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for the art connoisseurArt in L.A.The upcoming 12 th Annual Los Angeles ArtShow is the talk of the town. Art and Livinginvestigates. By Casey FisherDuring the past 12 years, theLos Angeles Art Show, hostedby the Fine Arts DealersAssociation (FADA), has featured nationaland international galleries exhibitingthousands of works including historical,modern and contemporary art. It hasbeen the only West Coast event whereart connoisseurs can experience currentart trends from around the world.Although in the past it hasbeen known for exhibitingmainly traditional works of art,during the last six years theLos Angeles Art Show hasbridged the gap between traditionaland contemporary artto become the highly respectedart venue it is today.“The Los Angeles artmarket has finally come into its own and buyers are more sophisticated thanever before. Buyers and patrons should expect a dynamic show on par withthe country’s most prestigious art shows,” says Los Angeles Art Show ProducerKim Martindale. “What is different about this year’s Los Angeles Art Show isthe decidedly more contemporary look and theme, as opposed to years past.We have decided to go all out with the new theme due to enormous responseand demand.”Helen Lundeberg, Portrait of Inez, 1933.Oil on celotex. Louis Stern Fine Arts.Ugo O Giannini, Landscape, signed and dated 1951.Gouache on paper. Louis Stern Fine Arts.Along with the traditional masterpieces to be exhibited, many galleries participatingin the show are highlighting contemporary artists who are beingexhibited in major museums around the world. Barker Hanger in SantaMonica—the venue for the art-stravaganza—will house works from Rembrandtto David Hockney; other renowned artists will include Jim Dine, Pablo Picasso,Robert Motherwell, Edgar Payne and William Wendt. The show will be anBrian Rutenberg, Pine, Palm & River 9, 2006. Oil on linen. Jerald Melberg Gallery.Jim Dine, The Marriage of Linen & Sand, 2006. Oil, acrylic, charcoal and sand on linen.Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art.opportunity for visitors to see contemporary pieces that are making a majorimpact on the art world today.According to last year’s sales and attendance at the show, Los Angeles’ artbuyers continue to be serious about collecting. Stuart Denenberg—whosegallery, Denenberg Fine Arts, covers the gamut of traditional and contemporaryfine art—recalls,“More than any other year, patrons were there to buy. Sales werevery strong and more than a few galleries sold multiple pieces.Also, the after-saleswere greater than we had ever anticipated.”On January 24, 2007, the Los Angeles Art Show presents an opening galareception to benefit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art MuseumCouncil.This year’s art show will showcase non-profit art institutions such as theLos Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of ContemporaryArt (MOCA), the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), the Ventura CountyMuseum of History and Art and the Autry National Center.The 12th Annual Los Angeles Art Show: Five Centuries of ArtBarker Hanger at the Santa Monica AirportJanuary 25, 2007 – January 28, 2007310.822.9145. www.laartshow.com.info@laartshow.com72 2006 Issue 4