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Calendar MUSEUMS & GALLERIES

from California Homes - July/August 2023

from California Homes - July/August 2023, page 98

Out & About

THE BROAD–LOS ANGELES

The Broad presents Keith Haring: Art Is For Everybody, the first-ever museum exhibition in Los Angeles of Keith Haring’s expansive body of work which features over 120 artworks and archival materials. Known for his use of vibrant color, energetic linework and iconic characters like the barking dog and the radiant baby, Haring’s work continues to dissolve barriers between art and life and spread joy, all while being rooted in the creative spirit and mission of his subway drawings and renowned public murals.

Divided into ten galleries in total, the expansive exhibition features the breadth of mediums Haring worked within, including video, sculpture, drawing, painting and graphic works, as well as representations for the artist’s enormous output of public projects. The exhibit will be on view through October 8, 2023.

For more information, please visit thebroad.org.

DE YOUNG LEGION OF HONOR –SAN FRANCISCO

Santa Barbara Museum Of Art

Self-taught artist James Castle (1899-1977) is featured in this exhibition with more than 90 works. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) represents the sole venue for this show which highlights the artist’s remarkable technical skills and attempts to foster a better understanding of his evocative and unconventional images, particularly his landscapes and architectural interior scenes. Unfortunately, the common perception of Castle and his art has tended to be very limited due to emphasis on his physical impairments — he was profoundly deaf and largely mute — and his geographic isolation, working rural Idaho. This exhibition places Castle in a larger artistic and cultural context and explores the imaginative innovations of his works, mainly drawings produced with soot from a wood stove and his saliva, rendered on scrapes of found paper. The exhibit continues through September 17, 2023.

For more information, please visit sbma.net.

The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco are proud to present The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England, the first major exhibition in the United States of portraiture and decorative arts on the Tudor courts. From King Henry VII’s usurpation of the English throne in 1485, to the death of his granddaughter Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, the Tudor monarchs used art to establish power and legitimize their reigns. The exhibition will showcase a new exhibition design and chronological visual narrative, tracking the development of art across the reigns of the five Tudor monarchs and their individual styles.

“Thanks to Hollywood movies and TV dramas like The Tudors, many Americans have heard of King Henry VIII and his six wives, as well as the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I, but few may be aware of the distinctive art and visual propaganda that was central to the splendor and drama of the Tudor court,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The exhibit continues through September 24, 2023.

For more information, please visit fasmsf.org.

HAUSER & WIRTH –WEST HOLLYWOOD

Frank Bowling: Landscape will be on view through August 3, 2023. One of the foremost British artists of his generation, Sir Frank Bowling has spent more than six decades relentlessly challenging the limits of the medium of painting and expanded its possibilities, attracting acclaim for his contributions to abstraction. Landscape, the artist’s first solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood, presents recent ebullient paintings that engage the rich art historical tradition of landscape painting and propel it forward into the present moment. As Bowling said, “The thing is, I don’t want to make Turners or Constables or Gainsboroughs: I always tried to avoid that. I want to make something completely new, something that no one has seen before.”

The gallery is located at 8980 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069. For more information, please call 424 404.1200 or visit hauserwirth.com.

DAWSON COLE FINE ART –PALM DESERT

Call for Couture features works by Nashville-based artist Herb Williams in a one-man show. Known for creating playful and unexpected artwork using crayons, Williams uses the juxtaposition of high fashion imagery and crayons to create unique images that delight the viewer. His artwork was featured at an inaugural art exhibit in Washington, DC, with Shepard Fairey, and he opened “Plunderland,” a walk-in room installation consisting of almost 500,000 crayons at the art gallery Rare in Chelsea. Recently his multi-story graffiti paintings have been featured along with internationally known street artists in the Nashville Walls project. The exhibition continues through August.

The gallery is located at 73-199 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260. For more information, please call 888.972.5543 or visit dawsoncolefineart.com.

HOSFELT GALLERY–SAN FRANCISCO

Hosfelt Gallery presents Russell Crotty: An Anatomy of Dreams. For over 25 years, Crotty has created and exhibited a large body of art work, manifested in globes, drawings and books. In his practice, he explores the very things he loves most: amateur astronomy, the natural world and surfing. Crotty is well-known for his ink drawings of nighttime skies based upon his own astronomical observations. Merging two and three dimensions, he draws on globes of various sizes, inverting our notions of planet and sky. We become observers of a contained universe.

Crotty also makes two-dimensional drawings and largescale books. Sometimes the works include anecdotal text and notations from his field expeditions, exhaustively descriptive and intentionally verging on bad poetry and self-parody. The exhibit is on view from July 8 through August 19.

The gallery is located at 260 Utah Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. For more information, please call 415.495.5454 or visit hosfeltgallery.com.

SHERMAN GARDENS –NEWPORT BEACH SUMMER GARDEN PARTY & VIRTUAL TOUR

On Saturday, August 26, 4–7pm Sherman Gardens is having their annual Summer Garden Party. Hosted throughout 2.2 acres of lush botanical gardens, the Summer Garden Party is a fun-filled, mission-focused evening complete with supper from 608 Dahlia, live music, a silent auction, a raffle, and much more!

Each year, the Summer Garden Party features an exciting silent auction and raffle, including unique pieces of art, trips, and the ever-popular harbor cruise with dinner prepared by their Executive Director, Scott LaFleur.

For more information and to purchase tickets please visit, thesherman.org.

Eureka Street Art Festival

When a city is your canvas, the exhibition must be equal in scale. Welcome to Eureka, a town that lives up to its unique, authentic reputation by hosting the Eureka Street Art Festival (ESAF), another reason to visit this gem on the Northern California coast. The Sixth Annual ESAF is taking place along south Broadway and the 101 in Eureka.

From August 1-6th, structures throughout the Downtown and Old Town neighborhoods explode with color as artists create new murals that expand the existing city-wide gallery of public art that is both festive and free. Including the murals, 100+ installations, and public art works are found all over town! Touring Old Town is a visually-pleasing experience itself. Victorian-era buildings, some dating back to the 1800s, house quaint shops that contribute to Eureka’s old-world charm. Cool sea breezes sustain your energy level, creating a walkable and bikeable bayside adventure.

For more information, please visit eurekastreetartfestival.com.

San Marino Motor Classic

Aaron Weiss and the organizing committee are pleased to announce that the San Marino Motor Classic returns to Lacy Park for its twelfth year on August 27. The San Marino Motor Classic is a prestigious Concours d’Elegance including a Concorso Ferrari, where many of the world’s finest classic cars are on display and are judged. The 2023 Motor Classic will be presented by RUSNAK Auto Group and the 2023 Symphony of Cars hosted by David Lee & Hing Wa Lee jewelers. An Event Day VIP luncheon, food trucks and vendors will enhance the viewing experience. The 2023 Motor Classic weekend will include the Symphony of Cars Gala, a tour of an Exotic Car collections, and the Automotive Fine Arts Society exhibit on August 26th.

For more information, please visit sanmarinomotorclassic.com.