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Rising art star, Gregory Siff who was featured in the last issue of LA Canvas completed his mural today in West Hollywood. Siff will have his first solo show of 2012 at Siren Studios on March 1st. Read Full Story

Art Writer Daniel Rolnik with www.hurley.com swung by James studio on the runway strip at The Hawthorne Airport. Hurley is featuring some of LA’s best Artists and sent Daniel to chat with James about his Hollywood Arsenal collection. Keep your eyes out for Rolniks take on The Guns of Cinema. Visit his gallerist Guy Hepner Contemporary or www.guyhepner.com to check on his latest works. Photo 1: James and Daniel Rolnik chat over Vin Diesel’s gun in XxX Photo 2: James works on the gun Samuel... Read Full Story

When most people think of Andy Warhol, they conjure visions of Marilyn heads on bright pink backdrops and Campbell’s soup cans all in a row. However outside of the silkscreens for which he is so well known, Warhol was also a draughtsman, and he created hundreds of drawings throughout his life. In the 1950s, Warhol moved to New York City and began working as a commercial illustrator, and the sweet, delicate drawings that he produced during this period are in stark contrast to many of his later... Read Full Story

. Unique L.A. is the largest independent design show in the country, with goods by over 325 hand-selected designers and artists. This two-day shopping event is a great time to find interesting gifts for everyone your list. When: December 3-4, 11am-6pm both days Where: The California Market Center (110 East Ninth Street, LA, CA 90079) Cost: $10 (kids 12 and under are free), 10% of ticket sales go to Unique L.A.’s non-profit partner 826LA $10 admission includes: • An exclusive... Read Full Story

Clyfford Still, Untitled , 1960, Oil on Canvas Clyfford Still was a giant of Abstract Expressionism in the years following World War II and remains one of the most important figures in the history of 20th Century art. He is best known for his dense, craggy color field paintings marked by gestures that resemble rips in the surface or voids leading to some other dimension of the work. The artist died in 1980 with a will that stipulated his estate be given in its entirety to a city that would... Read Full Story

In his latest series, mixed media artist James Georgopoulos presents Hollywood Arsenal . Georgopoulos has utilized the large format camera to record the motion picture industry’s most notorious firearms and film cameras. Georgopoulos combines the extremely unique process of mural size silver gelatin prints with elegantly layered fields of acrylic paint and resin. These meticulous and painstakingly produced prints are processed, created and individually toned in his darkroom, where... Read Full Story

Photo: Rufus Stone Limited Editions Just in time for the holidays, Rufus Stone Limited Editions will release The Beatles Monochrome , a book of unseen photographs from the band’s first US tour in 1964. Photographer Joe Allen went along for the ride and shot hundreds of black and white photographs, the negatives of which have only now been scanned. To purchase this limited edition item, visit www.rslimitededitions.com Read Full Story

Patrick Johnson working on a mural titled “Elixir” at the Liquor Bank. Photo by Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times. There’s no shortage of opinions on street art, but for the first time the Los Angeles City Council is taking a position and drafting an ordinance that will allow for some murals. Until now, city ordinances have made it illegal to create murals on most private properties regardless of whether the piece was commissioned by a business owner or not. Because of this, hundreds of works... Read Full Story

Installation view with artist, courtesy of Marni Kotak & Microscope © 2011 Marni Kotak’s current installation at Microscope Gallery might be a labour of love, or it might just be labour. The 36 year-old performance artist is eight months pregnant, and plans to give birth in front of an audience at the Brooklyn gallery where she’s taken up residence. According to Kotak’s midwife she could go into labor at any second, though the The Birth of Baby X installation is scheduled to run from... Read Full Story

Natalie Dormer by Chris Floyd, 2007 Hollywood actresses will step into a different kind of limelight at The National Portrait Gallery in London next week. Drawing from the gallery’s collection, the exhibition will display 39 works in a range of media and will include portraits of actresses both classic and contemporary – from Dame Maggie Smith and Fiona Shaw to Gemma Arterton and Sienna Miller. The Actress Now exhibition precedes the gallery’s forthcoming major exhibition, The First... Read Full Story