Thanks to the delightfully flashy and colorful movie Marie Antoinette, by Sofia Coppola, the historic life of France’s queen has become a part of pop culture. In continuation with the re-education of her life and those of the court of Versailles, the Getty Museum will be screening films about love and seduction within the court. When browsing through a favorite art blog of mine, art.blogging.la, I came across the post about these films. According to caryn, a writer for the blog, the Getty will show the first film of the series entitled “The Lifted Hem: Seduction and Betrayal at the Court of Versailles, starting April 18th and continuing for the following two weekends. Personally, I will be going Saturday April 19th to see the segment about Marie Antoinette, but the previous night should entertaining with the segment about Madame Dubarry, the mistress of King Louis XV. The exhibition is inspired the court paintings of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, the famous rococo painter who depicted love and lust in his works. Although this is not a contemporary art exhibition, there will never be a replacement for the work that defined moments in history. Read more about the even on art.blogging. la in the post “Let Us Eat Cake”

images from The Getty from the films “When and Man Loves” and “Marie Antoinette”

After searching through my pageflake, I noticed a post from wooster collective about the artist Anthony Lister. I had never heard of him before, but his work is incredible. The large scale canvases he paints on are mixed media and focus on superheroes and villians. He is getting ready for a solo show at New Image Art Gallery, opening April 26th, which looks very promising since his paintings are energetic and amusing. Since the show won’t be ready for a while, check out New Image Art Gallery in Los Angeles to see some of the artists currently on display. In addition to Lister, NIAG represents artists with similar work.

“coke nights on thriller(right)” from anthonylister.com

Last week I accomplished two firsts, taking advantage of the Los Angeles bus system and visiting an exciting new gallery. The gallery in question is the Redcat gallery, located behind the Walt Disney Concert Hall, owned by CalArts. What was most exciting about this trip was that the Dash bus system drops you off right in front of the gallery for a mere 25 cents. The show at Redcat is a compilation of the works from acclaimed poster maker, Ed Fella, and graphic designer, Geoff Mcfeteridge. Read about the show from the link below then wait at your nearest bus stop to catch a ride downtown.

Ed Fella and Geoff McFetridge | REDCAT

from edfella.com