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Women Around Town, February 2025

January 30, 2025 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Women Around Town, December 2024

December 3, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Travelogue: San Francisco

November 15, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Women Around Town, November 2024

November 1, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Women Around Town, October 2024

October 2, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Women Around Town, September 2024

September 4, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Women Around Town, August 2024

August 3, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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, […]

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Women Around Town: Travelogue, France, June 2024

July 26, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Women Around Town, June 2024

May 31, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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Women Around Town, May 2024

April 30, 2024 By Karen Schifman

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 […]

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