Artful Amphora

Women Around Town, July 2025 by Karen Schifman I hope you are enjoying your summer. Chilling in my new home. IN THE GALLERIES Liz Gordon has curated her annual Diverted Destruction exhibit at her eponymous gallery, Loft at Liz’s. This time with the impetus being the L.A. Fire. Featured Artists: Jamison Carter, Kate Carvellas, Malado […]

Women Around Town by Karen Schifman With summer just around the corner, we can look forward to an array of exhibitions to enjoy and inspire. I will be checking out the current exhibitions at the Laguna Museum of Art, an Alex Katz exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, the Jeffrey Gibson exhibit […]

WOMEN AROUND TOWN, MAY 2025 I visited the “Art Alive” event at the San Diego Museum of Art last weekend. This is a huge fundraiser for the museum and a much anticipated event where floral designers are invited to interpret works of art in the galleries. This is an interesting approach and I don’t have […]

Women Around Town, April 2025 Here are some of the exhibitions that have caught my eye for the coming month. Enjoy! I was able to visit the Getty Center last week and want to recommend two outstanding exhibits. The first is Gustav Caillebotte: Painting Men. A most interesting impressionist artist. The exhibit includes some of […]

There is no better way to get inspired in your own art practice or to indulge your senses than going to a gallery or museum exhibition. Enjoy these few suggestions… (Artwork: A Lovely Day by Karen Schifman) IN THE  GALLERIES Do not miss the current exhibition of paintings by Lisa Yuskavage at David Zwirner Gallery. Yuskavage […]

What a year so far!!! Fires everywhere, a new administration, cease fires, storms….and there is still art. A huge thanks to the art community for offering so generously to those afflicted by the fires. Our home (see photo below taken before the fire) still sands amongst the ruins covered in soot (and?) and of course […]

Wishing you the best of the holiday season. IN THE GALLERIES Lia Halloran: Night Watch at Luis de Jesus gallery is a series of large scale oil paintings capturing the passage of time across multiple scales. “Through interplay of colors and textures, Halloran’s works engage in a dialogue between the mechanical and organic. Referencing the […]

I am so thankful for so many things, and especially to all my readers out there. IN THE GALLERIES Days of Reverie opens this weekend at the Descanso Gardens’ Sturt Haaga Gallery. showcasing new bodies of work by four Los Angeles-based visual artists: Catherine Ruane, Debbie Korbel, Jason Jenn, and Jill Sykes. This project was […]

This fall, there are so many fascinating exhibitions that include women artists. One in particular is in San Francisco.  The first major survey of Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka’s (1894-1980) oeuvre is the highlight at the De Young Museum this fall.  Lempicka is known for her portraits of women, in particular idealized female portraits of […]