IOVINE AND YOUNG CENTER BENEFIT AUCTION
BENEFIT AUCTION
Bidding is now open for the Iovine and Young Center for High School Education Benefit Auction, featuring works by artists including Derek Fordjour, Jennifer Guidi, Chase Hall, Rashid Johnson, and Hilary Pecis in support of the visionary public education initiatives championed by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. Organized by Josh Abraham, David Kordansky, and Sotheby’s, the Iovine and Young Center for High School Education Benefit Auction will take place Tuesday, February 27 at 7 PM in Los Angeles. Bid now here.
IN-GALLERY CONVERSATION WITH RICKY SWALLOW
EVENTS
Join us in New York on Thursday, March 7 at 5:30 PM ET for an in-gallery conversation with artists Ricky Swallow and Michelle Grabner. The two will walk through Swallow's solo exhibition COMPONENTS and discuss the inspiration behind this selection of sculptures and drawings. The conversation will be followed by an opening reception for COMPONENTS, on view March 8 – April 13. RSVP here.
SAM MCKINNISS AT FRIEZE LOS ANGELES
FAIRS
We are pleased to announce a solo presentation of new paintings by Sam McKinniss at Frieze Los Angeles 2024, on view February 29 – March 3. McKinniss brings a full range of responses to images he encounters on the internet or through other contemporary cultural outlets, making paintings in which a media-based world, flattened by repetition, commerce, and digital screens, comes alive with mystery, visual intimacy, and personal commitment. Learn more about Frieze LA here.
LAUREN HALSEY INVITED TO LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
EXHIBITIONS
Lauren Halsey has been invited to the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere, the title of the 60th International Art Exhibition, is drawn from a series of works started in 2004 by the Paris-born and Palermo-based collective Claire Fontaine. Pedrosa states the exhibition "will be a celebration of the foreign, the distant, the outsider, the queer, as well as the indigenous.” The Biennale is on view from April 20 – November 24, 2024. Learn more here.
CHASE HALL 2024 CREATIVE CAPITAL AWARDEE
NEWS
Congratulations to Chase Hall, who is one of 54 artists to be selected as a 2024 Creative Capital Awardee in Visual Arts. Hall’s winning proposal, ‘Memorial to African American Surfing History and Future,’ aims to produce a bronze sculpture at Santa Monica's Bay Street Beach, an important beachfront zone historically accessible to racial minorities during periods of segregation. The Creative Capital grant is expected to cover the project’s onset costs spanning the initial design and development phase. Read more here.
REMEMBERING MARTHA DIAMOND
NEWS
We are deeply saddened to share the passing of beloved artist Martha Diamond on December 30, 2023, at age 79. For over six decades, Diamond dedicated herself to the investigation of form and abstraction, producing a rich body of paintings and works on paper that capture the essence of the metropolis. As evidenced by her steadfast commitment to her work, her community, and her city, Diamond was the epitome of what some may call an artist’s artist. For her, art was not a product or even a process: it was a life lived fully. Our first solo exhibition by Diamond will be on view at our LA gallery from March 23 – April 27. Read more about the artist in The New York Times here.
