Marsea GoldbergThis year has seen the premature deaths of modest but mighty Los Angeles galleries like d.e.n. contemporary, The Lab 101, and Gallery Revisited.  Though our current economic crisis has unfortunately seeped into the visual arts, some spaces have been fortunate enough to dodge the bullets.  But perhaps it’s not just luck that gives these [...]

SPF:A // MODAA
The colorful glow of the MODAA building is hard to miss as it illuminates an entire block on Washington Boulevard on any given evening in Culver City. Designed by Studio Pali Fekete architects or SPF:a, the building is a microcosm of the perfect world. Meet friends for a Blue Basil Mojito and [...]

A genius architectural masterpiece of unobstructed space within a space, Royal T is LA’s first Japanese style ‘cosplay’ (short for costume play) café, shop and art space. Get lost in a fantasy land of Susan Hancock’s modern Japanese art collection encased in Lucite walls while enjoying high tea served by Japanese servers frocked in [...]

Some things are better enjoyed without trying to find meaning or clarify the point. The obscure Museum of Jurassic Technology on Venice Blvd. is one of these profound experiences. If you go expecting to see a more traditional technology museum with artifacts and linear explanations, you’ll only end up with a headache or [...]

Morono Kiang GalleryEven after the Olympics, eyes remain fixed on China – that is, on the Chinese art scene. Over the past several years the floodgates have opened, and even as the international art world keeps penetrating this potentially vast, recently affluent market, a concomitant rush of new art is making its way out of [...]