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G is for Gallery Row.
DIRECTOR FOR NEW MUSEUM.
In planning a new contemporary art and design museum, Tom Gilmore, a pioneer of real estate development in Downtown Los Angeles, has been focused on the architecture, commissioning futuristic — some say fantastic — building plans. Now, he’s turning to the art; he just hired as his museum director, Allison Agsten, curator of public engagement at the Hammer Museum. “We are especially interested in L.A. artists and finding new ways to support them,” Ms. Agsten said. It has not been determined whether the Old Bank District Museum, as it is unofficially known with a nod to its historic neighborhood, which is now packed with lofts and restaurants, will be a collecting institution or a kunsthalle, a flexible exhibition space. Plans by the architect Tom Wiscombe, under review at the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, show the project will span three existing structures Downtown on South Main Street. The idea is to preserve and reuse original bank vaults and pneumatic tubes from a 1905 neo-Classical-style building, while carving out new spaces.
At the Hammer, Ms. Agsten worked with artists on projects that didn’t fit the traditional exhibition models or galleries, from “microconcerts” in a cloakroom by Machine Project to Mark Bradford’s new community center in Leimert Park. Now, she said, “I cannot wait to let artists loose in the bank vaults.”
Mr. Gilmore, who is chairman of the board at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, nearby, estimated construction could run to $50 million and take four to five years. JORI FINKEL
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DTLA lifestyle photo Fundraiser Sign Up
Do you love Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA)? Have you taken some great pictures?
The DTLA photography fundraiser exhibit will showcase the work of Los Angeles photography enthusiasts like YOU! Enter the DTLA Lifestyle Photography Contest and you might have a chance to show them off at the next Art Walk (September 11). Fans of the Downtown Art Walk Facebook page will vote on entries starting September 6th, and the top 3 most “liked” entries will be honored with prizes and publicity.
Open to everyone who submits a complete entry! Winners will be recognized on Art Walk night (September 11).The deadline for donations and photos is September 5th, 2014 at 11:59pm.
Full Contest details and rules
Contest Highlights:
Donation per entry is $25 and will be used to support Art Walk and the costs associated with the exhibition. Entries are not considered complete until all requirements are met and the entry donation is received.
Photographs must be high quality, 300 DPI, jpgs only, scaled to fit an 8” x 8”, square format. Be sure to keep a copy of your original file.
Limited to two images (labeled A and B) per entry form. Please include a title or brief explanation of your work (1-2 short sentences only, and may be edited if exceeding the space allowed).
Only one piece per entry (either A or B) will be considered for print, and for fairness and diversity, multiple entries by the same entrant will not be accepted. If more than 2 entries are received, only the first complete entry will be considered for the contest.
Entries will be judged by the public via the Downtown Art Walk Facebook page fans starting September 2. The entries with top 3 “likes” at the end of “liking” period will be awarded the prizes (prizes have no cash value).
Entries are not considered complete until all requirements are met and the entry donation is received. Entry into contest immediately binds the entrant to the Full Contest details and rules. You will receive a donation acknowledgement letter.
Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Other ways to support? The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk humbly accepts donations and sponsorships to support this contest or our other programs and operations.
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1,000-foot Slide the City water slide will come to Los Angeles — and all water will be saved
Plans for a one-day giant version of Slip ’n Slide in downtown Los Angeles cleared a significant hurdle on Friday, with the area’s councilman signing off on the plan.Councilman Jose Huizar, who had been concerned about the image o
1,000-foot Slide the City water slide will come to Los Angeles — and all water will be saved
Plans for a one-day giant version of Slip ’n Slide in downtown Los Angeles cleared a significant hurdle on Friday, with the area’s councilman signing off on the plan.Councilman Jose Huizar, who had been concerned about the image o
1,000-foot Slide the City water slide will come to Los Angeles — and all water will be saved
Plans for a one-day giant version of Slip ’n Slide in downtown Los Angeles cleared a significant hurdle on Friday, with the area’s councilman signing off on the plan.Councilman Jose Huizar, who had been concerned about the image o
This Weekend: Made in America Festival
Imagine Dragons lead the mega fest, which is set to draw Grand Park’s biggest crowds yet.
Beyond the mall, food courts turn into gourmet destinations
The great American food court that rose with the shopping malls of the 1970s is fast disappearing. And in its place is the modern equivalent: a curated roster of restaurants and food purveyors that are more likely to serve a grass-fed beef burger on a brioche bun than a hot dog on a stick. In fact, a food court was just named one of the best new restaurants of the year by a national magazine.
@DowntownNews It’s called Gallery Row.
“The gallery scenes in Chinatown and the Historic Core continue to mature, and a proposed museum dedicated to Downtown artists could inject a new level of energy. Meanwhile, the Downtown Art Walk has shed its past uncertainties and emerged stronger (even if it’s now as much about the party as it is the art).”
Tom Gilmore, the developer who helped wake the sleeping giant Downtown 15 years ago with his multi-building Old Bank District project, makes things happen. So his proposal for a contemporary art museum in the heart of the Historic Core should have legs—he’s already working with SCI-Arc professor/architect Tom Wiscombe on designs for the Old Bank District Museum, which will occupy basements, rooftops, and mezzanines of the Hellman Building, Farmers and Merchants Bank Building, and the Old Bank Garage, all at Fourth and Main. Gilmore is also shoring up financing on the project with business partner Jerri Perrone. And art is arriving already, the Downtown News reports, with a two-and-a-half-ton sculpture that was moved from the Arts District to the roof of the Old Bank Garage a few months ago; it now anchors the home of a forthcoming sculpture garden.
Petition saves Foster the People mural in DTLA
A mural commissioned by the band Foster the People in downtown Los Angeles will stay up after all.
Badly written article with what seems like a personal grudge against developers, but posting anyway.
Badly written article with what seems like a personal grudge against developers, but posting anyway.
Los Angeles-based property developer Tom Gilmore and the architect Tom Wiscombe are planning a vast new museum in Downtown LA to showcase contemporary art by LA-based artists.
USA Today names Gallery Row one of the best 10 arts districts in the United States!
Checking out the Huell Howser Video Archives and found this old episode of “Downtown” when Huell visited Gallery Row!
Huell checks out the exploding art scene in downtown LA as he visits several galleries during the monthly downtown “art walk.” The second Thursday of every month in downtown Los Angeles.