Minnie Pwerle, Emily Pwerle, Molly Pwerle, Galya Pwerle at Château Shatto
The Château Shatto gallery in Los Angeles presented a solo exhibition of 13 acrylic canvases by the Pwerle sisters—Minnie, Emily, Molly and Galya—each titled *Awelye Atnwengerrp*. Created between 2000 and 2008 on a black ground, the works translate the sisters' traditional body‑painting rituals into vibrant abstract strokes. The show highlighted each sister’s distinct mark‑making while also featuring a collaborative centerpiece that underscores communal ceremony. By situating remote Aboriginal practice within a contemporary LA space, the exhibition bridges cultural heritage and the global art market.
Manoucher Yektai at Karma
The Karma gallery’s "Beginnings" exhibition showcases Manoucher Yektai’s early work, highlighting his thick impasto technique that prioritizes tactile perception over purely visual analysis. Curated by Negar Azimi, the show assembles paintings from the first two decades of Yektai’s career, revealing...
Desperate, Scared, But Social at UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
The Orange County Museum of Art’s 2025 California Biennial, titled *Desperate, Scared, But Social*, draws its name from Emily’s Sassy Lime’s debut album and uses teenage anxiety and social connection as its core theme. Curated by Courtenay Finn, Christopher Y....
Alex Heilbron at As-Is
Alex Heilbron’s solo exhibition *All Systems Fail* at Los Angeles’ as‑is gallery transforms internet‑sourced images into large‑scale, hand‑glitched paintings. Using vector files, vinyl stencils and layered paint, she creates distorted grids, pixelated flowers and smeared code that reveal the materiality...
Eddie Kang at Gana Art Los Angeles
Eddie Kang’s solo exhibition, "Tale of Tales," opens at Gana Art Los Angeles from February 21 to April 11, 2026. The show presents whimsical, pastel‑toned comic‑style paintings and sculptures that deliberately avoid narrative continuity. A highlight is the "Draw your own map" series,...
Tristan Unrau at David Kordansky Gallery
Tristan Unrau’s debut solo exhibition, *Hopes and Fears*, opens at David Kordansky Gallery, showcasing oil paintings that originate from AI‑generated reinterpretations of art history, cinema and children’s imagery. The artist feeds hundreds of AI outputs into his process, hand‑picking the...
Curating Around Social Urgencies: How Artists Refuse Quietism
The Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. 2025 biennial opens with a recreation of Alonzo Davis’s 1984 Olympic mural, yet the curators strip it of its original displacement context. Throughout the show, many artists confront housing, policing, and labor struggles, but the...