"The folks who live in Culver City off Washington Boulevard are really fortunate to be able to count two-year-old wine/liquor/plant store Bar & Garden as their neighborhood liquor locker. Imagine walking down to your corner liquor store and being able to pick up a bottle of pechuga mezcal or a 1988 armagnac. That’s this place!"

That's the opening…

The Culver City Arts District will present its first annual Summer Solstice event on Saturday, June 21, from 12:00 PM to 7:00 pm. The Summer Solstice event -- to celebrate the longest day of the year -- will be a great time to check out all the galleries throughout the district. There will also be musical performances throughout the day at various venues, children’s arts and crafts, and special discounts at area restaurants and retail. 

Musical…

More than 11 galleries throughout the Culver City Arts District will host show openings this Saturday, January 11, marking 2014's first Culver CIty Art Walk. Generally, the openings run from about 6 pm to about 9 pm., and they're all free and open to the public. It's a great opportunity to see some contemporary art -- and quite the scene.

The work above, Sub(version #2)…

Mitch Dobrowner's new exhibition of photographs, "Storms," opens at Kopeikin Gallery this Saturday, September 7, and runs through October 26. Dobrowner received the prestigious Sony World Photographer of the Year award in 2012 for this body of work. The opening reception - free and open to the public - is…

Los Angeles-based artist Heather Gwen Martin's third solo exhibition at the Luis De Jesus Gallery, "Pattern Math," opens this Saturday, September 7, and runs through October 12. This exhibition follows her strong presentations in Rogue Wave 2013 and at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the Torrance Art Museum.

The opening reception - which is, as always, is…

Culver City is home to more than 30 art galleries, but the art also spills into the street -- especially in and around the Art District. As I've observed several times …

The above work, which is an oil on canvas, is by Karen Woods, whose first solo exhibition at George Billis Gallery  opens this Saturday, February 23, and runs through March 30. The opening reception - which is, as always, is free, open to the public, and sure to be a lot of fun - is Saturday, Feb. 23, from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Woods writes of her work - "For some time…

Every once in a while I like to share some of the latest street art from the Culver City Art District. Here are some of my recent faves.…

Born in San Francisco in 1982 and currently living in Los Angeles, artist Sylvia Ji's solo exhibition at CHG Circa Gallery in Culver City, "La Catrina," opens this Saturday, November 3, and runs through December 1. The opening reception - free & open to the public, as always - is Saturday, November 3, from 7 pm to 10 pm.

Devoted to…

Los Angeles-based artist Ken Gonzales-Day's first solo exhibition at the Luis De Jesus Gallery opens this Saturday, October 27, and runs through December 15. The opening reception - which is, as always, is free, open to the public, and sure to be a lot of fun - is Saturday, Oct. 27, from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Here's what the gallery has to say about the new exhibition:…

Los Angeles-based artist Bonita Helmer's fourth solo exhibition at the George Billis Gallery opens this Saturday and runs through November 10. The opening reception - which is, as always, is free, open to the public, and sure to be a lot of fun - is Saturday, Oct. 13, from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Here's what George Billis Gallery has to say about Helmer's work: "Continuing her interest in unseen structures, Helmer’s latest body of work is concerned with the uncharted…

Artist Seonna Hong's new show,‘Persistence of Vision’ opens at LaBasse Projects in Culver City this Saturday, October 13th. The opening reception is from 6 pm to 9 pm, and, as always, the public is welcome.

The show will run until November 3rd.

LaBasse Projects -- which represents Branded Arts…

In his review in the Los Angeles Times, art reviewer David Pagel called Erin Cosgrove's portraits of America's founding fathers -- currently on display at Angles Gallery in Culver City -- "wickedly original." Pagel goes on to describe Cosgrove's bas-reliefs as depicting George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Abraham Lincoln as "humble dudes who…

Every once in a while all the stars seem to line up, and many of the galleries in Culver City's art district decide to have openings on the same Saturday night. This saturday is one of those times. 

This week, I've already talked about new shows at…

Luis De Jesus Gallery in Culver City announced that its 2012 fall season will open with the premiere of "Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth", a new epic animated film by 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship award recipient and social provocateur Federico Solmi. The gallery-wide exhibition, which will include related paintings, will run from September 8 through October…

In Defense Of Ghosts, an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles artist Erin Cosgrove opens at the Angles Gallery this Saturday, September 8.  The opening reception is from 6 pm to 8 pm, and, as always, the event is free and open to the public. Angles Gallery is located at 2754 S La Cienega Blvd.…

Starting this Saturday night, July 21, Luis De Jesus Gallery will present "The Crash of Ruin Fitfully Resounds," a group exhibition of painting and photography organized by Luis De Jesus and independent curator Carole Ann Klonarides. The show includes work by Nena Amsler, Jennifer Boysen, Kaucyila Brooke, Tony de los Reyes, Mara De Luca, Ken Gonzales-Day, Christian…

Delia Brown's "Having Arrived at C's Summer Home, F Gets Acquainted with Her New Room"

In a review in Artnet magazine, Hunter Drohojowska-Philip says that Delia Brown's new show at Angles…

("Blissed Out" from Hadley Holliday's show, opening this Saturday, February 25, at Taylor De Cordoba in Culver City)

Many of the galleries up and down Washington Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd. in the Culver City will celebrate new openings this Saturday, February 25, from about 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  As always, these openings are free and open to the…