In the summer of 1941, Arshile Gorky, his soon-to-be wife, Agnes ‘Mougouch’ Magruder, and Isamu Noguchi set out from New York City to Los Angeles in Noguchi’s brand-new Ford station wagon. Their legendary two-week road trip marked Gorky’s first visit to California. Personally transformative, it was also his first extended time away from the East Coast since arriving in New York City in 1920 as a refugee fleeing from the Armenian genocide.
Focused on the influence of this pivotal journey, ‘Arshile Gorky. Horizon West’ presents a selection of Gorky’s landscapes from before and after the transcontinental trip, tracing the evolution of his incomparable approach to the genre: from, as it were, the moment Gorky and Noguchi ‘turned their backs’ on the Grand Canyon, declaring it too big to be interesting, to the fields of Virginia, where, in 1943, Gorky looked ‘into the grass.’ The exhibition features never-before-exhibited works alongside paintings from the artist’s first solo museum show in 1941 at the San Francisco Museum of Art (later SFMOMA), offering visitors a rare opportunity to examine the expansion of Gorky’s abstract landscapes in response to his first-hand experience of America’s terrain.
Jarrow & Goodman, in collaboration with MRG Fine Art, is proud to present the third iteration of A Woman’s Perspective, titled Built To Be Seen — an all-female group exhibition highlighting the strength, clarity, and presence of women working in contemporary art.
From WeHo With Love: A History of West Hollywood (Centennial Book Launch)
Celebrate a century of creativity and culture with West Hollywood’s first-ever coffee table book. From WeHo With Love offers an exclusive look into the city’s soul through rare imagery and insider storytelling by Gregory Firlotte. Don’t miss this definitive chronicle of the Design District’s evolution and the iconic spirit of WeHo.
John Varvatos x Tom Petty: 50th Anniversary Collection
Step into the rock ‘n’ roll legacy. John Varvatos honors five decades of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with an exclusive, limited-edition capsule collection. Experience the intersection of high fashion and musical history at our West Hollywood boutique.
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Experience the stylistic journey of Chinese American artist Mimi Chen Ting (1946-2022). This compelling exhibition, Ties Unbound, explores the delicate balance of identity and duty through a transition from semi-autobiographical figures to expressive, sinuous abstractions.