Do The Weekend

Get enough art last week? I thought not.

Friday, September 18

Turning Gate and Tale of Cinema  @ LACMA.  Support film at LACMA by seeing movies.  LACMA continues their Hong Sang-soo series with with two more Korean flicks at 7:30 & 9:40, respectively.  Tickets ar $10.

Saturday, September 19

Eric Johnson @ William [...]

Do The Weekend, Gallery Season Kickoff Edition

It’s that time again, when every gallery opening is happening on the same damn night, and you either hop or camp out.  Be prepared to fight traffic and possibly over-schmooze (while maybe seeing some art).

Friday, September 11

Kim Schoenstadt & Rita McBride, Tell Me Something Good @ Santa Monica Museum of Art.  [...]

Do The Weekend, Early Editon

If you’re not on or dodging fire or at Burning Man (dude!), there are things to do in the next several days…

Wednesday, September 2

Macha Suzuki: Death and Rebirth @ Cypress College Art Gallery.  New installation in the Project Room by Macha, curated by Devon Tsuno.  Also opening tonight is ONA 2×2, [...]

Do The Weekend

Art is in slo-mo right now, as everyone prepares for a host of September openings.  At Angels Gate, we’re getting ready for Welcome to Fake Iraq and Flying Machine, which open next week on September 6.

Friday, August 28

From JBAD, Lessons Learned @ The Velaslavasay Panorama. Danielle Adair, the one artist from Welcome [...]

Film at LACMA Given a $150K Lifeline

LACMA has announced (several days in advance of Monday’s “popcorn summit”) that gifts totaling $150 from Ovation Television and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have been secured to keep the weekend film series programming at LACMA alive. In addition Ovation and Time Warner Cable have pledged $1.5 million in in-kind advertising for the current [...]

Do The Weekend

Let me briefly remind that this is the last weekend to see either For Fame and Love or Lisa Bartleson: Luminate at Angels Gate. Two well received, beautiful shows by guest curators that I’m really proud that we’re hosting.  Come see Fatimg Hoang’s sleeping dragon before he goes back to his cave.

Thursday, [...]

Do The Weekend

Thursday, August 13

1440 Frames @ Federal Art Project.  1 minute 35mm films by Harry Gamboa, Raquel Gutierrez, Michele Jaquis, Austin Meredith, Maria Murillo, Suzanne Oshinsky, Jeremy Quinn, Mike Sakamoto, Kasia Skrynkiewicz and Vincent Valdez.  6-10 PM, during the Downtown Art Walk.

Friday, August 14

Evening Island Picnic and Stroll on a Former [...]

Film at LACMA Update

Some new news via Save Film @ LACMA and the LA Times.

According to Cutlure Monster, Govan is claiming donors are stepping forward to support the film program. “He has meetings lined up next week”. All details are vague, but the direction seems to be about creating an endowment that can support the program [...]

Go. See. Moon. Now.

Possibly the best piece of filmmaking that I have seen in years, Duncan Jones’ Moon is a flat out rejection of the effects driven science fantasy that has passed for Sci-Fi for most of my lifetime. There’s something incredibly simple and obvious about the narrative, you’ve got everything figured out, and it’s so [...]

The Save Film @ LACMA Protest Video

A little cheesy, but the folks at Save Film @ LACMA get an A+ for effort and enthusiasm.

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