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19th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL LOS ANGELES PHOTOGRAPHIC ART EXPOSITION. LA’s Longest Running Art Fair Returns To The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. During Golden Globes Weekend January 14-17, 2010. Photographer David LaChapelle & Actor Chris Lowell host the Opening Night Reception benefiting the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Opening Night Reception -- The opening night reception on Thursday, January 14, from 6 to 9pm, will benefit the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at LACMA and will be hosted by noted photographer David LaChapelle and actor/photographer Chris Lowell. Reception tickets are $75 and can be purchased directly from LACMA at www.lacma.org/art/photola.aspx or email: photola@lacma.org. Debuts and Previews -- The La Brea Matrix, produced by The Lapis Press and Schaden.com, with the support of MAK Center for Art and Architecture and the Goethe-Institut, will have its debut at photo l.a. The Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) will present a preview of their exhibition: Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005). Its curator, Idurre Alonso, will talk about the exhibition and give an on-site collecting seminar, as will Gordon Baldwin, former Curator of Photography at the Getty Institute. Photographer Lynn Saville will lecture on her new book. Onsite collecting seminars are $80 (include a three-day pass). Seminars have limited enrollment and tickets should be purchased in advance. Student discounts for lectures and the fair are available with valid I.D. On Saturday, January 16, LACMA will also present a curated program of lectures, free to the public with day-of tickets, limited attendance. Lectures will take place in the Marquee Ballroom of the Doubletree Guest Suites across from the Civic at 1707 Fourth Street. Please check the website (www.photola.com) for updated programming and information on the LACMA curated lectures. Tickets and Additional Information: photo l.a. will be open to the public Friday, January 15th and Saturday, January 16th from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, January 17th from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 for a one-day pass, $30 for a three-day pass and $10 for lectures .All exhibition, lecture and opening night benefit reception tickets are available for purchase in advance or at the door. For additional information on photo l.a. 2010, including the opening benefit reception and advance ticket sales, visit www.photola.com.
