An art-filled weekend in San Francisco with my dear friend and fellow art historian, Katie Zoraster was beyond delightful. We arrived early to our hotel (The Omni) and the room was surprisingly ready and very nice. We headed over to SF MOMA and stopped for lunch at the nearby casual Grove restaurant. It seems like […]
Women Around Town, November 2024
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 […]
Women Around Town, October 2024
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 […]
Women Around Town, September 2024
Keep your eyes out for all of the exhibitions associated with Getty-led initiative PST Art: Art & Science Collide which will open this September. For example, Plugged In: Art and Electric Light at the Norton Simon Museum. September 20, 2024 thru February 17, 2025. IN THE GALLERIES David Zwirner gallery is featuring At Home: Alice […]
Women Around Town, August 2024
Women Around Town, August 2024 IN THE GALLERIES Anat Egbi gallery presents Kate Pincus-Whitney, To Live and Dine in LA/You Taste Like Home. Pincus-Whitney synthesizes mythology and contemporary life in her paintings. Her vibrant and maximalist paintings are filled with platters of food from iconic Los Angeles restaurants and eateries, glittering glassware, menus, local flora, […]
Women Around Town: Travelogue, France, June 2024
Travelogue: France I traveled to France last month to celebrate my 70th birthday. (Note that I also celebrated my 60th birthday in Paris with friends.) My traveling companion was my good friend and fellow art historian, Katherine Zoraster. How fortunate for me to have her by my side for 10 glorious days. Day 1: We […]
Women Around Town, June 2024
Women Around Town, June 2024 My husband and I just returned from one week in Montreal and Quebec City. The highlights included visits to their 2 main art museums. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts featured the “Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore” exhibit which I had already seen in San Diego. It was still fantastic […]
Women Around Town, May 2024
Spring has sprung! IN THE GALLERIES Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park presents its annual COLA exhibition. Artist Jane Brucker is one of five recipients of the City of Los Angeles Independent Master Artist Project (COLA IMAP) grants in design and visual arts. Brucker’s new work for the COLA exhibition prompts us to […]
Women Around Town, March 2024
Women Around Town, March 2024 March is Women’s History Month, now march out there and support women artists and (some) candidates! IN THE GALLERIES The Box Gallery is currently exhibiting Utility Fatigue, works by Linda Franke. In her sculptures, the artist poses the question “what if objects could be peeled away from their function”? Here […]
Women Around Town, February 2024
Women Around Town, 2024, a blog by Karen Schifman. IN THE GALLERIES Harmony is Fraught is the current exhibit of Catherine Opie’s work at Regen Projects. The gallery has installed over sixty photographs never shown publicly before, drawn from over thirty years of making pictures in and of Los Angeles. These include photographs of freeways […]
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