HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO ALL! 
We are getting settled in our new home in Carlsbad. I am actually starting to work in my studio. On the horizon is a collaborative book project to be exhibited at the Start Up Art Fair in February, and I will be part of the art talk/cataloque titled Embers ... I am an “Engagement Guide” (Docent) at ICA, San Diego (Institute of Contemporary Art) which is exciting. Check out their current exhibitions (provided online and in their galleries) which include some compelling work by women artists. There are 2 locations, one in Balboa Park, and one in Encinitas which is close-by.
I am hoping to visit LA soon and would love to see the Robert Thierren exhibit at the Broad and the Guerrila Girls at the Getty.
IN THE GALLERIES
The current exhibit at Hauser & Wirth with paintings by British artist Flora Yukhnovich continues. Yukhnovich is inspired inspiration from art historical genres ranging from French rococo and Italian baroque to abstract expressionism. Thru January 18, 2026.
ICA is featuring work by Chilean artist, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra. Known primarily for her drawings, she explores the relationship between the human body and the physical, psychological, and political landscapes it inhabits. The exhibit titled The Awake Volcanoes features four decades of drawings alongside etchings, paintings, and accordion-like paper sculptures that reveal the manifold ways in which the artist has consistently challenged the limits and possibilities of what a drawing is and can be. Thru March 1, 2026.
Veilmetter Projects always has a few interesting exhibits and one that stood out to me is Sara Marlowe Hall – Pink Morongo. “The artist’s recent body of work was created in residence at Merchant House High Desert in Morongo, California, and draws inspiration from the nuanced landscape of the Mojave Desert. Hall’s paintings transmute the brilliant colors, natural forms and atmospheric qualities of the desert into textured, expressive compositions.” Thru January 10, 2026.
IN THE MUSEUMS
How to be a Guerrilla Girl at the Getty Museum explores the steps the group took to create their eye-catching and humorous public interventions. The exhibition places the Guerrilla Girls’ well-known posters in the broader context of their data research, protest actions, culture jamming, and distribution methods. Coinciding with the Guerrilla Girls’ 40th anniversary, the exhibition tells the story of their collaborative process and longstanding commitment to call for equity for women and artists of color in the art world. Thru April 12. 2026.
Below: Courtney M. Leonard, BREACH #2, 2016
Continuing at the Hammer Museum is their biennial exhibition, Made in L.A. A showcase of 28 artists who present work not only made in the city but also grounded in its complex and unfolding terrain. “The works presented in this year’s biennial include film, painting, theater, choreography, photography, sculpture, sound, and video. Attitude draws them together: Each engages with this city in ways, alternately literal, formal, material, and metaphoric.” Hammer
Thru March 1, 2026. Image below by Amanda Ross-Ho, one of the many artists included in the Biennial.
