Barnsdall Park and Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery:
On a hill overlooking east Hollywood, the park is one of the
more overlooked attractions in this city. The biggest claim to
fame is Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House, built by oil
heiress Aline Barnsdall in the early 1920s. Take the tour of the
magnificent example of Wright's architectural genius and see the
Hollywood Gallery exhibit devoted to Wright's design and that of
his son, Lloyd Wright. Local artists and school children display
their works at the Municipal Art and Junior Arts Center in the
park. Location: 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA. (213)
485-4581
Fahey/Klein Gallery:
Vintage and contemporary photography. Besides exhibiting rare
images the gallery is presenting a mini-retrospective, with
prints dating back to 1946 that display the diversity,
imagination, and playfulness that mark the work of Irving Penn,
who was associated with Vogue for many years. Location: 148
North LaBrea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA. Phone (213) 934-2250
Chac-Mool Gallery:
Contemporary Fine Art. Location: 8920 Melrose Avenue, Los
Angeles, CA. Phone (310) 550-6792
Frank Lloyd Gallery:
This gallery features modern and contemporary ceramic art. A
featured show included the works of Peter Voulkos, former
teacher at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and probably the
person most responsible for bringing the art of ceramics from a
utilitarian craft into the realm of fine art. Other pioneers in
the art of ceramics represented at this gallery are Laura
Anderson, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, and Paul Soldner.
Location: 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building B-5B, Santa Monica,
CA. Phone (310) 264-3866
Skirball Cultural Center:
Although this facility is only two years old, the gallery has
gotten a completely new face-lift. Building on the foundation of
the Center's extensive collection of Jewish art and artifacts,
the newly opened exhibit "Visions and Values" consists
of a tracing of deep Jewish history, a fleshing out of Jewish
religious culture, and the evolving Jewish American experience.
Re-opening of the galleries on December 5, 1999 coincided with
the first weekend of Hanukkah. Location: 2710 North Sepulveda
Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. Phone (310) 440-4500
Anthropos:
Founded in 1976, the specialty is Ancient and Tribal
sculpture from the old and new worlds including Egyptian,
Mediterranean, Pre-Columbian, and North American Indian and
Eskimo Art. Location: Beverly Hills, CA. Phone (310) 456-7711
