California Dreaming
The 24th annual LA Art Show diversifies its lineup with a focus on international programming.
The LA Art Show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center January 23 through 27 for its 24th edition. The fair is one of the West Coast’s largest of its kind, and this year’s iteration expands into a larger, diverse lineup of modern and contemporary art as well as classical and other specialized art works.
Vendors such as Arcadia Contemporary, Blue Rain Gallery, Rehs Galleries, Corey Helford Gallery and Maxwell Alexander Gallery will be represented at the event, which is divided into genre sections such as Roots, Core, Littletopia, Works on Paper, Project Space, Jewel and Design LA Art.
“Blue Rain Gallery is pleased to feature the works of Erin Currier, Jim Vogel and Alberto Valdes at the LA Art Show in January of 2019,” says Denise Phetteplace, executive director of Blue Rain Gallery. “The LA Art Show is the perfect place to exhibit works from these three artists due to the strong response we have
received—and collector base we have grown—in and around Los Angeles for these three artists.”
Lance Rehs, vice president and director of Rehs Galleries, says, “It’s one of the largest fairs we participate in, so it provides the opportunity to present our artists and dozens of their new works to tens of thousands of viewers in an incredibly short amount of time.”
A showcase of pan-Asian ink painting will be showcased this year. Works from Yu-Ichi Inoue will be displayed by Japan’s Kamiya Gallery, alongside ink paintings from China and South Korea. “Ink painting has a longer tradition in the art world in Asia than all of Western art, yet it’s a whole world that many of us have never been introduced to,” explains LA Art Show producer Kim Martindale.
The show’s opening night preview and premiere party will be held this year on January 23, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.