Art LA opening night action....

Last night was the opening night gala for Art LA @ The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and the art lovers of Los Angeles were out in force. Heard from a few the turnout was far stronger than the opening night for the Los Angeles Art Show at the Convention Center that kicked off on Wednesday. We'll be swinging through there tomorrow, as we were busy on the night of the opening gala, so look for shots and a short report from that in the next day or two...

Mark Ryden @ Michael Kohn Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) - a cool $125K!!!

Mark Ryden @ Michael Kohn Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)

Mark Ryden @ Michael Kohn Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)

Follow instructions with care...

Kehinde Wiley @ Roberts & Tilton (Culver City, CA)

John Parot @ Western Exhibitions (Chicago, IL)

Tim Hawkinson @ Ace Gallery (sort of a lil' mini-solo on view from Hawkinson)...

Tim Hawkinson @ Ace Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)

Tim Hawkinson @ Ace Gallery (great array of works from Hawkinson on view)...

Didn't catch the name of this artist, but loved this lil' sculptural installation....

Peter Saul @ Patrick Painter (Los Angeles, CA)

Above, the official "WTF?!?!?!" piece of the fair... basically a cuff from a blouse nailed to the wall.

One of the fair's highlights was getting to view a nice chunk of original works from the one and only Kenny Schraf at the booth for Honor Fraser (Culver City, CA)

Kenny Schraf @ Honor Fraser (Culver City, CA)

Kenny Schraf @ Honor Fraser (Culver City, CA)

Gonzalo Lebrija @ I-20 Gallery (New York, NY)

Crowd shot from opening night...

The unofficial motto of all art fairs...

Art LA

Fri & Sat 11-7PM + Sun 12-6PM

$15 one-day pass / $25 three-day pass

www.artfairsinc.com/artla/2009