Marina Abramovic: Walk Through Walls. The celebrated performance artist discusses her new memoir. Tickets available 10/13/16 for the 11/15/16 @ 7:30 event at the Getty Center. Take note of the wonderful exhibitions of work by women artists in our area during the month of October. IN THE GALLERIES “Countenance Divine” is opening this Saturday at […]

This “Woman Around Town” was fortunate to see some awe-inspiring art this past weekend. It all began in the arts district at Hauser, Wirth and Schimmel gallery.  Several of the gallery’s spaces were filled with the work of the late Austrian abstract painter Maria Lassnig. This survey of Lassnig’s oeuvre provides work from the 1950s […]

IN THE GALLERIES I am sharing my experience at a talk given by Helen Molesworth (curator at MOCA) at the “Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016” exhibit at Hauser, Wirth and Schimmel gallery. I had viewed the museum quality exhibit and the magnificent behemoth of a gallery several weeks ago, but was […]

Women Around Town by Karen Schifman IN THE GALLERIES Lois Lambert Gallery at Bergamot Station presents Straight From Cuba: A Woman’s Perspective. This group exhibition features work by Alicia de la Campa Pak, Laura Carralero Morales, Belsy Cobiellas Cruz, Lisandra Isabel Garcia, and Adislen Reyes Pino. Each artist’s work reflects Cuba’s current cultural and political […]

WOMEN AROUND TOWN by Karen Schifman IN THE GALLERIES:   As you may know, a special exhibition of the work of Cindy Sherman will be opening at the Broad Art Museum in June. Make sure you are on their mailing list to be notified when tickets will be available. Micol Hebron’s “(En)Gendered (In)Equity: The Gallery Tally Poster Project” continues at Los […]