DIALOGS LA LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS THE MOVERS & SHAKERS OF ART AND DESIGN

PANELISTS INCLUDE: VAN GOGH MUSEUM DIRECTOR AXEL RUGER, ACCLAIMED SWISS ARCHITECT HARRY GUGGER, ART CRITIC ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST, DESIGNER JAMES MAGNI, ARTIST GIL GARCETTI, ART PATRON FERNANDO PAIZ, , KENTON NELSON, CURATOR ITALA SCHMELTZ, BEIJING BIENNALE WINNER ANDREA JUAN, VENICE BIENNALE ARTIST ZHANG YU, FELICIA FILER, AND LA CITY COUNCILMAN JOSE HUIZAR

  The LA Art Show has announced the 2014 Dialogs LA lecture schedule for the upcoming show, taking place January 15 – 19, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall. All art begins and ends with dialog.  The LA Art Show’s compelling lecture series provokes discussion to enhance creativity, pushing the envelope on topics from the political and cultural impact of art and design, to the business of art and the international marketplace, to the latest art trends and movements.  Dialogs LA showcases a tastemakers within the art and design communities and sets the stage for the next innovations in art. 

This year’s program features Van Gogh Museum Director, Axel Rüger, acclaimed Swiss architect Harry Gugger, art critic Anthony Haden-Guest, Photograher Gil Garcetti, Designer James Magni, FIDM Museum Curator, Kevin Jones, Cliff Einstein, Emeritus Director of MOCA, Itala Schmelz Curator, Biennale di Venezia – Mexico, jewelry specialist and museum consultant Janet Zapata, President of La Ruta Maya, Fernando Piaz, and artists Kenton Nelson, Andrea Juan, and Zhang Yu, among others. Dialogs LA are scheduled daily beginning on Thursday, January 16 and continuing through Sunday, January 19.   All programs will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall.

Dialogs LA will kick off with “Designer Thursday.” Lecture programming will celebrate architecture, design, and fashion. Design industry professionals are invited to attend the show and programming free of charge with valid I.D. and business credentials.  Speaker bios are available at www.LAArtShow.com under Dialogs LA.

Thursday, January 16

12pm

The Big Melt: The Absolute Metamorphosis of the Art World Over the Last Twenty-five Years and Into the Future

Speaker: Anthony Haden-Guest, Writer, Reporter & Art Critic. Moderator: Bruce Helander, Artist and Curator

In the ‘70s, the avant-garde was tiny—in New York it fit into Max’s Kansas City every night. Now nations have piled in: Russia, China, and India. One can see art’s new economic heft everywhere. And not only is the art world bigger, it’s in an accelerating state of melt. Many alternative art world economies are burgeoning. Street art. Online art. High tech art and Crafts gone wild. These are just a few of the topics to be discussed.

2pm

Architect Harry Gugger:  Art + Architecture: Building Museums for the Future

Designing a space for a public art collection is a complicated task.  The building can be an art piece in itself, grow attendance and become a destination for tourism.  But it has to stand the tests of time, house a collection in perpetuity, reflect the community and the collection it serves, and incorporate room for growth.  Learn how some very different institutions are tackling these challenges and building museums of the future.

Introduction: Carlo Caccavale, Associate Director, American Institute of Architects Los Angeles

Speaker:  Harry Gugger, Founder & Principal Harry Gugger Studio, Basel Switzerland

4pm

James Magni: Magni Modernism

Join James Magni for a surprising illustrated conversation about how art, light, design, and spirituality have inspired and shaped his 25-year career. His highly sophisticated, modern home design is beautifully captured in his new book, Magni Modernism. Book signing to follow lecture.

5:30pm

Collecting Fashion/Making History: A FIDM Museum Perspective on the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection

Kevin Jones, curator of the FIDM Museum, will discuss the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection. Book signing to follow lecture.

Friday, January 17

12pm

Rediscovering Andy:  A Hidden Treasure Trove of Warhol's Most Prolific Work

Speaker: Jim Hedges, Art Collector. Moderator: Bruce Helander, Artist and Curator

Andy Warhol exhibited his photographs in a gallery only once during his lifetime: in 1987, three weeks before his untimely death. Photography was at the core of Warhol’s creative process, from his early use of a Times Square photo booth to the Polaroid Big Shot used at The Factory. However, it lacked widespread gallery and institutional support until collector James Hedges began amassing the world's largest private collection of Warhol’s photos and exhibiting the works at galleries and institutions around the world during the past few years.  Learn how and why these works were largely overlooked and underappreciated, and how the market for his works has exploded financially in the past decade.

2pm

The Impact and Evolution of Latin American Art in the United States

A panel of leading Latin American art experts discusses the impact, importance and evolution of Latin American art in the United States. Panel includes representatives from Art Museum of the Americas, MOCA Los Angeles and the Museum of Latin American Art. Panel includes Andres Navia Director or The Art Museum of the Americas, Dermis de Leon a Cuban Curator working currently in Germany, between others. Panel moderated by Marisa Caichiolo, President of Building Bridges Art Foundation.

4pm

Art and Technology Combine to Bring Van Gogh’s Vision to Life

Panelists: Axel Rüger, Van Gogh Museum Director, Cliff Einstein, Emeritus Director of MOCA, and Richard Tackx, Sales & Marketing Director at Fujifilm Belgium NV

In a letter to this brother Theo, dated December 1882, Vincent Van Gogh wrote about a plan for making “prints for the people.” Over a hundred years later, the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam, in association with Fujifilm Belgium, has made Van Gogh’s vision a reality.

Why the museum decided to certify limited editions of Van Gogh’s masterpieces and how this new technology will affect the world of art are topics that will be analyzed and discussed during this informative panel discussion.

5:30pm

Artists and Industry Leaders Behind China’s Contemporary Art Scene

FEATURED PROGRAM: Hues of China

Panelists: Gong He, Artist and Heliang Qi, Artist and Gallery Owner

In recent years, China’s contemporary art scene has flourished and better known to the world than ever before. The LA Art Show, in partnership with the National Base For International Cultural Trade in Shanghai, present a special exhibition on Chinese Contemporary art. Hues of China will be comprised of three elements: the power of Emerging Generation; the state of Chinese Ceramics, and a selection of elite art galleries. The Hues of China program will also include a lecture featuring leading Chinese artist Gong He and prominent artist, ceramic collector, and gallery owner, Heliang Qi.

Saturday, January 18

12pm

Jewels: A Retrospective by Janet Zapata

Janet Zapata, independent scholar and museum consultant specializing in jewelry and silver, discusses her work as a gem specialist, historian and author of The Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1993); The Art of Zadora America’s Fabergé (1999); The Jeweled Menagerie (2001) and The Jeweled Garden (2006) with Suzanne Tennenbaum; Seaman Schepps: A Century of New York Jewelry Design (2004) with Amanda Vaill; and Symphony of Jewels: The Art of Anna Hu (2012). Book signing to follow lecture.

1pm

Los Angeles Contemporary Modernism in Pacific Standard Time, the International Impact of the 2011 Getty Art Museum exhibition and What Comes Next!

Panelists: Tobey C. Moss, Owner, Tobey C. Moss Gallery and Andrew Perchuk, Deputy Director, Getty Research Institute, Peter Frank, Curator, Writer, Critic, and John Mason, renowned ceramic artist.

This panel will showcase primary experts on the origination and future of art and artists of California. Gallery Owner Tobey C. Moss, Andrew Perchuk, Deputy Director of the Getty Research Institute, Peter Frank, Curator and Critic, and John Mason, renowned ceramic artist will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the art movement over the last several decades.

2pm

The Power of Beautifully Dressed Parisian Women - on Bicycles

Speaker: Gil Garcetti, Photographer. Moderator: Isabel Rojas-Williams, Executive Director, Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles

Photographer, television producer, university lecturer, and former Los Angeles County District Attorney, Gil Garcetti, will share with us how, through his photography and political experience, he has been able to move urban areas to look at bicycle riders and bike sharing programs as ways of alleviating traffic congestion, improving one's health, and helping make our air a bit cleaner. Gil's photographs will be exhibited in Bordeaux in 2014 as part of Los Angeles' sister city program.

4pm

Museo Maya de América: Celebrating and Conserving the Archeological and Ethnographic Treasures of Guatemala

FEATURED PROGRAM: Treasures of the Mayan Spirit

The Los Angeles Jewelry & Antique Show will debut Treasures of the Maya Spirit, the world’s most comprehensive exhibition of Maya art and ethnography featuring more than 150 ancient cultural treasures from the classic period of Maya civilization and Maya ritual art. Fernando Piaz, President of La Ruta Maya, will discuss the museum’s development as well as the national and international importance of celebrating and preserving the rich history and culture of the Maya in Guatemala.

Sunday, January 19

12pm

New American Regionalism

Kenton Nelson, artist and author of Rhyme and Reason, Prose and Cons, and Present Tense will discuss New American Regionalism. Book signing to follow lecture.

1pm

An Insider's Guide to Art Biennales

Panelists: Itala Schmelz Curator, Biennale di Venezia – Mexico, Chinese artist and Venice Biennale participant Zhang Yu and Argentine artist and Beijing Biennale participant, Andrea Juan. Moderator: Marisa Caichiolo, President, Building Bridges International and Director, ADC Contemporary Art Gallery.

This panel explores the cultural and economic impact of the world’s most significant art biennales featuring biennale organizers and artists from Europe, Latin America and Asia.

2pm

Will L.A. Reclaim Its title As “The Mural Capital of the World?”

Panelists: Eric Bjorgum, Karish & Bjorgum Intellectual Property Law; Felicia Filer, Department of Cultural Affairs’ Director of the Public Art Division; Willie Herrón III, Artist & MCLA’s restorer, José Huizar, LA City Councilmember 14th District; Allison “Hueman” Torneros, Artist, Kent Twitchell, Artist & MCLA’s Co-Founder. Moderator: Isabel Rojas-Williams, Executive Director, MCLA

The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles (MCLA) along with select specialists address the current mural resurgence in Los Angeles that will help transform the city’s visual landscape for generations to come.  Panelist will discuss and debate just how Los Angeles, its citizens and visitors, will benefit from the establishment of new Mural Ordinance law.

3:30pm

The Expression of Contemporary Ink Painting

Chinese Artist and Venice Biennale participant, Zhang Yu will have a brief introduction of the history of Chinese Ink painting from the 3rd century to 21st century, and the development of Chinese contemporary art since 1985 to the present.

The LA Art Show takes place from January 15 – 19, 2014 concurrently with the Los Angeles Jewelry, Antique & Design Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall 1201 Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015. For additional information about the Los Angeles Art Show, to register for lectures & book-signings or to purchase online tickets, please visit www.laartshow.com.