Shana Nys Dambrot

Fine art and fine dining have a long history of cooperation when it comes to the enjoyment of life’s pleasures. But the way Beverly Hills’ Amalfi-inspired Nerano put them together is something rather special. Nerano owners Andy and Carlo Brandon-Gordon have implemented a commission-to-donation relationship with LACMA, in which work debuting at the restaurant is already promised as a gift to the museum’s collection....

Though Luis de Jesus and Tarrah Von Lintel share an address in the Culver City gallery district, their operations are independent of each other. However, this month neighboring exhibitions from Paul Anthony Smith, Klea McKenna and Michael Waugh are very much in conversation....

For artist and filmmaker Johnny Otto, painting and directing is already a joyful and intense way of life — but it’s not enough. He, like many others in these troubled times, is further compelled to use his talent and luck in service to others. So when his major new solo show, Water & Spirit, opens this weekend in Hollywood, expect something special....

The exhibition "R. Buckminster Fuller: Inventions and Models" is the first of its kind in Los Angeles, where he spent the final years of his life. It includes a major print portfolio and a number of sculptural multiples he created during that time, most of which have been in private collections and rarely, if ever, shown....

"The thing about artists," quips Tony Berlant, "is that they say the work speaks for itself, then they can't stop talking about it!" Well, thank goodness for that, because during our tour of his new exhibition, it turned out Berlant had quite a lot to say about his newest work. A legend in the L.A. art world since the 1960s, "Fast Forward" is his first solo exhibition with his new home at Kohn Gallery; and with but two exceptions, all of the dozens of works on display, large and small, landscapes, portraits and texts, have been made since just 2017....

Santa Monica Auctions is known for sourcing and acquiring important and interesting works of art for its legendary sales, especially in the realm of West Coast art. Often the provenance of the works is as valuable and unique as the work itself. But even among the compendium of quirky histories, one lot always seems to stand out for its even more offbeat backstory. In the upcoming Oct. 7 sale, it’s all about Marilyn Monroe....

An elegant collection of classic sartorial photography, “The Fashion Show” is on view now through Oct. 20 at Peter Fetterman Gallery in Bergamot Station, bringing together a smashing array of vintage photography from couture's heyday of the last 80 years....