ARTISTS
2025
The news of BLUM鈥檚 abrupt closure after 30 years in Los Angeles reframed the landmark gallery鈥檚 final exhibition, Wilhelm Sasnal鈥檚 鈥淎AAsphalt,鈥� into an inadvertent elegy for contemporary art in Los Angeles.
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Kazuo Kadonaga鈥檚 work seduces almost instantly. There鈥檚 a palpable glow coming off the waxy surface of wood, the matte sheen of washi paper, the tonal gradations of scorched bamboo, and the glossy finish of melted glass.
BLUM to Close Los Angeles and Tokyo Galleries Following a 30 year run, heavyweight dealer Tim Blum cites burnout as the reason for his departure.
After 30 years in the art world, renowned dealer Tim Blum is 鈥榮tepping off鈥� the gallery circuit, citing exhaustion with the contemporary art system.
Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from Viraj Khanna's first solo West Coast exhibition at Rajiv Menon Contemporary to 鈥楻oots of Cool鈥� celebrating female artists at Descanso Gardens.
BLUM is presenting Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal鈥檚 first solo exhibition with the gallery.
BLUM is presenting NAKED, an exhibition of new paintings by Tokyo-based artist Tomoo Gokita. This is the artist鈥檚 third solo exhibition with the gallery.
BLUM is presenting Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal鈥檚 first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from contemporary painting and ceramics by painter Shun Okada, and sculptor Nick Lenker to a Noah Davis retrospective at Hammer
BLUM is presenting a survey exhibition of Kazuo Kadonaga, an artist who worked extensively in Los Angeles during the early 1980s and has exhibited throughout the US, Europe, and Mexico.
Robert Colescott鈥檚 most famous painting might just be George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook (1975), which was acquired by the forthcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art at a Sotheby鈥檚 auction in 2021 for $15.3 million.
BLUM is presenting an exhibition of paintings and drawings by the late artist Robert Colescott, curated by Los Angeles鈥揵ased artist Umar Rashid.
Madam X鈥檚 spiritual diagrams, Umar Rashid curates Robert Colescott, Carole Caroompas鈥檚 anti-hero journey, 50 years of L.A. Louver, and more.
Exhibiting Falapishi鈥檚 new body of shrewdly deskilled panels alongside photorealistic paintings.