Surrealist Adventures @ LACMA

LACMA (Photo: sailko/Wikimedia Commons)

Anyone who happens to be in LA between now and next Monday might want to check out an exhibition showcasing works by surrealist women artists from Mexico and the United States at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), which I would REALLY like to visit if I ever go to LA (which I, alas, never do - but I hope to visit LACMA someday!).

The exhibition's title is pretty cool: "In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States."

Screenings of female surrealist animation and female surrealist cinema round out this program at LACMA.

Frida Kahlo is, of course, included in this exhibition.

The Affordable Art Fair

Lucy Liu in 2007 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

DC-based artist and blogger F. Lennox Campello has been posting some interesting updates lately about The Affordable Art Fair, where he has sold some of his own works (including one that was purchased by actress Lucy Liu - quite a coup for Campello!).

As its title suggests, this art fair - held in New York, Seattle and Los Angeles - is trying to break new ground.

As the New York website states:

"Shaking up the dusty model of art as an elite pastime, the Affordable Art Fair will showcase new artists, galleries, programming, and installations!  Don't miss a second!"

Based on the title of this fair, perhaps some of the art on view may be affordable to the "99 percent" of Americans who do not have quite as much money in the bank as Donald Trump or Warren Buffet.