Edit by Karen Ostlund
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February 5, 2020, fashion, and the art world stars gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the Opening Night Party of the 25th annual LA Art Show, kicking off the largest year of art and cultural programming in our city’s history.
A portion of proceeds from ticket sales went to benefit the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, who got help from
Golden Globe nominated actress Sofia Vergara to host the evening. |
Among celebrity guests were Charlize Theron, Emma Roberts, Cameron Monaghan, Jared Harris, Joe Manganiello, Sir Brodie, Brandon Boyd, KaDee Strickland, Andrew Howard, Lauren Sivan, Brittney Palmer, Josh Pence, Rebecca Metz, Meredith Salenger, Elizabeth Chambers, Jason Behr, Tig Notaro, Stephanie Allynne, Manolo Vergara and Ava Cantrell.
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| LA ArtShow 2020 at LA Convention Center |
The opening gala attendees got a preview of this year’s programming, which features over 130 galleries, museums and cultural institutions from 23 countries. Highlights included Walker Fine Art’s MC Escher Experience, featuring his complete series of his iconic self portraits, which have never been exhibited together before. Walker Fine Arts possesses the world’s largest collection of Escher’s work, and many of the pieces included in the LA Art Show have never been shown in California.
The showcase also features an interactive photo-booth where patrons can insert themselves into Escher’s iconic sphere self portrait.
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| Charlize Theron with Kazu, who is nominated for an Oscar for his special effects makeup in “Bombshell,” |
Kazu Hiro’s ICONOCLASTS exhibition, featuring photo realistic, larger than life sculptures of the heads of Abraham Lincoln, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, and Jimi Hendrix drew admirers before they even entered the art fair.
Kazu is nominated for an Oscar for his special effects makeup in “Bombshell,” starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and John Lithgow.
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| LA Art Show also launched the FASHION section this year, featuring a retrospective of Sue Wong and her legendary gowns, which gowns have been worn on the red carpet for the Academy Awards and Golden Globes |
The programming in this year’s DIVERSEartLA drew a crowd with the spectacle of the floor-to-ceiling MOLAA Pride Flag created by artists Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone. Viktor Freso’s “The Birth of the Niemand,” featured 16 larger than life baby statues that patrons could walk amongst and pose for photos with.
The Japanese American National Museum booth drew patrons in with Taiji Terasaki’s “TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroes at Borders” exhibition, an immersive meditation on the atrocities of the Japanese-American concentration camps during World War II, and a celebration of the heroes who fight for equality and democracy for other marginalized communities to this day.
The new European Pavilion featured section of programming, with over a dozen galleries from Spain, Italy, the UK in celebration of the influence that European art has had on the world.
The new European Pavilion featured section of programming, with over a dozen galleries from Spain, Italy, the UK in celebration of the influence that European art has had on the world.
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| Cirque du Soleil’s Volta in front of Lobykin stainless statue |
Cirque du Soleil’s Volta performed by "There Could Be a Monster Inside You" by Spain’s PSJM Collective (part of this year’s DIVERSEartLA programming),
The live artist shows were performed by sculpture-artist Ichitaka Kamiji, presented by Zeal House, and live ink painting by Japanese calligrapher Sogen Chiba, presented by Gallery Kitai.
Renown muralist Robert Vargas completed a new mural honoring the late Kobe Bryant.
Weekend schedule: Saturday Feb.8 and Sunday Feb.9 of panel discussions at the Dialogs LA booth and appearances:
Weekend schedule: Saturday Feb.8 and Sunday Feb.9 of panel discussions at the Dialogs LA booth and appearances:
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