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French gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin will open a new space in the heart of Los Angeles during the forthcoming Frieze art fair next month. Located in Mid-City and housed in a historic 1930s building, Perrotin LA will boast a total of 10,000 square feet between the main gallery and the adjacent office, which was reconverted from an old comedy club. The latest space joins its flagships in Paris and New York, as well as locations in Dubai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. "Los Angeles offers an extremely interesting and diverse cultural scene, with a unique network of artists, museums, collectors and art lovers," noted the gallery's founder in a statement. "Here, art is central to the city's identity, and it is present across various industries. I am happy to settle on the West Coast with a very tale...

Kristy Moreno is a Mexican-American artist based in Los Angeles who specializes in creating intricate ceramic sculptures that comment on both her Latinx experience, as well as alluding to a fictional decolonized world that is free of systemic injustices. Born in Inglewood and having moved down south to Orange County, Moreno's aesthetic is informed by her personal history, as well as the visual lexicon that has come to define Southern California. The Company We Keep is the artist's first solo show with LA-based gallery OCHI and comprises of a series of hand-made sculptures that blend SoCal Latinx culture with the fashion sensibilities of the 1990s girl power movement. Each ceramic vessel and wall work is made of clay and depicts female protagonists that express an air of confidence. Moreno'...

Do you remember that promo Pikachu card that caused a riot at the Van Gogh Museum? Well, it's about to be back in shop with tightened security to celebrate a series of Pokémon-related events at the Amsterdam-based institution this March. The card featured Pikachu in Van Gogh's signature impressionistic style, while wearing a grey felt hat. As with the initial craze surrounding Pokémania in the '90s, the museum saw hoards of people rush to buy all the merch available when it first dropped last September. Previous reports state that the cards were instantly listed on e-commerce sites like eBay for upwards of $600 USD at the time of writing, but has since dropped to roughly half that cost today. View this post on InstagramA post shared by PM1 (@pm1.tcg)In addition to the Van Gogh museum shop...

Hauser & Wirth is selling a new print by the late American artist Mike Kelley from his quixotic Kandors series. Created between 1999 until the artist's death in 2011, Kandor refers to the fictional home city of Superman, which was spared upon Krypton's destruction from the comic's chief villain, Brainiac.The American artist used Kandor as a reference point to create sculptures and installations that reflect on opulence, loss and power. The Untitled photo reflective artwork changes as the viewer moves around the piece and features a magnified depiction of one of Kelley's Lenticular sculptures. Surrounding the subject are plumes of smoke that are colored to create a dramatic comic-like feel. Throughout his practice, Kelley observed that the depictions of Kandor were often inconsistent an...