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Holiday Edition 2017

December 21, 2017 By Karen Schifman

Seasons Greetings! Wishing everyone an art-filled holiday season. Visits to the Getty Center and to LACMA are at the top of my list this season. At the Getty Center is “Caravaggio: Masterpieces from the Galleria Borghese” one of my most favorite art venues in Rome. Three of Caravaggio’s best-known paintings are exhibited along with other Baroque […]

Filed Under: Art Exhibitions, Women Around Town

Women Around Town, October 2017

October 23, 2017 By Karen Schifman

Women Around Town, October 2017 I am so pleased to have discovered that if you miss programs at the UCLA Hammer Museum, many are recorded and can be viewed on their website. I want to bring your attention to the discussion between writer Roxane Gay, Bitch Media cofounder Andi Zeisler, and the Hammer’s chief curator Connie Butler as they kick […]

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Women Around Town and more, September 2017

September 19, 2017 By Karen Schifman

It is truly a privilege to have art be such a significant part of my life. My profession allows me to share my passion with others, my writing allows to me research and take time to contemplate art, and my travels allow me to indulge in viewing art.  Finally, living in Los Angeles affords me […]

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Women Around Town, July 2017

July 14, 2017 By Karen Schifman

AROUND TOWN: The Galleries at Bergamot Station are Here to Stay! On Tuesday, June 13 the City Council voted overwhelmingly to approve a plan that will keep the galleries at Bergamot and add new cultural uses, including spaces for a museum, community arts center, performing arts, and other non-profits. The galleries consider this a great […]

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IN THE STUDIO WITH: Shelley Heffler

June 30, 2017 By Karen Schifman

What a pleasure it has been to get to know local artist Shelley Heffler who has some significant exhibitions coming up this year. I recently visited Shelley in her Inglewood Studio and was intrigued by her compelling abstract paintings and sculptural canvases. Shelley Heffler was born and raised in the Bronx. She attended the Fashion Institute […]

Filed Under: IN THE STUDIO Tagged With: abstract painting, anthropocenic art, Shelley Heffler

Women Around Town, Mid-May 2017

May 18, 2017 By Karen Schifman

IN THE GALLERIES: “POWER” is an exhibition at Spruth Magers gallery (image left) that surveys the work of various African-American women artists from the 19th century to the present. This show includes work by 37 artists beginning with those born soon after the Civil War. The examples provide some understanding of how these women artists […]

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Women Around Town, Mid-April 2017

April 17, 2017 By Karen Schifman

IN THE GALLERIES:   “POWER” is an exhibition at Spruth Magers gallery  that surveys the work of various African-American women artists from the 19th century to the present. This show includes work by 37 artists beginning with those born soon after the Civil War. The examples provide some understanding of how these women artists dealt […]

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Women Around Town: March 2017

March 6, 2017 By Karen Schifman

IN THE GALLERIES “We Choose Art: A Feminist Perspective” curated by Baha Danes is for one night only on Friday, 3/10/17 from 7-11 pm at the Montalban Mezzanine Space in Hollywood. Also for one night only, viewers can experience the Feminist SAFE ZONE Installation, which includes protest signs and photographs from the historic Women’s March […]

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IN THE STUDIO: with Joanne Julian

February 28, 2017 By Karen Schifman

A visit the studio/beach house of Joanne Julian in Mandalay Beach gives you an immediate sense of this amazing woman’s art practice and yield.  Asian influences abound in this peaceful, organized studio space.  Julian has been creating acrylic, graphite and sumi ink works on Arches paper for decades demonstrating her apt ability to absorb the […]

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Women Around Town, February 2017

February 2, 2017 By Karen Schifman

IN THE GALLERIES: The current group exhibition of  paintings at Laura Korman Gallery are quite exquisite. “Submerged” features works by Katherine TzuLan Mann, Yukari Kaihori and Tatyana Murray. Thru 4/8/17. (image below) Located in the mid-Wilshire area, the new artist-run Brainworks Gallery presents “State of the Union” curated by Erin Adams, Kristine Schomaker  and Diane Williams. The artists participating […]

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