Tompkins unflinchingly looks at how female bodies are displayed, disciplined, and offered up to men.
Gavlak Gallery
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Karen Carson, an Early California Minimalist, Has a New, Kaleidoscopic Vision
Carson’s geometric paintings, inspired by the land of big sky, mimic rolling hills and valleys.
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Artists in Nasty Women Show Embrace the Bold, Confident, and Unapologetic
Reclaiming the infamous insult hurled at Hillary Clinton by Donald Trump, this show celebrates women’s contributions to art.
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A Six-Hour Performance Centered on One Kiss
Vanessa German and her partner, Janae Brown, present an intimate exchange between Black women, a perspective absent in mainstream depictions of African-American femininity.
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The Second Coming of Betty Tompkins
LOS ANGELES — Sweetie. Pushy Broad. Sheela Na Gig. Queen. Sapphic Poon Hustler. These are just a few of the thousand or so terms used to describe women featured in Betty Tompkins’s sprawling painting installation, WOMEN Words, Phrases, and Stories on view at Gavlak Gallery in Hollywood — it is her first solo show on the West Coast.
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Why Are Art Openings on Thursday in NY and Saturday in LA?
LOS ANGELES — The rivalry between New York and Los Angeles runs deep: seasons vs. sunshine, pizza vs. tacos, Biggie vs. Tupac. For the art world, add to that list opening nights.
