{"id":14167,"date":"2021-08-01T01:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T01:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/?p=14167"},"modified":"2021-08-02T05:45:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T05:45:05","slug":"la-art-show-first-out-of-the-gate-a-major-art-show-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/la-art-show-first-out-of-the-gate-a-major-art-show-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Art Show: First Out of the Gate – A Major Art Show Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homage.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homage-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homage-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homage-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With wider aisles, more compact, and with fewer opening night noshes, the LA Art Show has nevertheless jubilantly returned, with a compelling and lively mix of the cutting edge and the commercial. This year, the show is under the fine new direction of Kassandra Voyagis and returning curator Marisa Caichiolo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wearing sequined masks and in some cases, performative respirators, art lovers flocked to the first night gala; at the entrance, following a signage reminder to mask up, a lovely, somber tribute of red roses in a flowing art work that represented lives lost to COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pandemic-fashion.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pandemic-fashion.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pandemic-fashion-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pandemic-fashion-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pandemic-fashion-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Several artists new to me presented exciting work that bodes extremely well for a diverse, robust, and multi-media art scene; and some personal favorites, both artists and galleries, revealed bold new work. Welcome back, LA Art Show. It’s been a long 18 months, and we might’ve been wearing our required masks to hug, but it was great to embrace art, both literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/naomi-brown.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/naomi-brown.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/naomi-brown-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/naomi-brown-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/naomi-brown-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/naomi-brown-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/naomi-brown-192x192.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Barbara-based Naomi Brown’s vivid, lush, hyper-realistic Joshua Tree desert landscapes were dazzling, a fresh look at a well-loved SoCal region as expansive as the land itself. Watch for an upcoming exhibit from the artist via Slopoke Gallery in the Solvang area this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/redondo-artist.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/redondo-artist.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/redondo-artist-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/redondo-artist-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/redondo-artist-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Closer to home, Redondo Beach artist Susan Soffer Cohn led attendees through a small curtained passage to view illuminated patterned abstracts, created with ink on Duralar and LED lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bees.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bees.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bees-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bees-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bees-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stunning sculptural work by Ariel Vargassal and Scott Riddle played with light and shadow in a beautiful recessed exhibit space from Building Bridges Art Collective, “Bee-careful with our planet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Luciana-Abait.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Luciana-Abait.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Luciana-Abait-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Luciana-Abait-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Luciana-Abait-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The always stunning video art of Luciana Abait spilled from a black curtain illuminating the intense blue waterfall of the artist’s “Agua,” a video projection first viewed at DTLA’s outdoor <em>Luminex <\/em>exhibition several months back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kilduff-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kilduff-1.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kilduff-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kilduff-1-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kilduff-1-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fine installation by the ever-witty John Kilduff recreated a comfortable bar with painted stools, individual small painted “shots” for sale, colorful beer taps, and even a stained glass window at his art “tavern.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coagula.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coagula.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coagula-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coagula-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coagula-648x486.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Coagula-256x192.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coagula featured a variety of spaces and artists, among them the glowing golden profile of “Luminous Symmetries” from Nikolas Soren Goodich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zeb.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zeb.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zeb-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zeb-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zeb-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Exciting video installations from DiverseArtLA drew viewers into an alternative universe dancing with dots and light in a poetic, pandemic-inspired series of works from Zeynep Abes representing the Istanbul that was once the artist’s home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Randi-Matushevitz.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Randi-Matushevitz.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Randi-Matushevitz-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Randi-Matushevitz-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Randi-Matushevitz-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Fabrik Gallery, standouts included gritty, smart mixed media work from Randi Matushevitz and at LAACP, dreamy gold and blue cyanotypes from photographic artist Cathy Immordino. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/immordino-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/immordino-.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/immordino--300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/immordino--768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/immordino--648x486.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/immordino--256x192.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lush black and white LA architectural landscapes from Maureen Van Leeuwen Haldeman cast their own evocative spell, also in the Fabrik booth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maureen.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maureen.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maureen-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maureen-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maureen-648x486.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Maureen-256x192.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>bG Gallery presented small works by a variety of excellent Los Angeles artists, from the small scale, perfect worlds of Glenn Waggner’s circular paintings to the distanced beach-dream of Richard Chow’s photography. Barbara Kolo’s vibrating geometric abstracts, Gay Summer Rick’s lustrous westside landscapes, and Susan Lizotte’s gracious florals were also on view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gay-854x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gay-854x1024.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gay-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gay-768x921.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gay-648x777.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gay-160x192.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gay.jpeg 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Glen-Waggner-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Glen-Waggner-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Glen-Waggner-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Glen-Waggner-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Glen-Waggner-648x972.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Glen-Waggner-128x192.jpeg 128w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Glen-Waggner.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>Glenn Waggner, above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chow-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chow-.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chow--225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chow--648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chow--144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Richard Chow, above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anne-Vieux.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anne-Vieux.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anne-Vieux-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anne-Vieux-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anne-Vieux-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other notable exhibitions included an illuminated dazzle from Anne Vieux, NFT from Vellum LA (below), and a live interactive work from Tiffany Trenda, Un\/Seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unconditional-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unconditional-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unconditional-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unconditional-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unconditional-648x453.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unconditional-275x192.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unconditional.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-haleh-mashian-Lahijani.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-haleh-mashian-Lahijani.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-haleh-mashian-Lahijani-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-haleh-mashian-Lahijani-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-haleh-mashian-Lahijani-648x486.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-haleh-mashian-Lahijani-256x192.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At MASH Gallery, above, layered, light-filled works by founder Haleh Mashian alternated with glowing color works from Angela Johal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-2.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-2-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mash-2-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanish artists Javier Barco and Diego Beneitez exhibited otherworldly abstracts reminiscent of desert and sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Javier-Barco.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Javier-Barco.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Javier-Barco-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Javier-Barco-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Javier-Barco-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Diego.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Diego.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Diego-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Diego-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Diego-648x486.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Diego-256x192.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AiBo Gallery revealed some brilliant sculptural sparkle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ai-bo-three.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ai-bo-three.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ai-bo-three-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ai-bo-three-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ai-bo-three-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ai-bo-two.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ai-bo-two.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ai-bo-two-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ai-bo-two-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ai-bo-two-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Arcadia Art, Stephen Fox evoked Edward Hopper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stephen-Fox.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stephen-Fox.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stephen-Fox-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stephen-Fox-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stephen-Fox-144x192.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" 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Join us in a hearty welcome back – it’s been a long 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Story and photos – Genie Davis<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With wider aisles, more compact, and with fewer opening night noshes, the LA Art Show has nevertheless jubilantly returned, with a compelling and lively mix of the cutting edge and the commercial. This year, the show is under the fine new direction of Kassandra Voyagis and returning curator Marisa Caichiolo. Wearing sequined masks and in … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/la-art-show-first-out-of-the-gate-a-major-art-show-returns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LA Art Show: First Out of the Gate – A Major Art Show Returns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1473],"class_list":["post-14167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-la-art-show-2021"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/more-bees.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14167"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14199,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167\/revisions\/14199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}