Sun-April26-BrentwoodSpringArtShow5The Brentwood Autumn Art Show happens today from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event takes place along the eastbound lanes of San Vicente Boulevard, beginning at Bundy and running east to Darlington in Brentwood. In case you are not familiar, Brentwood is adjacent to Santa Monica, CA., just off Fwy. 405, west on Wilshire Blvd.

You’ll also enjoy live bands and of course Art and crafts!

Admission to the event is free and plenty of metered parking is available along San Vicente Boulevard, pay lot parking is available at the VA located north on Gorham.

What: Brentwood Autumn Art
Where: On streets, along the eastbound lanes of San Vicente Boulevard, beginning at Bundy and running east to Darlington in Brentwood.
When: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Website: http://www.brentwoodartshow.com/

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In Santa Monica….

Stop by Bergamot Station (2525 Michigan Ave….Gypsy Trails Gallery and Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA) present The Southern California Museum Tour just outside SMMoA. This is the final day of the exhibition.

Sat-April25-KOBU-MuseumTOUR-WH-58-2015-21.5x15.5inchSee image: WH 58, 2015, Pigment and resin on paper, 21.5 X 11.5 inches

Launching their first year-long tour, the mobile art gallery Gypsy Trails Gallery, has teamed up with Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA), which is promoting the establishment of an art museum in Venice through the exhibitions of internationally recognized Southern California artists.

From April 2015 through April 2016, shows will take place outside 12 Southern California Museums and close with a month-long group show at Studio FIVE08 in Santa Monica.

Twelve contemporary artists, all important artists, many who have exhibited in museums and part of prestigious collections, in varying styles and mediums, will be featured in weekend solo-exhibitions. Each show is unique and not to be missed.

What: The Southern California Museum Tour
Where: Outside Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Ave., SM
When: 10:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Website: http://www.gypsytrailsgallery.com/   http://www.veniceica.org

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A special afternoon preview of “Late Night with David Letterman: History Discovered.” Created to be used on-air for NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman, a curated selection of the original, one-of-a-kind “Bumpers” will be auctioned off through Santa Monica Auctions on Sunday, May 31, 2015 starting at 12pm.

From Sun-April26-MOPLA-SMAuctions1982-1992, Marc Karzen photographed a series of slice-of-life-moments that punctuated segments, introduced guests and branded this historic ground breaking show. This unique collection of artwork was thought to be missing and has never been displayed or viewed by the public until now.

What: Preview – Auction
Where: Santa Monica Auctions (A-5) Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Ave., SM
When: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Phone: 310.315.9688
Website: http://www.smauctions.com/

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In Chinatown…Jancar Gallery (961 Chung King Road LA 90012)hosts a reception from 4-7pm.

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In Culver City…

Join Arcana Books for cocktails today to celebrate the publication of Randi Malkin Steinberger’s Congo Mission Box and preview the public unveiling of her “Tented For Termites installation!

Sun-April26-ArcanaIn 2011, Venice-based photographer Randi Malkin Steinberger produced the exquisite Boetti by Afghan People; a book based on her experience in the early nineties documenting the production of works of art designed by the noted late Italian conceptual practitioner Alighiero Boetti that were embroidered by Afghan women in refugee camps in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Over the past several years she has turned her keen eye to those tented buildings we pass seemingly every day on our way to here or there. Though conspicuously clad in brightly-striped fumigation shrouds, their ubiquitousness serves as a barometer of the boom and bust cycles of the local residential real estate market that has rendered them all but invisible. Her vivid color images provide a typology of these ephemeral, quintessentially Southern Californian structures.

What: Book Signing
Where: Arcana Books, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 90232
When: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Phone: 310-458-1499
Website: http://arcanabooks.com/

Enjoy….till next time!