Edward Cella Art + Architecture is more than an art gallery—it’s an exhibition program with a mission. Over the past ten-plus years, first in Santa Barbara and on LA’s Miracle Mile since 2009, the gallery’s expansive activities have explored the ages-old dialogue between fine art and architecture with a sophisticated and nuanced series of [...]

While other boys bonded with their fathers at ball games, Leonardo Ledesma’s dad took him to museums, operas, ballets and plays. This early art education would shape his destiny. During his final year at USC’s School of Architecture, he began helping his struggling artist friends by selling their work. With a passion for visual arts, [...]

W Hollywood
What better reasons for a party? On June 10, 2010, Fabrik Magazine and Art Seen hosted a swanky blowout at the new W Hollywood Hotel in honor of Leonardo Ledesma’s Art Seen website launch.
Under the orange glow of the LA sky, women donned the latest fashion trend of miniskirts paired with gladiator-themed heels on [...]

Cover, 2009 54 x 90 Inches, iPhone photograph, archival pigment on canvasFine art photographer Bob Poe is an anomaly on numerous levels in today’s art world. After purchasing a first generation Apple iPhone two years ago, Poe, an autodidactic and successful entrepreneur, made the intrepid move to embrace a full-time career as a fine arts [...]

Sheldon FigotenIt is certainly pleasant to step into Sheldon Figoten’s 1920’s upstairs studio in Mid-Wilshire and be bathed in light flooding in through windows on two sides, but it’s more than exciting to view paintings which emit a powerful light of their own—paintings using pure color and forms created by oil paint poured on stretched [...]