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.
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.
Historic Bendix Building Becomes a Downtown Art Haven
“We are very proud of what is happening there,” Hirsh says. “It started small; we've had artist studios in there, low-key, for years. [Art consultant and curator] Annie Wharton really helped with that, and she's still a big part of it. Finding artists to move in, you could say curating the building in a way. And it's a great building, with a mix of spaces that are just perfect for artists and shows.”
From the foundations laid by Wharton, Hirsh describes how a network sort of grew, word-of-mouth, across a stratum of the art world he hadn't been familiar with before but is thrilled to have gotten to know.