The great Leonardo da Vinci has inestimable traces of his influence within endless realms of artistic and scientific institutions. The Italian archetype of the Renaissance man was not only a painter but a sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist, inventor, musician, botanist, geologist, cartographer, anatomist and writer. He could easily be God. Thus, it’s no surprise that […]

One of the first things I had to do when arriving in Barcelona was to contact local artist extraordinaire Uri and bug him to take me by his freshly opened exhibition Lo Ultimo en Pop Art at the very posh N2 Galeria. Meeting up with Uri is always the highlight of my trip — you’re […]

Banksy revealed two new sets of work — a series of his more common street guerilla art, as well as 3 new paintings (Ballerina, Lifestyle Out of Order and Parliament). The location of the graffiti/street pieces has not been revealed, probably to keep them from being stolen and/or destroyed before anyone really gets to see […]

Throughout time, art has been used as a means to express one’s feelings on the world around them. Whether it was to showcase anti-government sentiments or used by the government for propaganda campaigns, art in all its forms has been the driving force behind documenting the joyful and the destructive moments that humans have enjoyed, […]

Reuben Negron paints hyper-realistic watercolors, each piece seeming like a film still capturing a moment of a story for eternity. Although much of the art is sexually charged, he claims his art explores the intricacies of the mundane…but if this is his world (eg bondage, girl-on-girl, auto arousal, implied infidelity, etc), and this is what […]

To mark the 11th anniversary of the death of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, Los Angeles-based artist Carlos Ramos will exhibit his collection of paintings inspired by Kubrick’s best films. The exhibit, aptly titled Kubrick, opens this Saturday, July 10th, at the Copro Gallery in Santa Monica and will be on display until August 3rd. Ramos faces […]

Tonight esteemed street artist Joe Ledbetter opens Magnus Maximus at the Corey Helford Gallery for 3 weeks in Culver City (June 4 – 25). A narrative show in which the paintings illustrate a tale; one of love and the hero’s victory over forces aimed at suppressing true love. A light-hearted and effervescent series of character […]

Korin Faught is a painter. Seems to be a fairly simple description, yes. But painting isn’t her sole attribute — she is an artist not only by trade but from need and urgency. She’s also one of Los Angeles’ rising stars with a growing stable of distinguished collectors, including Tool’s Adam Jones and Boing Boing’s […]