The New York Times - U.S. Added 216,000 Jobs in December, Outpacing Forecasts
Art is a business that “has always had challenges,” Ms. Wharton said. “But I am happy to say this has been a good year.”
ANNIE IN NY TIMES + AWAC NEWS + EVENTS
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are happy to start the new year with new commissions + exhibitions + a little press…
Rebecca Norton’S ‘Climactic’ at Ladies’ Room in LA
Los Angeles-based gallery LADIES’ ROOM, founded by gallerist and curator Annie Wharton, presents a new pop-up exhibition featuring the work of Louisville artist Rebecca Norton at Shapin Nicolas Art Project (SNAP) in Louisville.
Chocolate Box
Paint and chocolate: both are sensuous, seductive, to be savored and enjoyed as luxuries that are also (arguably) essential.
The MFA Welcomes Summer with an Expanded Christian Sampson InstallatioN
Christian Sampson’s “Tempus Volat, Hora Fugit” is a Modern Monument to Time
Donald Kuspit reviews Laddie John Dill in ARTFORUM
The wonderful EST, 2022—one of Dill’s sculptures from the ongoing “Silica Landscapes” series, begun in 1970—is of a more ecstatic character and calls to mind the deep blue sea. It reads as an abstract reprise of nature, ambiguously gestural and geometrical, less constructive and more spontaneous than the “Light Sentences.”
AWAC launches “SPACE,” a series of L.A. artist visits, with Kristin Posehn’s open studio + a Posehn-curated tabletop exhibit of works by Alice Könitz, Rita McBride, Scott Benzel, and Tanya Brodsky
Annie Wharton Art Consulting is organizing a series of private open studio events with artists in the Los Angeles area. Kicking off this series is Kristin Posehn, who will open her studio and unveil a new sculptural installation + a Posehn-curated exhibition of works by Alice Könitz, Rita McBride, Scott Benzel and Tanya Brodsky.
IT’S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY EVERY DAY AT THIS LOS ANGELES GALLERY
Gallerist, curator, consultant, and pillar of progressive platforming Annie Wharton started Ladies’ Room — the Los Angeles-based contemporary art gallery where it’s always Women’s History Month — five years ago, but her vision has never been timelier.
AW Feature + DAVID ZWIRNER PLATFORM: ARIEL DILL & SARA RAHMANIAN
Platform has created a feature on Annie Wharton that they're calling One Day. January's Platform includes LADIES' ROOM and features a curated selection of works by Sara Rahmanian and Ariel Dill.
Life in Motion
Sarasota raised and Los Angeles based artist Christian Sampson specializes in color-light projection.
Yes, You Can Be an Art Collector
“It took a global pandemic for many people to start to trust the process of buying works without seeing them in person,” notes Los Angeles-based art consultant Annie Wharton, who operates LADIES’ ROOM, a virtual gallery specializing in female and nonbinary artists.
Ringling alum's creations require a glass of a different color
Christian Sampson grew up in Bradenton, and his work with dichroic glass has landed him at the Sarasota Art Museum.
Christian Sampson’s “Vita in Motu” Installation Will Remain in Sarasota
Dr. Larry Thompson, president of Ringling College of Art and Design, has announced that a circle of Ringling College supporters has enabled the gift of Christian Sampson’s 2019 installation Vita in Motu (2019)
Kristin Posehn: Inverted Dome
The MAK Center for Art & Architecture presents Inverted Dome, an exhibition of new work by Kristin Posehn at the Mackey Garage Top.
No Place Like Home: Kim Schoenstadt Channels Architect Eileen Gray
In 2019, artist Kim Schoenstadt was still mad about it. She took these violations fairly personally, and used the outrage as a point of departure for Enter Slowly, The Legacy of an Idea — an artistic exploration into the ugly stories, rumors, falsehoods and misadventures that undermined Eileen Gray’s life and career.
Eileen Gray’s Masterpiece in the French Riviera, No Longer Overshadowed by Le Corbusier
While staying as a house guest, a naked Le Corbusier defiled Gray’s minimalist, color-blocked walls that were only restored in 2015.