the LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.(near the Vermont intersection) in Los Angeles
For full details, check out www.beyondedenartfair.com

Sat, Oct. 10th 7-11PM
Gallery Nucleus
210 E. Main St., Alhambra / 626.458.7482
“Creature Features: October Shadows” featuring works from Chet Zar, Travis Louie, Cam de Leon, William Stout, Dan Brereton, Gris Grimly and Jordu Schell
(On view through Nov. 2nd)
www.gallerynucleus.com

Sat, Oct. 10th 7-10PM
SCION Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave in Culver City / 310.815.8840
“Infinity” group show curated by Andrew Schoultz and featuring works from Butt Johnson, Xylor Jane, Richard Colman, Andreas Guerrero, N. Dash, Aaron Noble, Ryan Wallace, Joseph Hart, Ryan Travis Christian, Chris Natrop, Noah Davis, Andy Diaz Hope, Chris Duncan and more
(On view through Nov. 7th)
www.scion.com/space

Sat, Oct. 10th 7-10PM
Billy Shire Fine Arts
5790 Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles / 323.297.0600
“Hubris” featuring new works from Frank Kozik
(On view through Nov. 7th)
www.billyshirefinearts.com

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Danish Designer / Illustrator / Whatever Emil Kozak has just released his new book “One Day“. This new volume chronicle how graphics have pervaded the products we buy and and a little bit of individuality to the other wise one-size-fits-all objects we surround ourselves with.

Each of us has a special place in our hearts for the illustrations of Maurice Sendak. This month is filled with exhibitions of his work in anticipation of the “Where the Wild Things Are” feature film debut on October 16th. The largest and most in depth at The Animazing Gallery in Soho displays over 200 sketches, etchings, and a limited edition bronze sculpture based on his most popular characters. “Sendak in Soho” will be on display until November 8th at The Animazing Gallery 54 Greene St NY, NY 10013.

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We should stop being so flabbergasted that we can find such incredible work coming out of the other side of the globe. But we were still a little caught off guard by Cyrill Clunev AKA Dualform Network coming at us with beautiful digital abstracts from St. Petersburg Russia.

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