Iconoclastic art dealer Douglas Chrismas, who this past May was convicted of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery, the Los Angeles gallery he founded in 1986, has been sentenced to twenty-four months in prison, beginning February 17.
After facing legal claims by artists represented by the gallery seeking their works back as well as payment for works sold, the founder of Los Angeles’s Ace Gallery, Douglas Chrismas, has been terminated from the business by a court-appointed financial manager.
Right now, the most beautiful place in all of Los Angeles may very well be the center gallery of Gary Lang’s exhibition at Ace Gallery Beverly Hills.
Standing in a forest of sinuous, black totems spiraling into the lofty heights of the main room at Ace Gallery Beverly Hills, Herb Alpert is surrounded
It’s a rare celebrity in Los Angeles who’s not tooting his or her own horn – let alone one who’s also a major philanthropist, a benefactor to the arts
Well known for his sketchy and dramatic figurative paintings during the eighties, David Amico’s work has become progressively more abstract as he has blown up familiar shapes and focused on their inherent organic form...